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...JAB Holding has tightened its grip on the booming US pet care industry with a $1.4bn investment in Fairfax Financial Holdings’ pet insurance business, a week after US regulators raised concerns about the...
...Starbucks-branded products reported a 15.5 per cent sales rise, while Purina pet foods produced double-digit growth after pandemic lockdowns added to a boom in pet ownership....
...Nestlé’s Purina brand last year launched dog food built around ingredients such as insect protein and fava beans, as well as meat....
...Nestlé, which owns the Purina pet food brand, says that, since allowing dogs into its UK headquarters in 2015, “the positive effects on our culture and the office atmosphere have been huge.”...
...Companies from the world’s largest foodmaker Nestlé to UK retailer Pets at Home have benefited as lonely householders adopted animals in record numbers....
...Switzerland-based Nestlé is already a major player in pet food thanks to its Purina Petcare subsidiary, which it acquired in 2001....
...The legal case, which stems from her dismissal in 2010, provides a rare glimpse into the Vevey-based company best known as the maker of KitKat chocolate bars, Purina pet foods, and Gerber baby food, and...
...Company results from the likes of Nestlé and Unilever illustrate the changing lifestyles of consumers under lockdown....
...In April, Nestlé Purina took a stake in Independent Vetcare Group, which runs 1,100 clinics and hospitals across Europe; Mars has bought several chains, including paying $9.1bn in 2017 for VCA, which runs...
...Nestlé, with its Purina brand, and Mars, with Royal Canin, are the largest players in pet food....
...Nestlé reported a boost to first-quarter growth from higher purchasing of its Purina petcare range, coffee and frozen food....
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...The group behind brands such as KitKat, Perrier water and Purina pet food reported organic, or like-for-like, growth of 2.8 per cent in the first three months of the year, pushing sales to SFr21.3bn ($22bn...
...And in the last few weeks, Nestle has announced that it is going to relaunch its Purina brand in India too. Indians have always been animal lovers, but the move to owning pets is relatively new....
...The deal will enable Mars to expand its business in veterinary care and beyond pet food and products, where it lags behind Nestlé’s Purina brand....
...Read our interviews with the other two WHO candidates, Sania Nishtar and David Nabarro. ——————————————————————————————————————- Chartwatch Designer sugar Nestlé is one of several food companies tinkering...
...Last year, Nestlé bought Merrick Pet Care. Its takeover by a multinational provoked online fury from fans of the natural and organic company, founded at a Texas family ranch....
...nestle.com/investors Pet meds More accessible to investors is the animal pharmaceutical market, estimated to be worth $23bn in 2013 by consultancy Vetnosis....
...These range from Purina pet food to medical nutrition, in addition to its core chocolates, infant formula, Nescafé coffee and ready meals brands....
...It boasts fat margins – pet food is the second-most profitable category behind coffee for Nestlé, the world’s biggest food company – and is growing at a faster clip than the human variety....
...In Europe, its largest market in terms of sales, growth was led by pet care and strong British and Iberian markets. France, Germany and Italy remained difficult, but there were signs of improvement....
...They are Nestlé, which accounts for 40 per cent of the business, Purina pet foods, Maggi, Nescafé, Nestea and Buitoni....
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