Just Food | Humanization in Pet Food Bounds Along Amid Premium-Led Growth

Dec 2022

Just Food | Humanization in Pet Food Bounds Along Amid Premium-Led Growth

Originally published by JustFood on December 6, 2022

Alex Masters, Managing Director in Lincoln’s Consumer Group, shares current growth drivers he is seeing in the pet food sector and expectations for European deal activity in 2023.

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Alex Masters, Managing Director in Lincoln International’s Consumer Group, shares with Just Food several growth drivers in the pet food sector and expectations for European deal activity in 2023.
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