Pet food maker’s international listing brings a taste of Yorkshire to German pets
A pet food manufacturer is launching its products with Europe’s biggest specialist online retailer.
Independent Goole-based Burgess Pet Care is to have its Burgess Excel range stocked by Zooplus in Germany, a move that also gives it access to other European markets.
A total of 13 lines will be available, covering the Excel feeding plan that has been developed with vets and nutritionists to meet the specific life stage and lifestyle needs of rabbits and guinea pigs. A range of rabbit and guinea pig nuggets will be sold.
Mark Womersley, managing director at Burgess Pet Care, said: “We’re happy to secure this listing, further opening up major international markets for us.
“To be able to share the expertise that we have developed in small animal nutrition over decades of research and development will help pet owners do the very best for their animals, and hopefully transform the way these pets are fed as we have done in the UK.”
Burgess, which can be traced back to the 17th century as a milling business, now has almost 60 years of pet food production to its name.
The £22m turnover business has a 91-strong team, and saw its sales increase by almost 13% in the last reported financial year.
