Freshpet

Freshpet

Freshpet

American pet food company

Freshpet is an American pet food company. Its cat food and dog food products are marketed as fresh, and need to be kept refrigerated.[4] It is listed on the Nasdaq exchange with the ticker symbol FRPT.[5]

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History

Freshpet was founded in Secaucus, New Jersey, in 2006 by Scott Morris, Cathal Walsh, and John Phelps, former pet food executives.[6][7] It opened a factory in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, in 2006;[8][9] and another in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 2013.[4]

Freshpet went public on the NASDAQ in November 2014, raising $164 million in its IPO.[10][11] with a market capitalization of $447 million.[11]

In February 2020, the company was offered a grant of $2.1 million from the Texas Enterprise Fund to build a plant in Ennis, Texas.[12] Also

In 2020, the company reported revenue of almost $319 million, an increase of some 30%, and a net income loss of $3.19 million, up 130% on the previous year. It also reported losses in the four preceding years.[1][2]

Products

Freshpet's cat food and dog food products are marketed as fresh, requiring refrigeration[4] since the company's products have no preservatives.[13] Freshpet was the first to distribute pet food in the fresh and refrigerated category across North America. After a 2007 crisis of wet and dried dog food tainted by melamine, Freshpet's uncontaminated fresh food products experienced rapid growth in the number of stores carrying them.[14][15]

As of 2021, the company's pet-food brands include Freshpet, Dog Joy, DogNation, Spring & Sprout,[16] Vital, Homestyle Creations, and Nature's Fresh.[17]

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    Saulsbery, Gabrielle (December 8, 2021). "Freshpet launches refrigerated, vegetarian dog food brand Spring & Sprout". NJBiz. Retrieved September 8, 2021.

Further reading

  • Official website
  • Business data for Freshpet, Inc.:
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