Private label dry pet food manufacturer, GA Pet Food Partners, will officially open its new state-of-the-art Ingredients Kitchen next month.

It will also introduce plans for a mutual journey to net zero that will ensure the business continues to provide industry-leading products for partner brands throughout the world, as well as a long-term vision to help to protect the local environment.

On Friday May 22, Alistair Bradley, Leader of Chorley Borough Council, will unveil the Ingredients Kitchen at Plocks Farm in Bretherton after five years of planning and an additional four years of construction. The new facility allows GA to know the source of all raw materials and provides complete traceability throughout the process.

GA will celebrate this huge achievement in collaboration with nearly 150 build contractors from across the world, from The Netherlands to Japan, bringing together a wide range of knowledge and expertise alongside GA colleagues who will now run and manage the facility.  

“The grand opening of the Ingredients Kitchen is GA’s opportunity to say thank you to all those involved in the design, construction and commissioning of this technologically advanced process and for them to be proud of their achievements," said chairman Roger Bracewell.

"I would also like to extend this thank you to our friends and neighbours and allow them to see what we have been building in their local area over the last four years.

"GA has been supported throughout by Chorley Council, and this encouragement has allowed GA to grow over the last 30 years, where we now employ over 850 people.

"As GA continues to look to the future, it hopes to work with local residents and the council on a mutual journey to a carbon-free world.”

GA is a private family-owned company that continues to develop and expand, keeping its stakeholders at the forefront of their developments.  

It demonstrates to its Partners (the name GA gives to its customers) that working with GA gives access to market-leading technology and high-quality ingredients, meeting the needs of the changing marketplace – allowing full traceability and provenance for every ingredient and ultimately ensuring brand success for Partners. 

The grand opening will be followed by an open weekend allowing employees and local residents to visit with their families to see up close what has been constructed. Fundamental to GA’s success are its employees. GA’s employees will showcase their expertise over the three days, demonstrating their level of skill and knowledge through various trade stands.

The company actively recruits from the local area, and there is an opportunity for residents to learn more about joining GA and becoming part of their journey. With over 30 years of experience producing pet food, GA continues to strive to remain at the forefront of the pet food market. Partnership is fundamental to GA’s existence, delivering Quality, Innovation and Integrity in everything they do.  

Visitors will also be able to hear more about GA’s 2050 net zero proposal for Bretherton and how this mutual journey would work and look. As a pet food manufacturer, the process requires significant heat and power. GA, therefore, needs to use renewable and carbon-free energy sources to minimise their impact on the world around them, continue to reduce their local environmental impact and provide a truly sustainable solution for their Partners and the pets that they feed.

The opening event will provide an opportunity to ask questions and fully understand how GA’s journey together with its local residents and GA employees will look and work for generations to come. Another fantastic way to find out the latest information about the mutual journey to net zero is via the #joinourGAjourney set up for local residents to provide comments about the proposals.