Manufacturers

Apr- 2017 -

1 April

Admin Jobs for Top Dogs! Burns Pet Nutrition Hires Man’s Best Friend

Burns Pet Nutrition, a family company in Wales that makes specialist foods designed for the health and wellbeing of pets, has taken a remarkable and potentially significant step towards animal equality by employing three dogs into administration roles at the company’s head office in Kidwelly, West Wales. Sally the Golden…

Mar- 2017 -

31 March

Innocent Pet Care gets Bestpets’ approval

The manufacturers of The Innocent Hound and The Innocent Cat have announced that both brands are now listed in Bestpets. Retailers can now order the range of luxury meat treats for dogs and cats along with their usual deliveries. Peter Brame, category controller at Bestpets said: “Here at Bestpets we’re always…

31 March

Natures Menu adds to senior team

Natures Menu has strengthened its senior team with the addition of a number of appointments to the management team. James Langan takes up role as commercial director, Dawn Spiby as marketing director and Richard Franklin as production manager. James has an extensive career within FMCG at board level and is…

31 March

Velcro Companies invests in Petface

Velcro Companies has acquired a minority stake in Hertfordshire-based pet product company, Petface Ltd. The agreement will add further momentum to the company’s global consumer business and supplements its innovative product development capabilities. Established in 2011, Petface has over 3,000 products across the dog, cat, small pet and wild bird…

27 March

Fold Hill Foods invests in apprenticeships

Experienced staff at the family-run pet food manufacturer Fold Hill Foods Ltd have been enhancing their skills. Employees based at Old Leake, near Boston in Lincolnshire, recently completed a 12-month bespoke training programme focused on Business Improvement Techniques (BIT). The Level 2 Apprenticeships, delivered by leading independent training provider, Skills…

27 March

Forthglade expands with Lagarde technology

Forthglade has joined forces with Lagarde to create a processing system that would handle particulates delicately. Having chosen to invest further in the manufacturing site, Forthglade now operate 4 x 6 basket 1400mm Lagarde retorts as their processing technology of choice. The reasoning behind the decision relates back to the…

22 March

New pet products scoop up awards

A team of expert pet retail judges have chosen the winners of the PATS Sandown 2017 New Product Awards. Over 200 new products were entered for consideration. The judging took place on March 21 2017. Decisions took into account a number of guideline criteria such as product innovation, design, quality, packaging and value…

21 March

Forthglade launches cold pressed dog food

Forthglade has unveiled its first ever dry dog food, as well as a selection of grain free functional dog treats. The new Cold Pressed dry food for dogs provides a complete nutritionally balanced meal for dogs aged from two-plus months. The recipes are 100 percent natural. The food is gently pressed for just a few…

20 March

Owner of PetSafe® Brand aquires Solvit™ Products

Owner of PetSafe® Brand and SportDOG® Brand, Radio Systems Corporation (RSC), has announced its acquisition of Solvit™ Products. Solvit™ specialises in highly functional, easy-to-use pet products for travel, active life, therapeutic and senior care. It will join the pet products within the company’s PetSafe® Brand portfolio. Based in Arlington, TX,…

13 March

New trade website for Pooch & Mutt

Pooch & Mutt has launched a new website service that allows independent trade customers to shop online. The service update allows direct order purchases at trade prices, with an express 48 hour delivery service. New features of the site include the ability to ‘tag’ both new and existing stockists as…