Brit petfood brand receives 2014 Global PETS Award

Brit, a petfood brand of Vafo Praha, received the 2014 Global PETS Award during the recent Global PETS Forum in Amsterdam. PETS International General Director Corine van Winden presented the award to Vafo Praha Managing Director Pavel Bouska.

January 30, 2014

Brit, a petfood brand of Vafo Praha, received the 2014 Global PETS Award during the recent Global PETS Forum in Amsterdam. PETS International General Director Corine van Winden presented the award to Vafo Praha Managing Director Pavel Bouska.

Throughout its 20-year history, Vafo Praha has consistently increased the quality of its products, introducing innovative petfood solutions to the market, opening new product categories, and communicating the principles of healthy nutrition and related care to consumers. Good cooperation with suppliers and customers is considered a win-win principle and a great value.

The Global PETS Award is awarded yearly to a company from the international pet industry that has shown above-average performance in the theme of that year's Global PETS Forum.

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