Petco to buy Dr. Foster and Smith

[Tenshoa]

Saw this in the Tampa forum. Interesting.

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/st...cquire-drs-foster-smith-rhinelander/19295027/

 

[Boostable]

Not Good!

 

[Tenshoa]

Not Good!

Depending on how it's structured, I'm hoping for best case scenario. Personnel stay the same, Petco has improvement on aquatic livestock and items, better care utilizing the same knowledgeable employees that DSF have been using, but make stuff more accessible and readily available.

But time will tell.

 

[Boostable]

I don't see the DFS model adapting well to the retail enviroment, maybe an implementation of a ship to store option for pickup and arrive alive guarantees, etc. But I am not sure I would want anything that I would order spending any time in any an Petco tank I have see in recent years.

But then again, you never know... maybe we will get divers den pieces showing up at stores at 6pm every night.. lol

 

[ccampo]

I don't like it

 

[SaltWater226]

sounds great to me, I hope they get liveaquaria too

 

[Lilmatty5dimes]

It might have been a sTart move on dr foster and the LA site. With all the new laws coming and restriction of protecting the reef might see the hobby unfortunately starting to go down hill. I read some where down south that your going to need licenses to aquaculture any coral or fish along with records of where everything came from. They might see something coming.

 

[SaltWater226]

It might have been a sTart move on dr foster and the LA site. With all the new laws coming and restriction of protecting the reef might see the hobby unfortunately starting to go down hill. I read some where down south that your going to need licenses to aquaculture any coral or fish along with records of where everything came from. They might see something coming.

I think Lilmatty has a good point!!

 

[Tenshoa]

sounds great to me, I hope they get liveaquaria too

As I understand it, LA is part of the deal.

 

[Tenshoa]

It might have been a sTart move on dr foster and the LA site. With all the new laws coming and restriction of protecting the reef might see the hobby unfortunately starting to go down hill. I read some where down south that your going to need licenses to aquaculture any coral or fish along with records of where everything came from. They might see something coming.

The licenses are nothing new. Those requirements have been around for years. If you want more info on them, read my post here:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23275849#post23275849

 

[raidendex]

Are they actually merging the things into one or Petco the corporation will simply own DrFnS corporation, much like http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36743.htm