b"At The IntersectionOf Luck AndHard WorkLeft: Monthly Round-Up Promotions. Rachel (r) holds theApril 2021 donation check with Vicki Cox (l) and River ofSoutheastern Guide Dogs in Palmetto, Florida. Top: Patrickand Lucky making home deliveries to customers around townin their delivery truck (shown below).The owners of Parrish-based pet retail The$100billionpetindustryispoisedtonearly triple to $275 billion by 2030. While thestore Leo & Lucky's had expansion plans pandemicupendedsomanyofourlives,petson the horizon in 2019, after undergoing have benefited. Faced with staying home, peopleextensive store renovations. Patrick McGinnis adopted, fostered and purchased a record num-ber of pets during 2020. Many shelters foundand Rachel Nannen McGinnis also invested themselvesemptyforthefirsttimeinyears.money to implement the next phase of their MorganStanleyshousingstrategistsestimategrowth plans of their pet nutrition, supplies thatthegrowthtrendofU.S.petownershipand grooming business. Having done their due tripled during the pandemic. Spending on every-thing from veterinary care to pet accessories hasdiligence, the husband and wife business partners proven resilient, even during the recession. were ready to roll out selling franchises in early While the pandemic accelerated pet owner-2020 of Leo & Lucky's. Instead, they found ship,householdformationamongMillennialsand Gen Z will likely sustain it, according to athemselves focused on keeping their recent AlphaWise survey, the proprietary surveyone location running and their staff safe. and data arm of Morgan Stanley Research. 64THE NEW BARKER www.TheNewBarker.com"