Walker and Drake wins Best New Food Product Award at PIF Awards
The company only began trading after the first lockdown in 2020 and has seen such growth in sales that it opened a new £900,000 production facility in Barnsley
Walker and Drake has won Best New Food Product at the Pet Industry Federation (PIF) Awards.
The Barnsley-based pet food manufacturer won the award for its cold pressed Puppy and Small Breed foods.
The company was founded with the express intention of producing a British made dog food using the cold pressing technique.
The food is pressed at a lower temperature which means that more of the nutrients are retained in the process.
The company only began trading after the first lockdown in 2020, and has seen such growth in sales, that it opened a new £900,000 production facility in Barnsley.
Tim Matthews, director and co-founder, said: “With Cold Pressed being essentially an artisan process (real people operating real machines) we can be quite dynamic with our production. We make and bag regular batches to keep best before dates long and stock moving quickly through the system.
“We are particular about ingredient quality and source. We also keep batch samples for traceability and quality consistency purposes. We source ingredients within the UK where possible and we feel that with regard to sustainability, we are doing what we can by using as many ingredients that are part of the human food production process. The food is packed in PE/PE 100% recyclable bags.”
