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Events

Jubilee in Sandown

It was smiles all round at Pats Sandown as retailers and suppli-

ers got the chance to meet face-to-face at the UK’s spring pet
industry show for the first time in two years.

With its 25th edition, the UK pet This year the show also wel- New Product Awards
trade show Pats in Sandown has comed back international buyers An important and popular part
once again proved itself to be the after travel restrictions were re- of Pats is the New Products sec-
UK’s leading spring pet industry laxed. This included Rob James tion. Winners are selected by a
show. Featuring more than 130 of Petwork Marketing, who buys team of independent pet retail-
companies and brands, there British-made products for a net- ers, who this year had to eval-
was plenty for visitors to see and work of 50 shops across the uate more than 200 products
talk about over two days. The an- country. He came accompanied submitted in eight categories.
niversary was celebrated with a by Mireah Sabate De Val, owner In making their decisions, they
special reception at the end of of the pet shop Princeps De Casa considered a number of guiding
the first day. in the centre of Barcelona. criteria such as product innova-
The first company to book a tion, design, quality, packaging,
stand at the inaugural Pats San- The jury had a lot to do when value for money and sustaina-
down exhibition in 2009 was In- evaluating the products presented.
spired Pet Nutrition (IPN). Sales
manager Ben Anderson com-
mented on the milestone event:
“I have attended all the shows
and have enjoyed them all. I feel
honoured and privileged to have
No visitor numbers were an-
nounced, but the organisers are been part of the PATS success
satisfied. story.”

bility. Winners included Natures
Menu for the Cats Multipack, Brit
Pet Care for Carnilove True Fresh,
and Mealberry in the Small Ani-
mal and Bird Products category
for the Little One Starter Set. The
judges said: “At a good price and
with attractive packaging, this
product is a good starter pack
for new and junior pet owners.”
The next Pats will be held in
Telford on 24-25 September. n

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