- On this episode of WMassBiz,
we're going to meet with Shawn Cohen-Sherry
from the Paw Street Barkery.
Let us check out what they're doing to make
some of the finest pet food treats in Western Mass.
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Welcome to Episode 22 of WMassBiz.
Today we're visiting with Shawn Cohen-Sherry
from the Paw Street Barkery.
Shawn, thanks so much for being on the show.
- Thank you for having me.
- So tell us a little bit
about the history of this business.
We've officially been in business almost seven years.
We opened the business first.
I really started it back in 2008,
back when there was the Chinese pet food scare.
I had a yellow Lab at the time
and I gave her really good food,
but I was kind of concerned on the treats
that were out on the market.
So I decided I wanted to start baking my own treats for her.
And from there it really grew.
And I had a lot of coworkers who would ask for the treats
and it blossomed from there.
And we opened an online business first,
selling online and through a bunch of retail stores.
Opening our first retail location in 2012
and moving to this bigger location in 2015.
- Awesome, so I see all kinds of treats around here.
You want to tell us some of the different stuff
that you offer?
Do you guys bake it all yourself?
Flavors, et cetera.
- Yeah, we bake it all here in Chicopee.
We have regular biscuits that range
in seven routine flavors from a peanut butter
to a strawberry, Pina Colada for the summer time,
blueberry banana, apple, sweet potato.
There's a lot of different flavors.
And then we have gourmet treats such as
peanut butter cups for dogs.
We have Woofy Pies, which are whoopy pies for dogs
and some Bark Scotty, which are Biscotti for dogs
and then here at our location here
we do everything from the summer time
with frozen yogurt for dogs
straight through to birthday cakes.
We do about 10 to 15 birthday cakes a week.
- What about non edible items?
I see all kinds of different stuff around the shop.
Tell us about some of that stuff.
- So everything here that's edible we bake.
Everything that is not edible, we try to source
from local vendors.
If not, everything here is at least U.S. based.
We try to keep everything, from our toys to collars,
leashes, we have shampoos for puppies.
They are either U.S. made or some are even organic.
Such as what our treats are.
- Okay, do you guys hold any special events here
at the store?
- We do, we try to hold events throughout.
A lot of times, probably for the last three years,
we've done pet pictures with the Easter bunny.
That's a fundraiser for Dighton.
Every year we get about 150 to 200 dogs
that come through here in about a six-hour period
all to get their picture taken with the Easter bunny.
We're looking at pet pictures with Santa.
We do a bunch of other events.
We do anniversary parties, we've done bring your pups in
for different events.
We try to arrange and see what our customer base
is looking for.
- So somebody wants to buy your products?
Where can they get them?
- We sell right here in our store in Chicopee.
It's at 477 Britton Street in Chicopee.
We also have our website which is
www.pawstreetbarkery.com.
And we sell in a bunch of local stores.
So you can find us in some of those local stores.
You'll see our treats pop in,
but the best way to make sure
you get your full selection of treats
is right here at our store or on our website.
- So I know there's a lot of concern
amongst pet owners out there about the quality
of the food that they're providing to their pets,
what do you guys do to ensure the highest of quality?
- Our mentality really is, if you can't pronounce it
and you wouldn't eat it yourself,
don't give it to your pup.
We really try to take very limited ingredients
and put them into the treats and it's really anything
that you could find at the grocery store yourself.
Our blueberry and banana treats are literally,
blueberries, bananas and oats,
so it's something that you would feel comfortable
eating yourself and therefore you're comfortable
giving it to your pet.
- And somebody wanting to find out more about this business,
where can they go?
- They can go and check us out at that website,
at pawstreetbarkery.com.
We also have a big Facebook following,
so it's Facebook.com/pawstreetbarkery.
We're located right there and we are on Twitter.
We do Tweet out a good amount of sales
as well as our Facebook page, which will give
a lot of sales and events and things like that.
- Shawn, thanks so much for being on the show.
- Thank you for having me.
- Guys, if you own a local business
and would like to be featured on a future episode
of WMassBiz, please send us an email
to wmassbiz@rovithisrealty.com.
Or hit us up on one of our social media platforms
at Rovithis Realty.
Make sure that you like, comment, and share
so other people can find out about
this great local pet food barkery.
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- [Man] (mumbling) right there.
- That's unbelievable.
- It's delicious, isn't it?
Yeah, believe it.
- Just gonna hit record. - This is not chocolate?
Come on!
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