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The most-read pet food stories of 2022

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — The North American pet food and treat industry at large has proven its resilience in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the United States teeters over a potential economic recession. The year 2022 presented continued supply chain disruptions, steep inflation on everything from raw materials to transportation, risk of animal diseases, labor shortages, and a myriad of other challenges. These headwinds are certainly reflected in Pet Food Processing‘s most-read articles from last year, but this list also reflects major mergers and acquisitions, notable new products, and key trends driving the industry forward. Keep scrolling…
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Fresh and premium drive pet food sales

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The pet food category only continues to grow in terms of dollar share, and increasingly the humanization of pets also continues to be a strong trend in US households. Pets are being treated like family now more than ever before — think pet daycares and pet spas — so it makes them feel that they start eating like their closest relatives. Related: Pet owners embrace premium pet food options According to recent research by Bloomberg Intelligence, the pet food industry continues to put on some serious weight in terms of total dollars. In the US alone, the pet market is…
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Shocking state of fly-infested home where woman left her cat to starve to death

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This is the shocking state of the property. Deborah Ferry left her cat Megan to starve to death in. (Image: RSPCA) Pictures reveal the shocking fly-infested home where a woman left her pet cat to starve to death. Three-year-old moggie Megan was founded dead in the home of the disgusting property after owner Deborah Ferry failed to return to feed her for four days. The severely decomposed remains of another cat were also discovered behind a bath panel. Read more: Killer who sparked national manhunt admits murdering grandma A vet said Megan, who weighed just 4.1lb when she was found,…
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Leon Levine, Who Made a Billion One Dollar at a Time, Dies at 85

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Leon Levine, the founder of Family Dollar, a chain retailer that shaped the daily lives of the nation’s poor, died on April 5 at his home in Charlotte, NC He was 85. His son, Howard, confirmed the death but did not specify a cause. In 1959, with $3,000 of his own money and $3,000 from a partner, Mr. Levine opened the first Family Dollar on Central Avenue in Charlotte. In 2015, a competitor, Dollar Tree, acquired Family Dollar for nearly $9 billion in cash and stocks. That year, Mr. Levine’s family fortune amounted to $1.4 billion, according to Forbes. Howard…
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