Retail giant opens its first pet center in GeorgiaSeptember 25, 2023The Walmart Pet Services Center opens its pilot branch in Georgia, offering veterinary care and grooming services in a dedicated storefront.
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Walmart partners on pet insuranceFebruary 9, 2021Nationwide and Walmart have teamed up on Nationwide Pet Rx Express, a program that will allow Nationwide's clients to fill their pet prescription medications at the retailer's 4,700 pharmacies.
Walmart expands pet services with insurance planNovember 13, 2020A major American big box retailer might be showing its cards as a growing competitor to veterinary clinics.
Walmart launches pet pharmacy, opening more in-store clinicsMay 7, 2019Walmart says it is launching its first pet pharmacy and opening more in-store veterinary clinics. "These clinics offer affordable, high quality, and convenient services to save customers as much as 40 to 60 percent on vaccines and minor illness packages and exams," the company wrote on its website. The news comes at a time when private practices are already competing with online pharmacy retailers that are digging into their revenue. According to Walmart, it will provide low-cost prescriptions for dogs, cats, horses, and livestock through WalmartPetRx.com. The website will offer more than 300 brands to treat conditions such as flea and tick, heartworm, allergy, and arthritis, which are main sources of income for veterinarians. Walmart will also offer home delivery. The option to pick up pet prescriptions in-store will be available later this month, as the retailer is stocking more than 4,500 of its pharmacies with the 30 most requested pet medications. Walmart says it will be opening nine new clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Tex., in late May and June. It has plans to expand to more than 100 locations over the next 12 months.
Dangerous superbugs found in pork across multiple countriesDecember 21, 2018World Animal Protection (WAP) tested pork from the shelves of supermarkets in Australia, Brazil, Spain, and Thailand, finding ‘superbugs’ in three of the four countries.
PetIQ to open veterinary services clinics in Walmart storesMarch 20, 2018 PetIQ announced it is opening 20 veterinary services clinics in Walmart locations. This marks the beginning of PetIQ's plan to expand veterinary services to leading retailers following the acquisition of VIP Petcare in January of this year, according to the pet medication and wellness company. "We are excited to announce this partnership with Walmart to open 20 veterinary clinics," said Cord Christensen, chairman and CEO of Eagle, Idaho-based PetIQ. "The first two locations will open next week with all 20 locations to open over the next 90 days. I am incredibly proud of our team who in a very short period of time has leveraged our cross-functional capabilities to introduce our first VetIQ Petcare clinics. We are excited to provide pet parents and their pets a unique experience in conjunction with our retail partners." PetIQ said it plans to open more than 1,000 additional veterinary services clinics in retail-partner locations through 2023. Today, PetIQ and VIP serve more than 40 retail partners representing more than 60,000 locations. The company's plan would require opening veterinary clinics in fewer than 2 percent of its current retail locations. "We believe the combined company retail locations …
