Pets at Home
Pets at Home is the UK’s largest petcare retailer and a major force shaping industry standards, pricing, and customer expectations. Pet Gazette reports on Pets at Home’s financial performance, store rollouts, brand partnerships, in-house product development, and supply chain strategy. We also cover its influence on market trends — from subscription services and veterinary integration to grooming, nutrition, and loyalty schemes. This tag offers valuable insight into how Pets at Home’s decisions affect competitors, wholesalers, and suppliers operating across the UK petcare trade.
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Sep- 2022 -27 SeptemberManufacturers
Sniffers Pet Care secures £1.75m funding amid growth plans
Halifax-based Sniffers Pet Care has secured a £1.75m investment from Yorkshire-based Private Equity House, Traditum. The funding will allow Sniffers to build on its relationships, support the rollout of new brands and product ranges, and will enable the company to invest in new manufacturing and distribution roles at its Halifax…
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8 SeptemberIndustry News
iPET Network and Pets at Home announce new partnership
iPET Network has created an exclusive dog grooming qualification, the iPET Network Level 3 Diploma in Professional Dog Grooming (Exclusive to Pets at Home) in partnership with Pets at Home. The qualification, which is regulated by Ofqual, has been created especially for The Groom Room colleagues. It builds on the…
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Aug- 2022 -25 AugustRetailers
Bugalugs launches in 220 Asda stores
British pet care brand, Bugalugs Pet Care, has secured a nationwide contract with Asda, which will see a range of Bugalugs products on the shelves of over 220 Asda stores across the UK. Bugalugs’ partnership with Asda began when the brand was selected to participate as the only pet grooming…
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23 AugustFeatures
Mr Bug and challenging the yuck factor
I know you’ve had a varied career in the past. What did you do before the idea of Mr Bug came about? I was a rock musician for many years and I owned a music studio in London. I started it in Shepherds Bush – a tiny studio – and…
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17 AugustRetailers
Pets at Home to welcome newly trained HGV drivers
Pets at Home has appointed HGV training specialist HGVC to manage its HGV license acquisition programme and help to train up to 30 new HGV drivers for the group in the next 12 months. Pets at Home reportedly identified the need to recruit and train more “articulated” lorry drivers to…
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12 AugustCharities
Pets at Home raises £550k for Hearing Dogs charity
Pets at Home Group has pledged more than £550,000 to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, marking the biggest donation the charity has received from a corporate partner in its 40-year history. The pledge has been made through the Pets at Home Foundation, the charity founded by the Pets at Home…
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5 AugustRetailers
Pets at Home Q1 revenues hit £404.7m amid ‘record’ VIP numbers
Pets at Home has reported that group revenues rose 7.1% year-on-year to £404.7m in the 16 week period from 1 April to 21 July 2022 (Q1 FY23), as the number of active VIPs increased 10.7% to a “record” 7.4m, 27% of which were shopping across more than one channel. Vet…
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Jul- 2022 -22 JulyIndustry News
Pets at Home Foundation names new chair
The Pets at Home Foundation has announced the appointment of Robert Kent as chair, taking over the role from Louise Stonier, who has led the charity for over 15 years and has recently been appointed as chief operating officer of Vets4Pets. Kent joined Pets at Home in 2018 as chief…
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20 JulyIndustry News
Pets at Home introduces new part-time working roles
Pets at Home has introduced new fixed day/hour contracts for both new and existing colleagues, following what it saw as an increase in demand for regular part-time roles to fit in around commitments outside work. The new roles will be called pet care assistants and will come with the same…
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Jun- 2022 -29 JuneIndustry News
Pets at Home opens new look pet care centre
Pets at Home has opened the doors to its new look pet care centre on Park Road Retail Park in Pontefract. The revamped store is now home to a brand-new grooming salon – The Groom Room – which has opened for the first time. It offers a wide range of…
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