6 petshops all withing one small area

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>All the mice and rat cages I always had when I was raising them for
>snake food smelled awfuly bad even if they were cleaned daily. I used
>no bedding at all and fed dog food kibble and corn, and all food
>droppings and waste droped out onthe ground, and they still
>smelled....
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>I just found out something that really made my day in regards to the
>big box stores. Turns out I went into the LFS that is supposedly going
>to close it doors abuot July, and who happens to be a pretty good
>frieind of ours.......we have known him forever. He had the store
>inthe shopping mall also. ...which turned out to be shut
>down...........well rumoprs were flying yet so I asked Gordon what was
>what.he told me, he "owns" Petland and its his new venture in his
>fight against cheper prices that he oculd not sell at due to his small
>limited volume store. Now he has a franchise (petland) and has volume
>buying power and is going to give the other big box stores a time of
>it. He is going to keep his small store open (over 35 years in the
>same spot) but he always had what yuo needed 99% of the time, and can
>now also cross fill his stock fromthe Petland store and lower his
>prices a good deal. He is going to close u p this small store for a
>few days next week while while he revamps and reprices his stock and
>then open backup. I am certainly glad to see this fella take a
>situation and go head to head with competition with the big concerns
>like Petsmart and Petco.......and I wish him well. I know I will
>definately support him when I can or when I am ever
>around..........especially since now we know Petland is also owned by
>the same guy, his son in law and daughter that owened the other small
>LFS here...not some big concern out of Arizona like Petsmart of in
>Illiniois like Petco.......Already Petco and Petsmart have higher
>prices, and today while I was in that area for a dental appointment, a
>lot of customers were in Petland and the other two places were pretty
>well empty.....................This guy is just an average guy, who
>has worked hard at raising up a family of 2 kids and runing and earing
>a living all this time in his petshop. He has done great.
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>Wont he be competing against himself if he has the Petland Franchise and
>keeps his small private store? We have a Petland in the other town but the
>prices are so high I almost never stop there anymore.