Muskego to Lose Growing Pet Food Business

Stella & Chewy’s LLC, a natural pet food producer that operates a facility near Janesville Road on Tess Corners Drive, has announced plans to move from Muskego to a larger location in Milwaukee.

The company employs about 40 full-time employees and occupies a 17,000-square-foot building on Muskego's east side. It recently leased a 48,862-square-foot building on the south side of Milwaukee, according to an article in BizTimes.com.

The company started five years ago by founder Marie Moody, and its products are now available in 3,000 pet food stores. The move to the larger facility in October was prompted by a need for more space.

“Every year we’ve pretty much doubled our sales,” Moody told the BizTimes.

Stella & Chewy’s produces high end pet food for dogs and cats from all natural meat and organic fruits and vegetables, explained Moody.

The food is frozen or freeze-dried, which maintains the taste and nutritional benefits, and natural ingredients in the food make pets healthier, she said.

“There are huge, huge health benefits,” she said. “I think that’s why it’s taken off, because people have seen the results. People love their dogs. There’s really nothing else like our products in the pet food industry,”