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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Oct- 2021 -13 OctoberRetailers
Pets at Home opens new centre in Guildford
Pets at Home has announced that it has opened a new centre in Guildford on Woodbridge Road, next to Lidl. The pet care advisors will be on hand to support pet owners with flea and worm subscription advice, free weight checks and nutritional consultations, and coat and harness fitting for…
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11 OctoberIndustry News
Preston Pets at Home re-opens amid refurbishment
Pets at Home’s Preston premises has re-opened after a recent refurbishment, adding a new vet and grooming service to the store’s offerings. It revealed the new surgery Vets4Pets has relocated from Moor Lane, comprising a team of “highly skilled vets and experienced nurses” on hand to support pets with healthcare…
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Sep- 2021 -17 SeptemberRetailers
Pets at Home to close for Boxing Day
Pets at Home has announced that it is set to close its shops on Boxing Day for the second year running. The group claimed that the decision has been made as a sign of recognition for the work of its colleagues throughout 2021. It follows a similar decision in 2020…
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14 SeptemberManufacturers
PFMA adds Pets at Home as its first Associate Member
The Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association (PFMA) has announced Pets at Home as its founding Associate Member. PFMA is the active hub for pet food manufacturers and suppliers to network and engage in areas of mutual interest. As part of the package PFMA offers expertise in nutrition and provides specialist training…
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6 SeptemberIndustry News
Mars Petcare to remove plastic from multipacks
Mars Petcare has announced it will replace shrink film with cardboard across all mixed multipack cans of Pedigree, Whiskas, Chappie and Kitekat pet food in the UK. The new packaging will be widely available in stores from 11 September 2021. The move has been made with the aim to see…
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Aug- 2021 -27 AugustManufacturers
Fold Hill Foods to resume production on three recalled pet brands
Fold Hill Foods has said it will resume production of three products, which were recalled on a precautionary basis by the group following a rise in cases of feline pancytopenia. Cat food from Applaws, Pets at Home and Sainsbury’s, which the group manufactured, were recalled while the Food Standards Agency…
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26 AugustAppointment
Sniffers appoints new business support manager
Sniffers Pet Care has hired Emma Le Gros Clark as its new business support manager following an “impressive” growth trajectory for the group. Le Gros Clark joins the pet treat business’s team from Lloyds Banking Group, where she previously worked alongside Sniffers director Simon Brown. She has left a 22-year…
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5 AugustManufacturers
Pets at Home installs recycling points
Pets at Home has announced plans to introduce in-store recycling points for flexible pet food packaging, in what will be an “industry first”. The new initiative, which is being supported by pet food producers Mars and Purina PetCare, is being trialed across 40 stores and three Vets4Pets practices across the…
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Jul- 2021 -29 JulyManufacturers
Pets at Home sees sales soar to £377.8m
Pets at Home has seen its first quarter revenues grow 25.7% to £377.8m as the retailer continues to witness a “strong sales momentum”. In the 16 weeks to 25 July, the retailer saw like-for-like revenue up 30.2%, or 29.4% on a two-year basis, which it said reflected “continued strong growth…
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23 JulyManufacturers
Pets at Home launches ‘one hour’ click-and-collect service
Pets at Home has announced the launch of a ‘one hour click and collect service’ powered by the Order Management Solution (OMS) from OneStock, a European OMS provider for omnichannel retail. The launch supports the pet care retailer’s omnichannel strategy, allowing the business to “empower customers to find all the…
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