Comments on: Melton’s Says They’re Unsure Whether They’ll Reopen

By: Grend

Grend — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:24:39 +0000

LOL…I would go there with that name, can’t be any worse that the fast food joints around there

By: joe

joe — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:35:21 +0000

hmmm a walmart/petco conspiracy. I could see it.

By: joe

joe — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:23:40 +0000

W/o naming employees of Pet Supermarket, I’ll just say that this person said the exterminator was killing over 50 rats a day at one point recently before they finally closed and it didn’t make a dent in the rat problem.

on another note,

Wife and I used to buy our dogfood there, (Nutro Ultra) and more than once after getting home, I noticed a small hole in the bags, and at one point, while pouring some of the dogfood into a bowl, someone that did not appear to be dog food. I assumed (it seems now I was wrong) that maybe something had gotten into the bag at the factory, and it was a one time thing, so I tossed the food (in hindsight, should have called PS) and got more.
Lesson learned.

Haven’t bought dog food there in months now.

By: Native

Native — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:34:00 +0000

I am not lodging any type of “claim.” As an attorney, I definitely know what a “claim” is and what constitutes “defamation” and my questioning the quality of the food I received is not defamation.

By: Rebeccab

Rebeccab — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:24:51 +0000

The article says the inspector traced the problem to structural issues, as well as the Pet Supermarket side, so they clearly have some blame somewhere. Not to mention the judge ordered PS closed until they fixed whatever was going on over there, so there was some evidence they had a serious problem they weren’t adequately addressing. Another piece I read said they found 300 rats on the PS side, and I have to wonder why they would need to be ordered to close to address something like that.

I realize PS hasn’t been found guilty of anything, but the “no comment” makes me wonder. Why not “we’re victims too” or “as soon as we found out, we made every effort to eradicate them as quickly as possible” or something like that?

By: John

John — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:04:55 +0000

A lot of assumptions going on here… I frequent this strip of businesses as well and as a contractor I can say that the entire building is very old and outdated. I would have to assume that the rats entering the structure would probably be the fault of the landlord. Common sense would tell you that the rats would probably be more centralized to the pet store since its full of pet food. Maybe the pet store is just as much a victim as Melton’s. Hard to believe they would be ok with rats eating their merchandise and just not do anything about it, all retail stores have regular exterminators. Think before casting stones.

By: MelissaM

MelissaM — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:14:17 +0000

By: Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:15:49 +0000

A few thoughts.

1. Melton’s used to be in the location now used by Saba in Oakhurst. It failed there. We are not talking about Delmonico’s.
2. The new WalMart complex diagonally across from Pet Supermarket is supposed to get a Petco. Conspiracy theories?
3. Aren’t stores like Pet Supermarket supposed to be inspected regularly? Anyone hear of rat bait?
4. There’s an assumption here that a pet store and other stores can’t live next to one another, and that seems crazy to me.