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Nestlé Purina PetCare was formed in December 2001, [4] when Nestlé acquired Ralston Purina for $10.3 billion and merged it with Nestlé's pet food business, Friskies PetCare Company. [4] Ralston had marketed the Dog Chow, Cat Chow and Pro Plan pet food brands, while Nestlé produced Friskies and Alpo brand pet foods.
Purina establishes the first pet nutrition and care center at Purina Farms near Gray Summit, Missouri, to confirm the palatability and nutrition of its pet foods. It has since evolved into the Nestlé Purina Pet Care Center in Northwest Missouri.
As pet owners sought premium or gourmet products in the 1980s, Purina launched Fancy Feast gourmet, Pro Plan with real meat as the number one ingredient, and Purina ONE, the first super premium pet food sold in the grocery channel.
William H. Danforth founds Purina in 1894. He initially produces feed for farm animals, but Danforth aims higher to build a company that will provide the best and purest nutrition for companion animals in a convenient, easy-to-use form. Purina opens its research center in Gray Summit, Missouri.
Learn more about Nestlé Purina's founding and rich history in the pet care industry.
The company was formed in 2001 by combining Nestlé's Friskies PetCare Company with Ralston Purina, which acquired it for $10.3 billion. As of 2012, it is the second-largest pet food company globally and the largest in the United States.
Following the earlier acquisitions of Alpo Petfoods (1994) and Spillers Petfood (1998), Nestlé buys US pet food business Ralston Purina. The business merges this with Nestlé Friskies Petcare to become the new market leader, Nestlé Purina Petcare.
In 2001, Ralston Purina was bought by Nestlé, who already owned brands such as FRISKIES®, FANCY FEAST®, ALPO® and MIGHTY DOG®. The two businesses merged under the Purina brand, expanding throughout the world with a broad variety of products for the care and nutrition of pets.
A merger with Nestlé in December 2001 created Nestlé Purina PetCare Company. The company—initially called the Robinson-Danforth Commission Company—was founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1894 by William H. Danforth, George Robinson, and William Andrews.
Ralston Purina was founded as the Robinson-Danforth Commission Company in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1894 by William H. Danforth, George Robinson, and William Andrews. The enterprise began by marketing feed for horses and mules and expanded into hot breakfast cereals, including Purina Whole Wheat Cereal.