[orlnurse]

Originally Posted by Sweet Apple

As a retail manager, for many many years, I can tell you, from experience, if management is pushing a product, it's because it has a higher price point (more profit for the Co.) It' a no brainer, that using less expensive ingredients yields a higher profit margin...Pet Stores do not go into business to feed your pup; they go into business to make a profit, and if your pup happens to eat their food, their mission is accomplished...Consumer goods are all about what people want, what they believe is right for them, and what they are willing to pay for it...As loving parents of our fur babies, I believe it's our responsibility to do as much research, for our babies nutrition, and go with your gut feeling, based on the information you find...There's always going to be a margin of error in any function performed by a human, so I'd go with the best margins...For me, at this point, it's primal raw...

Here's an example. Last weekend, my sister went to Pet Supermarket to return a bag of Nutro that an employee pushed on her last visit. She sought their advice because her poodle recently had some sensitivity to her previous diet which included chicken. Anyhow, she came home with Nutro fish and potato or something like that. Once I told her about Nutro, she went back to get something else. Another employee tried to talk her into Nutro again, she second guesses herself and prepares to leave the store with the Nutro. She runs into another employee at the front and asks her opinion. The girl proceeds to tell her that they are told to push Nutro but she would never feed it to her own dogs. Good grief!