Dog Food
Dog food remains a dominant revenue driver across the UK pet retail sector, with evolving consumer preferences shaping what retailers stock and promote. Pet Gazette covers new product innovations in dry, wet, raw, gently cooked, freeze-dried, and functional dog food — including life-stage formulas and breed-specific options. We report on developments from manufacturers, pricing strategies at wholesale level, distribution partnerships, sustainability claims, and shifts in shopper behaviour. Coverage also includes import/export considerations, private label opportunities, and regulatory updates affecting those selling or supplying dog food in a commercial capacity.
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Feb- 2013 -27 FebruaryManufacturers
BARF pet food supplier wins local business competition
A Sheffield-based dog food entrepreneur has won the regional heat of the Local Business Accelerator competition. Owen Passey produces SmartBarf, a biologically appropriate raw food (BARF) product that emulates the nutrients dogs would ingest from prey, were they in the wild. For winning the regional competition, SmartBarf receives three-months of…
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Jan- 2013 -7 JanuaryManufacturers
PetSpec Senior adds Collie-cross Saska as face of brand
Suppliers of dog food and supplements PetSpec has added 13-year-old Collie-cross Saska as the face of its PetSpec Senior range. Saska will appear on new labelling and literature for PetSpec Senior, a canine additive ideal for all dogs as they get older, during 2013. Stephen Hipps, who has owned Saska…
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Dec- 2012 -20 DecemberEvents
PATS Sandown now officially biggest ever
Organisers have announced that with three months to go before PATS Sandown opens its doors, all exhibitor stand space has been sold. Having attracted a record number of 141 exhibitors, more space has been allocated at Sandown Park – making it the biggest show ever, as was expected earlier in…
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Nov- 2012 -7 NovemberEvents
Monty Halls gets involved in ‘best dog walk’ competition
Dartmouth-based TV explorer and expert diver Monty Halls, whose adventures with his beloved dog Reuben are captured in the hit TV series Great Escapes, is getting behind an exciting new competition to find the best dog walk on the South West Coast Path. Dog walkers are being invited to nominate…
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Sep- 2012 -24 SeptemberRetailers
HG Gladwell & Sons to stock Moorlands
HG Gladwell & Sons has announced that it will be stocking Moorlands complete pet food for dogs as soon as the product becomes available. Managing director of HG Gladwell & Sons Simon Gladwell remarked: “With the loss of Crown Pet Food products from our wholesale warehouse we were actively looking…
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Jul- 2012 -24 JulyIndustry News
Burns Pet Nutrition wins conservation award
Burns Pet Nutrition has won the RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Award for Wales 2012. The annual competition recognises the positive work of farmers who use sympathetic farming methods to create wildlife habitat. John and Tegwen Burns purchased the land that makes up Penlan Farm six years ago to produce…
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24 JulyManufacturers
Burns Pet Nutrition wins conservation award
Burns Pet Nutrition has won the RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Award for Wales 2012. The annual competition recognises the positive work of farmers who use sympathetic farming methods to create wildlife habitat. John and Tegwen Burns purchased the land that makes up Penlan Farm six years ago to produce…
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20 JulyEvents
New products and brands to be discovered at PATS
With PATS Harrogate (16 to 17 September) just under two months away, exhibitors are sending in entries for the Retailers’ Choice New Products Showcase on a daily basis. Pet Retailers were last month invited to enter a competition with the chance of becoming awards judges at the PATS show. The…
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20 JulyIndustry News
New products and brands to be discovered at PATS
With PATS Harrogate (16 to 17 September) just under two months away, exhibitors are sending in entries for the Retailers’ Choice New Products Showcase on a daily basis. Pet Retailers were last month invited to enter a competition with the chance of becoming awards judges at the PATS show. The…
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Jun- 2012 -21 JuneIndustry News
Brookside Pet Food is the new owner of Dicksons Just Delicious Brand
Following the recent liquidation of Dicksons Pet Food Ltd, Dicksons’ premium dog food brand, Just Delicious, will now be distributed by Brookside Pet Food. Owners of Brookside Pet Food Jo and Peter Barrett have also bought out all the Dicksons stock and aim to carry on with the wholesale and…
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