CTP to build specialist healthy dog food facility for PsiBufet and Butternut Box at CTPark Zabrze in Poland
May 22 2024 - 12:00AM
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CTP, Europe's largest listed developer, owner, and manager of
industrial and logistics properties by gross lettable area (GLA)
has been appointed by market leading dog food manufacturers
PsiBufet and Butternut Box to build a specialist facility to
produce fresh and healthy dog food for distribution across
continental Europe.
The specialist new facility is being developed in a
build-to-suit model at CTPark Zabrze to enable the production of
fresh and healthy meals for dogs. Situated in the Katowice Special
Economic Zone, the production facility will cover an area of nearly
40,000 sqm and will ultimately employ several hundred people.
PsiBufet and Butternut Box plan to deliver the first meals produced
at CTPark Zabrze by mid-2025.
PsiBufet is a Polish brand that offers fresh, individually
tailored food for dogs, delivered directly to pets in a D2C model.
In 2023, PsiBufet was acquired by UK-based Butternut Box, the
European market leader in fresh dog food. Founded in 2016,
Butternut Box is present in the UK and Poland (as PsiBufet), as
well as in Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands and, more recently, in
Germany.
The construction of the production facility in Poland is
possible thanks to the funding that Butternut Box secured in 2023.
The company raised £280 million (more than PLN 1.4 billion) from
the General Atlantic fund and existing investor L Catterton.
David Nolan, founder and CEO of Butternut Box
said:
“Our meals are made today in Rudie's Kitchen in Doncaster, UK,
one of the most modern dog food manufacturing facilities in Europe.
We are growing rapidly, and another factory is necessary to meet
the challenge of growing demand. Poland is a key market for us, and
I am delighted that it is becoming a regional hub for the Butternut
Box business. Production at CTPark Zabrze will allow us to deliver
fresh food even faster to hundreds of thousands of dogs in Germany,
as well as other countries in mainland Europe.”
Piotr Wawrysiuk, founder of PsiBufet said:
“After choosing Poland as the best location for the production
plant, Upper Silesia became our favourite. It is a large labour
market, full of highly skilled workers, with a very well-developed
infrastructure. CTPark Zabrze, in turn, is located in close
proximity to the junction of the A1 and A4 motorways, allowing fast
delivery to dogs from all over Poland, Germany and other European
countries. The possibility of receiving public aid also played a
major role in the choice of site for the investment. We also
received support from the city and the entire region, as well as
irreplaceable commercial advice from CTP.”
Bogi Gabrovic, Director of Client Relations &
Corporate Affairs at CTP Poland said:
“CTP's development strategy focuses on locations that are key to
Poland's export opportunities - providing fast trade and shorter
delivery times. Hence the decision to develop a portfolio of
business parks in, among other places, the Silesian Voivodeship,
close to the German market. To date, we have built almost 67,000
sqm within CTPark Zabrze. For the needs of the PsiBufet and
Butternut Box brands, we will rebuild one of the buildings in the
complex, providing the tenant with suitable conditions for the
production and storage of pet food. In this way, we will support
the tenant in serving the ever-growing demand for fresh and healthy
meals for dogs.”
Łukasz Tomczyk, Business Developer at CTP Poland
said:
“Being appointed to redevelop the ZAB3 building in Zabrze to
replicate the specialist standard of the Doncaster factory reflects
our expertise and experience in implementing complex manufacturing
processes across Europe, something we are increasingly doing in
Poland. We feel a huge responsibility towards the ambitious
business plans of our new partner and - let's not forget - hundreds
of thousands of dogs today and millions of dogs in the future, who
are impatiently waiting for their first meals prepared in our park
in Zabrze.”
ABOUT CTP
CTP is the largest listed owner, developer and manager of
logistics and industrial real estate in terms of gross leasable
area, with 12.0 million sq.m. GLA in 10 countries (as of 31 March
2024). The company certifies all new buildings to BREEAM at a level
of ‘very good’ or above and has achieved a negligible-risk ESG
rating from Sustainalytics, reaffirming its commitment to
sustainability. For more information, please visit: www.ctp.eu.
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