PETCO is a specialty retailer of pet food and supplies. PETCO's strategy is to offer its customers a complete assortment of pet-related products and services by hiring pet lovers and training them to become counselors to our pet-loving customers. PETCO generated net sales of $1.3 billion in the fiscal year ended February 2, 2002. It operates more than 605 neighborhood stores in 43 states and the District of Columbia, as well as a destination for on-line pet food and supplies at www.petco.com. The PETCO Foundation, PETCO's non-profit organization, has raised more than $11 million since inception in 1999. More than 1,400 non-profit grassroots animal welfare organizations from around the nation have received support from the Foundation.
