Category Pets Food

A recent PYMNTS report, The Replenish Economy: A Household Supply Deep Diveit was revealed that among the 15% of retail subscribers participating in the Chewy’s Goody Box pet food and toy subscription program, 53% now shop in stores less often while 11% of participants in the program no longer shop in stores for these items at all.

The study, which drew from a survey of more than 2,000 US consumers in September to better understand their subscription habits and how these affect their overall shopping behaviors, found that subscription services are altering traditional shopping patterns, leading to a decrease

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Badlands Ranch, a premium dog nutrition brand providing superfood-packed dog food and treats for canine health, is now available to independent pet stores through its partnership with key distributors in the channel, including Phillips Pet Food & Supplies, Veterinary Service Inc. (VSI), American Distribution and Manufacturing Company (ADMC) and National Animal Nutrition, Inc. (NAN).

One of Badlands Ranch’s leading products, Superfood Complete, has sold over 3 million units. The product includes superfoods such as turmeric, ginger and lion’s mane mushrooms. Through these new strategic partnerships, this product will be available in numerous additional retailers.

Rover.com, an online marketplace for pet care, released its fifth edition of the True Cost of Pet Parenthood Report for dogs and cats.

Backed by data and insights from real pet parents, Rover said the report aims to educate and inform current and prospective pet parents about the financial responsibilities and potential costs associated with caring for cat and dog family members.

“Stubborn inflationary cost pressures have added to the sticker shock of a new pet in 2024, but perhaps paradoxically the bonds that people share with their dogs and cats have never been stronger,” said Kate Jaffe, trend expert

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Chock full of about 150 cats, dogs, guinea pigs and other pets, Anchorage Animal Care and Control is a bustling place. And while it takes a lot to keep those animals healthy, that doesn’t stop some shelter staff from giving food away.

For pet owners facing financial hardships, the shelter’s pet food bank provides the necessary assistance to keep pets housed and happy. With prices on the rise across the country, keeping shelters below capacity is becoming more and more difficult. According to one national database for shelter statistics, shelter populations across the nation grew by

Petsource by Scoular has completed a $75 million expansion at its Seward, Nebraska, plant that delivers extra capacity to help current customers grow and space to accommodate new customers seeking production at its state-of-the-art facility.

The company says the tripling of capacity also enables customers to more efficiently introduce new products to the market, with the expansion providing an additional 70,000 square feet of freeze-dried pet food ingredient manufacturing space. Freeze-dried products are among the fastest-growing pet food categories.

“Petsource identified a need in the market to help brands expand their product offerings in freeze dried,” Chad Kucks, director of

In real wolf packs, there are no alphas, betas or other Greek letter designations for degrees of dominance and submission. Nevertheless, the concept of alpha male appears repeatedly in business leadership guides and advice, not to mention the misogynistic depths of the internet.

“Highly intelligent, confident and successful, alpha males represent about 70% of all senior executives,” reported the Harvard Business Review. “As the label implies, they’re the people who aren’t happy unless they’re the top dogs—the ones calling the shots. Although there are plenty of successful female leaders with equally strong personalities, we’ve found top women rarely if ever

At this point, it’s old news that meat is environmentally unsustainable and needs to be reduced if we have any chance of remaining below 1.5 degrees of global warming. Most of this discourse focuses on humans eating meat. But there’s another factor that’s critical to this conversation: our companion animals, and the environmental impact of pet food.

There are at least 78 million dogs and 58 million pet cats in the United States today, and between 60 to 70 percent of households have at least one pet. Worldwide, we’re talking about a pet population in the 10 digits. That’s a