On May 24, 2023, JANA Partners announced that it has sent a letter to Freshpet Inc board, stating that it will be nominating 4 candidates, Diane Dietz, Timothy McLevish, Scott Ostfeld, and Kurt Schmidt to the Company board. In addition, JANA Partners announced that it intended to file a definitive proxy statement with Securities and Exchange Commission to be used in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Company's 2023 annual meeting of stockholders.