General	3 Months Ended
May 01, 2011
General [Abstract]
GENERAL	NOTE 1 — GENERAL PetSmart, Inc., including its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Company,” “PetSmart” or “we”), is the leading specialty provider of products, services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets in North America. We offer a broad selection of products for all the life stages of pets, as well as various pet services including professional grooming, training, boarding and day camp. We also offer pet products through an e-commerce site. As of May 1, 2011, we operated 1,192 retail stores and had full-service veterinary hospitals in 776 of our stores. MMI Holdings, Inc., through a wholly owned subsidiary, Medical Management International, Inc., collectively referred to as “Banfield,” operated 766 of the veterinary hospitals under the registered trade name of “Banfield, The Pet Hospital.” The remaining 10 hospitals are operated by other third parties in Canada. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or “GAAP,” for interim reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal, recurring nature, necessary for the fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. These condensed consolidated financial statements, which are unaudited, should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 30, 2011. Due to the seasonal nature of our business, the results of operations for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2011, are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year. Our fiscal year consists of 52 or 53 weeks and ends on the Sunday nearest January 31. Fiscal 2011 ends on January 29, 2012, while fiscal 2010 ended on January 30, 2011, both 52 week years. Unless otherwise specified, all references to years in these condensed consolidated financial statements are to fiscal years.

General

3 Months Ended

May 01, 2011

NOTE 1 — GENERAL

PetSmart, Inc., including its wholly owned subsidiaries (the “Company,” “PetSmart” or “we”), is the leading specialty provider of products, services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets in North America. We offer a broad selection of products for all the life stages of pets, as well as various pet services including professional grooming, training, boarding and day camp. We also offer pet products through an e-commerce site. As of May 1, 2011, we operated 1,192 retail stores and had full-service veterinary hospitals in 776 of our stores. MMI Holdings, Inc., through a wholly owned subsidiary, Medical Management International, Inc., collectively referred to as “Banfield,” operated 766 of the veterinary hospitals under the registered trade name of “Banfield, The Pet Hospital.” The remaining 10 hospitals are operated by other third parties in Canada.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or “GAAP,” for interim reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are of a normal, recurring nature, necessary for the fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. These condensed consolidated financial statements, which are unaudited, should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 30, 2011.

Due to the seasonal nature of our business, the results of operations for the thirteen weeks ended May 1, 2011, are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full year. Our fiscal year consists of 52 or 53 weeks and ends on the Sunday nearest January 31. Fiscal 2011 ends on January 29, 2012, while fiscal 2010 ended on January 30, 2011, both 52 week years. Unless otherwise specified, all references to years in these condensed consolidated financial statements are to fiscal years.