Durham Animal Feeds (DAF) is a third generation family business, originally established in 1969 in County Durham.
Durham Animal Feeds (DAF) was established by Jack, Doreen, Peter & Lyn Hornsby. It was originally started to produce and supply raw food for the North East of England and grew a strong and reliable relationship with their customers. At the age of 17, Lee Hornsby joined the company and as with his grandparents and parents before him worked through the ranks doing everything from working on the production line to driving the heavy goods vehicles. Everybody did every job and that still applies to this day.
In November 2015 DAF created Durham Animal Feeds South, a distribution branch to supply our Southern based customers. We opened the distribution branch in Weston-Super-Mare which enabled Durham Animal Feeds to supply and deliver to most areas of the country. Durham Animal Feeds South is now managed by Sarah Hall who started as a driver. Following the DAF ethos she worked her way through the warehouse, into the retail shop, then progressing on through into administration in the office, finally taking charge of the whole of DAF South, making her the ideal candidate to communicate with customers, someone who has met and worked with them face to face just as Lee & Peter have, this ensures all the management at Durham Animal Feeds are knowledgeable yet accessible, a real intimate business. Everyone at DAF continues to work hard to ensure that they are at the forefront of the natural pet food industry, whilst maintaining the old-fashioned principals of honesty and first-class customer service that they have become famous for.
In February 2021 DAF Lowestoft was born, DAF Lowestoft was to take the pressure from DAF South by delivering all the South East based customers that DAF South were servicing, again early days yet but already we are seeing the sales of our raw food raising in the south east area.
DAF natural pet foods have been developed with nothing added and nothing taken away, working closely with the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), to ensure that all the products are of the highest possible standard and that all ingredients are ethically sourced.
To ensure that Durham Animal Feeds customers get the best possible price and value, simple clear, transparent, sealed and fully recyclable (where facilities allow) packaging is used for the products, DAF is not only a company which cares about the health and wellbeing of pets but is also conscientious about the environment.
Lyn Hornsby
Director
Peter Hornsby
Director
01388 720 411
peter@daf-petfood.co.uk
Lee Hornsby
Director
01388 720 411
lee@daf-petfood.co.uk
Roxy
Food Tester
feedme@dinnertime
Steve Clark
Sales Manager
01388 720 411
steve@daf-petfood.co.uk
Catherine Lindsay
Retail Sales
01388 720 411
catherine@daf-petfood.co.uk
Toni Edgar
Retail Sales
01388 720 411
toni@daf-petfood.co.uk
Klodi Thompson
Retail Sales
01388 720 411
klodi@daf-petfood.co.uk
Kate Turner
Trade Sales
01388 720 411
kate@daf-petfood.co.uk
Jane Turner
Sales
01388 720 411
jane@daf-petfood.co.uk
Lydia Hall
Factory Manager
01388 720 411
lydiahall@daf-petfood.co.uk
Claire Johnson
Dispatch Manager
01388 720 411
claire@daf-petfood.co.uk
Leah Hornsby
Accounts/Admin
01388 720 411
admin@daf-petfood.co.uk
Sarah Wilson
Accounts/Admin
01388 720 411
sarahwilson@daf-petfood.co.uk
Wendy Branigan
Accounts/Admin
01388 720 411
wendy@daf-petfood.co.uk
Lilly
Food Tester
Jamie Ball
Shop Manager
01388 720 411
Hallie Smith
Shop Assistant
01388 720 411
Yazmin Hornsby
Shop Assistant
Skye Johnson
Shop Assistant
Tegan Wilson
Shop Assistant
Taylor Lindsay
Shop Assistant
Darius Raskauskas
Goods In
Natasha Janouskova
Catalin Bacoanu
Driver HGV
Frankie Howes
Driver HGV
Gabor
Driver HGV
Jimmy
Driver HGV
Craig Howat
Driver HGV
David Rennick
Goods Out
Andy Ryder
Delivery Driver
Barry Webb
Delivery Driver
Danny Baird
Delivery Driver
Gabriel Kardos
Delivery Driver
Ian Nesbit
Delivery Driver
Irmantas
Delivery Driver
Keith Higgins
Delivery Driver
Kevin Mccann
Delivery Driver
Simon Fletcher
Delivery Driver
Neil Hetherington
Delivery Driver
River
Puppy Food Tester
playtime@now
Rawsome
Mischief
lovesabellyrub@alltimes
Sarah Hall
Branch Manager
01934 627 576
sarah@daf-petfood.co.uk
Sally Brown
Retail Sales
01934 627 576
sally@daf-petfood.co.uk
Imogen Burgess
Retail Sales
01934 627 576
imogen@daf-petfood.co.uk
Sonia Hill
Trade Sales
01934 627 576
south@daf-petfood.co.uk
Mandy Boyd
Shop Assistant
01934 627 576
mandy@daf-petfood.co.uk
Kayleigh Grealish
Shop Assistant
Carla Newton
Warehouse Supervisor
Vicki Wilson
Warehouse Operative
Andy Barber
Warehouse Operative
Pawel Evdochim
Warehouse Operative
Duncan Ryan
Warehouse Operative
Ricky Hutton
Warehouse Operative
Ignas Bareisis
Warehouse Operative
Jason Wagstaff
Warehouse Operative
Robert Campbell
Warehouse Operative
Seb
Warehouse Operative
Chris Boyd
Delivery Driver
Luke Braznell-Evans
Delivery Driver
Anthony Papantoniou
Delivery Driver
Bex Goldsmith
Delivery Driver
Cliff Devine
Delivery Driver
Kirk Jones
Delivery Driver
Lewis Robinson
Delivery Driver
Mark Thayer
Delivery Driver
Paul Newman
Delivery Driver
Radoslaw Hapke
Delivery Driver
Rob Holmes
Delivery Driver
Taylan Anar
Delivery Driver
Rawsome
Mischief
Molly
Food Tester
Matt Beeston
Branch Manager
01502 517110
matt@daf-petfood.co.uk
Anita Guymer
Retail Sales
01502 517110
anita@daf-petfood.co.uk
Jade Beeston
Trade Sales
01502 517110
southeast@daf-petfood.co.uk
Marc Bestley
Warehouse Supervisor
Craig Dube
Delivery Driver
Brendan Lahan
Delivery Driver
Andrew Bond
Delivery Driver
Billy Wilson
Warehouse Operative
Jake Keighley-bray
Warehouse Operative
Robert Hugginsbrown
Warehouse Operative
Dylan Keevil
Warehouse Operative