On April 13, a reporter from Blue Whale Finance noticed that a number of consumers in WeChat Moments posted information on pet food requests for help. In this regard, Blue Whale Finance reporter learned that pet food companies such as Cargill, Nestle, and China Pet have paid attention to relevant information and are coordinating all parties to transfer relevant materials to Shanghai.

Nestle said that the Nestlé Purina team coordinated with various parties and made emergency financing. Within 5 hours, 7 store front warehouses were created, and they joined hands with pet stores, Hema, Sam, and Daojia platforms to solve the problem of buying and selling. At the same time, it also helped solve the problem of 15 in-service guide dogs that were about to run out of food. Distributed 40,000 kilograms of pet rations to thousands of consumers and helped tens of thousands of pets.

The Cargill pet team ensures the safe delivery of supplies into Shanghai and to pet store customers. At present, several employee volunteers are participating in the supply guarantee work, and the joint dealers are stationed in the warehouse 24 hours a day to arrange product delivery throughout Shanghai. In addition, under the circumstance of shortage of transportation capacity and high freight costs, we insisted on supplying at the original price, and recently opened a community group purchase channel to work with store customers and community group leaders to solve the urgent need for pet-raising families to run out of food and the last mile to get home. Help everyone get through this difficult time.

China's largest pet food company, China Pet Foods, told the Blue Whale Finance reporter: As long as conditions allow, China Pets will ship the materials regardless of cost. Now we deliver logistics through all channels. , all in transportation regardless of cost. The first batch of 30 tons of cat litter and 110,000 naughty product orders have been shipped to Shanghai, but they can only be distributed through offline channels at present.”

The data shows that in 2022 In 2019, China's pet industry will reach a scale of 220-250 billion, with a compound annual growth rate of more than 20%. Among them, pet food accounts for 55% and pet staple food accounts for 65% of pet food. Overall, Shanghai has the highest annual per capita consumption of pets.