Marketing

Franchisees sign on to add 20 Pet Supplies Plus stores to portfolio

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April 5, 2022

Three partners, who already own and operate 49 Pet Supplies Plus stores, aim to open 20 over the next five years, with the majority developed in Tennessee and Texas.

Aaron Young, Chad Bush and Doug DeLozier, partners who operate as US Retail Holdings, collectively have 60 years of experience with the pet brand, and the group's stores employ nearly 800 team members, according to a press release.

"Our confidence in the brand and the pet category as a whole grows every year," DeLozier said in the release. "We love what we do, and we enjoy hiring team members and watching them grow their careers along with us. We're going to continue to grow our store count for as long as we're still serving our team members and our communities well — and still having fun doing it," he said.

DeLozier's journey with Pet Supplies Plus is more than two decades. After nearly 12 years as a retail store manager with Kroger, sent around the country to improve store performance, he decided he wanted to own his own business. After working for a Pet Supplies Plus franchisee, he purchased his first two stores in 2002 and then partnered up with Bush and Young.

"We've always been attracted to the high volume, low margin and repeat sales being a reliable, local grocery store for the growing number of pet parents," DeLozier said in the release. "Pet Supplies Plus has evolved tremendously with additional investment and advancements for technology, marketing and merchandising support. We're now a national chain that has intentionally kept its local neighborhood feel."