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Distribution

and classic pet shop. L’isola dei part at the entrance to supermar- store chain were to be converted
tesori’s most northerly store in kets. They have their own separate to Arcaplanet stores. The assort-
Bologna is in the centre of a tills and a product range comprising ment in this branch largely cor-
smaller shopping mall in Via di pet food and accessories for pets. responds to the general product
Corticella, close to the branch of The retail areas are around 200 to offering of Fressnapf, the conse-

Pet Conad’s product range concen­ Arcaplanet located in the Navile 400 m² in size with the main focus quence of which is that only rel-
trates on items for dogs and cats. mall. In Zola Predosa, approxi- on dog and cat food. atively few of the leading Italian

mately three kilometres from
an Arcaplanet store, is another
branch of L’isola dei tesori. The
chain has another two outlets in
the south of the city, while the
fifth is to the north-west of Bo-
logna in the Calderara di Reno
municipality.

“WITH REGARD TO PET FOOD IN
PARTICULAR, BRANDS PRODUCED IN
ITALY ITSELF HOLD THE TRUMP CARD.”

Pet Store Conad The Maxi Zoo store in Via Larga in Bologna.
Pet Store Conad, a chain belonging
to the Bologna-based retail coop- Maxi Zoo brands are to be found here. The
erative Conad, also has a presence In Bologna, Pet Store Conad is not chain’s private labels and the fa-
in the city. The Conad cooperative far from a Maxi Zoo store of the miliar products of branded manu-
comprises well over 3 100 retail out- Fressnapf Group. At the beginning facturers listed by Fressnapf tend
lets across Italy. There are around of November, there was nothing to define the product inventory.
90 pet shops of the chain across here to indicate that the Italian n
the country, situated for the most stores of Europe’s leading pet

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