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He learned that not even severe economic hardship would stop owners from buying food to feed their pets. This was a revelation to Iams, as most owners fed their pets leftovers or their own concoctions. A self-taught animal nutritionist, Iams founded his company in 1946, and, by 1950, was creating his own recipes in his own plant in Dayton. [3]
During the 1940s, because pet food was not available in stores, animals were predominantly fed homemade food, usually table scraps. [4] Paul Iams, an animal nutritionist who graduated from the Ohio State University in 1937, founded the Iams Company in 1946 in a small feed mill near Dayton, Ohio. [5]
Clayton Lee Mathile (pronounced [Muh-til]) (January 11, 1941 – August 26, 2023) was an American billionaire businessman best known for leading Iams to nearly $1 billion in sales before selling it to Procter & Gamble (P&G) for $2.3 billion in 1999 [1] in what was, at the time, the largest cash-only deal in P&G's history.
In the 30 years between the founding of the ASPCA and the creation of the first pet cemetery, American attitudes toward animals — as pets, as laborers, as food sources and fellow occupants of ...
Radio Systems Corp., the pet products company founded by Randy Boyd in Knoxville more than 30 years ago, is suing a competitor in U.S. District Court.. The complaint filed in November alleges ...
Founded in Tokyo, moved to the U.S. in 1958. Defunct in 2021. 1667 Seaside Inn: Kennebunkport, Maine: Hotel [8] [14] [15] 1670 Hudson's Bay Company: New York City: Retail [16] Founded in England by Royal Charter, headquartered today in Toronto and New York City: 1673 White Horse Tavern: Newport, Rhode Island: Restaurant [8] [17] [18] 1680 ...
Jul. 19—The Marty's Meals sign is still up at the organic pet food company near Trader Joe's, but as of a year ago, the company branding has changed to Shine Pet Food. Much else has changed ...
Pet, Inc. was an American company that was the first to commercially produce evaporated milk as a shelf-stable consumer product with its "PET Milk" brand. [1] While evaporated milk was popular before refrigerators were common in homes, sales peaked in the 1950s and it is now a niche product used in baking and as a cooking ingredient.