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New Freshpet Kitchen Will Help Feed Furry Family Members – And Growth
Disruptive pet food maker expands into Texas to meet growing consumer demand for its healthy dog and cat food made with recipes of fresh meats, vegetables and
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[{"type":"text","content":"Disruptive pet food maker expands into Texas to meet growing consumer demand for its healthy dog and cat food made with recipes of fresh meats, vegetables and fruits\nSECAUCUS, N.J., Feb. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freshpet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRPT), the leader in fresh, real food for pets, today announced the plans for a third Freshpet Kitchen to further its dedication to making the highest quality nutrition for pets. The company has selected Ennis, Texas, as the site of its expansion, which will further Freshpet on its mission to improve the lives of dogs and cats by providing pet parents real fresh food to serve to their four-legged family members.\n Freshpet created the fresh, refrigerated pet food segment in the US and immediately disrupted the traditional kibble and wet canned foods on the market. The new kitchen will be designed to meet ever-increasing consumer demand for Freshpet recipes – pet food made in the USA with fresh, 100% natural whole ingredients, gently cooked without preservatives and kept refrigerated where real meat belongs. The Texas-based kitchen will increase the company’s production capacity significantly, ultimately providing the company with the capacity to sell more than $1 billion of fresh pet food from its two locations. The first phase of the new kitchen is expected to open in 2022 and will be located 40 miles south of Dallas in Ennis, Texas, which is spurring its own tremendous growth. Ennis is in the middle of a five-year economic improvement plan to grow its local economy and improve the quality of life for its residents. At full capacity, the new Freshpet kitchen will employ more than 400 people in the area, nearly doubling Freshpet’s current employee base. “Like a growing number of pet parents, we believe that our dogs and cats are our family and they deserve fresh, healthy food to help them live their best lives,” said Billy Cyr, CEO of Freshpet. “Our third Freshpet Kitchen is in the perfect location to help us drive new innovation while making our food in a way that’s best for pets, people and the planet. We wanted the home of our next Kitchen to be a place that we would be proud to send our employees to live and work and Ennis blew us away with the compelling vision of their leadership, the ongoing investments they have made to their infrastructure, and the availability of top-notch talent to ...