Dog Chow is a name brand of dog food marketed and manufactured by Nestl Purina PetCare. The brand is offered world wide as dry kibbles, in numerous formulas including one for young dogs, called "Puppy Chow", one for elderly dogs, called "Senior 7+", and a weight maintenance formula called "Fit & Trim". It was first introduced in 1957, and only took two years to become the leading brand sold in the United States.The "Chow" brand has been extended to other types of pet food, including Puppy Chow, Cat Chow, and Kitten Chow.Nestl Purina PetCare Company is the pet food division of Swiss-based Nestl, following a merger in December 12, 2001, between the Nestl's Friskies PetCare Company and the American Ralston Purina Company. It is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.Purina traces its roots back to 1894, when founder William H. Danforth began producing feed for various farm animals under the name Purina Mills. The predominant brand for each animal was generally re ferred to as "Chow"; hence there was "Purina Horse Chow", "Purina Dog Chow", "Purina Cat Chow", and even "Purina Monkey Chow," "Purina Rabbit Chow" and "Purina Pig Chow." Later, in 1902,
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he merged with university professor Webster Edgerly, founder of Ralstonism, who was at the time producing breakfast cereals, to form the "Ralston-Purina Company". In 1994, the Ralston "human food" operations of the Ralston Purina Company were spun off into a new company called Ralcorp Holdings.The animal feed business became the subject of an acquisition bid by Swiss-based Nestl, whose Friskies brand was the other leading brand of pet food in the U.S. Nestl S.A. and U.S. Ralston Purina Company announced in January 2001 that they had entered into a definitive merger agreement. Under the agreement, Nestl acquired all of the outstanding shares of Ralston Purina (NYSE: RAL) for US$ 33.50 per share in cash. The offer represented a premium of 36 percent over the closing price on Friday, January 12, 2001
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