Pet Care

Industry Roundup

Pet Food

Pet Food Institute unveils sustainability initiative to celebrate Earth Day, which encourages responsible sourcing and recycled packaging; PFI to highlight members’ sustainability efforts with website and social media features
PetFoodIndustry.com (04/21)

Wisconsin-based pet food store Natural Carnivore offers canned raw meat foods for cats, dogs and a small stock of pet essentials, with goal to educate pet owners on raw diet benefits; brands sold include Primal, Vital Essentials and Stella and Chewy's
Juneau County Star-Times (04/20)

Pet Care Products

Nestle Purina PetCare partners with Texas A&M University for pet microbiome health breakthroughs; US$2M Purina PetCare Research Excellence Fund to support diagnostic and interventional research from 2023 through 2028
Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. (04/20)

Gap, Mattel launch apparel collaboration inspired by Mattel’s portfolio of brands, starting with Gap x Barbie collection; range features branded tees, skirts, denim, accessories, pet apparel and more, available online and in select stores on May 23
The Gap Inc. (04/19)

Pet Care

Freshpet, Inc. to Report First Quarter 2023 Results on Monday, May 8, 2023
Freshpet Inc. (04/24)

Phillips Pet Food to distribute Vital Essentials in Montana, Michigan and Oregon to meet rising demands for freeze-dried and raw pet food; proteins are humanely harvested and minimally processed, with profit cuts going to charity
Phillips Feed Service Inc. (Phillips Pet Food & Supplies) (04/20)

Petco launches in-store recycling pilot in approximately 40 stores where customers can recycle non-curbside plastic waste, such as shopping bags; retailer also to recycle shrink wrapping from small bags of dog food, can cases and pallets
Design: Retail (04/20)

Pet Care Products

Royal Canin joins Amazon's Climate Pledge Friendly program with carbon-neutral certification goal for 2025; Feline Care Nutrition and Puppy and Kitten Growth portfolio are first of brand's products to be certified carbon neutral by SCS Global Services
Associated Press (04/19)

PetSmart partners with Uber Eats to become first national pet retailer on app for on-demand and scheduled deliveries; over 1,600 stores in US, Canada and Puerto Rico now available on app's Pet Supplies category
PR Newswire (04/19)

Durable dog toys brand Benebone partners with TerraCycle to enable consumers to recycle nylon dog chew toys through the Benebone Free Recycling Program; participants can sign up online and mail in Benebone chew toys using provided prepaid shipping label
PR Newswire (04/19)

Pet Food

Mars' Sheba brand expands portfolio with new SHEBA PERFECT PORTIONS Wet Kitten Food, available in Savory Chicken and Delicate Salmon flavors; product is available in 2.64-oz trays in-store, online at Amazon, Chewy, Walmart and PetSmart
Associated Press (04/18)

Mom-and-pop pet sales channel in Mexico posts flat growth in 2022, according to data; 20% price hike for dog food, 16% hike for cat food pushes two out of seven households to buy unpackaged dry pet food in bulk, despite bulk food/kilo being more costly
PetFoodIndustry.com (04/18)

Beef collagen chew company Frankly Pet introduces new Peanut Butter Beefy Puffs for dogs; flavor is offered in a 2.5-oz bag for US$6.99 and 5-oz bags for US$10.99
Pet Insight Magazine (04/18)

 Club Store

Sam's Club touts sustainability achievements of its private-label products, including: sold 22.3 million pounds of Fair Trade Certified coffee in 2022; uses recycled polyester in apparel products; uses clamshells with up to 40% recycled plastic in bakery
Sam's Club (04/20)

Costco opens 15th Australian store on the Gold Coast, plans to expand more in the country including in Sydney, Wollongong, Hobart, Perth, Adelaide, Geelong; company looks to capitalize on rising bulk shopping trend due to cost-of-living crisis
Australian, The (04/19)

 E-Commerce Trends & Statistics

Zacks: Paper and packaging industry will continue to benefit from solid demand from consumer-oriented end-markets, e-commerce activities, rising demand for sustainable packaging; PCA, AptarGroup, Graphic Packaging and Sonoco set to gain from these trends
Zack's Commentary (04/24)

JPMorgan keeps Amazon's stock as 'best idea'; e-commerce trends likely 'muted' in Q1 as economic uncertainty impacted consumer spending, but e-commerce should make more gains over traditional retailers, penetrating further into groceries, other categories
Reuters (04/21)

 Mass Merchandise Retailers

Walmart to sell plus-size fashion brand Eloquii to FullBeauty Brands; sale comes just over one week after it agreed to offload menswear label Bonobos, underscoring company's effort to improve margins by narrowing focus
Reuters (04/24)

Walmart to give away up to 20,000 free one-year Walmart+ Memberships to new moms as part of Mother's Day campaign in collaboration with Pampers; campaign also endorsed by celebrity mothers, including Cardi B, Stephanie Beatriz, Janelle James, Jenny Slate
Walmart Inc. (04/24)

 Supermarket

Auchan Retail Portugal partners with Bolt Food to deliver groceries via mobile app; Bolt promises Lisbon locals can get home deliveries in under 30 minutes
CE Noticias Financieras (Latin America) (04/24)

Supermarket Income REIT buys Tesco omnichannel supermarket in Worcester, England, for £38.3M; 47,297-sq-ft supermarket acts an online hub for Tesco, operating nine home delivery vans and a Click & Collect facility
Alliance News (04/24)

 Stock