Online pet store launched today

Online pet store for all your pet supply needs with a company you can trust.

We have been working on providing an online pet store service for our customers who live too far away to make it into our store but still want to use a pet shop with a reputation for caring for our customers animals. The site was launched today.

online pet store

 

Orders generated from our online pet store will be received in our Gloucester pet shop and picked and packed by our experienced staff from our shop stock (not from a warehouse by a nameless picker on minumum wage with no interest in your order). Orders will then be dispatched the next morning by one of our couriers.

The online pet store site is new and still needs alot of tinkering, more photos, some technical changes to the price displays etc. but it is now live and reporting to our shop system. Some stuff might move around the site as these changes are put in place but the main structure is there.

One thing you will quickly notice is that livestock can’t be purchased with a “click” of the mouse from our online pet store. We strongly believe that buying an animal needs a proper dialogue between the seller and the buyer. If you select livestock you will be directed to call us to discuss the sale. The on line pet store site will however let you know just what we have in stock and some of what we can get.

Our range is large and getting larger every day. My next task is to get all of the stock in the shop on the online pet store site. All of our main sellers are there but we have a lot of other stock that we order less frequently still to be put on, so if you can’t find what you want this week, check back as it may just suddenly appear. Of course you can always give us a ring and we can get in what you need (if we don’t already have it).

We pride ourselves that we stock all the good big brands and a lot of smaller brands that you may not see elsewhere. You may find us light on some of the  “supermarket brands” on our online pet store. This is because we stock products that offer quality at good prices. Low quality products that in many cases do not suit the animal are not what we are about. We do have a couple of the obvious ones but that’s just so we can ask the customer that comes in why they are using such a product and then help them find a better, often cheaper alternative.

So have a look round, contact us if you need clarification on a product before buying and enjoy our new online pet store.

 

The Angell Pets Team

Why we joined the Pet Retail Association (part of the Pet Industry Federation)

When we first started out Angell Pets I had a picture in my head (trying to avoid the management jargon “vision” here) of what i wanted the business to look like. I summed it up on the homepage of this site. I looked around for a professional association that shared the same aims and landed on the Pet Care Trust, who even had a very similar tag line of “promoting responsible pet ownership” (ours being “promoting responsible and ethical pet ownership”). This organisation also offered excellent training courses that suited our business exactly. Some of the courses staff have under taken with the federation include “Pet Store Management” and “First aid for animals”.

Since then the Pet Care Trust has changed name to the Pet Care Trading Association (keeping the Pet Care Trust as their charitable arm) and more recently to the Pet Industry Federation (still funding and administering the Pet Care Trust). Within the federation are a number of trade associations, the Pet Retail Association being the one appropriate to our busniness. Throughout they have remained active in representing the trade in all areas (regulation, government consultation, legal representation, standardisation, training, care advice, publications etc. ) and have now produced a charter that all members must adhere to. They have also recently been instrumental in producing enhanced model licence conditions for local authorities to apply when reviewing what are now stringent licences.

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I am please to say that this charter matches exactly with what we at Angell Pets have been trying to do over the past four years and will continue to do in the future. The charter is attached here and is on view in the shop. Have a look and ask yourself  “Would I be comfortable buying an animal from someone that DIDN’T aspire to these standards?” Look for the federation and association logos before you buy. There is an awful lot going on behind the scenes to ensure they mean you can buy with confidence and a clear concience (can you do that if you buy on Facebook or a forum from someone you know nothing about?)

Pet shop Gloucester PRA logo

Pet shop Gloucester July offers

Pet shop Gloucester summer offers in store now. Pop in to our pet shop Gloucester to get one of these fantastic bargains, many at below supermarket prices.

Pet shop Gloucester offers July 2013

pet shop gloucesterKeep up to date with all our offers and register on our pet shop Gloucester email list and get an extra 10% discount.

The Angell Pets Team

James Wellbeloved and Royal Canin 1/2 price offer

James Wellbeloved cat food and Royal Canin cat pouches 1/2 price until the end of June, whilst stocks last.

Royal Canin 1/2 price

All Royal Canin cat pouches are on offer at 50% off. We also have the following James Wellbeloved cry cat food bags at 1/2 price whilst stocks last.

james wellbeloved cat food 1/2 price

 Grab your bargain Royal Canin or James Wellbeloved cat food whilst you can.

The Angell Pets Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June special offers

We have our June offers from our supplier Best Pets in store. These prices beat supermarket prices (where you can get these products in supermarkets).

We will endeavour to keep these items in stock but they often sell through quickly. The offers are on for the entire month, so if we run out we will get more stock in, if our supplier still has some.

CLICK BELOW for the offers.

Best Pets June

 

The Angell Pets Team

FREE OFFER

FREE OFFER to the first three customers who come in the shop and buy our own APL brand working dog food.

With the first three purchases we have FREE OFFER packs of Stone’s Complete Meal Bars. These meal bars are designed to offer a complete meal for you dog if you are out with your dog and unexpectedly can’t get home to feed him/her, or have a high energy using dog (working/ hunting/ running) that needs and extra boost whilst out.

 Pet shop Gloucester FREE OFFER

Don’t forget to ask for your FREE pack of complete meal bars at the till when you buy your APL working dog food.

This FREE OFFER is only whilst stocks last (we only have three) so if you are getting to the end of your bag of APL working dog food (£10.99 for 15kg), grab a bargain while you can.

 

The Angell Pets Team.

Royal Canin special offers

We have a range of Royal Canin special offer price marked promotional bags this month whilst stocks last.

Royal Canin special offer

 

Royal Canin special offer mini junior 8kg for £29.99

Royal Canin special offer mini adult 8kg for £29.99

Royal Canin special offer mini mature 8kg for £29.99

Royal Canin special offer Labrador retriever 12kg for £39.99

Royal Canin special offer kitten 2kg for £11.99

Royal Canin special offer sensible 2kg for £11.99

Royal Canin special offer fit 32 2kg for £11.99

Plus 15% off all remaining Royal Canin special offer cat 4kg bags.

All these Royal Canin special offer bags are whilst stocks last and the promotion is very popular so the bags are selling fast. Grab a bargain whilst you can.

 

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Pet Shop Gloucester loyalty scheme change

Pet shop Gloucester loyalty scheme is coming to an end. Well actually it’s not ending but it is changing. Our current system relies on a printed card being stamped in store and on our customers remembering to bring it or us stamping the card of pet shop Gloucester customers we deliver to. The cards (and vouchers) are also expensive to print and time consuming to use.

pet shop gloucester

So we are replacing it with an electronic system. This system uses a card that is scanned in at each visit. However the bar code is recorded on the system so points can be easily added over the telephone or on line (more on our new online store in a later blog). If you forget your card in store we can still add the points if you are registered. You can even buy gift vouchers direct from the system in store or (in the near future) on line.

The system will also automatically print a voucher once enough points have accrued or give a code for on line redemption. It can also track your spend so allows us to tailor your rewards to the things you normally buy in our pet shop Gloucester. It even tells us when we need to order more stock because you should be in for your regular purchase. Flash huh! It is costing a small fortune but I think the benefits to our customers and to us (with much better stock control, targeted offers, online shopping and, later, integration with other channels and smart phone shopping) means our pet shop Gloucester has to move forward.

The old scheme will continue to run at our pet shop Gloucester whilst the system is installed and old cards will continue to be honoured until it is up an running. Any outstanding points can be transferred.

So don’t throw out your pet shop Gloucester card yet, you can still use it to get your vouchers and the old vouchers do not have a use by date so will be honoured in the future.

 

Exciting time ahead for our pet shop Gloucester, so watch this space.

 

The Angell Pets Team

Pet Shop Gloucester new range

Pet shop Gloucester new ranges in stock today.

Following the trade show last week we now have some great new ranges in stock in our pet shop Gloucester. Today we have just put out onto the shelves a range of Pet Rebellion car, floor and feeding mats.

Pet shop Gloucester

These absorbant, all grip, no slip mats are sylishly designed to protect your floors and carpets from the worst exesses of your furry friends. There are aborbant food mats to catch the spills from the more messy eaters, barrier rugs for placing at entrances to stop the spread of muddy paw prints (sized for dogs or for cats to go by the cat flap) and car protectors to help make the boot lining last just that bit longer!

As an added benefit these attractive mats are also machine washable, so easy to keep clean. We try our best to ensure all our pet shop Gloucester dog and cat products (beds, etc) are easy clean or machine washable for you convenience too,

We have checked our pet shop Gloucester prices and they are equal to or less than what you commonly  find these for on the internet, so the price is right too.

Pop into our pet shop Gloucester to have a look at these superb products and save your self hours of scrubbing floors and carpets or, if you are like me, save money paying someone else to do it for you!

The Angell Pets Team

Canagan cat food – NEW IN to our pet shop Gloucester

We took delivery at our pet shop Gloucester yesterday of the new Canagan cat food. Inititially we have 375g and 1.5kg bags in stock but will be getting the larger sizes.

pet shop gloucester

Canagan is a biologically appropriate UK sourced food for dogs and now also for cats. It is grain free and has a high meat content, just what cats eat in the wild. Click here to visit their website for more details.

Prices of the new cat food make it a very attractive alternative to the more traditional “premium foods”. These foods have all gone up in price this month as well so the price is even more attractive. 375g bags are only £2.99 and 1.5kg bags are from £11.99 (£12.99 for the salmon). Compare that to Hills which were £13.49 and have just gone up. As it is grain free (cats do not need grain in their diet, it’s just a filler) you feed less as well.

Pop in to our pet shop Gloucester and give it a try or call us and order (free delivery for local customers). Don’t forget to register for your 10% discount on the right first.

 

The Angell Pets Team