Dane Creek creates distribution company United Raw Distribution

The first brands it will deliver are United Raw frozen raw pet food brands ‘Naturawls’, ‘Pets4Life’, ‘Mountain Dog’, and ‘Spring Meadows’ (cat), as well as DCCC pet supplement brand, ‘Baie Run’.

‘We’ve always forgone the direct-to-consumer model in favour of supporting our pet specialty retail partners,’ said Glen Tennison, President & CFO of DCCC. ‘Retailers who are supporting the growth of the raw pet food industry in increasing fashion are expressing a need for twice-a-week delivery as freezer space to keep excess inventory or ‘overstock’ in their stores is limited. At the same time, the pandemic has created a need in all sectors, not just pet, for businesses to vertically integrate as much as possible, where it makes sense to do so. We see the move to assume distribution of our foods in most of Eastern Canada as the best way for us to serve the pet retail community. So, in support of our retail partners, we will be offering over 20,000 sq. ft. of warehouse capacity across our operations, including more than 5,000 sq. ft. of frozen storage featuring state-of-the-art technology unique within the pet industry; seven temperature-controlled reefer vehicles, one of the largest fleets in the frozen raw industry in Canada; and a cutting-edge cloud-based ordering and routing system designed to enhance customer service,’ added Tennison.

United Raw will continue to work with its other third-party distribution partners for raw food.

Dane Creek Capital is majority owner of raw pet food company United Raw Pet Foods. Earlier this month, it announced its 19th acquisition in the pet industry.