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Cat Forum / General Topics / December 2006Petco Prices Higher Than Petsmart?
A new Petco just opened across the street from the Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win new customers when Royal Canin dry cat food is two dollars higher a bag, and they don't carry Spa Select canned cat food? You would think Petco management would have taken the time to study their competition? Is Petco this stupid throughout the U.S.? I refuse to shop at Petco. It is more expensive there than any other store around. I just buy all of my pet products at the supermarket where it is MUCH cheaper for the same exact items. >A new Petco just opened across the street from the >Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >would have taken the time to study their competition? >Is Petco this stupid throughout the U.S.? > I refuse to shop at Petco. It is more expensive there than any other store > around. I just buy all of my pet products at the supermarket where it is > MUCH cheaper for the same exact items. I would buy my cat's stuff at the grocery store if they carried the brands I buy. Science Diet for food and Tidy Cats Crystals for litter. I'd be willing to listen to anyone who thinks there are better brands, but that's what I get for her, because she's a sweetheart and deserves the best, IMO. >>A new Petco just opened across the street from the >>Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>would have taken the time to study their competition? >>Is Petco this stupid throughout the U.S.? >> I refuse to shop at Petco. It is more expensive there than any other >> store [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >>>would have taken the time to study their competition? >>>Is Petco this stupid throughout the U.S.? I submit that you need neither store in order to give your pet cats all they need. I feed mine roasted chicken, which is about the finest food they can get, and it costs considerably less than the 55 cents a 6 oz can that Safeway charges me for canned cat food. Even WINCO's 28 cents a can price can be surpassed if one takes care to buy ones raw chickens on sale, and then roasts them in ones own oven. There is also another advantage in doing this....You can eat the chickens yourself! My cats enjoy the fact that they are eating the same food that I eat. (at least from time to time) >A new Petco just opened across the street from the > Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > would have taken the time to study their competition? > Is Petco this stupid throughout the U.S.? Yes....In general, Petco's prices are way too high. Apparently, people think they are giving their pets more because they pay more for it. Actually, the pets could care less. I have found that the best prices around here are at WINCO, but they don't have them everywhere....It stands for Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California, & Oregon.......Wall-Mart is pretty good, too...... >>A new Petco just opened across the street from the >> Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > for Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California, & Oregon.......Wall-Mart is > pretty good, too...... Walmart does not carry any quality cat foods, at least that is true in my area. They have Iams & other assorted junk foods. However, WM litter prices are the best. >>>A new Petco just opened across the street from the >>> Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >my area. They have Iams & other assorted junk foods. However, >WM litter prices are the best. The Wal-Marts in my area (minneapolis) don't carry any of the flusheable litters (sWheat and others) only clay based stuff. >>>>A new Petco just opened across the street from the >>>> Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > The Wal-Marts in my area (minneapolis) don't carry any of the > flusheable litters (sWheat and others) only clay based stuff. Since my cats are indoor/outdoor cats, I just keep a litter box for when it is too cold for them to want to go out. - I think most people just buy whatever cat food their cats seem to like, but this might not be what's best for the cat. And, there's nothing to prevent a cat food manufacturer from spiking the cat food with some foreign substance that attracts the cats, but doesn't really provide good nutritional content for them.....We really need a, "consumers union" type of evaluation for cat food........ >>>A new Petco just opened across the street from the >>> Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > my area. They have Iams & other assorted junk foods. However, > WM litter prices are the best. I would like to know just what cat foods are the best, or carry the best quality to price ratio....Do you know of any independent testing laboratory that provides these figures? >>>>A new Petco just opened across the street from the >>>> Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > quality to price ratio....Do you know of any independent testing > laboratory that provides these figures? Not exactly a "lab," but I did find extensive detailed info on the web, when I was trying to figure out what food to switch my fur balls to. Thanks to people in this group I was alerted to the fact that Iams and Science Diet are not the wonder products they would have you believe they are. Moreover, I was not aware of the cozy relationship between vets and Hills (Science Diet). Again, I was made aware of this cozy relationship by people in this group. I questioned my vet about it, and she was rather evasive. Not that I would dump her over that, she is a wonder woman, when it comes to cats, and she does carry a variety of name brands in her office. Unfortunately, her prices on Royal Canin, the food I use, are a bit more than what Petsmart sells it for......bz Merry Christmas >>>>>A new Petco just opened across the street from the >>>>> Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Petsmart sells it for......bz > Merry Christmas Well, I have four cats, from four different origins, and they all like different food. Only the feral cat will eat human food, probably because he spent his formative years raiding garbage cans in order to stay alive. The one I picked up in a Burger King parking lot was living on French fries and onion rings and anything people threw at him for the first year of his life, and today he won't touch human food. He lives strictly on kibbles.....Lapping up sugared milk from my wife's cereal bowl is the only exception. The two females eat wet canned cat food as well as kibbles. We have no way to restrict what any of them eat, so they all enjoy an infinite bowl of kibbles at the very least, and we try to mix the flavors up so they will stay interested...... > A new Petco just opened across the street from the > Petsmart where I shop. How does Petco expect to win [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > would have taken the time to study their competition? > Is Petco this stupid throughout the U.S.? You've pointed out the obvious. I've had a cat for about 2 1/2 years. About 2 years ago, I exchanged e-mails with someone at PetCo. After pointing out that the exact same food and litter were twice as much at PetCo than Petsmart and a comparable toy was 3 1/2 times as much (since PetCo carried an inferior version of the toy my cat loves), their response was that PetCo was "not a discount store". Is anyone under the impression that PetSmart IS a discount store? (I mean, besides comparing them to PetCo.) I wrote back and told them that I didn't think PetSmart was a "discount store" either. They didn't reply. My only conclusion is that PetCo is NOT a discount store - they are a RIPOFF store.
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