Petland Discounts Closing All Stores, Including 8 On Long Island

Petland Discounts, the Tri-State area pet supply company, is closing all of its stores in New York, including eight on Long Island.

The closing comes after the death of the company's sole owner, Neil Padron, to bladder cancer earlier this month, according to Pet Product News. Padron was 74.

The company had 69 locations across New York, and all of them are expected to close by April 18, according to filings with the state Labor Department. The closures will leave 367 people across the state without jobs.

The first Petland Discounts store opened in Glen Oaks in 1965, according to Pet Product News, and grew to more than 100 stores across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Petland has Long Island locations in Hewlett, Medford, Oceanside, Glen Cove, Port Washington and Elmont, along with warehouses in Brentwood.

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