Pet Supplies

Kahoots Feed and Pet Stores Corporate Office

Friends Mike Bittinger and Ethan Tunnell spent a few years going door to door and farm to farm, delivering hay and other pet food supplies.

They quickly discovered what their customers wanted and needed. The Bittneger’s opened their first store in 1987.

Today, the company has more than 20 locations. In October 2020, Bittinger and Tunnell won the SBA Small Businesspersons of the Year Award.

In November 2021, Kahoots partnered with Animeals by allowing drop-off boxes to be placed in all locations. Customers can donate toys or pet food, which Animeals will have delivered to needy families with pets before Christmas.

In November 2022, Kahoots offered all veterans a chance to adopt a dog or cat with no fees.

Kahoots maintains a corporate office in Ramona, California.

Snif-Snaxs Corporate Office

Jonathan Brown had been working in the salmon industry for decades. His daughter, Hannah, convinced her father to go into business making dog treats after she spent a summer working for an animal rights group.

Snif-Snax was founded in Miami, Florida, in 2018. The company makes all-natural salmon flavored treats for both dogs and cats.

More than just natural snacks, the company’s products are actually human grade, with no antibiotics, no wheat or other fillers, and have no GMOs.

In November 2019, the company won the 2019 Pet Independent Innovation award from the Global Pet Industry. This award recognizes the company for creating a healthy pet snack.

In November 2020, the company introduced a Christmas advent calendar with cats that contained, of course, treats.

Snif-Snax maintains a corporate office in Miami, Florida.

Open Farm Corporate Office

Isaac Langleben, Jacqueline Prehogan, and Derek Beigleman realized that they had no problem finding healthy, ethically sourced food for themselves, but they discovered that this option did not exist for their dogs.

This trio of friends founded Open Farm in 2014. The company makes sustainably sourced organic dog and cat food.

As of this writing, about 80 percent of the company’s business comes from the US. Open Farm hopes to have a positive impact on the way pet food is made, ensuring that all animals are treated ethically.

In July 2020, the company has officially partnered with Loop, a circular shopping platform developed by international recycling leader TerraCycle, as the first-ever pet food participant.

In January 2021, Open Farm received $65 million in the latest round of funding.

Open Farm prioritizes animals and the environment first, and profits second, according to a company spokesperson.

The company maintains a corporate office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Wild One Corporate Office

Pet owner Minali Chatani found it both strange and frustrating that she couldn’t find a complete set of matching basic products for her dog. She founded Wild One in 2017.

The company offers complete kits or single items for pets, such as leashes, dog beds, food bowls, and more. No “kitschy” designs, just basic useful items in a variety of prints and colors.

Chatanti also wanted the company’s products to be functional, not just cute looking. Dog leashes are made from odor-resistant, waterproof materials, and dog carriers fold out to become on-the-go pet beds for traveling.

Wild One products are mainly online, but they often set up pop-up stores in various places at certain times of the year. In the summer of 2019, the company hosted a Dog Day Summer Party that drew 250 dogs and some 800 participants.

Wild One is perhaps best known for its leash kits, which contain a color-coordinated harness or collar, poop bag, and leash.

People magazine featured Wild One products in their 2020 Christmas lineup of Best Holiday Gift Guide.

Wild One maintains a corporate office in New York, New York.

PetBarn Corporate Office

Jeff David opened his first pet store, PetBarn, in 2004. Glen Richards opened Greencross Vet in the building next door. These two companies decided to merge into a one-stop shopping/veterinarian service in 2013. The name PetBarn remains.

PetBarn currently has 140 locations with Greencross Vet 130 locations. Some Greencross vets are located inside PetBarn stores.

PetBarn offers pet supplies, food, toys, grooming services, and, in some instances, veterinarian services.

In 2014, annual revenue was $443 million and in 2019, annual revenue grew to $637.7 million.

Greencross is Australia’s largest pet care company. It was acquired by TPG Capital in 2019.

In April 2020, PetBarn began offering nationwide, same-day delivery service.

Due to the coronavirus, PetBarn also began offering curbside service, where items could be ordered online and picked up at the chosen location, with employees loading the purchase right into the car. This allows for a minimal amount of human contact.

PetBarn maintains a corporate office in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia.