Industry News
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Jan- 2021 -12 January
British retailers suffer worst year on record, BRC reveals
British retailers suffered one of the worst years on record for sales growth, a new study by KPMG and BRC reveals. According to the pair’s ‘retail monitor’, total sales declined 0.3% compared with 2019. Sales on non-food items such as clothing also witnessed a 5.0% dip, due to national lockdowns…
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12 January
Vital expands frozen range with Nutriment
Vital Pet Group has announced it is now stocking the popular range of frozen raw pet food from Nutriment. With a number of strong drivers affecting the market, Vital said the decision was made as the products fit both with the natural category and with trends on humanisation of pets. …
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12 January
T Forrest launches range of premium coconut feeders
T Forrest has unveiled its first product launch for 2021, introducing a new range of premium coconut feeders to its bird product portfolio. The new range includes a mix of luxury seed selection as well as four new premium recipes – Original, Mealworm, Berry and Peanut. The new coconut feeders…
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12 January
Pets Choice move aniMate to Blackburn
Pets Choice has revealed it is moving the manufacturing of its aniMate sherpa fleece crate mats to Blackburn. The company who manufactures pet food acquired aniMate last November, and are now moving assets from its base in Ripponden,West Yorkshire to Pets Choice headquarters at Whitebirk Industrial Estate in Blackburn. Pets…
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11 January
Ooddles Kitchen warns of rising dog obesity
Ooddles Kitchen has called for an increased awareness over pet food contents, as it warns that obesity in dogs has been on the rise over the past few years. It said that dog food brands are “coming under greater scrutiny than ever before”, warning that wet food and dry kibble…
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11 January
Small retailers could fold without help, FSB warns
Small retailers are among the 250,000 UK small businesses set to fold without further help, a new report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reveals. According to data published in its Small Business Index (SBI), a “record number” of small business owners are planning to close their companies over…
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8 January
Pets Choice name Becky Lambert national pet trade manager
Pet food manufacturer Pets Choice has appointed Becky Lambert its new national pet trade manager. Lambert joins Pets Choice from Beco Pets where she worked as a senior sales and key account manager. She previously held management positions at Armitage Pet Care and Empire Pet Supplies, and has almost 20…
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8 January
Pets at Home raises guidance following sales boost
Pets at Home has raised its full-year guidance following a period of “accelerated momentum” in its third quarter of trading. Based on its current year-to-date trading, as well as assuming no change to its “essential retailer” designation, it now anticipates full-year pre-tax profit to be ahead of its previous guidance,…
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7 January
New pet adoption platform launches
A new digital platform to connect potential pet owners with shelters has been launched, with the aim of solving the problem of thousands of pets going homeless in the UK every year. Animates is free to sign-up to and works by hosting each shelter’s residents on its website. People searching…
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7 January
Pooch and Mutt launches new range of ‘Probiotic Meaty Treats’
Pet food brand Pooch and Mutt has launched a new range of ‘Good Mood Food’ probiotic ‘Meaty Treats’ for dogs designed to “improve the mental and physical wellbeing of dogs”. The probiotic treats come in three flavours, including Duck and Rosemary, Shrimp and Coconut and Turkey and Hemp. Pooch and…
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