Petland Discounts was started in 1965 when Neil Padron opened his first store in Glen Oaks, Queens. Now, with over 40 years in the Pet product retailing business he has grown the Petland Discounts chain into more than 100 stores with-in the tri-st...
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Petland Discounts, Inc. The Complete Pet Shop. Including pet supplies for aquariums, fish, birds, cats, dogs, reptiles and small animals.
Petland Discounts offers a full line of pet products, including pet supplies for aquariums, fish, birds, cats, dogs, reptiles and small animals with over 6000 different products. Our products cover every aspect of pet care including apparel, aquar...
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Store details
NYC, NJ & CT
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Member since June 20, 2011
Store history
| Founded | 1965 |
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| Founder(s) | Neil Padron |
| Headquarters | Brentwood, NY |
On Apartment Therapy
We've blogged a good number of small, independent stores that service our pets, but what about the big local chain, Petland Discounts? When we had fish and birds, this was where we regularly went for supplies, and we found the shops alternately exciting and depressing...
Previous posts
- Home Design Apartment Therapy | Jul 28, 2006
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Recent comments
I have to stress that there is a very simple misconception that a few of the commeters have. Petland discounts has nothing to do, at all, with Petland (A national chain). While the conditions described are deplorable, and as a former employee I will never fully defend this chain, of the 4 stores in NJ I have worked at or set foot in, none matched the descriptions.
As a final point, Petland Discounts does NOT sell puppies or kitties, they did when I worked there take donations for the North Shore Animal League and host Vet my pet and Adoption drives for the NSAL.
Guys, Petland Discounts is not the best place ever, but it started as a single store, owned by Neil Padron, and is now a family owned business just in the NY/NJ/CT Tri-state area.
No puppy mills, becuase no puppies, same for kitten mills. There are rules against animal "culling" (Patty, our VP told us specifically that if she heard of it there would be immediate termination.). The worst animals off in a petland discounts are usually the fish, since frankly only 1/3 the staff really knows aquariums. battyone on Jan 24, 2009
I have to stress that there is a very simple misconception that a few of the commeters have. Petland discounts has nothing to do, at all, with Petland (A national chain). While the conditions described are deplorable, and as a former employee I will never fully defend this chain, of the 4 stores in NJ I have worked at or set foot in, none matched the descriptions.
As a final point, Petland Discounts does NOT sell puppies or kitties, they did when I worked there take donations for the North Shore Animal League and host Vet my pet and Adoption drives for the NSAL.
Guys, Petland Discounts is not the best place ever, but it started as a single store, owned by Neil Padron, and is now a family owned business just in the NY/NJ/CT Tri-state area.
No puppy mills, becuase no puppies, same for kitten mills. There are rules against animal "culling" (Patty, our VP told us specifically that if she heard of it there would be immediate termination.). The worst animals off in a petland discounts are usually the fish, since frankly only 1/3 the staff really knows aquariums. battyone on Jan 24, 2009