Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom (Post 1890316)

Nope, thankfully. JUST the canned. I had a loooooooooooong talk today with Jessica from NV on the phone. I knew ahead of time the raw wasn't in question. Still, I was upset about the canned. By the way, they make their raw on site, at their own facility - no outsourcing whatsoever. I just want to assure you of that. :)

As for the canned, they basically had 2 choices (as they saw it) - Menu, or overseas. What I did learn from Jessica is that *each* client (as in, NV is a client) tells Menu *exactly* what goes in the food in terms of ingredients AND where those ingredients are to come from. In other words, NV says "you are to use free range chicken from New Zealand, from this farmer; these supplements, from this company; these veggies, from this vendor" and so on. So, from what I understand, the reason NV's canned wasn't tainted is bc they still follow their philosophy - superior/premium/wholesome ingredients - they just have Menu put it together for them.

I did ask her "where does Evangers have theirs canned?" bc I don't think Evangers works w/ Menu - but she honestly didn't know. She was very helpful and put up with all of my soap-boxing - I'm sure I was a real pain in her arse, poor girl. But, I let her know that there are people who are upset that NV and Menu are shaking hands - and that, in our minds, the philosophies of those 2 businesses just don't gel.

To me, it's like mixing Lucky Charms with Kashi GoLean - I mean come on - what's the message, ya know?

She said it was a valid concern and she'd pass it up the food chain, but I'm sure it'll just be tomorrow's post-it on the bottom of someone's shoe. Oh well.