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PETCO is a chain of retail stores that offers pet supplies and services such as grooming and dog training. Founded in 1965 and incorporated in Delaware, i is headquartered in San Diego, California, and is now a private company held by Texas Pacific Group and Leonard Green & Partners. Their mascots are Red Ruff (dog) and Blue Mews (cat), who both appear on the logo. As of 2008, PETCO has over 900 locations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. PETCO marked the opening of its first store in Kona, Hawai'i, in the fall of 2008. Brian Devine is the Chairman of the Board and James Myers is the CEO. Bruce Hall retired as the COO at the end of the 2007 fiscal year. On July 14, 2006,...