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Old February 28th, 2010, 04:04 PM
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Eagle Pack Holistic cat food

Ok, I know this has been addressed before in some form or another, likely about the formulation change, but yesterday I bought a bag of kibble and the size of the bag was dramatically different - by that I mean smaller.
The price was also $2.00 higher, not a great big difference, but when you consider the difference in bag size, I think that it is going to add up quickly.
Global tried to tell me that they put the price down to accomodate the smaller bag, but I buy the stuff every 3 weeks and am aware of the price, it went from $47.99 - and I can't remember the exact amount in the bag, but alot more than there is now, to $49.99 for 12 pounds.
They changed the packaging, but as soon as the owner picked it up I saw the difference in bag size.
Can anyone remember the amount in the large bag before the packaging change? I think it was 15 pounds but I'm not sure. I empty the bag into a bin for storage, so the bag was long ago discarded. The old gold coloured bag.
Before anyone jumps on me, I use the kibble to supplement the canned diet they are fed twice daily.
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Old February 28th, 2010, 04:33 PM
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ouch , that wouldn't surprise me at all , for them to raise the price but bags getting smaller

$49.99 for 12 pounds ?? holy cr......
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Old March 17th, 2010, 01:25 AM
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This probably isn't Global's fault or doing - the fingers have to pointed at the manufacturer here. And Eagle/WellPet isn't the only company that has done this - that is down sized their bags while keeping pricing the same or even increasing the wholesale pricing. Check out Canadian Naturals and California Natural - both did the same also in the last 6 months or so.

To expect Global to drop their retail pricing for the smaller bags while seeing no change on their wholesale pricing is unfair. And if Global incurred a price increase at the wholesale level, then why wouldn't you expect them to increase their retail pricing?
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