Brent Weinmann, President & CEO, Vitakraft Sun Seed, A DotCom Magazine Interview

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    About Brent Weinmann and Vitakraft Sun Seed:

    Vitakraft Sun Seed is home to a family of brands producing premium pet food, treats, bedding, and supplements for small animals, birds, and other animal companions. Together, our family of brands including Vitakraft®, Sunseed®, Quiko®, and Ginger Ridge® has been creating quality products to help pet owners care for their companions for over 180 years.

    As pet parents ourselves, we take our role of helping others to care for their pets seriously. Through experience, research, and innovation, we strive to create safe, nutritional products that promote the health and happiness of pets, and help strengthen the human-animal bond.

    Interested in working with a passionate team of pet lovers? Take a look at our current job openings; we might just have the perfect position for you. A career in the pet industry can be very fun and rewarding, and for the right person, possibly the best decision you ever make.

    In 2008, two family owned companies Vitakraft and Sunseed joined together to create a special new company, appropriately (and creatively) named Vitakraft Sun Seed, Inc. Each had been in business for a considerable length of time and each had a strong reputation as being an innovative, quality producer of premium bird and small animal products.

    For this reason, both brands exist separately today and leverage the resources of the combined companies. This includes on staff nutritionists, veterinarians, zoologists and engineers not to mention more than 1600 employees worldwide, all dedicated to enhancing the lives of both pets and pet parents.

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