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Offline Kay and Penny

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Re: do the cat food manufacturers cheat us?
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2009, 16:16:55 PM »
the most hated of all by mine is Whiskas Prawns in Jelly - it smells absolutely foul to me too :sick: :sick:
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Re: do the cat food manufacturers cheat us?
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2009, 15:48:56 PM »
Ironic, actually, as it is one of the things I hated about Asda Senior and certain HiLife, that you only got one flavour in a box!!
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Re: do the cat food manufacturers cheat us?
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2009, 15:47:33 PM »
Mine love the poultry ....well the big cats but they hate the beef and the birmans also dont like the beef in the gourmet pate either so boxes are a waste of time.

Yes I think they cheat us because it would be much better to have boxes of one flavour.

I cant by the big boxes of felix because of the beef ones and think there is also another dodgey flavour in there.

Looking at how much I have spent on cat food recently is far far more than on anything for me and the prices are still going up.
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Re: do the cat food manufacturers cheat us?
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2009, 15:46:37 PM »
Quote from: trigger on October 31, 2009, 15:35:36 PM
do they deliberately include varieties they know are unpopular with cats so we have to buy more?

The short answer?  Yes.  It's why manufacturers (of anything) invented variety packs.
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Re: do the cat food manufacturers cheat us?
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2009, 15:40:42 PM »
Poultry flavour is another that gets ignored. Weirdly mine went off Felic AND Whiskas senior recently so I started buying adult and there was still waste. I have been buying chicken soingle for Clapton for ages. I also wish I could get packs or even singles of Gourmet perle Game and Sheba game as they are the only flavour she likes  :tired:
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Re: do the cat food manufacturers cheat us?
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2009, 15:38:10 PM »
I always wondered why they put Beef flavours in so many boxes, as that tends to be the one that is hated most.
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do the cat food manufacturers cheat us?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2009, 15:35:36 PM »
I am surprised by how often a partiicular flavour of Whiskas or Felix is rejected totally by all three of my cats

the only Whiskas they will all eat is Tuna in jelly and Chicken in jelly - and these are the two most commonly found sold separately, which suggests the manufacturers know they are popular

so why can't we buy a discounted box of 12 of only these flavours? do they deliberately include varieties they know are unpopular with cats so we have to buy more?

or do I have the only cats who all dislike the same foods?
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