Healthy pet food firm chews on bigger market

After a pandemic-forced sales tumble, The K9 Kitchen considered shutting operations down. A customer-turned-investor helped give the startup new life.

Stefania Pifferi. Kendra Locke and Corene Petitpren founded The K9 Kitchen in 2019.
Stefania Pifferi. Kendra Locke and Corene Petitpren founded The K9 Kitchen in 2019.
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Kendra Locke and Corene Petitpren first met while on travel health care assignments in Michigan, where they’d frequently see each other walking their dogs. The lifelong animal lovers are now married and living in Cape Coral — where their four-legged friends are at the center of their burgeoning business venture, The K9 Kitchen.

 

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