January special offer

Our January special offer start today. This is the first of a range of superb discounts on our range of pet products.

Our wholesaler Best Pets has regular monthly offers and here is January’s list.

Best Pets January

All these special offers are also available online

Keep you eye out for more special offers in the coming weeks.

The Angell Pets Team

 

 

angellpets.co.uk is down at present

Our webstore is down at the moment due to an issue with the domain name. It is all to do with our old web hosting company going out of business. They have retained the name instead of transferring it to us as they should have done. Since they no longer exist as a company they cannot do the transfer now. I am in the process of sorting this out but it may take a little while.

In the mean time if any one wishes to place an order you can telephone me at the shop on 01452 373087 and we can set up the order and arrange delivery as usual.

As soon as this issue is resolved the webstore will be back up and running as usual at www.angellpets.co.uk and of course I will let everyone know.

 

The Angell Pets Team

Angell Pet December discounts

Angell Pet wholesaler discounts new for December. Best Pets have issued their fantastic discounts for December. A host of excellent deals on some of the most popular brands.

angell pet shop gloucester

best pets december 2013

In this months wholesalers discounts are:-

King British goldfish food 55g. Normal price £3.79 – Angell Pet price now only £2.49

Kagesan sanded sheets blue 6’s and red 5’s. Normal price £1.55 – our price now only 99p

Whiskas tasty textures pouches (12x85g). Normal price £4.49 – Angell Pet price now only £3

Catit play circus. Normal price £13.69 – Angell Pet price now only £7.99

Eukanuba adult large breed 15kg. Normal price £52.99 – Angell Pet price now only £36.99

Wagg training treats. Normal price £1.00 – our price now 3 for the price of 2

Iams cat chicken 3kg. Normal price £16.49 – Angell Pet price now only £8.99

Applaws dog multi pack tins (5x156g). Normal price £7.79 – Angell Pet price now only £5.49

Best Pets premium wild bird food 2kg. Normal price £2.99 – Angell Pet price now buy one get one FREE

Go Cat adult cat 10kg. Normal price £24.60 – our price now only £16.49

Selective rabbit and guinea pig foods 3kg. Normal price £7.99 – Angell Pets price now buy one get one Cosi N Dry 8Lbedding FREE

Whiskas dry complete cat food 2kg. Normal price £6.32 – our  price now only £3.99

Smart Y Ball illuminating ball. Normal price £5.99 – Angell Pet price now only £3.49

Hills Science Plan feline adult cat 400g. Normal price £3.65 – Angell Pet price now buy 2 for £5

Add to this our FREE Angell Pet local delivery service and hundreds of Angell Pet web discounted items. See us instore on online to grab a bargain.

Royal Canin FREE bags offer

Royal Canin are offering FREE 400g bags of cat food. To get a FREE bag of Royal Canin cat food visit their website and register.

Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved

 

Royal Canin will then ask you to enter the details of your local stockist. Enter our details (Angell Pets, 4 Mead Road, Abbeymead, Gloucester. GL4 5GL). Royal Canin will then send you a voucher in the post. This voucher can be redeemed in our shop against a FREE bag of Royal Canin cat food. We have purchased extra stock to ensure everyone can get a FREE bag.

These vouchers are only redeemable at the shop. If you are a website customer and wish to take advantage you still can. You will need to give us a call, pay a small delivery charge and we will send you your bag on receipt of your voucher by post. Please note we can only accept vouchers with our shop details on.

 

So if you want to give Royal Canin cat food a try at no cost to yourself, get registered and bring in your voucher. This is a FREE offer so we do not expect stocks to last forever. You will need to get in quick to ensure you can get the bag you want from the Royal Canin range on offer.

 

 

Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved independant retailers forum

Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved dog and cat foods are both produced by Crown Petfoods. Crown have just held an invitaion only independant retailers forum event near their head quarters in Somerset.

Royal Canin adn James WellbelovedRoyal Canin and James Wellbeloved

 

Each of their Sales reps were asked to invite thier top retailers to the event, with places limited to only 100 Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved retailers UK wide. We were invited to attend and Kim represented us at the event.

Included over the two days of the event were seminars by some of the countries top retail specialists, including Mary Potas, from a variety of disciplines (internet marketing, POS instore marketing, social media etc.). These people were their to give guidance and advice to the retailers present on how to keep their businesses relevant and competitive in an ever changing market place.

Kim came away with a few main impressions of the event and of Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved. Firstly a big positve for us. At one point one of the speakers asked the audience “who is doing all that we have discussed here already”. No one was, except – yes, that’s right, us. Whilst this was a big feather in our cap, unfortunately what Kim came away with was a disappointing impression of the bulk of the independants as being very resistant to change, negative about any advice given on how to move with the times and having an incredibly short sighted view of their industry. She is convinced that most only went along for the free entertainment and bar and completely missed the point of the event which was to help their businesses survive.

On a more positive note she also gained an appreciation of how much others are doing to try to support independant retailers. For example Mary Portas’s campaign to reduce the rediculously high business rates that are crippling small businesses (on our small shop, in a suburban location, they are nearly £700 a month! – and they don’t even empty your bins for that – that has to be done privately at extra cost).

Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved themselves are trying to educate and provide support to their retailers. Sadly a lot of this support seems to be inspite of the retailers themselves rather than alongside them. I am the first to complain (and have to Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved) about the unfairness of trying to compete with unlicenced, unqualified, non business rate and tax paying, amateur internet traders and with supermarkets who have no interest in pets or their owners other than to take their money. But when someone is trying to do the right thing and offer support we should work with them rather than throw their help back in their face, as seems to have happened at this event organised for us by Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved.

To finish on a positive note, Kim also had a tour of the factory and she left there very impressed with the cleanliness of the factory itself and the dedication of the staff she met. Defintely not what you would expect  from a factory making food for pets and from her description, cleaner than some of the human food manufacturing sites I used to visit when I was a fork lift engineer.

So thank you to Crown ( Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved ) for putting on the event and entertainment (and appologies to Steven K Amos for the drunken, racist moron Kim was unfortunate enough to find herself on a table with during the evening). Some of us appreciated the support for our sector and realise that the value an independant offers over the less able online sellers out there needs to be shown to people for them to realise it.

So what do we offer then, I suppose is the next logical question to ask ourselves. Well, we have an active social media presence where our customers can interact with us and engage in conversation with us at their convenience and this is a good starting point. Information (this blog) and advice on issues important to our customers. A You Tube channel. Qualified and experienced staff (look at what George has been up to so far this year, studying on an African game reserve and  working on EU sponsored conservation projects on the other side of the world) who know what they are talking about and who are willing to impart that knowledge when asked. Free home delivery in our locality and low delivery rates further afield. A well stocked shop and access to an even wider range of products through our extensive network of suppliers coupled with knowledge about the products we supply (we are trained and qualified Royal Canin and James Wellbeloved nutritional advisors). Extra services such as micro chipping, nail clipping, sexing of animals, water testing, advice on pet health care. A webstore with all the stock available instore plus a lot more that we can’t put on the shelves because of space. Convenient opening times (we are still open for the afterwork shoppers) and convenient local delivery times (in the evening when you are in, rather than during the day when you are out at work. school etc.). A free education service to local schools and clubs – school talks, fetes, parties etc.

Lastly we are contactable (telephone, two websites, email, facebook and I suppose if you really wanted, snail mail) and of course we actually have a premises you can visit and a face (even if it is mine) you can talk to if needed. In a world where you are becoming further and further away from the decision makers and persons in authority (try making a complaint to a large company and you will see what I mean) this is a very valuable asset.

So in what is a very competitive market I think we have a lot to offer. We may not always be the cheapest (although we very often are!) but I have always thought and Kim now thinks too, after seeing some of the others, that we are one of the best. If this seems like blowing my own trumpet, well – I don’t really do shy and retiring I suppose, now do I ?

Richard Angell and The Angel Pets Team

Christmas gifts for pets

Christmas gifts for pets are now in stock.

We have a range of Christmas gifts for pets instore and online. Here’s a small sample of what we have on offer this year. Christmas gifts for pets such as dogs, cats, small mammals and reptiles as well as a range of novelty items such as reptile or spider tinsel for your tree.

Advent calendars

 

Dog, cat, small animal and reptile stockings

Selection packs

Seasonal cat and dog toys

Dog gift sets

Cat gift sets

Tinsel

Novelties for reptiles

Novelties for dogs

 

Chrismas gifts for pets

 

Obviously all the “chocolate” treats we sell in our Christmas gifts for pets range are not real chocolate but are pet safe (usually carob). Please make sure you do not allow your pet access to real chocolate this Christmas (or at any time). It is toxic to animals and can lead to serious illness (and a hefty vets bill) and even death. The effects in dogs and other animals can be cumulative, they build up, so even the odd little bit is really bad for them and can lead to liver failure.

So if you want to treat your dog make sure you buy from our safe range of Christmas gifts for pets.

 

The Angell Pets Team

Pet shop Gloucester November special offers

Pet shop Gloucester special offers. This November we have some great offers from our wholesaler. This month there are several lines that are already popular with our customers, so there are some great savings to be made instore without having to buy a different brand. For example Hills Feline Mature tuna 2kg for only £11.99 (normal price £16.99)

Click the link for this months pet shop Gloucester offers. These offers are available instore and online.

Pet shop Gloucester November offers

 

The Angell Pets Team

Angell Pets October offers.

Offers this month again include some supermarket brands like Bakers and Pedigree at below supermarket prices. There are also some decent brands amongst the offers as well, such as Burns original at £19.99 for 7.5kg, Hills hairball at £9.99 for 1.5kg etc.

Click on the link to have a look at some of what’s on offer this month. More discounts to follow in our webstore.

Best pets October

Grab you offers whilst you can as they do sell through rapidly.

Regards

 

The Angell Pets Team

Angell Pet new member of staff

Angell Pet has being going from strength to strength over the last four years. thanks to our loyal customers the business has continued to grow year on year. Obviously the work load has also been increasing. On top of this our Angell Pet apprentice finished last year and George is away for 12 months in the Indian ocean. So all this extra work, as well as the new website has been landing on yours truly.

I am pleased to announce that Angell Pet has a new member of staff starting tomorrow. My wife, Kim, who has been working in education, decided to take voluntary redundancy and was due to leave and come and work for us in December. She has noticed that the Angell Pet business has been taking up all of my time and so has managed to get the date bought forward and left her employment today.

Angell Pet will be benefitting from Kim’s retail experience starting tomorrow. This move will allow me to concentrate more on building the Angell Pet business further, focus on getting all of our existing range onto the website (we only have about 50% oi our extensive stock on the system so far) and expanding our range further. I can also look at offering some of our popular Angell Pet discounts on a more regular basis. I have noticed that this has slipped recently and this is entirel down to lack of time.

angell pet website

 

So, hopefully no more past midnight sessions on the computer putting on stock, doing accounts or ordering, or writing blogs on special offers or animal care articles (although I notice it is now 23:30 – maybe next week then!). That’s what the change means for me. For our Angell Pet customers it will mean more regular offers, more new items and innovations and a slicker more effective website.

So welcome to Kim as a full member of the team, I am looking forward to taking the Angell Pet business on to the next level with her help.

 

Richard Angell and the new bigger Angell Pet team.

Royal Canin online discount – 20% OFF

Royal Canin dog and cat food are 20% off until the end of September on our new website.

To celebrate the launch of the new online shop we will be offering a range of discounts over the next few weeks.

All Royal Canin dry cat and dog food are on offer at a huge 20% discount to our new online customers.

Royal Canin outdoor 30 cat 4kg was £29.79 now only £23.83

Royal Canin Maine Coon cat 2kg was £20.39 now only £16.31.

Royal Canin mini mature +8 8kg was £38.99 now only £31.19

Royal Canin maxi mature +5 4kg was £21.49 now only £17.19

+ many more Royal Canin dog and cat food offers.

Royal Canin discount

 

So visit our new online pet shop to grab a Royal Canin bargain.

The Angell Pets Team