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Leading Dry Dog Food Vendors Dollar sales
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Price per unit

Current

% change
vs YA

Current

Change
vs YA

TOTAL DRY DOG FOOD

$5,417,113,318

1.0%

$14.31

$0.62

Nestlé Purina PetCare

$2,018,231,425

2.1%

$14.19

$0.32

Mars Petcare

$1,290,203,022

-1.8%

$15.15

$0.47

Private Label Brands

$689,177,435

-8.3%

$13.30

$0.41

Big Heart Pet Brands

$484,371,507

-2.2%

$10.59

$0.44

Ainsworth Pet Nutrition

$406,044,820

-8.0%

$16.15

-$0.15

Blue Buffalo

$394,706,121

67.5%

$25.34

$2.55

Sunshine Mills

$24,980,493

-21.2%

$6.01

$0.17

American Pet Nutrition

$22,664,739

-10.2%

$15.19

$0.57

Mars, Inc.

$18,232,460

-23.4%

$14.53

$0.27

Gentle Giants

$15,006,024

27.8%

$30.08

$0.45

Total US Multi-outlet (Grocery, Drug, Mass Market, Military and Select Club & Dollar Retailers) Time: Latest 52 Weeks Ending Aug. 9, 2020
Source: Chicago-based market research firm IRI

Dry Cat Food Vendor

Dollar sales

Price per unit

Current

% Change
vs YA

Current

Change
vs YA

TOTAL DRY CAT FOOD

$2,448,098,313

2.0%

$8.46

$0.25

Nestlé Purina PetCare

$1,260,599,164

0.0%

$9.12

$0.35

Big Heart Pet Brands

$576,293,764

4.2%

$7.19

$0.19

Private Label Brands

$210,868,944

-2.5%

$6.19

-$0.54

Mars Petcare

$187,187,255

1.1%

$11.72

$0.31

Blue Buffalo

$106,143,616

61.9%

$16.33

$1.93

Ainsworth Pet Nutrition

$78,097,332

-1.5%

$9.03

$0.14

Mars, Inc.

$7,620,768

-46.5%

$12.33

$0.77

I and love and you

$4,566,173

27.3%

$8.73

$0.21

Simmons Pet Foods

$4,566,162

-18.0%

$1.88

-$0.00

Sunshine Mills

$3,789,547

-21.1%

$3.73

-$0.01

Total US Multi-outlet (Grocery, Drug, Mass Market, Military and Select Club & Dollar Retailers) Time: Latest 52 Weeks Ending Aug. 9, 2020
Source: Chicago-based market research firm IRI

Leading Wet Cat Food Vendors

Dollar sales

Price per unit

Current

% change
vs YA

Current

Change
vs YA

TOTAL WET CAT FOOD

$2,390,142,874

7.2%

$1.22

$0.10

Nestlé Purina PetCare

$1,781,884,889

5.6%

$1.17

$0.10

Big Heart Pet Brands

$201,727,178

6.5%

$1.83

$0.22

Mars Petcare

$183,830,778

24.2%

$1.64

$0.06

Private Label Brands

$130,256,518

3.8%

$0.83

-$0.05

Blue Buffalo

$54,403,834

48.6%

$1.94

$0.16

Ainsworth Pet Nutrition

$19,547,292

-13.9%

$1.96

$0.02

I and love and you

$4,836,992

107.6%

$2.04

$0.31

Mars, Inc.

$2,908,385

-54.8%

$1.74

$0.12

MPM Products Ltd

$2,295,697

77.3%

$1.58

$0.25

Simmons Pet Foods

$2,259,797

-6.5%

$0.35

-$0.00

Total US Multi-outlet (Grocery, Drug, Mass Market, Military and Select Club & Dollar Retailers) Time: Latest 52 Weeks Ending Aug. 9, 2020
Source: Chicago-based market research firm IRI

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Online sales
projected
to account
for 35%
of all pet
product
sales in
the United
States by
the end
of 2024.
Source: Packaged Facts

as a variety of regional BBQ
inspired wet dog food recipes from Merrick Pet Care,
allowing pets to join in on the
cuisine de jour the humans of
the house are enjoying.
In addition to the strong
growth rate in the wet pet
food category, treat sales
continue to grow at an enviable rate. Euromonitor
International reports dog
treats and mix-ins grew 12%
and cat treats and mix-ins
grew 8.8% from 2018 to 2019
in the United States.
What is not increasing year
over year is pet food product
launches. As tracked through
Mintel's Global New Product
Database (GNPD), new pet
food product introductions
have decreased steadily since
2017. Through March of this
year, Mintel reports 169 new
product introductions. Some
of those came during the last
opportunity the industry had
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