The retailer said like-for-like sales rose 6% across the group in the 16 weeks to July 21. Compared with pre-pandemic levels, like-for-likes surged 37.9%. Total sales advanced 7.1% to £404.7m.

Like-for-likes in Pets at Home’s core retail business increased 5.6% year on year and 36.4% on a two-year basis.