GA Pet Food Partners has won the award for Best Large Business at the 12th Annual Red Rose Awards, which took place at the Blackpool Winter Gardens with more than 1,000 people in attendance. 

Lancashire Business View’s Red Rose Awards is the event where Lancashire business, commerce and industry are celebrated. It provides the best possible platforms to promote success and encourage trading within the county. 

Businesses from the length and breadth of the county vied for titles across a range of categories, with only the best of the best, as selected by a panel of expert judges, progressing through to the shortlist and a rigorous interview stage before being rewarded for their excellence. 

The Large Business Awards was the penultimate award of the evening, with six finalists competing to win the title. The specially crafted award was presented by David Filmer, who was delighted to announce GA as the winner. 

Event founder Richard Slater said: “GA should be very proud that they have seen off all the competition to win this award.”

GA is a family-owned private label pet food manufacturer based in Chorley, Lancashire. Creating recipes using the finest raw materials sourced from farms and fisheries they know and trust. Their partners are traditional pet shops and corporate brands that use these recipes to create their own pet food brand.   

The past 12 months have been a real success for GA, which has seen significant growth in sales, with the company exporting to over 50 countries worldwide. GA has invested heavily in innovative machinery and processes to ensure that they continue to make and deliver the world’s finest pet food. In addition, GA’s 863 colleagues have worked extremely hard throughout the Covid-19 pandemic as key workers in pet food production, ensuring they could continue to supply food to over 750,000 cats and dogs worldwide. 

GA has a number of ambitious plans for the future, including generating all of their own renewable energy whilst working with local residents to achieve a Mutual Journey to Net Zero by 2050. Furthermore, their strategy swims against the short-termism tide prevalent in the pet sector and provides sustainable solutions for small pet shops throughout Europe. 

Roger Bracewell, Chairman of GA Pet Food Partners, said: “The whole of the GA family are delighted and honoured to receive this Large Business Award. This award recognises the hard work and dedication of all at GA from a small family farm 30 years ago to a £140 million turnover company, 44% of which is exported.”