All Petcare articles – Page 5
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NewsCity Snapshot: Pets at Home raises profits guidance as shoppers splurge on Christmas presents for pets
Pets at Home Group has lifted its profit expectations after a bumper Christmas as momentum picked up during lockdown carried on throughout 2021. Plus, Premier Foods appoints Tania Howarth, former COO at Nomad Foods, to its board.
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NewsPetcare startup The Pack pushes plant-based diets for dogs with London ad campaign
Splashed across phone boxes in London’s ’dog-friendly neighbourhoods’, the campaign featured ‘split messaging’ targeted at dogs and their owners, it said
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NewsOmni raises £1.1m to accelerate growth of vegan dog food brand
Vet Guy Sandelowsky and former investment banker Shiv Sivakumar founded the business in 2020 in an attempt to make pet food more sustainable.
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NewsEx-Symington’s boss David Cox named CEO of dogfood maker Forthglade
Cox departed Symington’s following a takeover by Italian dairy and pasta group Newlat Food
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NewsInsect petfood maker Aardvark smashes £150k funding goal
The business, started in 2020, has so far raised £230k from more than 340 investors on the Crowdcube platform.
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NewsLily’s Kitchen sales soar 40% in first year of Nestlé ownership
Turnover jumped more than £15m to £55.4m in the 12 months to 31 March 2021.
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Analysis and FeaturesPetcare 2021: pandemic pet boom drives treat sales
Some 3.2 million households acquired a pet in the year after the first lockdown was announced
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NewsLily’s Kitchen launches Plant Power vegan range for dogs
The products would tap into ‘key trends such as meat-free Mondays’, said Lily’s Kitchen
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NewsInspired Pet Nutrition acquires Pet Food UK as it kicks off buy-and-build strategy
Inspired Pet Nutrition has snapped up Barking Heads dog food maker Pet Food UK as part of a buy-and-build strategy to create a player of significant scale in the category.
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NewsBrits paying more to feed pets after Nestlé hikes cat and dog food prices
The fmcg giant – which owns Purina and Felix – upped the cost of the majority of its product ranges at the beginning of this month
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NewsBritain’s love of small dogs will boost wet petfood sales, claims Mars
The fmcg giant said 97% of dog owners feed their pooches wet food every day, compared to 80% in 2019
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NewsStartup W’zis targets meat-free petfood trend with premium range for dogs
The plant-based lineup is made with the likes of sweet potato, broccoli, pumpkin and tomato
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NewsLily’s Kitchen names Nicola Magalini new CEO
Magalini will begin his new role on 1 November, filling the vacancy left in the summer by David Milner
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NewsDTC petfood specialist Butternut Box sees sales more than double
Dogfood subscription specialist Butternut Box saw revenues surge by 114% to more than £23m last year
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NewsSkinner’s launches Get Out & Go range aimed at active dog owners
The range met the needs of today’s consumers, ‘who are more active with their dogs and who care about the environment’, said Skinner’s
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Category ReportPandemic pets: petcare category report 2021
Pet ownership has boomed during Covid, but retail volumes of food are in the red. What’s going on?
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NewsPetcare startup The Pack debuts with ‘fake meat’ wet dogfood range
The new brand has attracted investment and support from the likes of Roma & England footballer Chris Smalling
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NewsApplaws cancels Fold Hill production until cat deaths cause known
Batches of several Fold Hill products were linked to a rise in feline pancytopenia
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NewsFold Hill Foods to restart production of recalled catfood brands
The FSA said that “no causative link between pancytopenia and the recalled catfood products has been established”
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Analysis and FeaturesAre farm shops making the most of non-food opportunities?
Retailers may be missing out on lucrative and relatively low-risk trade by stocking only food and drink