Freshpet

Freshpet is an American pet food company. Its cat food and dog food products are marketed as fresh, and need to be kept refrigerated at the point of sale.[2] Brands include Freshpet Select, Dog Joy, Vital, Nature's Fresh and Dognation. It is listed on the Nasdaq exchange with the ticker symbol FRPT.[3]

Freshpet
TypePublic
Nasdaq: FRPT
Russell 2000 Component
IndustryPet food
Founded2006
HeadquartersSecaucus, New Jersey 07096-2157, United States
ProductsRefrigerated pet food
Revenue $263 Million(2019)[1]
Number of employees
463
Websitefreshpet.com

History

Freshpet was founded in Secaucus, New Jersey in 2006 by Scott Morris, Cathal Walsh and John Phelps, former pet food executives.[4][5] It opened a factory in Quakertown, Pennsylvania in 2006;[6][7] and another in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 2013.[2] 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.[8]

References
  1. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/FRPT/freshpet/revenue
  2. "Freshpet Dog Food Promotes Products Sources in the U.S." The New York Times. 13 June 2013.
  3. "Freshpet on NASDAQ". NASDAQ.
  4. Collings, Richard (16 September 2014). "Freshpet Files for IPO as Spending on Natural Food for Pets Rises". The Street. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. Harris, Jon (25 June 2019). "Freshpet breaks ground on $100 million Lehigh Valley expansion that could add 200 jobs". The Morning Call. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. Staff (15 August 2018). "Freshpet Expanding In Pennsylvania, Creating 100 Jobs". Business Facilities. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  7. Morley, Hugh (12 June 2007). "Barking up the right tree; Freshpet sales soar after tainted-food scandal". The Record.
  8. "Freshpet to create 427 jobs in Ennis with new pet food manufacturing plant". Dallas News. 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-02-28.

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