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Distribution

Steady

expansion

Belgian pet store chain Tom & Co. is
pressing ahead with expansion. It intends

to open more than ten new stores this
year, with the main focus on France.
20 existing stores in Belgium are to be

modernised.

chain celebrated its 30th birth- leader in pet supplies with 130
day last year with another big outlets, Tom & Co. will further re-
rise in sales of 10 per cent to 264 inforce its position in Flanders.
mio euros. The key to this was Moreover, the company is ex-
Thierry le Grelle is CEO of Tom & Co. Despite a host of challenges, above-average growth in France, pected to modernise around 20
Together with Lionel Desclée, he Tom & Co. successfully weath- where Tom & Co. had increased of its existing stores in the coun-
acquired the pet store chain from
supermarket operator Delhaize. ered the two years of the Covid its number of stores by the end try. Growth in both countries has
pandemic, achieving double- of last year to 46. It aims to open been achieved thanks to the de-
digit growth in both 2020 and more new stores there this year cision by many people to acquire
2021. After sales increased by also. In Belgium, where the com- a pet during the pandemic, and
15 per cent in 2020, the store pany is the undisputed market also due to the fact that existing

Tom & Co. has a store in Aras in
northern France.

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