South Carolina pet food maker Solid Gold moving HQ to Chesterfield - STLtoday.com

South Carolina pet food maker Solid Gold moving HQ to Chesterfield - STLtoday.com

Solid Gold Pet, a maker of cat and dog food, is moving its headquarters from South Carolina to Chesterfield. 

The company will add about 20 jobs over the next several months, said Katy Jamboretz, spokeswoman for the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership. Solid Gold is moving into an office building at 15455 Conway Road. 

Jamboretz said the St. Louis region's base of operations for multiple pet food companies, including Nestlé Purina PetCare, Royal Canin USA and Whitebridge Pet Brands, was instrumental in Solid Gold's relocation. 

Solid Gold executives were in Chesterfield Thursday morning to announce the relocation. The company markets its products as the country's "first holistic pet food," which are grain-free and gluten free. The company currently is based in Greenville, S.C. 

“After celebrating more than 40 years as the leading premium, holistic pet food company, we are thrilled to start the next chapter of Solid Gold Pet in St. Louis,” Solid Gold's CEO and president Bob Rubin said in a statement, adding the company's supply chain and manufacturing facilities are located in the Midwest. "Housing our corporate offices in St. Louis will allow Solid Gold Pet to centralize our support for our customers and vendors, which means increased efficiency and productivity.”