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Pet products drive growth

During fiscal 2021, Purina’s pet Purina Pro Plan, Purina ONE and
products contributed a substantial Fancy Feast even notched up a
3.6 per cent to the organic growth double-digit increase in sales.
of Nestlé, according to information According to Nestlé, Purina pet prod-
released by the Swiss group. In par- ucts saw growth in double figures
ticular, the premium brands Purina in Latin America too. In Europe,
Pro Plan, Purina ONE and Felix exhib- the Middle East and North Africa
ited significant growth, said the com- (EMENA), pet products were some
pany. Pet products were one of the of the most dynamic sales spinners.
key growth drivers in e-commerce The brands Felix, Purina Pro Plan,
also, which accounted for 12.8 per Lily’s Kitchen and the company
cent of overall sales in 2020. Tails.com, which specialises in in-
In foreign markets, Nestlé high- dividual dog food, all experienced Nestlé Purina pet products are in strong demand globally
lighted the fact that Purina pet double-digit growth.
products had achieved the highest The Nestlé Group also per- istering double-digit increases nary products. In Oceania, “ro-
growth of all product categories in formed strongly in China with in sales of Purina Pro Plan and bust, broad-based growth” was
North America. Premium brands Purina products, likewise reg- from the introduction of veteri- achieved by the corporation.

United Petfood acquires More Pet Quip awards in 2021
Cambrian Pet Foods Advertisement
The British pet association Pet

United Petfood has announced the employs 130 people. The com- Quip has added two new cat- .de
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acquisition of British manufacturer pany specialises in the private la- egories to its awards to reward ... natural healthy!
Cambrian Pet Foods. The acquisi- bel production of dry and wet pet outstanding achievements during
tion strengthens the position of food in both trays and cans. the coronavirus pandemic: Inno-
United Petfood as full-service private In 2019, United Petfood en- vations in Lockdown and Com- have been opened; the winners
label pet food producer and gives tered the wet pet food market seg- munity Projects during a crisis. will be announced during PATS
customers access to a complete ment with the opening of a wet The entries for the 2021 awards Telford on 26 September.
range of products made in house, pet food plant for single-serve
the company states. pouches in Radom (Poland). Tomra Food and Haarslev
Cambrian Pet Foods was Thanks to the second wet pet food join forces
founded in 1982 and has a leading factory in Llangadog, United Pet-
position in the UK pet food market. food is broadening its product of- Tomra Food and Haarslev have based sorting machines for the
The family-owned business has fering and will now also be able formed a strategic partnership food industry and offers ad-
three production plants in Llanga- to produce wet pet food in trays to introduce new sensor-based vanced sorting solutions to pet
dog, Pencader and Longridge and and cans. sorting technologies to the global food producers. Haarslev is a
rendering industry. This is expected supplier of solutions for meat
to be a game-changer in the in- rendering, poultry rendering,
dustry, enabling renderers and by- and fish by-product processing.
product processors to attain un- The company operates produc-
precedented levels of efficiency, tion facilities in America, Europe
food safety and product quality. and Asia, as well as sales and
Tomra Food is a designer service agencies in 17 countries
Cambrian Pet Foods was founded in 1982. and manufacturer of sensor- worldwide.

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