There are not too many privately owned pet shops around anymore. Back in the days before the corporate store, the family stores were doing well and can make a living doing it. The corporate stores had too much negotiating power and are able to get discounts that little stores can’t. The corporate stores are able to sell products at or below what the smaller stores pay. The same distributor sells to them but at different prices. That was so wrong but that’s business. Now many online sellers are giving the the corporate stores a run for their money. That’s the cycle of life.