Oct. 15, 2003: Pet
Food Manufacturer Expands, Relocates to Oswego County Industrial
Park
PHOENIX, NY--My
Pet Enterprises, provider of My Doggy™ and My Kitty™
products for pets, has expanded its pet treat manufacturing and
pet product distribution operations and relocated to the Oswego
County Start-up Facility (SUF) in the Oswego County Industrial Park
in the town of Schroeppel.
Founded in 1996, My Doggy™
products are distributed in over 800 upscale supermarkets, gourmet
stores, gift stores, natural food stores, home and garden centers
and pet boutiques throughout the United States and recently expanded
its distribution to the Hong Kong market.
The company will produce its
signature product, the My Doggy™ Bite, an all natural, gourmet
cookie for dogs, at its new location. The “Bites” come
in several varieties including peanut butter, carrot ginger, honey
sesame, bacon flavored soy and honey, pumpkin carob and apple honey
no-wheat. The cookies contain no additives and are naturally preserved
with honey and molasses.
In addition to manufacturing
the My Doggy™ Bite, My Pet Enterprises also distributes a
variety of all natural beef bones, chips, catnip and seafood snack
packs for cats as well as pet accessories including beds, brushes,
carriers, collars, leashes and shampoo, and will soon add a line
of pet spa products such as towels, spritzer and ear cleaner.
“Because our pet treats
and personal care pet products are of the highest quality, priced
reasonably and imaginatively packaged, we have been able to steadily
grow our business from a single person operation to a staff of seven
producing and distributing 30-40,000 cookies per week during peak
times,” said My Pet Enterprises President and CEO Barbara
Sprafkin.
Due to the increase in business,
the company was outgrowing its former location at the Tri-County
Mall in Baldwinsville.
“We began feeling very
cramped for space at our previous location. When we learned that
the Start-Up Facility was available, we were thrilled. It’s
a large, clean, wide-open space for us with an appropriate area
designated for every facet of the business,” Sprafkin said.
The SUF is managed by Operation
Oswego County, Oswego County’s designated economic development
agency, and offers affordable rental space for non-retail, industrial
and service businesses. The goal of the incubators is to help businesses
achieve significant growth and development during the first few
years of business with the intention of eventually moving out of
the building and into private commercial space.
“We are excited and encouraged that a unique, woman-owned
manufacturing business such as My Pet Enterprises chose to move
its operation to Oswego County,” said L. Michael Treadwell,
CEcD, executive director of OOC.
“Oswego County has been
experiencing some very positive economic progress in the past few
months,” said Oswego County Legislature Chairman Morris Sorbello.
“My Pet Enterprises’ expansion and move to Oswego County
is an encouraging sign that this economic development momentum will
continue.”
OOC also manages the Business
Expansion Center (BEC) located on East Seneca Street in Oswego.
The BEC is ideal for hi-tech and IT businesses as it was recently
wired for computer and telephone network capabilities including
16 offices and three manufacturing spaces. The building consists
of about 10,000 square feet of office space and 9,000 square feet
of factory space and a receiving dock. BEC tenants include LyBon
Tool, North Coast Software, MyDigitalDiscount.com, and Oswego County
Business Magazine.
For more information about My
Pet Enterprises, call (877) 946-9738 or visit www.mydoggy.com.
For more information about leasing
space in a business incubator facility in Phoenix or Oswego, call
OOC at 343-1545 or visit www.oswegocounty.org.
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