PETCO Schedules First Quarter 2004 Earnings Release

PETCO Schedules First Quarter 2004 Earnings Release 


SAN DIEGO, May 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.  today
announced that it will report financial results for the first quarter ended May
1, 2004 on May 19, 2004 at 1:00 PM Pacific (4:00 PM Eastern).  The company has
scheduled a conference call to discuss the results on May 19, 2004 at 2:00 PM
Pacific (5:00 PM Eastern).

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A simulcast, or a replay, of the conference call over the Internet will be
available via the Company's website at http://www.petco.com/.

About PETCO Animal Supplies

PETCO is a leading specialty retailer of premium pet food, supplies and
services.  PETCO's vision is to best promote, through its people, the highest
level of well-being for companion animals, and to support the human-animal
bond.  PETCO generated net sales of  $1.65 billion in fiscal 2003.  It operates
669 stores in 44 states and the District of Columbia, as well as a leading
destination for on-line pet food and supplies at http://www.petco.com/.  Since
its inception in 1999, The PETCO Foundation, PETCO's non-profit organization,
has raised more than $15 million in support of more than 1,900 non-profit
grassroots animal welfare organizations around the nation.

Certain statements in this news release that are not historical fact constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Stockholders and other readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors, which may cause the actual results of PETCO to be materially
different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements.  These factors, such as performance of new
stores, ability to execute expansion strategy and sustain growth, debt levels,
reliance on vendors and exclusive distribution arrangements, competition,
integration of operations as a result of acquisitions, compliance with various
state and local regulations and dependence on senior management, are discussed
from time to time in the reports filed by PETCO with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended January 31, 2004. 

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DATASOURCE: PETCO Animal Supplies



CONTACT:  Rodney Carter, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer of PETCO Animal Supplies, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.petco.com/

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