Manufacturers

Mars Petcare launches ‘clean eating’ pet food brand

Mars Petcare UK has launched Nutro, a new premium pet food brand which uses its “feed clean” philosophy, to bring the clean eating trend to cats and dogs. Nutro’s Wild Frontier line claims 70 percent of its ingredients are sourced from animals and the range is said to be high…

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Petlife International celebrates 25 years in business with increased export activity

Bury St Edmunds based pet product manufacturer and distributor, Petlife International, has announced increased export activity as it celebrates 25 years in business. Led by John Hancock following a 1993 takeover, the company is best known for its Vetbed Original, a bedding it claims is “recognised by the veterinary industry…

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Hill’s Pet Nutrition crowns its Kitten of the Year

A kitten from London has beaten nationwide competition to be crowned ‘Kitten of the Year 2018’, in an annual competition run by food brand, Hill’s Pet Nutrition. Fifi from Ealing was chosen out of over 450 kittens to gain the title in the annual competition, which encouraged pet owners across…

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Cotswold Raw sees tripe-based sales triple

Pet food manufacturer Cotswold Raw has reported an increase in interest in its tripe-based products in the last four months, with the sales of the product category tripling. The company has two tripe-themed offers: a beef and tripe complete meal and lamb’s tripe chunks. Tripe is a natural element of…

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Royal Canin to host webinar on feline ageing

Pet food manufacturer Royal Canin is to offer a new webinar for vets on “extending healthy life in your feline patients”. The webinar will be led by Nathalie Dowgray a lead researcher at the recently launched Feline Healthy Ageing Clinic. A long-term study, the Clinic researches the many factors associated…

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Independent manufacturer announced as finalist in PetQuip Awards

An independent pet product manufacturer has been announced as a finalist in the PetQuip Awards for ‘Pet Product of the Year’. Rob Peacock’s PetWeighter bowl, features a base which can be filled with water or sand, to give it a weight of up to 13kg, meaning pets aren’t able to…

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Pet food manufacturer donates 25 percent of profits to charity

Burns Pet Nutrition has announced a £1m charity donation – which equates to a quarter of its annual profits – to celebrate its 25th year of trading. The pet food producer will be donating to a number of charitable organisations of part of its continued efforts to support community projects…

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Poppy’s Picnic nominated for the Rural Business Awards

Raw pet food company Poppy’s Picnic has been nominated for a Rural Business Award in the Business Start-Up of the Year category. Now in its fourth year, the Rural Business Awards are the only UK-wide business awards specifically for the rural sector and is sponsored by Amazon. Representing Wiltshire in…

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GA Pet Food Partners delivered 20,000 plastic boxes for new facility

Dry pet food manufacturer, GA Pet Food Partners, has received 19,750 plastic pallet boxes courtesy of Goplasticpallets.com for its new automated production facility. GA approached Goplasticpallets.com looking for a large container that would work seamlessly in a fully automated system and could handle the company’s specific batch customer requirements ranging…

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Laughing Dog moves to recyclable white trays

Wet dog food producer, Laughing Dog, has announced a move from black to white recyclable trays for its grain free wet complete recipes. With all its mixer meals already in 100 percent recyclable packaging, moving from black polypropylene trays to white is an important step in the company’s on-going commitment…

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