For over a decade, online sales have been booming. But the pandemic has fast-tracked e-commerce and digital pet care like never before.
October 1, 2020COVID-19 has wrought vast and ongoing changes and challenges for U.S. businesses. Nevertheless, the pet food market has been living up to its recession-resistant reputation, highlighting the “silver lining” the overall pet market has experienced as a result of the pandemic.
August 12, 2020Gone are the days when pet owners had to seek out their local independent pet store to find a decent selection of natural pet products. Today, natural, organic and eco-friendly pet products generate billions of dollars of sales annually across a wide range of channels--and the market just keeps growing.
February 1, 2017April 13, 2016 - Just how much does the pet food segment mean to the overall U.S. market for pet products and services? According to the Packaged Facts Pet Food in the U.S., 12th Edition , the pet food sector is worth $30 billion with expected annual increases of 3%-5% through 2020. Among the hottest topics involved in this projected pet food market growth is protein-which will be covered by our research director David Sprinkle in an upcoming presentation at the Petfood Innovation Workshop: Meat...
April 13, 2016The VCA deal gives Mars further latitude for growth beyond the mass-market product arena. That’s especially important because it’s not just kibble sales that have flattened in the mass market; the same is true for candy. Even in the case of Mars, with its globally iconic portfolio of chocolate and non-chocolate (sugar) candy brands, confectionery manufacturers face considerable challenges to growth.
January 12, 2017The pet food market is in the midst of a retail channel show-down, with online juggernauts Amazon and Chewy pulling out stops while putting pricing pressure on pet specialty and mass retailers and eroding the divide between them.
February 5, 2019Packaged Facts estimates pet product sales of pet specialty stores other than PetSmart and Petco at under $6 billion. These “other” pet chain or independent stores consist primarily of smaller- and mid-size formats, although also with some superstore-size outlets among the regional chains.
August 15, 2019Petfood Forum 2014 in Schaumburg, Illinois will feature a presentation by David Sprinkle, research director for Packaged Facts, on April 1. Mr. Sprinkle will share data and insights on retail pet food spending in the U.S., along with historical information, trends and projections for specific U.S. product categories. The presentation will include highlights from the report Pet Food in the U.S., 10 th edition , as well as other Packaged Facts research and reports. Mr. Sprinkle will also partici...
March 5, 2014As with pet health choices generally, veterinarians should play a more proactive role in guiding their customers to balanced pet food choices.
January 9, 2020Despite e-commerce uptick, 88% of dog owners, 93% of cat owners purchase pet food in a store
January 4, 2018