Mar 20 2008
Pet Store Earnings: Where Does All of that Money Really Go?
As a child and now as an adult, you delight in visiting the pet store on each trip you take to your local mall. You have even purchased a pet or two from that pet store, and are amazed at the variety of pets that are available from week to week. This has led you to wonder where the pet store earnings from all of these sales actually go.
Pet Store Earnings: The Basics
First of all, you would need to know where the dogs, primarily the most popular part of any pet store, come from. The more reputable pet stores get their dogs from breeders, who then sign a contract with the pet store. This contract assures the breeder a certain percentage of the pet store earnings gotten from the sale of the dogs.
If, however, your pet store is only a basic pet store with dogs that look rather unhealthy, they might get their dogs from a puppy mill. A puppy mil is a place where dogs are over bred in unsanitary conditions. The pet store earnings from these dogs are thus considerably more, since the pet store directly purchases these dogs for a flat fee.
A large pet store that sells a considerable amount of pets each week will, of course, make a significant amount of pet store earnings, too. These earnings will most likely go to three main places: salaries, animal upkeep, and rent.
Specifically, a pet store requires several employees to make sure the animals are taken care of, the store is clean, and the customers are attended too. If these are full-time employees, the salaries will have to also include medical insurance.
If a company owns the pet store, the employees get their money mainly from that source. However, if just a person or two runs that pet store, the income from the store is something that everyone depends upon.
Of course, in order for the pet store to stay in business, pet store earnings will have to got towards purchasing cleaning supplies, food, and water for the animals, as well as bedding. This alone takes up a significant amount of pet store revenue.
Lastly, the pet store will need to pay a monthly rent to stay in the mall that it is a part of. For more information on pet store earnings, ask the store manager. You can also search the internet for various facts about the pet store.
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