Retorted pet-food pack is a breed apart

摘要

Juicy beef stew, simmered chicken medley, savory rice-and-lamb stew and roasted pork sound like tasty ingredients for a delicious family-style meal, right? Well as of March, these dinner combinations began going to the dogs. One of the country''s top brands of dry dog food is barking up a new tree as Nestle Purina PetCare launches Beneful~® Prepared Meals.™ While Beneful has experienced double-digit growth each year since its introduction in 2001, St. Louis-based Nestle Purina hopes to reinvent the wet dog-food category by taking the can out of canned dog food and digging into new product-formula ground.