With her all-woman workforce and biscuits that look good enough for humans to eat, Emma Gibbons is breaking into a multi-billion-dollar global market of animal lovers splurging on spoiling their pets.
She is now in the running for the national awardThe concept of Huds and Toke came to life around a kitchen table in 2012, named after the two imaginary dragons dreamed up by Emma and Russell Gibbons' sons.
"It's just bringing a little bit of joy into people's lives by sharing a happy moment with their dogs." Ms Gibbons said Australia's pet food market was worth over $4.3 billion annually, with the pet treats component valued at more than $302.9 million."And then the US market is just greatly magnified. We're looking at more than $US50 billion for pet food alone, so we only need a little bit of that to keep us going."Huds and Toke now has a purpose-built factory at Coolum.
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