Petco to Acquire Rhinelander Based Drs. Foster and Smith

JOSE CASAS · Nov 19, 2014

Very interesting....a much needed move from petco as the ones I have been to recently look tore up and Petsmart looks like they are getting the upper hand.

http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/...der-Based-Drs-Foster-and-Smith-283261881.html

solitude127 · Nov 19, 2014

I wonder if their stores sw section will get better

gumbii · Nov 19, 2014

wow... i like my local petco, but lately, it's been all sad in there... this should be a good move for they...

gumbii · Nov 19, 2014

maybe they'll do site to store..????????

BeanMachine · Nov 19, 2014

Not sure how I feel about it. It will hurt our local fish stores in my opinion.

lurking · Nov 19, 2014

They are probably trying to get more into online sales. I doubt anything in the petco store fronts will change

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pgr11 · Nov 19, 2014

Yeah I wonder how this will play out. Our local Petco people are super retarted and not just about fish

rayray · Nov 19, 2014

have you ever been to Rhinelander, WI? its across the lake (superior) from Canada; friggin cold 9 months of the year! I guess thats why most of their coral & non-rare fish ships from right here in Los Angeles.

barbazoid · Nov 19, 2014

BeanMachine said:

Petco will never be able to compete as far as the knowledge/passion some of our LFS have.

Coelli · Nov 19, 2014

More than anything I wonder how this will affect liveaquaria.com. I am sure Petco is doing this mostly to boost their online sales infrastructure and take out a competitor. I buy our pet food from petflow.com anyway.... but I wonder if the liveaquaria.com portion of the business is profitable enough for Petco to keep it.

MrSquid · Nov 20, 2014

rayray said:

9 months of cold is a bit of a stretch - unless you are from SoCal and consider anything below 50 to be cold.

I'm from an area not far from Rhinelander - if they move operations from Rhinelander, that town will be screwed. It's a huge operation with a massive facility. The press release says they are staying put & expanding. Hopefully that stays true. And hopefully they keep their mitts off the Divers Den facility and just keep letting Kevin do his thing. That facility is amazing, and Live Aquaria's customer service cannot be beat.

orbela · Nov 25, 2014

Agreed I like my Petco the guy there qt the fish in coppermine and has a nice setup. But mostly buy my stuff from lfs. Hopefully they do store pick ups.

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