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Issue #80

July 5th, 2024

 🇺🇸 We hope everyone had a great 4th of July!!! 🇺🇸 

Take advantage of the booming $115 billion pet industry by starting your own multi-service pet business 💰 🐶 

Pet Butler is a fast-growing franchise made of people who are passionate about pets. Pet Butler has expanded their lines of service to include:

  • Pet waste removal

  • Pet shuttle service

  • Pet care (pet walking and pet sitting)

They are rapidly expanding their national footprint and looking to partner with entrepreneurs who are passionate about pets and interested in building a business of their own or diversifying their existing pet business. 👇 👇👇👇

This Week

💰 Business Roundup: AI for pets, a new virtual food brand, a big European acquisition, and more…

🌎 In The News: Pick up your dog’s poop, New Zealand kills 400 cats, the new “lost pet” scam, and more…

🥓 Pet Food: Probiotics are on 🔥 , Listeria recall, HelloFresh partners with Chewy, and more…

💼 Job Board: Contact us to post your job listing.

Quick Hits:

  • AI wins - AI For Pet, an AI technology-based pet healthcare company, won first place at the AI + Future Pitch Competition.

  • Insert can pun - Eviosys, a European supplier of metal packaging mostly for food cans, was just acquired by Sonoco for a whopping $3.9B.

  • An undisclosed amount - CVC Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Hungary-based Partner in Pet Food.

  • Virtual pet food brand - Purina launched Purina Dogasnax. The first virtual pet food brand in collaboration with Dogami, who came up through Unleashed, the Purina Accelerator Lab program back in 2023.

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  • Scammers are just evil - Watch out for the latest “lost pet” scam.

  • Poo prints - If you don’t pick up your dog’s poop, there’s a chance DNA will find you.

  • Can’t trust anyone - A Rover dog sitter is being investigated after several dogs were found dead who were left in her care.

  • That is pretty sick - New Zealand just killed 400 feral cats. This is an annual event that many children participate in.

  • Hello Chewy - The Pets Table, a premium pet food brand brought to you by HelloFresh, partnered with Chewy to start selling its food through the platform.

  • Will you buy it? - The world’s first lab brown chicken for cats is launching in the US this year. Would you feed it to your cat?

  • Viva La Recall - Viva Turkey for Dogs was recalled for Listeria.

  • That gut feeling - Probiotics in pet food are the hottest new trend.

  • General Manager (East Coast) at Groombuggy

  • Procurement Manager at Maev

  • Veterinary nurse at Pawp

You reached the end, you deserve a treat 🍖

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