Billboards around Mexico City's parks urge owners to switch to Pedigree and other brands of delicious packaged pet food.

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If the closure goes ahead, he said Mars expected to be able to offer "a substantial number of our 82 associates employment at our other sites, such as the Melton Mowbray pet food factory".

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As for the industries listed below, Sageworks data shows that Other Specialty Food Stores (which includes bakeries and confectionery and nut stores), Pet and Pet Supplies Stores, and Other Clothing Stores (which includes bridal shops, costume stores, swimwear stores, etc) all experienced sales increases of over 3.80% in 2010 over 2009.

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