Michael Gagliardi

Healthy Pet Foods, Inc., Chester County
$200,000 loan

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LL NATURAL, ALL HEALTHY AND ALL GOOD. Healthy Pet Foods provides one of the best healthy food sources for dogs and cats. The company’s goal is to maintain active animals with good nutrition and portion control. While many pet food makers market to pets over-consuming, Healthy Pet strives for a natural animal diet with limited ingredients. Owner and founder, Michael Gagliardi, developed the company out of his father’s meat packing business. With many of the same contacts, Michael was initially able to cater to the high-end breeding industry with frozen pet foods. As part of the company’s expansion, Michael approached Community First Fund for financing for a new line of treats called Treat-Umms. These days, Healthy Pet Foods line of dry foods is developed with pet and consumer in mind. After 25 years, the company leads the industry in innovative design. Healthy Pet’s most recent creation is the easy to carry and always fresh Lick Your Chops. As dogs and cats become a greater part of the family, Healthy Pet Foods will continue to create better and better ways to keep them in great shape!