Burns Pet Nutrition is celebrating a bumper summer after scooping four prestigious awards in the past few months.
In early July, the first ever Which? Magazine Consumers Association dog food brand survey saw Burns Pet Nutrition come out on top in the poll of 2,594 members.
The survey highlighted Which? members’ favourite pet food brands, ranked by customer response. Burns dog food impressed with a 92% customer score, coming first out of 24 dog food brands and beating multinational and private-equity owned brands to the top spot.
This consumer recognition has been followed up with Burns being named Best Natural Pet Food Brand 2020 (UK) in the Lux Life Pet and Product Services awards in August, which recognise excellence for high-end, luxury brands. It has also been recognised by Your Dog magazine in its Readers Product Awards 2020, winning Best Dry Complete Food for its Burns Original range.
In a fourth award, Burns was named as runner up in The Family Business of the Year Awards 2020, organised by Family Business United, the family business champions, which seeks to recognise and celebrate the contribution that family firms make to the UK economy. Voted for by the public, with over 14,000 votes cast, the awards showcase the vital role family businesses play in the UK economy and in communities.
The Burns Pet Nutrition ethos is based on premium natural pet food with high quality ingredients. The company was founded in 1993 by veterinary surgeon John Burns and now has a turnover of around £24 million with over 100 employees. The firm remains firmly a Welsh family business with John at the helm, despite regular buy out approaches from major corporations.
Speaking about Burns’ recent recognition and successes, John Burns said: “We’re pleased to be recognised at this level for some of the core values that makes Burns what it is today; natural wholesome food that is the consumers’ top choice for their pets, made in Wales by a family-owned and community- run business.”
