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GullySystem
Retail and distribution · Software for pet stores

Track pet food lots, weight-based sales and repeat orders from the shop to the doorstep.

Pet product businesses sell food, treats, litter, bedding, toys and healthcare items to owners who come back every few weeks. The pet store product records food by batch and expiry, loose weights, bags per breed and the repeat order each customer follows.

At a glance

A pet store sells to loyal owners. A bag of kibble for a Labrador or a tin of cat food is bought again every few weeks, often in the same brand. Customers expect the right bag in stock. They also like a reminder before theirs runs out.

Most shops bill at the counter and keep everything else in a notebook. Expiry dates, loose food by weight and a customer’s regular order all sit in different places. Nothing links.

How the work runs today

A sales associate helps an owner choose food by pet, age and size of breed, and weighs out loose kibble or treats from an open sack. The counter bills the bag, a tin and a chew toy, and the owner asks for the same brand next month. Loyalty is high. Some phone ahead for a bag to be set aside. Others ask for home delivery.

The stock keeper receives cartons from distributors and brand representatives, checks the batch and the best-before date, and shelves the oldest first. Dates matter. Frozen and chilled lines sit in a separate fridge. Pest and flea treatments, which are sold on a pet’s weight band, go on a controlled shelf.

Shops with a grooming corner book a groomer by pet and breed, and stores with a boarding room track each stay. Vaccination papers and feeding notes are kept on file.

Where it breaks

What goes wrong for pet stores without a proper system.

Food expiry is checked by walking the shelf

Kibble, wet food and treats carry a best-before date on each bag. Staff scan the shelf by eye. A bag past its date can still reach the counter.

Loose food is sold from an open sack

Dry food and treats are weighed out by the kilo, while the sack comes in as one unit. The counter and the stock sheet drift apart. Every scoop widens the gap.

Regular buyers are not reminded

A customer who buys a large bag for a retriever every five weeks is easy to lose. A rival shop sends the next reminder first.

Pets and their needs live in a notebook

The pet’s name, breed, age, diet and allergies are written beside a phone number. A second associate cannot see them.

Distributor orders follow gut feeling

Each brand has its own representative, minimum order and delivery day. Reorders are placed from memory, so a popular bag runs out. A slow brand piles up.

What the software does

What we would build for pet stores.

Named the way your team already talks about the work. We start with whichever part the audit shows is costing you most.

Pet and owner records

Keep each pet with its species, breed, age, weight, diet and allergies against the owner, so any associate can recommend the right bag.

Food batch and expiry tracking

Record batch numbers and best-before dates at receiving, and list lines due to expire so they go to the front or on offer.

Loose weight and pack-size sales

Sell by the gram or kilo from a sack, break a large bag into smaller packs, and keep stock in step with every scoop.

Counter billing and online orders

Bill at the till, take phone and online orders, and mark each for pickup or home delivery with its route and slot.

Repeat orders and refill reminders

Work out when each owner’s food will run out from bag size and pet weight, and send a reminder with the usual item.

Brand distributors and reordering

Hold each distributor’s terms, minimum order and delivery day, and raise a purchase order from the lines below their restock level.

Grooming and boarding bookings

Book grooming by groomer and breed, and record boarding stays with feeding notes and the vaccination papers on file.

Before you talk to a supplier

A requirements checklist for pet stores.

What to cover, which reports to ask for and what to put to every vendor, ready to print or save as a PDF.

Open the checklist
Ready product

A product already built for pet stores.

It is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then.

Pet Store Management Software

Pet records, food batches and expiry, loose weight sales, refill reminders, distributor orders, delivery and grooming for pet stores.

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Solutions inside

The business modules pet stores use most.

Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.

Connections

Tools pet stores often connect.

How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for your city.

  1. 1

    The audit, by call

    A screen-share and a look at the sheets, Tally reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.

  2. 2

    A written proposal

    Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.

  3. 3

    Build in short rounds

    Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.

  4. 4

    Go-live, in person when it helps

    For data migration and training we can come to your city. Travel is agreed in advance.

  5. 5

    Support online

    Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.

Common questions

Questions pet stores ask before they call.

Can the system sell dog food by the kilo from an open sack?

Yes. The sack is received as one item and sold by weight at the counter. Each sale reduces the sack, so the stock figure follows the scoop.

Does it warn us before a food batch expires?

Yes. Each delivery is recorded with its batch and best-before date. A list shows lines coming close to expiry so they can be placed forward or put on offer.

Can it remind owners when their usual bag is due?

Yes. The reminder uses the bag size and the pet’s weight to estimate the date. Owners who have agreed to messages get it by email, text or chat app.

Do we need it if we only sell online?

It still helps, because the batch, stock and repeat-order records are the same. A shop with no counter would use the order and reorder modules more than the till.

What happens in the free technology audit?

We look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough to start. You get a report ordered by priority, and there is no obligation to hire us afterwards.

How much will the software cost?

We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. The audit settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.

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Tell us how your business runs today.

A few lines on your spreadsheets, software and WhatsApp groups is enough. We reply the same working day.

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