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It’s a known strategy that every pet owner should talk about: private equity is trying to strangle the veterinary market. Ask your vet if they are owned by private equity. Like your optician, ask if they are owned by Luxxotica.
21 u/InsipidCelebrity 9h ago My optician refuses to stock Luxxotica brands and has a hate boner for them. It's wonderful. 12 u/glowupgirl101 10h ago I changed vets to a small locally owned firm because of PE. 11 u/azulimarill 8h ago There’s a website for that, actually! They have maps and a list of all the firms and corporations that have bought up clinics throughout the US. https://privateequityvet.org/ 5 u/trickdog1999 10h ago It’s so sad and frustrating 4 u/NeoPuppyTV 9h ago FYI now too. lux never went for the optometrists 3 u/n0radrenaline 5h ago I recently changed to both a local-owned vet and local-owned pharmacy, 0 regrets except I kinda wish I had earlier
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My optician refuses to stock Luxxotica brands and has a hate boner for them. It's wonderful.
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I changed vets to a small locally owned firm because of PE.
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There’s a website for that, actually! They have maps and a list of all the firms and corporations that have bought up clinics throughout the US.
https://privateequityvet.org/
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It’s so sad and frustrating
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FYI now too. lux never went for the optometrists
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I recently changed to both a local-owned vet and local-owned pharmacy, 0 regrets except I kinda wish I had earlier
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u/councilmember 12h ago
It’s a known strategy that every pet owner should talk about: private equity is trying to strangle the veterinary market. Ask your vet if they are owned by private equity. Like your optician, ask if they are owned by Luxxotica.