Pet health-care company VCA agreed to acquire Camp Bow Wow, a dog day-care chain, for an undisclosed amount. Chain founder Heidi Ganahl discusses the challenges of her franchising firm.

VCA Animal Hospitals opened an urgent care facility last week in Laguna Niguel, the first of its kind in Orange County for the company. The facility at 27932 La Paz Road debuted June 1, offering ...

Mars is buying the pet health care company VCA in a deal valued at around $7.7 billion. Mars will pay $93 for each share of VCA Inc. That's a 31 percent premium to the Los Angeles company's Friday ...

Summer days are here! As the weather heats up, pet owners will be spending more time outside. With most notable risks being heat stroke and dehydration, there are some lesser-known hazards to pets ...

The company that has given consumers M&M’s chocolates and Skittles for years is making a bid to dominate the fast-growing pet-care business with a $7.7 billion purchase of veterinary and dog day ...

VCA Inc., which consolidated chunks of the pet health industry to grow into a leading chain of animal hospitals, agreed to be bought by candy and pet-care giant Mars Inc. for $7.7 billion in cash ...

Candy giant Mars Inc., facing a slowdown in packaged food, is making a bigger bet on a booming industry: pet care. The maker of M&Ms and Snickers agreed to buy the animal-hospital chain VCA Inc ...

Mars is buying the pet health care company VCA in a deal valued at around $7.7 billion. Mars will pay $93 for each share of VCA Inc. That's a 31 percent premium to the Los Angeles company's Friday ...

The candy- and pet-food-maker Mars Inc. is buying the animal hospital company VCA Inc. for $93 a share, or about $9.1 billion, including $1.4 billion in debt. VCA's stock was up about 30% in ...

Candy giant Mars Inc., facing a slowdown in packaged food, is making a bigger bet on a booming industry: pet care. The maker of M&Ms and Snickers agreed to buy the animal-hospital chain VCA Inc. for ...