Pet Food as Health Food Spurs Impressive Sales Gains – Oil City Derrick

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Updated: September 16, 2022 @ 4:22 am
ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — U.S. retail sales of dog and cat food approached $40 billion in 2021, up 15% over 2020, according to Packaged Facts’ just-released Pet Food in the U.S. (September 2022). Over the 2017-2021 period, dog and cat food garnered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11%.
Recent inflationary prices for pet food only partially spurred that growth. If the pet food market is not wholly proof against hard times, it’s very hardily resistant, as proven in the wake of COVID.
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