Dog and cat owners can never be certain of the quality of the commercial
pet foods they buy.
What this all means is you must place your trust in the companies that make
the pet food you buy, and you have to count on the accuracy of the labels on the packaging as well.
Crammed into battery cages and suffering in horrific conditions, these beautiful white rabbits may be destined for
pet food bought by unsuspecting consumers in the US and abroad.
Not exact matches
Since then, it's delved into
pet food,
buying Iams and two other brands in 2014 from Procter & Gamble for close to $ 2.9 billion.
It is often cheaper to
buy items — such as paper towels or
pet food — in bulk, says One Good Thing.
General Mills is moving into the
pet food business with a deal to
buy Blue Buffalo
Pet Products for roughly $ 8 billion in cash.
The «Squawk on the Street» team discusses the news that General Mills is
buying natural
pet food company Blue Buffalo in a $ 40 per share all - cash deal.
I know, Amazon is the «in thing» for
buying paper products,
pet food, etc but my husband works next door to Walmart & I make the 8 mile trip to our grocery / dollar stores twice a month to stock up on sale items & I constantly use coupons / store loyalty cards.
Heinz has dabbled in its own riskier plays in the past — for instance,
buying into
pet food (9Lives and Kibbles»n Bits) and canned tuna (StarKist), businesses it later sold to Del Monte.
In addition to pledging a total of $ 3 million in grant funding to recovery and relief efforts to assist
pets and
pet owners in need, the company's PetSmart Charities philanthropic arm coordinated deliveries of several truckloads of critically needed
pet food and
pet supplies as part of its
Buy A Bag, Give A Meal program to communities deeply impacted by the hurricanes.
I
buy pet food through Petsmart online now.
The company also announced plans earlier this year to
buy natural
pet food company Blue Buffalo (BUFF) for $ 8 billion.
This increasingly entails
buying pet food they themselves would like to eat.
Pet owners do worry that the
food they
buy might make their
pet obese.
Mars, the maker of M&M candies and Whiskas and Pedigree dog
food, will pay $ US7.7 b to
buy pet hospital operator VCA.
The corn we
buy that does not get processed into finished goods is recycled either to cattle farmers or to
pet food manufacturers.
At least on the
pet food it is listed, but do you think anyone would
buy it if it were listed on human
food?
Filled with great vitamins, minerals, and other good stuff your dog needs, Diamond Naturals 60 + Formula is one of favorite cheap
pet foods that you can
buy.
as an R.N. all I can offer America is
buy and read this book; get JJ Virgin's workbook that will tell you all the different names for sugar that Big Agra puts in all your
food under sneaky names; read all
food labels for carragreean this includes all; milk; meat not organic and do not
buy it also for your
pets.
I just started
buying her Freshpet
pet food.
I
bought Cc that you sprinkle on
food for
pets.
Is there a good place to
buy produce / jeans /
pet food etc?»
Peter has been given money by Vilna Lutz to
buy food, but he spends part of it on a fortuneteller instead.
Following a pattern of growing through acquisitions, in January 2017 ADM
bought Crosswind Industries, a company that specializes in
pet treats,
pet food and related ingredients.
Increasingly,
pet parents are demanding premium ingredients, local sourcing, customized recipes and variety in the
foods they
buy for the furry friends — a reflection of what consumers look for in human
food products.
• The tech - savvy generation prefer to
buy certain
pet items from online retailers, such as toys (44 percent), accessories (32 percent) and
food (31 percent).
Even though guinea pig
food pellets include vitamin C, retailers can encourage guinea pig owners to
buy vitamin C tablets to feed their
pets by hand.
When retailers give small -
pet owners great advice on the healthiest
food they can
buy for their
pets, everyone benefits.
Cat owners are also willing to
buy both, as 21 percent of cat owners purchase both
pet food and
pet supplements.
From the car we drive to the
food we eat, every consumer choice has an impact on the environment — even the toys we
buy for our
pets.
For example, customers are encouraged to
buy a separate sponge wash the bowls they use to feed their
pets raw
foods, since one of the few but most significant dangers that raw - feeding
pet owners should be concerned about is cross-contaminating human
foods or kitchen surfaces with raw
pet food.
Of course, this isn't the first time we've seen an important
pet specialty
food brand gobbled up by a large CPG company from the human -
food world — Mars, Inc. acquired Nutro in 2007 and Del Monte
bought Natural Balance in 2013.
Anyone
buying a new small
pet needs to purchase at least one
food dish or hopper, and a water dish or bottle.
Pet guardians need to continually educate themselves about the
pet food industry in general and more specifically about the ingredients and nutritional information found on
pet food packaging to ensure they are
buying a quality
pet food that will meet the nutritional requirements of their particular
pet.
This may seem extreme, but the independent
pet store that uses this policy has been doing it for many years, and the employees make it clear that the guarantee is only good as long as the customer
buys all of his or her bird
food from their store.
Millennial
pet owners are much more likely to
buy premium, raw and freeze - dried
pet food or
pet foods with formulations geared toward enhancing the health of their
pets.
However, small - animal experts know that there are a few things
pet owners need to know when they stock up for their
pets, and retailers can be instrumental in helping shoppers determine what
food to
buy, as well as how much and how often.
This can impact the bottom line on items such as
pet food that customers
buy regularly.
«There has always been a group of consumers that
bought products based on where they were made, but that population surged after major
pet food and treat recalls in the late 2000s, some of which were attributed to internationally sourced ingredients,» says Ann Hudson, vice president of marketing for Whitebridge
Pet Brands, based in St. Louis.
«This shift in the cat parent profile changes how cat
food is
bought,» says Chanda Leary - Coutu, senior marketing communications manager for WellPet, a natural
pet food company based in Tewksbury, Mass. «Research has also shown Millennial
pet parents have a keen interest in natural
foods, which presents an opportunity for us to innovate in the category and experiment with treat flavors, forms and textures that cats will undoubtedly enjoy.»
Many
pet retailers I've talked with either say they tried to sell wild - bird
food, but it didn't sell well, or that there is no need to bring it in since their customers are not looking to
buy it at a
pet store.
She revealed that the main reason people
buy pet food online is to save money, according to data collected by market - research firm GfK.
'» For Joe Morton, general manager of Pets on Broadway in Portland, Ore., a single - store retailer, online outlets clearly represent the biggest source of competition, especially if potential customers are focusing on price as the sole factor in where they choose to
buy their
pet's
food.
However,
pet owners don't always know that they also need to keep track of the amount of
food they
buy to ensure they
buy only the right amount.
«Specialty retailers aren't looked upon any more as just a place to
buy pet food.
An increasing number of
pet owners are researching and
buying natural
foods for their four - legged loved ones, and retailers that can keep up with the latest consumer demands are well positioned to profit.
«I was in one of the [
Pet Food Express] stores on a Saturday not too long ago, and they were running a benefit for Bay Area police dogs — if you washed your dog there [at the store's self - service
pet wash], all of the proceeds were going to
buy vests for the police department's service animals.
«Every production run of Natural Balance
Pet Food is tested for nine known contaminants before distribution, so customers can buy with confidence and know that their pet food is safe,» Govea s
Food is tested for nine known contaminants before distribution, so customers can
buy with confidence and know that their
pet food is safe,» Govea s
food is safe,» Govea says.
Besides educating customers about birds» need for variety toys and the importance of refreshing a bird's toy collection periodically, retailers can post signs in the toy section as a gentle reminder to
buy a toy when they come in to pick up
food, litter / paper or other
pet supplies.
While
pet owners may have taken to the natural
pet food movement, they still want to indulge their
pets with treats, and in the past, the misconception that healthier treats may not be as tasty for their four - legged friends led some consumers to skimp on quality when
buying treats.