Retailers

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31 January

Jollyes posts record-breaking Xmas sales

Jollyes has announced that it posted record-breaking Christmas sales with like-for-like sales up 13% for the five weeks ended 31 December 2023. The final week before Christmas was Jollyes strongest seven-day trading period in its history with almost 45%more customers than the previous year and 26% on a like-for-like basis.…

30 January

Pets Choice invests £500k on new packaging

Pet food manufacturer, Pets Choice, has announced it has invested half a million pounds on new packaging amid a new campaign to generate even more awareness for its “growing” cat and dog food brand, Webbox Naturals. As part of this redesign, the product packaging now includes a “satisfaction guarantee”, promising…

30 January

Pets at Home lowers guidance despite Q3 revenue jump

Pets at Home has lowered its underlying profit before tax guidance to around £132m despite the fact its group revenue rose to £362.4m for the 12 weeks ended 4 January 2024, a 4.2% increase on last year. The pet retailer also revealed its consumer revenue rose 6.0% last year and…

29 January

The Farmer’s Dog becomes WSAVA’s new diamond partner

The Farmer’s Dog, which makes science-backed, veterinary-nutritionist-formulated recipes for fresh food for dogs, has been announced as the World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s (WSAVA’s) new diamond partner. Under the partnership, The Farmer’s Dog will support key WSAVA initiatives in 2024 and beyond, including the work of its Professional Wellness Group…

26 January

Donald Cooke becomes exclusive Tick Twister distributor

Donald Cooke has announced that it has become the exclusive distributor of Tick Twister products in the UK. H3D showcased the product range at PATS Telford in September 2023 with Donald Cooke. The tick season usually starts in late February as the temperature warms up, but with global warming the…

26 January

Animology appoints new non-executive director

Group 55 has appointed Kieran Prince as non-executive director of its pet care brand Animology. The Lancashire-based pet food brand sells a range of pet care products including shampoos and deodorising sprays for dogs and cats, fragrance sprays and functional grooming products. Prince has extensive experience and expertise in the…

22 January

Bella and Duke appoints new CEO

Rosyth-based pet food and wellbeing company Bella and Duke has announced the appointment of James Sturrock as its new chief executive. The news comes as former CEO and co-founder Mark Scott moves to a non-executive director role. Following a record-breaking year of delivering over 15 million meals across the UK…

18 January

Pedigree Wholesale launches Hyper Pet range

Pedigree Wholesale has announced the launch of the Hyper Pet dog toy range exclusively for the trade. The range features 13 products with RRPs between £3.99 and £24.99 and features a variety of flying, plush and rubber toys to help keep dogs active indoors and outdoors. This includes, the K-9…

17 January

Zooplus appoints new chief marketing officer

European online pet food retailer Zooplus has appointed Jonas Schultheiss as its chief marketing officer and member of the Zooplus executive committee. Schultheiss is responsible for all aspects digital marketing, marketing data, brand, content creation, design, offline marketing and CRM at Zooplus. According to Zooplus, the appointment of Schultheiss comes…

12 January

IPN becomes £200m business in centenary year

Yorkshire-based pet food company Inspired Pet Nutrition (IPN) has become a £200m business in accounts made up to June 2023. Currently celebrating 100 years since its establishment in animal feed in 1923, the family-founded company is now expecting to become a £500m+ sales business within the next five years. IPN…