2022 U.S. PET FOOD SPENDING $38.69B…Up ↑$4.29B
Pet Food spending increased 12.5% in 2022, but 82% of the lift came from higher prices!
Over 45 years in Consumer Products including 31+ years in the Pet Industry developing and executing successful strategic sales and marketing plans for manufacturers.
Pet Food spending increased 12.5% in 2022, but 82% of the lift came from higher prices!
“Real” sales for Relevant Retail have now been positive for 3 of the last 4 months!
Petflation slowed from 8.7% in July to 6.6% in August but is still 1.8 times the National CPI of 3.7%.
In 2022, the Top 100 Retailers generated 35% of Total Retail $, 58% of Relevant Retail $ and 75% of Pet Products $.
Relevant Retail $ were up vs 2022 – both actual & “real”, but over 80% of the $ales lift came from NonStore Retailers.
Petflation slowed again but is still 2.7 times the national rate!
This segment is the most driven by high income so high inflation had little impact!
A $7B increase that slowed in the 1st half of 2022, perhaps due to fast growing inflation!
Monthly Real Sales vs 2022 (Incuding Inflation) are positive again for Relevant Retail. The slow turnaround continues!
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