The city’s first PetSmart location appears to be one step closer to opening with the news today that the retailer is advertising to hire for its soon-to-be Brandon store.
As noted by eBrandon member IceMan14 in a discussion forum post on Monday, a total of 11 different positions are being advertised ranging from Store Manager to Early Morning Stocker. Also noteworthy were positions for Pet Grooming Salon Manager and Pet Groomer, hinting and the breadth of services that look to be intended for offering locally.
eBrandon was the first to break earlier this summer the news that the retail chain was planning to open a store in the city. Though speculation was that they may be eyeing a 13,595 square foot portion of space formerly occupied by Shoppers Drug Mart on 18th Street South the company was not able to confirm location at that time. Now this month on the 11 job listings the store location is shown as “Richmond Ave. & 18th Street, ” which is of course the intersection that the former Shoppers Drug was located at prior to its move to Shoppers Mall. Also of note a real estate listing for another vacancy in the same development now places PetSmart’s logo and branding on that former Shoppers Drug Mart space.
PetSmart maintains over 1600 stores in North America including four in Winnipeg. Earlier this summer the Brandon store was said to be targeted for opening early in 2020.