AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Freshpet AI shopping shelf share

🐾 Pet Supplies · 🇺🇸 US · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#34

Pet Supplies · US

#29 #34

Shelf-share

0.3%

of US answers

0.3% 0.3%

Sentiment

78%

positive

No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.

Who's on the pet supplies shelf

1 Purina
18.4%
2 Hill's
7.5%
3 The Farmer's Dog
7.2%
4 Litter-Robot
5.3%
5 KONG
4.8%
6 Ollie
4.0%
⋯
34 Freshpet
0.3%

The shoppers Freshpet wins

The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Freshpet ranks best.

Where Freshpet wins the journey

Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.

Awareness

#62

0.0%

Research

#31

0.1%

Comparison

#24

0.7%

Validation

—

not surfaced

Purchase

#53

0.4%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
0.2%
Google AI Mode
0.3%

What AI says about Freshpet

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

78% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

20% budget, 40% mid, 40% premium

“The Farmer's Dog, Ollie, JustFoodForDogs, Nom Nom, Freshpet, etc.) and tell you which ones I'd actually consider worth paying for versus expensive marketing.”

ChatGPT

“(Webvet) And the price difference can become enormous as the dog gets bigger.”

ChatGPT

“Freshpet** : Found in the refrigerated aisles of pet and grocery stores.”

Google AI Mode

“Freshpet — available through retailers rather than purely subscription; some fresh cat formulas are refrigerated and high-moisture.”

ChatGPT

Products AI names

The specific Freshpet items the engines put in front of US shoppers.

  • Vital Chicken & Beef Recipe 0.0%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Freshpet.

How to read this

Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Freshpet, relative to the rest.

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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Freshpet.