About Us
Poppy’s Picnic has won 10 national and regional awards and nearly a thousand 5 star reviews – and that’s just from humans! So what are you waiting for? Join us in our quest for dog bowl domination.
Poppy's Picnic launches!
Poppy's Picnic is GO GO GO! Welcome to Poppy's Picnic - our company launches to the world on Poppy's birthday :)
5 Star Reviews
Our entire range is rated 5 out of 5 by All About Dog Food (the Bible of dog food review sites) and we are rated top for customer experience.
MoreInternational Are Go!
How did that happen?! Our first international order of raw food to Hong Kong.
Two New Ranges
Poppy’s Picnic COMPLETE Meatballs and ENHANCED mince range launch at the Hong Kong Pet Show. Both a global first for the pet food market!
MoreWorld Exclusive Puppy Paste
Innovating again - we launch the world’s first Follow-on Paste for puppies.
MorePoppy the Dragon Slayer
Shhh - off to film Dragons’ Den where we win over four of the five Dragons.
MoreEntrepreneur Accelerator Scheme
We secure a place on the NatWest Entrepreneur Accelerator Programme.
MoreWe Are One!
Our First Birthday and our first show at Discover Dogs!
Hong Kong Foodie
Christmas comes early! We ship a big order of our raw food to China.
Oooh, we're on the tele
Dragons' Den hits the screens where we accept an offer from Deborah Meaden (but later turn her down).
MoreCrowdfunding Launches
We launch our crowdfunding campaign and hit 8,000 likes on Facebook!
Woohoo! We Overfunded
Crowdfunding round closes - and we double the money we want to raise. We hold our very first event at Crufts.
MoreOur First Award
We win the Start-Up of the Year at the Wiltshire Business Awards - hurrah!
MoreMental Health Awareness Week
In support of Mental Health Awareness Week, we held an event with the residents of the Dauntsey House Care Home to show how our four-legged friends can make a positive difference to our mental well-being.
MorePet Product of the Year
Our COMPLETE Meatballs, ENHANCED Mince and Puppy EXPERT Follow-On Paste are all highly commended in the Pet Product of the Year category at the PetQuip Awards. Honoured doesn't cover it!
MoreKeepin' it Real with RAWgust
We launch our first RAWgust campaign, helping more dogs switch to raw ...and Dylan's chuffed to be up for another award!
MorePP Takes on Trade
Dylan is accepted onto the much coveted Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme and we attend our first trade show, PATS Telford.
MoreStartup of the Year!
Poppy's Picnic wins the Business Leader: Startup of the Year Award and becomes an official member of the PFMA. We also celebrate our 2nd Birthday and reach 11,000 likes on Facebook. Phew, busy month.
MoreBack on the Small Screen
Poppy and Dylan appear on Channel 4's Come Dine With Me... feeding dog food to unsuspecting dinner guests. And then to Eamonn & Ruth - eek!
MorePoppy's Picnic 2.0
Woohoo - we launch our shiny new website designed to make ordering as easy as possible!
Schnauzers on the Screen!
Dylan & Poppy star in NatWest's Rethinking Business campaign and our Bring Your Dog to Work Day research features in the national press.
MoreTeam of the Year
We're crowned 'Entrepreneurs' Team of the Year' Finalists at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2019, ranked 6th out of thousands of businesses by Natwest's #PowerUp Index, and launch our Belly Rub Reward Scheme.
MoreIt's Time to Raw!
Our RAWgust campaign reaches millions nationally via the airwaves and Dylan takes over the stage to talk all things raw feeding at Countryfile Live.
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