Sentences with phrase «pet food channels»

The product was distributed in the following states, further distribution through other pet food channels may have occurred:

The pet food channel is following the human consumer food channel and healthier, more nutritious pet food has made its way onto store shelves.

Not exact matches

General Mills» purchase of one of the pet specialty channel's leading pet food brands could have serious implications for pet stores.

BLUE is also the number one pet food brand in the rapidly growing E-Commerce channel, where Blue Buffalo generated over $ 250 million of net revenues in 2017 growing over 75 percent versus prior year.

Stop me if you've heard this one before... A small pet product company starts off by exclusively serving pet stores, eventually grows into prominence and promptly moves on to seek its fortunes in the food / drug / mass (FDM) channel.

Proven Success in Existing and Emerging Channels: BLUE is the number one pet food brand in the pet specialty channel at approximately twice the size of the next largest brand.

Whether empowering staff, serving customers, supporting worthy causes or helping peers in the independent pet specialty channel, Pet Food Express adheres to an admirable «in it together» philosophy.

Illustrating this point perfectly, King presented a pretty significant statistic about the size of the big - three distributors in the pet specialty channel — Animal Supply Company, Phillips Pet Food & Supplies and Central Pet: • The two biggest consolidators, Animal Supply Co. and Phillips, have a total of 31 distribution centers.

Michael Landa, founder and CEO of Nulo Pet Food, discusses how his company has embraced the role of innovator in the pet nutrition category while driving new business into the independent pet specialty channel.

Also opening the door for Ark Naturals was the fact that Iams, once the pet specialty world's biggest food brand, had jumped into the mass and grocery channel after being acquired by Procter & Gamble.

I just got back from a great experience at Pet Food Forum in Chicago, where I — along with Steve King, president of the Pet Industry Distributors Association (PIDA)-- gave a presentation on distributor consolidation and its impact on the pet specialty channel.

«In all channels, natural treat / food sections started to emerge within the pet aisles.»

When Pet Business decided to tackle what many brick - and - mortar retailers describe as the predatory pricing practices of some Internet - based pet food outlets in our March cover story, we did so at the request of a number of our readers in the independent channel.

Minneapolis - based General Mills, whose food brands include Cheerios, Yoplait, Nature Valley and Pillsbury, is getting into the pet channel for the first time.

We manage the collection of pet food and deliver it to distribution partners around the area, who then in turn distribute it through their normal channels to their clients.

The dog and cat food brand operates in the U.S. as Canagan USA and is being sold only through the independent pet channel.

Pet food companies are attracting the human food industry thanks to the pet food market's continued growth and strength in certain retail channels.

The report notes that the pet food category is experiencing much of its growth outside the core mass market, particularly in channels such as farm / feed, Internet and pet specialty.

Brad Kriser, founder and president of Kriser's Natural Pet stores, concluded that he always welcomes pet food brands to co-host events in his stores and promote them on their social media channels.

With premium pet food being found across channels these days, Davis said some pet food companies are rebranding to stand out.

Interestingly, the much - discussed «natural» trend in pet food is almost exclusively a U.S. phenomenon, with natural SKUs accounting for 69 percent of all dollar sales in the pet specialty channel.

While you would have to be living under a rock not to notice that grain - free foods have taken the pet specialty retail channel by storm over the past few years, someone has finally quantified the impact that these healthful diets are having on pet store shelves.

Last week, Blue Buffalo became the latest channel - hopping pet food brand with the announcement that it would start selling «a subset» of its BLUE Life Protection Formula (LPF) line in mass and grocery stores like Target, Kroger, Meijer and Publix.

While at Purina, he helped launch Pro Plan Dog Food for the pet specialty channel.

As we all know, these types of products have proven instrumental in the success of the pet specialty channel over the past several years — particularly in the food category — and that trend shows no signs of slowing.

Our mission is to help as many pets as possible on the road to good health through good food, and we're committed to that mission whilst also adhering to a sensitive channel strategy that balances our different unique retailers» needs with a commitment to making sure our products are available in most of the places shoppers seek them.

Nulo introduced its FreeStyle food brand in 2014 in partnership with independent pet specialty retailers, and the line is exclusive to the channel.

«While the natural trend is still driving most pet food growth in the specialty retail channel, stakeholders need to find the right balance between «rookie» categories — like frozen and freeze - dried — and proven «stars».»

As you will read in this month's «Spotlight» feature, pet food manufacturer Nulo is making a renewed push into the independent pet specialty channel.

The result is a franchise model that focuses on selling high - quality, natural pet foods that are unique to the independent pet specialty channel along with services such as professional grooming and doggy daycare.

«Feline diets, especially wet food, are growing rapidly, and new innovation in all categories will continue to attract cat owners to the pet specialty channel.

Not since the invention of the super-premium pet food category has there been a bigger development in the pet specialty channel than the trend toward natural products.

Minneapolis - based General Mills, whose food brands include Cheerios, Yoplait, Nature Valley and Pillsbury, is getting into the pet channel for the first -LSB-...]

If pet food manufacturers that focus on the pet specialty channel are among the next round of suppliers shacking up with Amazon, it would make an already formidable competitor even more dangerous by making its already low prices even lower.

In traditional channels, private - label accounts for unit market shares of 12.9 percent in pet foods and 17.4 percent in pet supplies, which includes toys and accessories.

In fact, market research firm GfK gave a very interesting presentation that showed how pet food companies that have demonstrated a commitment to the independent pet specialty channel, including installing policies that prevent price erosion, have enjoyed above average growth compared to companies with broader channel strategies and less controls on pricing.

In 2014, specialty channels accounted for 45 % of U.S. pet food sales, with the FDM channel accounting for the other 55 %.

Sales through the eCommerce channel represented approximately 4 % of our U.S. retail sales in 2014 compared to approximately 2 % of U.S. pet food sales overall.

In August 2014, Mars acquired Procter & Gamble's pet food business in the United States, which increased Mars» U.S. market share in Tracked Channels from 15 % to 20 % for 2014, on a pro forma basis.

BLUE is sold across all types of specialty channel outlets, although our sales in the Vet channel, which represents 6 % of U.S. pet food sales, are currently minimal.

In fact, the simple act of treating pets, pet parents and employees like family has enabled our BLUE brand to become the # 1 natural pet food and the # 1 specialty channel brand in only ten years.

In our industry, Tracked Channels include Food - Drug - Mass, or FDM, included in Nielsen's xAOC data, as well as pet stores (including national pet superstores, regional pet store chains and neighborhood pet stores) and veterinary clinics, or Vet, included in data from GfK;