Jollyes opens new pet store in York

Jollyes has opened its first York store at Monks Cross Shopping Park, Monks Cross Drive, Huntington.
Rt hon lord mayor of York, councillor Margaret Wells performed the red ribbon cutting ceremony.

Alongside the lord mayor was detector dog Pablo and his handler Beverley Boynton who bit through a string of sausages to declare the store open.

Pablo, aged seven, served in the border force on the Yorkshire coast for a number of years but ruptured a disc in his back requiring surgery while running, leading to his early retirement last Christmas.

The NFRSA helps support the care, well-being, and welfare of retired service animals from across the emergency service family – the police, fire, border force, National Crime Agency, NHS and prison services.

Over the next 12 months, all Jollyes’ stores will be raising money for NFRSA with collections matched by Jollyes up to £20,000 that will help NFRSA support retired service animals and their owners.

The store has created 12 new jobs for the area and joining the York team are Aquilla Fisher who’s been promoted from supervisor to deputy manager after working for Jollyes for four years and Tom Hurley will transfer from Doncaster store after eight years with the business.

Jollyes new store will provide pet owners in York access to Jollyes’ raw food frozen ‘shop-in-shop’.
Fisher said: “We’re delighted to have brought Jollyes to York. The team here at the store can’t wait to bring their pet expertise to the city alongside the kind of value that’s been making a real difference to pet parents right across the UK.”