Dog food going up

Edwardia

I don't bulk buy huge amounts of tinned dog food now as my lab is getting on a bit. I bought some 6 packs of Winalot from Ocado on 30/08 and it was £3 ie same price per can as Poundland (2 cans for £1). Today six cans cost 3.48. I looked on mysupermarket and yep it's not just Ocado, Winalot has gone up 48p :mad:

Looks like other brands have gone up too.

VoucherMan

Supermarket puts prices up! Never. :cool:

According to mySupermarket the price goes up and down quite a lot. (look at the graph which shows price changes over the last 12 months)

By next month they'll probably hope you'll have forgotten about the price rise & you'll be really pleased when they have another amazing price cut.

julietiff

we buy butchers brand tinned food for ours at Costco,
just over £10 for 24 tins

quintwins

We buy the superchunks, £1.5kg from tesco it's 89p but does both our dogs 2 days, we only buy it as a treat for them they usually have nuts.

krlyr

Cheap dog food can be false economy. People pay for the convenience of getting dog food alongside their grocery shopping but consider buying from a petshop or even ordering online to get better deals.
With pet food, you need to not only consider the price of the food but the value of it too. Many cheap foods are full of bulking ingredients like cereals, which cost less but also provide less nutritional value, so you ultimately have to feed more food. Switching to a slightly better quality food can save money - you might only need to feed one tin a day of a better food instead of 3, so if the better food is only twice the price, you're actually saving money by feeding 1/3 of the amount.
Not saying you have to switch from supermarket own to a top-notch branded dog food but there are lots of lower budget dog foods on the market that work out cheaper. A recent example was a member on here getting their relative to switch from Asda wet food trays to Autarky salmon & rice dry food - not only did it clear up the dog's skin issues (saving them a fortune in vet bills and medication!) but cost it cost less per day than the Asda food. Also, being better quality food, it's likely to keep the dog in better health and reduce vet bills in the future - for example, much less sugar in it than in these cheap wet jelly-type foods, so the dog is less likely to require dental work which isn't cheap in dogs!
If the dog will eat dry food then look into brands like Autarky, Skinners, CSJ and similar. If it has to be wet food, the website Zooplus has lots of range with some slightly unusual brands (from around Europe mostly) that have more meat content than supermarket stuff but at a better price. PAH also sell a half decent wet food called Wainwrights (the trays, not the tins - the latter are made by a separate manufacturer and aren't as good yet cost more too) which is often on some kind of BOGOF or similar deal too.

funnyguy

Cheapest moneysaver way is to get rid of your pets and save a fortune.House becomes a lot more hygenic to live in too

krlyr

funnyguy wrote: »

Cheapest moneysaver way is to get rid of your pets and save a fortune.House becomes a lot more hygenic to live in too

Also quite moneysaving to sell your PC and ditch the internet connection - it was nice knowing you :beer:

VoucherMan

funnyguy wrote: »

Cheapest moneysaver way is to get rid of your pets and save a fortune.House becomes a lot more hygenic to live in too

Keep the pets. Get rid of the O/H. Now that would save a fortune.

quintwins

funnyguy wrote: »

Cheapest moneysaver way is to get rid of your pets and save a fortune.House becomes a lot more hygenic to live in too

My dogs live outside, now if i got rid of the kids i'd def save money and my house would be alot cleaner, but i think thats a step too far.

funnyguy

Actually 'Klryl' I have made a fortune by having a PC and internet connection.just from deals from this site/plus about £1000 a year on surveys..so thinx of another comment to say..glad others get my humour..