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News

IQI creates transparency in the Miscota opens on 1 500 m² in Madrid
supply chain The trend towards ever larger outlet in the Spanish capital. The

sales areas in the pet trade has new pet store is located on the
IQI, a global provider of ingredi- IQI’s European warehouse. This
ents to the pet food industry, has facility can normally only be vis- long since reached the Spanish ground floor of the H2O shopping
introduced a new Rotex screener ited by clients and partners with market. The pet store chain Miscota centre in Rivas-Vaciamadrid in the
has now announced the opening southeast of the city. Along with
for lamb meal and opened up its an appointment. Since the Covid
of a new location in Madrid with 1 Catalonia and Valencia, Madrid is
European warehouse. By investing crisis has made this impossible,
in this equipment, IQI has im- IQI has decided to open up its Eu- 500 m² of retail area. According to considered one of Miscota’s focal
proved the quality of its lamb meal ropean warehouse and show its the company, this is the largest pet points for expansion.
and increased the efficiency of its work processes online at www. store to date and the sixth Miscota
logistical services. The new Rotex iqi-petfood.com.
machine can be seen in action in

Argentina imposes export ban

At the end of May, the Argentine Argentina was the world’s
government imposed a 30-day fifth largest beef exporter last
ban on beef exports to coun- year, exporting more than Photo: Facebook.com/miscota.es
tries outside South America. 700 000 tonnes, of which almost
This was reportedly done to limit 70 per cent went to China. Many
rising meat prices. The govern- pet food producers are also likely
ment blamed meat exporters for to be affected by the export ban. The company operates around 50 locations and also an online shop.
the rise in the domestic price of It is expected that China in
beef. According to figures from particular will now turn to sup- Das Futterhaus opens its 400th store
the Institute for the Promotion of pliers in Brazil and the USA. How-
Beef in Argentina, the consumer ever, the Buenos Aires govern- On 2 June, Das Futterhaus opened year, Das Futterhaus envisages at
price of beef in April was on av- ment has indicated that the ban its 400th store in Ybbs an der least ten further new openings.
erage 65 per cent higher than in could be reduced if an agree- Donau (Austria), bringing the Nine stores were opened in the
the same month last year. ment on prices is reached. number of stores in Austria to first five months of the year. It is
45. The new store, on a retail area planned to extend the store net-
of 470 m², will be run by Martin work over the next few years to
Kowatsch, one of the corporate 550 outlets operated by existing
group’s 135 partners. During this and new franchise partners.

Photo: Voilia, Pixabay

Most recently in the first five months of the current year, Argentina has
increased its beef exports sharply. Das Futterhaus intends to open up to 550 stores.

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