In This Issue
Inspired Pet Nutrition breaks £200m sales mark
The story behind multi award-winning pet food firm
PATS adds new Aquatics Zone to the 2024 TRADE show
Welsh dog treat business secures £150,000 investment package as it aims to double in size
Sustainable packaging initiative gathers support
Mr Bug wins prestigious Just Started award
Supreme triumphs in prestigious awards
Pet products shortlisted for Gift of the Year Awards
Research shows Gunnera species likely to be a hybrid
Fettle drives retail excitement with Pumpkin Powder
London dog owners worst for overfeeding pets
Retailers urged to stock Natures Deli food and treats
Get your own copy of Pet Trade Xtra
Charlie joins Belgian company as UK sales manager
Retail Association says footfall number on high street 'disappointing'
Report celebrates sustainability milestones
Cani Cross competitor is SuperSonic
Biggest show for parrot owners returns
The best of last edition of Pet Trade Xtra
Small pet specialist moves into dog treat production
Pet shop for sale at auction…for second time
New aquatic and reptile show launched
United Petfood acquires Dutch firm De Haan Petfood 
Henry Bell merchandising boost at garden centre
CONTACT US NOW

Find out how Pet Trade Xtra can help to promote your business and products.

Editorial: neil@pottingshedpress.co.uk

Advertising: alan@pottingshedpress.co.uk


Inspired Pet Nutrition breaks £200m sales mark

Yorkshire-based pet food company Inspired Pet Nutrition became 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 daring to dream of becoming a £500m+ sales business within the next five years.

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The story behind multi award-winning pet food firm

Naturaw has taken the UK pet food market by storm in recent years, seeing amazing growth in such a short space of time. Its trend-setting range of products also picked up three New Product Awards at successive PATS exhibitions...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
PATS adds new Aquatics Zone to the 2024 TRADE show

PATS 2024, reverting to its original title of the Pet & Aquatics Trade Show, will introduce a focussed Aquatics Zone to its three-day exhibition, which takes place at Telford International Centre from Sunday, 29th September to Tuesday, 1st October 2024...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Welsh dog treat business secures £150,000 investment package as it aims to double in size

Swansea-based Dewkes, set up during the Covid pandemic by James and Jane Bygate, is investing £150,000 in the business and has ambitious plans for growth in the next three years...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Sustainable packaging initiative gathers support

The Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC) has partnered with UK Pet Food – the leading trade body for the UK pet food industry – to open the Packaging Pledge program to its members this year...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Mr Bug wins prestigious Just Started award

Who doesn’t like to be on a list? Especially when said Top 100 list is the UK’s longest running and most prestigious compilation of high-flying disruptors and challenger brands. Besides being the top performing pet food provider on the list (No.54), Mr Bug was also named the 2023 winner of Startups Just Started prize...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Supreme triumphs in prestigious awards

Supreme Petfoods has been recognised as an honoree in the small animal food category of the Pet Age Editor’s Select awards, for its Science Selective Rabbit food range...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Pet products shortlisted for Gift of the Year Awards

A party game called Ten Bone Bowling, described as the world’s first party game where a dog can play too, has been shortlisted for the Gift of the Year Awards...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Research shows Gunnera species likely to be a hybrid

Retailers who sell pond plants are being advised to stop selling plants named as Gunnera manicata because of the likelihood that many plants under that name are the result of crossing with G.tinctoria, which is banned from sale...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Fettle drives retail excitement with Pumpkin Powder
 

Fettle has introduced the highly anticipated Organic Pumpkin Powder, a solution for pet digestive health, exclusively launching in retail stores. It has been seveloped to address anal gland issues and combat fishy odours.

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
London dog owners worst for overfeeding pets

New research by pet food brand Edgard & Cooper has found that more than three quarters of dog owners (76%) admitted to letting their pets overindulge this Christmas, with 73% giving their dogs Christmas dinner. London dog owners are identified as the worst culprits...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Retailers urged to stock Natures Deli food and treats

Natures Deli, available to purchase through Pedigree Wholesale, understands that dogs are an important and beloved member of the family. That’s why the brand carefully crafts nutritious, tasty dog food and treats free from artificial colours, flavours and preservatives...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn