Pet food manufacturers may be expanding their production capabilities to help meet growing consumer demand for their products, but they are also helping local communities by creating jobs and strengthening the economy.
âWe know that by making food for the two-thirds of U.S. households with pets, Americaâs pet food makers are also supporting the economy,â Mary Emma Young, senior director of communications and strategic planning for Pet Food Institute (PFI), told PPN. âThese companies support tens of thousands of jobs and stimulate additional economic activity across the supply chain. The added expansions, paired with increased focus on pets during the pandemic, will help strengthen the industryâs economic contributions and job creation.â
The number of pet food manufacturers expanding their production capabilities is increasing at a dizzying rate. Just within the past six months or so, Pet Product News (PPN) has covered more than 10 such storiesâand that number is growing. Like PPN, the Pet Food Institute (PFI) has been keeping a close watch on how and why these manufacturers are expanding their facilities.
âThis growth indicates a strong confidence in the performance of the pet food industry in the United States and as an exporter to countries around the world,â Mary Emma Young, senior director of communications and strategic planning for PFI, told PPN. âWhile the industry has experienced supply chain disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the continued expansion of production capabilities helps position pet food makers to meet future demands.
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SAN DIEGO, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ An industry-leading health and wellness partner for pets and pet parents, Petco today announced a strategic partnership with The Honest Kitchen that will bring the brand s human-grade dog food to all Petco stores and petco.com beginning January 31, 2021.
Reinforcing Petco s commitment to leading nutrition standards that help support the overall health and wellbeing of pets, the partnership adds a variety of The Honest Kitchen s high-quality foods to Petco s curated nutrition assortment. The Honest Kitchen pioneered the standard of Human-Grade in 2002, meaning recipes use the same high-quality ingredients that people eat, such as free-range chicken, pumpkin and kale, and are produced in human food facilities with the same rigorous quality and safety standards as people food.