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Charlotte Police Set Up Pet Food Bank

Charlotte,N.C. News 14

CHARLOTTE -- The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Animal Care and Control Unit is setting up a pet food bank for those who can't afford to feed their animals.

Officers say they've noticed an increase in the number of pets being brought in by their owners because of the cost of food, and foreclosures and evictions.

The food bank will be made possible through donations from the community. Read More

WSJ:Tyson Going After Pampered Pet Market

from the Wall Street Journal

By SCOTT KILMAN

With the economy going to the dogs, meatpacking giant Tyson Foods Inc. is forming an alliance to make a product its executives think is recession-proof: deli-like food for pets.

Tyson, Springdale, Ark., is expected to announce Tuesday that it bought a minority stake for millions of dollars in closely held Freshpet Co., a Secaucus, N.J., company that is rolling out refrigerated dog food to thousands of stores such as Kroger, Supervalu and PetSmart.

The Freshpet brand is unusual because the company's executives, a collection of former Meow Mix managers, are trying to make dog food look, smell and taste as much like human food as possible. The line, the first national brand of refrigerated pet food, is aimed at consumers who give their pets everything from clothes and car seats to cemetery graves. Keep Reading