DCM and Safe Pet Food: What You Need to Know
For pet owners, nothing matters more than the health of their beloved companion. So, when the FDA released a report suggesting a link between grain-free foods and a higher risk of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), it created a wave of viral anxiety.
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Forecasting The Next Big Trend in Pet Nutrition
You may have noticed: the pet food industry is somewhat at a standstill. Over recent years, manufacturers and marketers have been all about pet food that is natural, limited ingredient, frozen, raw, freeze-dried, grain-free, and...oh, did we[...]
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How Pet Businesses Can Fight Pet Obesity
The beginning of the year is the time for weight loss goals, new gym memberships, and the popularity of fad diets geared toward "shedding off the pounds." We set goals at the beginning of the year and aim for a healthier, better version of[...]
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Beyond the Label: Identifying Key Trends in High Quality Pet Food
Jessica is a 26 year-old pet owner with two cats and a dog. She frequents her local pet store every couple of weeks to pick up the essentials: cat litter, cat and dog food, and even sometimes a new toy for her pets to enjoy.
As she walks down the[...]
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The Benefits of Taurine for Cats
Sarah is a pet parent with two cats (a Persian and an orange tabby) and a Goldendoodle. She walks into her local pet store one day because she has run out of cat food, and is ready to try something new.
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4 Creative Ways to Boost Pet Food Sales
The pet food sector is the most lucrative category in the pet industry, making pet retailers in the United States collectively up to $8 billion per year. Breaking it down even further, 41% of pet retailer sales came from dog food, supplies and[...]
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Applaws Answers: Why Limited Ingredient Pet Food?
Now identified as one of the most prominent pet food trends, limited ingredient pet food has taken the pet industry by storm. Pet professionals are intrigued by the category and have plenty of thoughts concerning what it consists of, how it's[...]
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Discussion: Should the Pet Industry be Owned by Pet Food?
Whether you're a pet store employee, a distributor rep, or even just a pet owner, there's one thing about the pet industry that everyone has noticed: pet food, and especially dog food, is king.
Of the $60.28 billion spent on pet supplies in 2015,[...]
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How Moisture in Pet Food Can Greatly Affect Pet Health
For the last few decades, the number one form of pet food for most dog and cat owners has been dry kibble. Pet food was first manufacturered in the early 1860s and was a dry biscuit made out of wheat meals, vegetables, beetroot and beef blood.[...]
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The Benefits of Having Limited Ingredients in Pet Food
As the pet humanization trend grows stronger and stronger, consumers are always on the look out for cat and dog food that meets their ever-changing needs. In the U.S. today, 95% of pet owners consider their pets to be a part of the family. With[...]
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