The company stated the potential impacts of COVID-19 on its revenue and supply chain remain uncertain.

The direct-to-consumer, fresh pet food company plans to put the investment toward expanding its product offerings and implementing new marketing strategies to drive growth.

The company detailed the pet brand’s evolution and growth over the last 2 years and outlined its strategy for sustaining that growth.

The company reported positive gains in its pet segment despite flat overall net sales compared to year-ago earnings.

Overall, pet segment revenue for General Mills was up 7.1% in the first quarter.

Billy Bishop will transition from a day-to-day management role to a more long-term strategic position leading the Blue Buffalo brand and product innovation.

The company outlined its plans to drive growth in e-commerce, FDM and pet specialty at its Investor Day presentation on July 9.

E-commerce and FDM are up, pet specialty is down at the end of fiscal 2019.

The 400,000-sq.-ft. facility will produce more than one million lbs. of pet food per day.

Don Mulligan discussed General Mills’ pet food business with a Deutsche Bank research analyst at the dbAccess Global Consumer Conference in Paris.