Pet Supplies Plus bringing corporate owned store to Galesburg

Pet Supplies Plus is bringing a store to Galesburg that is expected to open by early October.
The retail pet chain offers basic pet supply products for dogs, cats and smaller animals and the Galesburg location will include dog washing services.

The planned location is at 2472 Veteran’s Drive, near the Kohl’s department store that is being built.

It will bring with it 20-25 jobs, mostly positions like stockers and cashiers.

Mike Garabedian, public relations official with a firm representing PSP, says that about half of their stores are franchises, but the Galesburg location will be corporately owned.

He tells WGIL that the pet industry now is estimated to be a $62 billion industry.

“It’s growing and one might also say that the pet industry is recession proof,” Garabedian says. “It started in Lavonia, Michigan, Pets Supplies Plus did, and they’ve just been rapidly expanding over the last 30 years or so.”

The closest Pet Supplies Plus Store to Galesburg currently are in Pekin and Burlington, Iowa. 

The chain of pet retail stores is now in more than 360 locations in 27 states.

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