Pets and Friends
This coverage highlights Pets and Friends, the UK pet retail chain serving local communities with pet food, accessories, and grooming services. Pet Gazette reports on the company’s store operations, expansion plans, and supply chain partnerships, alongside its role in shaping consumer engagement. Our editorial explores Pets and Friends’ strategies in customer experience, retail growth, and product diversification, as well as the wider commercial implications for suppliers, distributors, and wholesalers. For pet trade professionals, this section provides insights into how Pets and Friends’ activities influence competition, category development, and opportunities within the UK pet retail market.
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Apr- 2025 -25 AprilManufacturers
Trinkety Paws celebrates successful retail listings
Trinkety Paws has celebrated its successful retail listings with Just for Pets and Pets and Friends with the company now setting its sights on Europe. The company designs and manufactures “fashion-forward, practical” collars and leads for dogs. The company was founded by Nadine Berger who is originally from Germany but…
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Dec- 2024 -20 DecemberRetailers
Pets and Friends Mapperley unveils store refresh
Pets and Friends and Pets Parlour in Mapperley has unveiled its store refresh, to be finished on 21 December. The store has received investment in new décor, products and more as part of the refresh. The Mapperley store also features a Pets Parlour spa and grooming which provides grooming services…
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Aug- 2024 -2 AugustSponsored
PSR Trading Ltd acquires Pets & Friends
The move strengthens PSR’s position in the independent pet trade and allows Kennelpak to accelerate its ambition in the development of its Wholesale & Distribution division. The acquisition includes Pets & Friends’19 stores and 17 grooming salons predominantly across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire as well as its thriving online business and…
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Mar- 2023 -30 MarchRetailers
Kennelpak opens new Pets and Friends store at Brigg Garden Centre
Kennelpak has announced the opening of its newest Pets and Friends store and grooming salon at Brigg Garden Centre in North Lincolnshire. The new store is a partnership between Kennelpak, the parent company of Pets and Friends, and The British Garden Centres Group. Pets and Friends provides a unique pet…
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Sep- 2022 -12 SeptemberRetailers
Pets & Friends partners with Animal Friends Insurance
Pet care specialist retailer, Pets and Friends, has embarked on an exclusive partnership with Animal Friends Insurance. The new partnership will provide Animal Friends customers with exclusive offers for their pet’s birthday to spend online, alongside bespoke content and handpicked Pets and Friends product reviews to help with their pet’s…
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Jun- 2022 -27 JuneRetailers
Pets and Friends Hucknall launches grooming training
A Hucknall pet store is set to offer “state-of-the-art dog” grooming training in its new salon. Pets and Friends Hucknall, one of the 18 Pets and Friends stores across the midlands, will become the groomer training base for the pet store group, and will now offer iPET Network qualifications to…
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Aug- 2019 -9 AugustRetailers
Kennelgate Shrewsbury relaunches as Pets & Friends
The pet store Kennelgate in Shrewsbury has announced it is relaunching as Pets and Friends. The store has recently completed its rebrand, offering a unique customer experience for pet owners to be able to truly care for their furry family members. New store highlights include a brand new grooming salon,…
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