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Distribution

Miazoo enlarges its wholesale warehouse

Miazoo, a leading Bulgarian
wholesale company, has added
1 300 m² to the warehouse ca-
pacity at its headquarters in
Varna. “We now have the capac-
ity to take over 2 000 Euro pal-
lets,” reports company founder
and CEO Ivan Antonov, speaking
to PET worldwide.
The expansion was neces-
sary because the company is
now also the official distributor
of Danube Pet Foods in Bulgaria. The new warehouse has space for over 2 000 Euro pallets

Optimistic outlook at Sagaflor Maxi Zoo France expands further

Despite the difficult political ing partners are a long way Maxi Zoo France, the French sub- Mines and Auxerre (both in the
and economic situation at pre- off these figures in the first six sidiary of the Fressnapf Group, region of Bourgogne-Franche-
sent, an air of optimism exists months of this year. The coopera- will open three new stores si- Comté). On 29 July, a new store
at German specialised trade or- tive has nevertheless succeeded multaneously on 31 October. The was unveiled by Maxi Zoo France
ganisation Sagaflor. Last year, in achieving a slight increase in new openings will be in Pleurtuit in Sentinelle Valenciennes in the
the company saw centrally in- both centrally invoiced and exter- in Brittany and in Montceau-les- Hauts-de-France region.
voiced sales increase by 10.4 nal sales in the pet supplies busi-
per cent. The figures for external ness in this period.
sales by business partners were One of the current focal points
even better, with sales in the pet at Sagaflor is the expansion of Zoo
sector alone rising by 14.4 per & Co. Due to the coronavirus, this
cent compared with 2020. Per- has been on the back burner for
ceptible restraint on the part of the last couple of years. However,
consumers and a certain level the speciality chain aims to open
of market saturation, however, its seventh store this year.
have meant that Sagaflor’s trad-
Maxi Zoo France is the most successful and fastest-expanding subsidiary
of Fressnapf.

Chewy helps with over 100 mio

dollars

Chewy is announcing a new include more than 96 mio meals
milestone of care by surpassing donated to rescue animals, over
more than 100 mio dollars in pet 64 mio pounds of pet food do-
food and essential supplies do- nated to support pets in need,
nated to pets in need. The many and 9 000+ Chewy shelter and
The Zoo & Co. store in Herzogenaurach in southern Germany is one of the ways these donations have im- rescue partners in communities
latest stores to open in the Sagaflor franchise system. pacted the lives of pets in need nationwide.

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