New ventures for a big name in garden and petCentral Garden & Pet launches Central Values, a venture fund for emerging businesses. Eye on Retail: Walmart goes all in for petsWalmart is expanding its pet business to tap as the market for pet supplies and pet care continues to grow. Store rallies to 'Save the Chicks' Hardware store intends to fight rule against live-chick sales. New chairman for Central Garden & Pet Brooks Pennington III succeeds company founder Bill Brown. Another acquisition for Central Garden & Pet General Pet Supply is a supplier of pet food and products in the Midwest. Connecting the dots Normal.dotm 0 0 1 1140 6498 LF 54 12 7980 12.0 Seven things to know about NHS A Q&A with the National Hardware Show’s Rich Russo Consumers expect more from pet products Made in USA is becoming a big deal for pet food. Home Depot Canada to ban pets from stores After a customer's dog bit a store employee, Home Depot Canada will ban pets from entering its stores effective May 16. The Ottawa Citizen reported that a greeter in Gloucester who bent down to pat a dog in a customer's shopping cart was bitten in the nose. Rocky's connects with customers and hungry pets Springfield, Mass.-based Rocky’s Ace Hardware, a family-owned business with 33 stores has engaged in a partnership with Nutro Pet Foods and its customers to help homeless and abandoned pets. 1 2 Next Last