Issue #70

May 30th, 2024

Quick Hits:

🇺🇸 The 50 most popular dog names in the US are…

🍕 Pizza To The Rescue is a brand new spot in Phoenix Arizona with a mission to rescue dogs.

💩 I’m going to miss Leona, the cat that pooped on my chest.

🐶 “It’s a celebration of life” - this photographer’s images of dogs in their final days will touch your heart.

⬆️ Chewy is having a great Q1 with net sales up 3.1% to $2.88 billion, beating expectations.

• Worldwide - Mars invests $12M in a new packaging center in India.

• Petflation - Pet food inflation is still here but slowing according to the professor.

• Demand is high - Butternut Box has appointed CTP to build a specialized facility to produce healthy dog food in Poland.

• K Dog - LG Uplus, South Korea’s top mobile operator has acquired a local startup called Along - an Airbnb-like service provider for pets, for an undisclosed amount.

• Miss Peaches, peaches? - The internet’s favorite dog, Miss Peaches, has partnered with a family that has grown authentic Georgia peaches since the 1800's!

• Boosting production down south - Alican just invested $30m to boost its production capacity in Córdoba, Argentina.

• Cat & machine - The new Garfield movie has teamed up with Roborock to promote their pet-friendly technology.

• X Caliber - SK Telecom Co. announced the launch of its AI-based pet diagnostic assistance service X Caliber in Australia.

• New CMO - Wellness Pet Company has hired Allison Giorgio as their new Chief Marketing Officer.

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• Extremely bizarre story - A sick puppy that was supposed to be euthanized, but wasn’t, and an owner who was never made aware of this - but found a year later.

• Keeping the streets clean - Sniffer dogs helped seize nearly six tons of methamphetamine hidden within a shipment of green squash.

• Best idea - Petnow was chosen as the winner of the Fresh Ideas Contest at Interzoo 2024.

• Colorado is #1 - What’s the friendliest state for dogs? I guess we already gave it away in the title.

• Allergy season - Spring and summer might be the worst for pet allergies.

• More cats than humans - This Japanese island has become a tourist hotspot.

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• Mussel up - Green Source Organics launched its Extracted Green Lipped Mussel Powder ingredient derived from sustainably sourced green-lipped mussels.

• New flava in ya bowl - Kroger rolls out 6 new Abound pet food line flavors.

• Runner up - Kelly & Co’s wins the Silver Award for Innovation in Consumer Products & Services at the 11th Annual Asia-Pacific Stevie^® Awards

• Operations Coordinator (part-time) at Dutch

• Dog groomer at ATD Clubhouse

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Finally, What did the cat say after he ate the canary?

Yuck! That’s the last time I’m ordering the Tweet and Sour!

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