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News
Insect 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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Lily’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 Features
Petcare 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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News
Lily’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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Inspired 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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Brits 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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Britain’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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Startup 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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Lily’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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DTC 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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Skinner’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 Report
Pandemic 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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News
Petcare 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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News
Applaws 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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Fold 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 Features
Are 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
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Petcare: 25 September
There’s been an explosion in pet ownership since the pandemic hit Britain
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Comment and Opinion
Cat disease outbreak: is it time for food recall alerts to be reviewed?
It is feared an outbreak in cases of feline pancytopenia could be linked to catfood
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News
David Milner steps down as Lily’s Kitchen CEO
Milner left the business at the end of June after deciding to step down from the business to focus on new opportunities
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Promotional Feature
Lockdown’s easing is an ideal time to reshape petcare
The rise of pet ownership during the covid-19 pandemic has grown the already flourishing trade in petcare. As lockdown eases and people’s lifestyles change again, Mars Petcare argues now is an ideal time to put the category on a new footing.