PETCO Locations

After diving into pet food manufacturing, I discovered three distinct strategies: big brands own all their factories, store brands contract everything out, and premium brands split between the two approaches. Thought this info might be useful for anyone wondering where their pet's food actually comes from. # The Big Brands: They Own Everything **Purina (Nestlé)** owns and operates 23 U.S. factories plus facilities in 19 countries. They explicitly state on their website: "we own and operate all of our own US factories." No contract manufacturers whatsoever. Their $450M Eden, NC plant just opened in March 2024, and they're building a $550M facility in Ohio. Davenport, Io...

Hello folks. The other day I made a post about a customer and how to handle it and it wasn’t phrased the best way in my part so I’m going to try again. I work for a small family owned company in Canada that makes clothing for pets, we are purely online based. We also make custom pieces for amputee pets. A pet owner from the US bought one of our amputee pieces, and reached out after receiving it saying it was the wrong size and admitted they did not measure according to our sizing guide. This customer asked for an exchange, which on our website it clearly states we don’t offer exchanges and custom pieces are final sale. However, I sympathized with their story and wanted to help o...

So a random person spent 1000$ on “borderxlab” (Chinese Marketplace) from my Visa. I don’t remember doing anything “wrong”. 1. The only suspicious thing is that I bought on “buff163” (videogames chinese marketplace) using Alipay that was linked with a virtual card from Revolut (which I deposited money on it via Apple Pay from my Visa), so I don’t know if this was the source. 2. Another suspicious source may be that I bought 2 month ago from “pawavivia”. They pretend to be an American online pet clothing store, but they’re Chinese and the clothes are low quality (I used my card to pay there). 3. CsFloat and Stripe are safe? I use them but I don’t think they’re the ...

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Found some cool fragrance bundles at T.J. Maxx today. I don’t think I’ve seen these here before today. They are all $70. I’d say the Polo Green bundle is probably the most worth it as it comes with basically 5.5 oz of cologne. Dylan Blue and Eros Energy come with a 3.4 oz bottle. Which one would you guys get?

I asked my AI bot Claude what Jesus' Crucifixion would have looked like if it had taken place during a Space Age. This is what it came up with. The cargo freighter *Mercy of Solomon* docked at Station Golgotha, a derelict mining platform orbiting a dying red dwarf. The Procurator's forces had commandeered it for executions—remote enough that the screaming wouldn't reach civilized ears. Jesus of Nazareth Colony was dragged from the transport in magnetic restraints, his prison jumpsuit torn and bloodstained. Two other prisoners shuffled alongside him—insurgents convicted of sabotaging Imperial supply lines. The execution method was ancient by galactic standards: exposur...

I’m considering buying him, but I think he looks a little skinny? I have my vivarium set up, but I’ve been looking for a ranitomeya imitator varadero or variabilis southern for a while (with no success). Would love to know your thoughts / advice. Thank you!

# This post will focus on those with a "super low" budget: The users who truly struggle to make any sort of coins, need the most help! **Do NOT do this, this week.** **Black Friday is approaching, where MASS PACK SUPPLY = MASS PRICE DECLINE.** * This happens every year, so if you are new, be so incredibly aware of this! # Important to know! **You will always end up "better off" by simply playing the game**, if you have no prior knowledge to "investing/trading". You gain 500c per game, and those games contribute towards Objectives and Rewards > Which deliver tradeable rewards + generally useful fodder. This is also why you purchased the game - to ...

I work for a chain pet store, it’s not national, not petsmart. I’ve worked there for a year and four months or so. When I found this job I had been unemployed for about 4 months. The previous two jobs I had were at a residential psych facility for kids and an in-patient rehab for adults. Both were Christian based and deeply unethical and frankly abusive. That’s a whole other story. Anyway when I interviewed for this job I knew the pay would be **** but I needed a job that didn’t make me want to unalive myself. During the interview the manager was awesome. She called the next day and I accepted the position. I started at $11.25/hr. I should have known that the manager was actually a...

They also have bins of gel pens for sale. Maybe someone was testing some out and then tossed this back in the notepad bin. But I can't explain the pencil notes or the phone number lol.

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my 15 year old cat 🐱 and i have been through quite the year together, getting even closer than before. she now insists to sit on my lap whenever i sit down, and that includes cross stitch projects :)) it’s great to have her calm, purring support especially because i’m just starting cross stitch again after years of disability and physical therapy. i can get easily frustrated with my lack of speed or mistakes, but she reminds me to take it easy. 💕 milkshake has an opposite effect with strings. she doesn’t bother anything at all, just enjoys being squished between my pillow and chest. i watch her like a HAWK and ensure that no strings or other harmful material is left out or behi...

Hello Burlington friends! Recently my sweet guinea pig Toast lost her cage mate and I am in search of another adult female guinea pig to be her friend. This is somewhat of a last ditch effort to avoid going to the pet store, but if anyone has a female pig over 2 yrs old they are looking to rehome I have the perfect home for them! (I am also actively checking nearby shelters!) Thanks for reading and enjoy the pictures of Toast! :)

I’m turning 33 next week, and I’m realizing I don’t really know who I am outside of surviving my childhood and being in long-term relationships. I live alone in an apartment with my two cats. I make $62k a year, pay $980 in rent, and I have about $8k in credit card debt and $18k in federal student loans. I’m doing alright on my 401k and have $1k in savings, but that’s it. My car has almost 300k miles, and I’m trying to get my finances in order, but it feels overwhelming. My childhood was traumatic. My mom was mentally ill, illiterate, and an alcoholic at times. When I stayed with her, she was abusive. I grew up primarily with my dad, who was also neglectful and sometimes abusive...

*Mods delete if now allowed* The tamagotchi and vPet community in Sweden, and Scandinavia is quite small to my understanding, but it exists! I'd love to connect with other collectors here up in the cold north 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 🇩🇰 Tamagotchi products on offer in stores is also very limited here unfortunately, so maybe this group would also be a great Buy & Sell forum for us, Scandinavia otherwise feel quite excluded when it comes to tamas, vpets and merchandise for sale. Please feel free to join, and discuss everything tama and v-pet related 😁😁 Just started my water Paradise Group link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/849048067618502/?ref=share

After thinking about Bitcoin for a long time, here’s where I’ve landed. Curious what others agree/disagree with. 1. Bitcoin is better than fiat as a store of value The 21M supply cap makes it fundamentally resistant to inflation in a way government money isn’t. Fiat can be expanded. Bitcoin can’t. That alone gives it real value as protection against monetary debasement. 2. It’s closer to digital gold than digital cash Bitcoin isn’t really meant to be your daily spending currency. It behaves much more like gold: a non-sovereign, scarce reserve asset that sits outside the traditional financial system. Evaluating it like Visa or the US dollar misses the point. 3. Being outside go...

Because if we assume cursed energy is stored/produced in the gut then the infinity “barrier “ surrounding Gojo should require constant supply of CE to be maintained, but if time was frozen then the source of the CE would be cut off and the barrier would ultimately exhaust.

Hey everyone, After a long development (and a lot of coffee), I’m excited to finally announce the global launch of **Idle Pocket Crafter 2.** Some of you might remember the first *Idle Pocket Crafter* I released back in 2019. I learned a lot from that project, and with the sequel I wanted to keep the cozy mining/crafting loop while expanding the depth, polish, and long-term progression. **What is it?** An idle game about gathering resources, crafting gear, exploring zones, unlocking pets, progressing skill trees, and upgrading... a *lot*. It starts simple, but opens into a deeper RPG-style idle game with tons of long-term progression. **Key Features:** * Active &a...