The 14th Annual Pet Insight Vanguard Awards recognizes outstanding companies across the pet industry, highlighting leadership, innovation and strong partnerships that drive growth and trust. Since 2012, the awards celebrate not just product excellence but also company mission, industry relationships and contributions to supporting pets and pet owners.
Pet Insight has been honoring industry leaders yearly since it first debuted the Vanguard Awards in 2012, with an eye toward overall performance, presence and incremental category leadership. “They are pioneers of pet solutions that push the category. They are trailblazers of trust who pet parents choose again and again. They are innovators and catalysts who inspire new ways of thinking to overcome challenges. No matter what word you call them, we call them Vanguard Award recipients,” said Pet Insight.
Midwestern Pet Foods is honored to be an award recipient of the 2026 Pet Insight Vanguard Awards in the Premium Foods category.
About Pet Insight
Since 2011, the trade publication has been dedicated to connecting the industry by combining retailer, distributor and supplier perspectives on trends, key milestones and partnerships. Reaching more than 25,000 industry readers both in print and online, Pet Insight is the premier publication for pet industry leaders.
About Midwestern Pet Foods
From humble beginnings milling flour in 1926 to producing premium pet food, Midwestern Pet Foods has served families for generations. Operating out of Evansville, Indiana, the Nunn family business started making quality pet food under the Midwestern Pet Foods name in 1982. Now in its 4th generation of Nunn family leadership, Midwestern Pet Foods manufactures high-quality pet food and treats in four, company-owned kitchens across the United States.
