Kennomeat was a popular brand of canned

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sold in the United Kingdom.

History

Robert Wilson & Sons were an established manufacturer of

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s, with canneries in Barrhead near Glasgow and at Malone in

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, Northern Ireland, and in the 1930s they registered the names ''Kennomeat'' and ''Kattomeat''. These products for dogs and for cats were not launched until the 1950s, but soon took 20 per cent of the British pet food market.

Popularity

Kennomeat was particularly popular in the 1960s due to a successful series of TV commercials which reversed the role of dogs and their masters. The main dogs in these were named Albert and Sidney;

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originated the voice of the former, and

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voiced the latter.

Acquisition

In 1964, Spillers Ltd took over the brand names with its acquisition of Wilsons' subsidiary, Scottish Animal Products Ltd. Kattomeat was renamed as ''Arthurs'' in 1992, but the Kennomeat brand has been dropped. Spiller was acquired by Dalgety plc in 1979. The Spillers pet food business was sold to

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in 1998, and the factory at Barrhead was closed in 2004.

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