Petcare
Petcare is the core of the UK pet industry, encompassing everything from nutrition and grooming to health, hygiene, and wellness products. Pet Gazette’s coverage of the petcare sector focuses on new product development, brand strategies, retail performance, and wholesale trends across multiple categories. We report on innovations in supplements, dental care, flea and worming treatments, grooming lines, and wellness-focused SKUs — along with insights into consumer preferences, compliance, and stockist relationships. Whether you’re a retailer, distributor, or supplier, this tag delivers commercial intelligence on the evolving petcare marketplace.
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Dec- 2021 -14 DecemberRetailers
Mars Petcare to deploy new wet pet food packaging format
Mars Petcare will deploy a new wet pet food packaging which is made from recycled materials. Cat food brand Sheba will be the first to have the updated packaging formats available in Europe in 2022 as part of Mars Petcare’s efforts to offer more sustainable choices. The move comes in…
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1 DecemberFeatures
Online marketplaces: the biggest opportunity to grow as a petcare brand
From veterinary consultations to pet food sales, the petcare sector is going digital. And with the UK buying 3.2 million pets during the pandemic, that’s just going to increase. At the same time, the market is getting ever more saturated and it’s harder than ever to gain clout as a…
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Nov- 2021 -26 NovemberManufacturers
Hownd partners with Forest Green Rovers
Plant-based vegan pet food and petcare brand, Hownd, has unveiled a new partnership with Forest Green Rovers, which is known as the “world’s greenest football club”. The partnership will see both groups promote the benefits of plant-based options for pets through the use of LED advertising on matchdays as well…
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24 NovemberRetailing
Petcare sales increase by £45m amid pet ownership boom
Total sales of pet food and litter have reportedly soared by 10.8%, equating to a rise of £45m, as pet ownership surged this year following the pandemic. According to the latest ‘State of the Pet Nation’ report by Mars Petcare, this rise in ownership has led to a “rocketing demand”…
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9 NovemberManufacturers
Mars Petcare releases State of Pet Homelessness Index
Mars Petcare has released its first-ever State of Pet Homelessness Index which revealed that there are some 1.1 million homeless cats and dogs in the UK living in shelters or on the street. The report highlighted that nearly two thirds (61%) of pet owners worry that when life returns to…
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Sep- 2021 -22 SeptemberManufacturers
Sanicat unveils new product look amid sustainability push
Sanicat has unveiled a new look and rebrand in a bid to provide customers with “clearer and greener” choices when shopping for petcare products. The rebrand brings the group’s three core cat litter products, Sanicat Classic, Sanicat Clumping and Sanicat Plant-Based, under the same visual identity for the first time. …
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20 SeptemberRetailers
Tong Garden Centre doubles petcare and aquatics department
Tong Garden Centre has doubled the size of its petcare, wildlife, birdcare and aquatics department. The extended department is now home to the largest maidenhead aquatics concession and ‘feed the fish’ pool in Yorkshire, including tropical fish from around the world, community fish and specialist aquarium fish. It is also…
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17 SeptemberIndustry News
Animor to open first pet healthcare centre
Animor is set to open its first pet healthcare centre in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, in early Autumn 2021. The company said that this is the first of a planned national network of Animor veterinary centres, which will provide both a subscription-based care plan and pay-as-you-go. The centres will be “purpose-built…
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6 SeptemberIndustry News
Mars Petcare to remove plastic from multipacks
Mars Petcare has announced it will replace shrink film with cardboard across all mixed multipack cans of Pedigree, Whiskas, Chappie and Kitekat pet food in the UK. The new packaging will be widely available in stores from 11 September 2021. The move has been made with the aim to see…
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Aug- 2021 -5 AugustManufacturers
Pets at Home installs recycling points
Pets at Home has announced plans to introduce in-store recycling points for flexible pet food packaging, in what will be an “industry first”. The new initiative, which is being supported by pet food producers Mars and Purina PetCare, is being trialed across 40 stores and three Vets4Pets practices across the…
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