SILVERDALE — A Pacific Northwest natural pet care store is coming to the Trails in Silverdale.
Mud Bay is slated to open in spring 2020, according to Lani Benavente, spokeswoman for Mud Bay. She said the closest current store to Kitsap County is in Gig Harbor.
The store is at 11199 Greaves Way, next to the Verizon store, according to Mud Bay's website. That location formerly housed Corner Bakery, which closed in August.
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Mud Bay is based in Olympia and has 51 locations in Washington and Oregon, with seven additional locations set to open in late 2019 and early 2020, according to its website. The store primarily sells natural dog and cat food, as well as pet toys, cat litter and supplements.
The company prides itself on the quality and nutritional value of the pet food it carries, according to its website. Its owned by the children of the founders, who began the company in 1988 as a small farm store. The store was located on Mud Bay Road near Olympia and south Puget Sound.
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About a decade after Elsa Wulff opened the store that sold everything from local oysters to hay, Mud Bay began to focus on selling cat and dog food, according to its website.
In 2013, the company expanded to Oregon and created a community outreach team to work on partnerships with animal welfare organizations. In 2015 the company began its employee stock ownership program and was named Pet Business Retailer of the Year.
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