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Leading Dry Cat Food Vendors

Dollar sales

Price per unit

Current

% change
vs YA

Current

Change
vs YA

TOTAL DRY CAT FOOD

$2,385,375,871

2.0%

$8.23

$0.29

Nestlé Purina Petcare Co.

$1,248,354,111

-1.8%

$8.76

$0.32

Big Heart Pet Brands

$552,001,658

5.8%

$7.08

$0.04

Private label

$216,308,908

2.1%

$6.73

$0.40

Mars Petcare

$184,326,701

-0.6%

$11.39

$0.58

Ainsworth Pet Nutrition

$79,243,508

19.1%

$8.90

$0.18

The Blue Buffalo Co.

$65,181,585

101.9%

$14.37

$0.87

Mars Inc.

$14,404,581

-24.8%

$11.62

$1.64

Simmons Pet Food Inc.

$5,570,620

2.0%

$1.88

$0.00

Sunshine Mills Inc.

$4,770,864

-23.5%

$3.70

-$0.22

Dad's Products Co.

$4,129,245

-40.1%

$5.59

$0.53

Total US Multi-outlet (Grocery, Drug, Mass Market, Military and Select Club & Dollar Retailers) Time: Latest 52 Weeks Ending Aug. 11, 2019
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

$2,267,694,168

7.1%

$1.12

$0.09

Nestlé Purina Petcare Co.

$1,721,229,693

5.9%

$1.07

$0.09

Big Heart Pet Brands

$190,934,454

-1.3%

$1.61

$0.21

Mars Petcare

$147,911,176

23.9%

$1.57

$0.05

Private label

$121,670,356

2.1%

$0.88

$0.00

The Blue Buffalo Co.

$36,516,218

109.9%

$1.79

$0.12

Ainsworth Pet Nutrition

$25,405,733

34.5%

$1.80

$0.04

Mars Inc.

$6,324,939

-23.6%

$1.62

$0.04

Menu Foods Inc

$5,165,462

45.8%

$1.02

-$0.02

Simmons Pet Food Inc.

$2,415,550

-12.3%

$0.35

$0.00

Newman's Own Organics Inc.

$2,360,965

-22.3%

$1.55

$0.14

Total US Multi-outlet (Grocery, Drug, Mass Market, Military and Select Club & Dollar Retailers) Time: Latest 52 Weeks Ending Aug. 11, 2019
Source: Chicago-based market research firm IRI

Leading Wet Dog Food Vendors

Dollar sales

Price per unit

Current

% change
vs YA

Current

Change
vs YA

$1,724,340,476

7.4%

$1.80

$0.20

Mars Petcare

$878,845,735

6.7%

$1.80

$0.18

Nestlé Purina Petcare Co.

$531,159,144

4.5%

$1.81

$0.16

Private label

$133,740,048

3.5%

$1.52

$0.08

The Blue Buffalo Co.

$70,059,032

102.8%

$2.28

$0.09

Ainsworth Pet Nutrition

$45,926,122

23.8%

$2.87

$0.34

Big Heart Pet Brands

$39,131,703

-15.0%

$1.48

$0.58

Newman's Own Organics Inc.

$8,343,753

-11.5%

$2.54

$0.06

Mars Inc.

$4,704,504

94.9%

$1.70

-$0.13

Simmons Pet Food

$1,950,196

50.5%

$0.55

-$0.23

VIP Petfoods

$1,768,677

29.6%

$1.51

-$0.15

TOTAL WET DOG FOOD

Total US Multi-outlet (Grocery, Drug, Mass Market, Military and Select Club & Dollar Retailers) Time: Latest 52 Weeks Ending Aug. 11, 2019
Source: Chicago-based market research firm IRI

entering the price-conscious
Food, Drug and Mass (FDM)
channel, traditionally higherpriced super premium brands
could be lowering the overall
price the market will bear for
these products. Data reported by Chicago-based market
research firm IRI from the last
52 weeks ending Aug. 11, 2019
shows the "US Multi-Outlet"
channel - which includes
grocery, drug, mass market,
military, select clubs and dollar retailers - experienced an
overall price-per-unit increase
for dry dog food of $0.52 and
an increase of $0.29 for dry
cat food compared to the same
time period one year ago. Wet
dog food was up per-unit
by $0.20 and wet cat food
was up $0.09. The price-perunit was also up across frozen
and refrigerated pet foods, as
well as pet treats for both cats
and dogs.
On average, prices in the
US multi-outlet channel aren't
declining, but there are some
other notable changes. Sales
are up across the board except
for refrigerated and frozen cat
food, which dropped 3.3%, and
semi-moist dog food, which
dropped 1%. Unit sales declined in almost all categories
except for refrigerated and frozen dog food, semi-moist cat
food, dog treats and cat treats.
Dry food shows some of the
smallest increases while other
food formats - wet for both
cats and dogs, semi-moist cat
food and refrigerated and frozen food for dogs - showed
more than twice the growth
of dry. With dry food being
the long-standing preference
of dog owners, other formats
have a long way to climb to
compete with dry dog food's
share of the market. Cat food,

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