Industry News
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Mar- 2016 -24 March
The Company of Animals named ‘Brand of the Year’ by independent pet retailers
The Company of Animals has been been named Recommended Retailer Brand of The Year 2016 at the PATS Trade Show. Dr Roger Mugford, Company of Animals CEO, said, “We are thrilled to be recognised as the PPM Brand of the Year 2016. At The Company of Animals we are obsessed with the…
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24 March
Laughing Dog launches Grain Free Baked Mixer Meal
Laughing Dog has launched the first ever Grain Free Baked Mixer Meal. The new product is slowly-baked at Laughing Dog’s family-run farm in the Lincolnshire Fens. The mixer meals are a complementary product designed to feed alongside fresh meat, tinned or wet foods or as part of a BARF diet…
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23 March
Revealed! PATS Sandown’s New Product Award winners
Information courtesy of Neil Pope. The winners of the PATS Sandown 2016 New Product Awards were named on March 22, 2016. A team of expert pet retail judges arrived at the show before 9am to make their choices. Here is a full list of the winners together with the judges’ comments: CAT…
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22 March
Life-saving dog awarded animals’ OBE
Newfoundland dog, Whizz, has been posthumously awarded the PDSA Order of Merit – known as the animals’ OBE. The brave pooch, who saved nine people and a dog from drowning throughout his decade-long water rescue career, passed away earlier this month, aged 12. As well as being a water rescuer, Whizz, worked alongside…
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22 March
Vets warn of Easter danger to dogs
Almost half of vets (45 percent) treated at least one case of chocolate poisoning last Easter, say figures released by the British Veterinary Association (BVA). UK vets have warned dog owners to keep Easter treats away from pets in 2016. Despite an increase in awareness, the BVA’s Voice of the Veterinary Profession survey showed that…
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22 March
Dorwest Herbs wins Pawscars Award
Dorwest Herbs has won ‘Trade Stand of the Year’ at ‘the Pawscars’, the dog equivalent of the Oscars. The event took place the night before Crufts, at the Hilton Metropole near the NEC in Birmingham. Dorwest Herbs had made it to the final three in the running for the ‘Trade Stand of the Year’ category. Following a public…
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22 March
Beco Pets launches new dog food at PATS
Beco Pets has launched its biggest range yet. The eco-friendly company has dubbed its new products ‘Britain’s most eco-conscious dog food’. After two years of secret research and development, the award-winning company revealed details of its new food for the first time to delegates attending the PATS Sandown expo in…
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21 March
Nutriment joins forces with Laverstoke
RAW pet food producer, Nutriment, has moved to the Laverstoke estate. Its new state-of-the art, purpose-built production facility doubles the family-owned company’s 2015 production capacity, enabling it to meet growing demand. In addition, Nutriment and Laverstoke have agreed to team up in a new joint venture that will initially result in the arrival of a new…
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21 March
Meowing Heads and AATU win Cat Hampurr award
Ultra premium cat food brands Meowing Heads and AATU have won joint first place for ‘Most Popular Dry Food’ in the 2015 Cat Hampurr awards. The monthly subscription service provides deluxe sample sizes of feline friendly products including food, treats, toys and supplements to hundreds of cat-crazy customers. The subscribers…
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21 March
ECI Partners acquires pet food company MPM
UK private equity firm ECI Partners (ECI) has acquired a majority stake in premium pet food company, MPM. ECI has announced plans to help finance MPM’s continuing international expansion. Macclesfield-based MPM produces high-quality, natural pet foods for cats and dogs. The company has been growing revenues by around 25 percent per annum over…
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