Central Garden & Pet Company
A maker of pet supplies and lawn-and-garden products sold in U.S. stores, with brands like Nylabone dog chews, Kaytee bird and small-animal food, Pennington grass seed, and Amdro pest control. It began in 1980 as Central Garden Supply, a California distributor founded by William Brown, and grew by buying up familiar brands. Fun fact: Amdro's fire ant bait uses "delayed toxicity," so worker ants carry it back to the mound and feed it to the queen, wiping out the whole colony.
Granted 63.3K · Sold 1000.0K
Granted 23.8K · Sold 11.5K
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| Insider | Stake change | Holds now | Granted / vested | Bought | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown William EChairman, Director, 10% owner · 33 transactions | — | 1.69M | 63.3K | — | 1000.0K |
| Pennington Brooks IIIDirector · 20 transactions | — | 436.1K | 23.8K | — | 11.5K |
| Lahanas NicholasChief Executive Officer, Director · 27 transactions | — | 132.3K | 116.0K | — | 53.1K |
| Hanson John EdwardPresident, Pet Consumer Prod · 22 transactions | — | 119.0K | 68.9K | — | 34.8K |
| Walker John D. IIIPresident, Garden Consumer Pro · 23 transactions | -9.9% | 72.4K | 80.8K | — | 17.7K |
| Machek HowardChief Accounting Officer · 24 transactions | — | 67.6K | 39.4K | — | 15.0K |
| Yuhas George A.General Counsel · 2 transactions | -5.5% | 44.5K | 20.8K | — | — |
| Springer Mary BethDirector · 8 transactions | +187.7% | 26.6K | 28.3K | — | — |
| Ranelli JohnDirector · 15 transactions | +20.5% | 26.2K | 28.3K | — | 19.4K |
| Chun Courtnee ADirector · 3 transactions | +194.5% | 18.3K | 10.5K | — | — |
| Smith Bradley G.Chief Financial Officer · 8 transactions | — | 17.9K | 12.4K | — | — |
| Patel Apur RohitChief Legal Officer · 1 transaction | — | 17.0K | 7.8K | — | — |
| Dougher BrendanDirector · 10 transactions | — | 16.4K | 18.0K | — | 3.3K |
| Metz Christopher TDirector · 8 transactions | +100.7% | 15.3K | 28.3K | — | 10.0K |
| McCarthy Joyce M.General Counsel · 5 transactions | +96% | 14.7Kas of May 2025 | 6.0K | — | — |
| Coleman LisaDirector · 2 transactions | +158% | 13.4Kas of Feb 2025 | 6.9K | — | — |
| Griffith Michael JDirector · 1 transaction | +69.4% | 12.5Kas of Feb 2024 | 3.3K | — | — |
| Lewis Randal D.Director · 2 transactions | — | 7.8K | 7.8K | — | — |
| Schwichtenberg KayDirector · 1 transaction | — | 4.0K | 3.7K | — | — |
Select a row to see that insider’s individual transactions. Sum of the holdings confirmed in the 12 months before this insider's last filing. A Form 4 reports a holding per line — held directly, or through a named trust, partnership or foundation, and in each share class separately — never a person’s total. Lines not restated in that time are left out and shown apart: an active filer restates what they still hold, so a line they did not restate is more often an entity since renamed, whose shares a successor line reports too. An amber marker means some were left out.
Net open-market activity over the last 3 years: -1.16M shares. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not decisions to buy or sell.