The international pet food market

North America and Europe garner the majority of the sales volume on the international pet market. However more and more countries from other …

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Blue Buffalo Pet Products

Successful niche operator

Blue Buffalo Pet Products is the top pet food company in the US with 6.1 per cent of the market and is the seventh globally with 2.4 per cent of the marke…

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Germany - Pro Pet

Pro Pet shakes up the market

Seldom has a family firm shaken up the pet supplies market in Germany as strongly as Pro Pet. The pet food supplier cele­brated its 25th anniversary on…

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Small animals - Natural materials

Focus on natural materials

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Ruffwear

Rethinking the process

The outdoor specialist Ruffwear has reorganised its manufacturing process to benefit its retailers - and the company has a few more unconventional ideas in …

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Morando

Pioneer of the Italian pet food market

Morando is one of Italy's leading pet product firms. The family company's various facilities in its home country include two large pet food …

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New year, new owner

The number of mergers and alliances continues to grow in the pet supplies business, and this is not likely to change in the next few years.

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New study prompts a heated response

A new study has found that many frozen raw meat products that are sold in the Netherlands for pets contain bacteria that can pose a risk to …

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mergers and acquisitions (M&A)

M&A is reshaping the pet care industry

2017 has been a year of breath-taking mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the pet care industry. Approximately 100 sizeable deals took place …

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Cat food

All good in the food bowl

Cat food is a hot topic. Customers like product quality, high-grade ingredients and a plentiful choice of products. Is that actually the case? The …

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Vafo

Vafo Praha steps in at Allco

The Czech pet food manufacturer Vafo Praha has acquired a majority share of 70 per cent in Allco Heimtierbedarf.

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Gimv

Gimv buys into Agrobiothers

The European investment company Gimv is to become a majority shareholder in the Agrobiothers Group alongside the family that founded the group.

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Dog food - Dokas

A favourite pet's favourite treats

Dokas was established in Essen (Germany) in 2006. It produces a large selection of premium treats that are a favourite with both dogs and their …

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Dog food - Analysis

A bowl of insects

Feeding insects has always been common practice in reptile keeping. Insects are regarded as the food of the future in human nutrition - and such products are …

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