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title: "Pet Wants Franchise Attends Mid-Michigan Pet Expo"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/cc988a9f-d4ec-4baf-8012-8cf9717f9401
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/petwants/mid-michigan-pet-expo-going-on-at-the-dort-financial-center-2726230
category: "Pet retail"
industry: "Pets"
segment: "Pet retail"
published: 2024-05-20T14:09:05.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:05:31.936Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/a5db82294aca3217ed5ff82fc250824b7232.jpg
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# Pet Wants Franchise Attends Mid-Michigan Pet Expo

**TL;DR:** A Pet Wants franchisee, Joe Alnaraie, attended the Mid-Michigan Pet Expo to highlight the importance of proper nutrition for pets. Pet Wants provides specially crafted, private-label pet food formulas to support a balanced diet for cats and dogs.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2024-05-20. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/petwants/mid-michigan-pet-expo-going-on-at-the-dort-financial-center-2726230).*

## Story

The Mid-Michigan Pet Expo, a three-day event held at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Michigan, hosted multiple exhibitors, vendors and entertainment sessions in March. Among those in attendance was Joe Alnaraie, a Pet Wants franchisee.

“We started the business because our dog had all kinds of nutritional and intestinal problems,” Alnaraie told ABC 12 News. “We wanted to find an alternate type of food for him, and we found Pet Wants. We have seven formulas. It’s really mild on the gut, and we try to really make sure that dogs and cats are getting proper nutrition.”

A pet health and wellness brand, Pet Wants provides specially crafted, private-label pet food formulas to support a balanced diet for cats and dogs.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Pets (sector)
- Pet Wants (company)
- pet nutrition (topic)
- Joe Alnaraie (person)
- Mid-Michigan Pet Expo (location)
- Dort Financial Center (location)
- franchisee attendance (topic)
- pet expo (topic)
- private label pet food (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/petwants/mid-michigan-pet-expo-going-on-at-the-dort-financial-center-2726230). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/cc988a9f-d4ec-4baf-8012-8cf9717f9401).