Fressnapf grew by 7 per cent in 2013

Europe’s leading pet supplies chain Fressnapf grew by around 7 per cent in 2013 to achieve gross sales of € 1.561 bn. This was revealed by Fressnapf founder and owner Torsten Toeller at the company’s annual press conference in Krefeld on 5 February. In like-for-like terms, the company grew by 3.4 per cent in 2013. In Germany, Fressnapf passed the billion-euro sales level for the first time with a 4.4 per cent growth in sales to € 1.012 bn. Sales abroad amounted to € 550 mio (+ 13.1 per cent), while Fressnapf’s online shop brought in sales of € 47.8 mio in 2013, equivalent to growth of 76 per cent. In 2014 Fressnapf plans to open around 60 new stores, including 20 in Germany.