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Published on 12 - April - 2011
 
Garden Centre Group launches pet shops in its centres
Gardening chain will open pet shops at 30 of its garden centres across the UK this month, offering pet food, kennels, bedding, pet accessories and a range of chicken products.

Keynsham Garden Centre manager Mark Beckett in the centre's new pet shop
Keynsham Garden Centre manager Mark Beckett in the centre's new pet shop

The launch coincides with National Pet Month and a series of promotions will be run on products stocked by the 30 pet shops throughout April and beyond.

Garden Centre Group category manager for animal care Melanie Malin said: "The new areas will include leading cat and dog food brands such as James Wellbeloved, Hills, Royal Canin and Pro Plan and will offer a wide range of accessories comprising pet beds, collars, scratching posts, carriers, kennels and health and well-being products."

The pet shops will also offer food, bedding, hutches and accessories for smaller pets, such as rabbits and guinea pigs, as well as a brand new selection of chicken products, including feeds, health products and housing.

The 30 Garden Centre Group centres that now offer pet shops are Albrighton, Blooms Solihull, Bold Heath, Bridgemere Nursery & Garden World, Bury St Edmunds, Canterbury Chartham, Crowland Outlet, Fair Oak, Findon, Hamstreet, Heathlands, Heighley Gate Nursery, Hereford, Keynsham, Louth, Marple, Osterley, Par, Poppleton, Pulborough, Ramsgate, Shirley, Stanway, Stockton, Wimborne, Woodlands Nursery, Worthing Ferring, Wyevale Lelant, Wyevale Telford and Wyevale Woburn Sands.


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22/08/2011 17:01:00
SERT-MST
By Sheradan Pitt
Could i please request your Head Office number as i wish to speak to a buyer.
my email is sheradan_pitt@sert-mst.com
thanks,
sheradan.

12/04/2011 13:51:00
Garden Centre Pet Shops..
By Sue Kemp
I'm all for pet shops in garden centres but noter that this is the group including Wyevale and I have been ejected from the Wyevale Harrow for taking in my small dog (who was being carried)fortunately before I could make the very large purchase I had intended... The best pet stores are pet accessible so could the garden centre group please clarify it's current stance on this matter.


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