My Pet Stop Gladstone Park – Pet Supermarket Display Case Study

Dinya Shop Fittings supplied the complete retail shelving fitout for My Pet Stop in Gladstone Park, Melbourne — white gondola shelving, slatwall H-frame gondolas, and hooks across the full store floor. The combined system handles a broad pet supermarket product range across every format — from large bags of food…

Posted On August 07 2026
By Dinya Designs

Project at a Glance

Client: My Pet Stop

Location: Gladstone Park, Melbourne VIC

Project Type: Full store shelving fitout — pet supermarket

Industry: Specialty retail — pet food, accessories, toys, and supplies

Fittings Supplied: Gondola shelving, slatwall gondolas, slatwall hooks, adjustable shelves

Installation: Self-installed

Summary: A complete pet supermarket shelving fitout in Melbourne’s northwest, combining white gondola shelving and slatwall H-frame gondolas to handle the full range of product types across a broad pet retail range.

Full Store Shelving for a Pet Supermarket That Carries Everything

A pet supermarket has one of the most varied product mixes in neighbourhood retail. The range spans large 15kg bags of dry dog food and 10kg cat litter on one end, and small blister-packed flea treatments, hanging leashes, and tiny packaged toys on the other. Very few shelving systems handle both ends of that spectrum effectively — which is why the right combination of gondola shelving formats matters in a store like this.

My Pet Stop in Gladstone Park positions itself as a full-service pet destination — food, accessories, toys, grooming products, and supplies for every pet type across every category. The shelving system needed to carry that full range in a layout customers could navigate independently, in a format the team could install themselves and reconfigure as the product mix evolves.

Dinya Shop Fittings supplied the complete retail shelving fitout for My Pet Stop Gladstone Park. This case study outlines what was supplied and why the combination of gondola shelving and slatwall H-frame gondola was the right solution for this specific retail environment.

The Challenge: Handling a Broad Pet Retail Range Across Multiple Product Formats

Pet supermarket retail creates a specific shelving challenge that most single-format shelving systems can’t solve on their own. The product range spans multiple physical formats that each require a different display solution:

Heavy boxed and bagged product — large bags of dry food, multi-packs, litter — needs deep, weight-rated shelves at low heights for easy customer access
Medium boxed product — wet food trays, boxed accessories, packaged grooming products — needs adjustable shelving across multiple bay heights
Small packaged accessories and consumables — flea treatments, vitamins, small packaged toys — sit on shelves at eye height but can be easily missed if the display is cluttered
Hanging accessories — leads, collars, harnesses, toys on hanging cards — display far better on hooks than on shelves and lose their packaging presentation when shelved

A standard gondola-only shelving fitout handles the first three categories reasonably well, but it creates ongoing display problems with the fourth: hanging accessories piled onto shelves lose their packaging presentation, become disorganised at high customer traffic, and are harder for customers to compare and select. The solution is a shelving system that combines gondola shelf capacity for the stacked and boxed range with a hook display capacity for the hanging accessories — which is what the slatwall H-frame gondola system delivers.

The specific requirements for the My Pet Stop Gladstone Park fitout were:

A high-capacity gondola shelving system for the food, boxed accessories, and stacked product range
A hook-capable display system within the gondola floor runs for hanging accessories and small packaged items
A clean, bright store environment appropriate for a neighbourhood pet supermarket
A self-installable system that the My Pet Stop team could assemble and configure without specialist shopfitter support
Enough flexibility throughout to allow the display to be reconfigured as the range changes

The Solution: What Dinya Supplied

Dinya supplied two core gondola systems for the My Pet Stop Gladstone Park fitout — standard white gondola shelving for the main product ranges, and slatwall H-frame gondolas for the hanging accessories — working together within a unified floor display layout.

1. White Gondola Shelving — Main Product Aisle Structure

White gondola shelving forms the primary floor layout of the My Pet Stop store, carrying the food, boxed product, and packaged supply range across the main floor aisles.

White was the deliberate colour choice for a neighbourhood pet supermarket environment. In a community retail context — where the customer base spans families with young children, elderly shoppers, and a broad demographic — a bright, open store environment outperforms a darker one on browsing time and customer comfort. White gondola keeps the space feeling light and well-organised even when the bays are fully stocked, and the neutral white surface keeps the product packaging as the dominant visual element in every bay.

The adjustable shelf configuration allows the gondola bays to be set to the specific product dimensions of each category zone: deep, low shelves for the large bag food range, multiple intermediate shelves for the wet food and boxed accessories range, and shallower upper shelves for smaller packaged items. In a store where the product range spans the size spectrum from a 15kg bag to a small sachet, this adjustability is not optional — it’s fundamental to how the store operates.

2. Slatwall H-Frame Gondolas — Hook Display for Accessories and Hanging Product

Slatwall H-frame gondolas are integrated into the floor display runs at key positions throughout the store, providing a hook-capable display surface for the accessories range — leads, collars, harnesses, hanging toys, packaged pet care products, and any item that displays best hanging rather than shelved.

The H-frame slatwall gondola is a double-sided freestanding display unit with slatwall faces on both sides. Unlike standard gondola shelving, its primary display mechanism is the slatwall face — which accepts hooks, baskets, and accessories at any position and height — rather than shelves. The H-frame format integrates cleanly within a gondola floor layout, sitting within the aisle runs and providing hook display capacity without requiring a separate wall display system.

For a pet supermarket’s accessories range, the hook display system delivers two practical advantages over shelved display: the packaging presentation is maintained (hanging accessories are designed to be displayed hanging, and their card headers are designed to be visible at the hook), and the display is far easier for customers to browse and self-serve at a glance compared to accessories folded or propped on a shelf.

3. Slatwall Hooks — Accessories Display

Slatwall hooks throughout the H-frame gondola faces carry the hanging accessory range — in consistent lengths matched to the specific products displayed at each hook position.

Hook consistency across the display — matching hook length to product weight and packaging size — makes a meaningful difference to how the accessories range presents. Too-short hooks on heavy products create crowded, drooping displays; too-long hooks on lightweight card products create an airy, product-light appearance. Specifying the right hook lengths across the different product zones in the accessories range ensures each zone looks intentional and well-merchandised from the aisle.

The Result: A Pet Supermarket Layout That’s Easy to Shop and Easy to Manage

My Pet Stop’s Gladstone Park store handles a broad product range in a format that feels genuinely easy to navigate. The combination of standard white gondola for the main food and boxed supply range, and slatwall H-frame gondola for the accessories and hanging product, gives every category in the store a proper display solution — without cramming different product types into a format that doesn’t suit them.

White Double Sided H Frame Slatwall Gondola — Slatewall H-frame

250mm Heavy Duty Chrome Slatwall Price Tag Hook — Result 6

White Matte Landscape - Horizontal Slatwall — My Pet Stop My Pet Stop - Solution

The team installed the full system themselves, and the modular, self-configurable nature of both gondola formats means they can reconfigure any section of the display as the range evolves — without specialist shopfitting support.

Key outcomes of the Dinya Shop Fittings supply:

Complete store shelving fitout self-installed by the My Pet Stop team
White gondola shelving created a bright, organised environment across the main product aisles
Slatwall H-frame gondola provided hook display capacity for the accessories and hanging product range
Combined system handles the full range of product formats — heavy bags, boxed product, small packaged items, and hanging accessories
Adjustable shelving throughout accommodates the size range of a broad pet supermarket product mix
Self-manageable, reconfigurable display system that the team can evolve as the range changes

Why Pet Retailers Across Australia Choose Dinya Shop Fittings

Dinya Shop Fittings supplies high-quality gondola shelving, slatwall gondolas, and retail display systems to pet stores, pet supermarkets, and specialty pet retailers across Australia.

Based in Melbourne with a warehouse and showroom, Dinya has over 10 years of experience supplying shop fittings to major retailers and independent businesses nationwide. We focus on delivering durable, practical, and flexible display solutions for retail stores that need to handle a wide range of pet products.

Over 10 years supplying shopfittings nationwide
High-quality materials designed for long-term commercial use
Competitive pricing backed by a clear price match guarantee
Flexible ordering options from single items to complete fit-outs

Our gondola shelving and slatwall systems are designed to support varied merchandising needs, helping pet retailers display everything from bulk pet food to toys, treats, accessories, and grooming products in a clean and organised layout.

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