The East Village of San Diego is changing into one of the hottest neighborhoods in Southern California to dwell. Petco is opening upscale kitchens in its stores the place cooks will prepare human-grade meals for pets. The first of the kitchens opens Friday at Petco’s newly renovated flagship retailer at Union Square in New York, New York. Petco plans to roll out extra of those kitchens in its shops, numbering in the “double digits,” over the subsequent a number of years, Konat mentioned.

Starting Friday, prospects will be able to stroll into the store and watch skilled cooks prepare pets’ meals including beef and cat toys balls tinsel russet potatoes; turkey and complete-wheat macaroni; venison and squash; and lamb and brown rice. These kitchens could assist Petco attract a better share of consumers’ pet spending, which doubled between 2005 and 2018 to reach more than $72 billion, in response to the American Pet Products Affiliation.