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Comments (21)mamapinky0, I used to consult with PetSmart and became very familiar with a lot of the pet food brands. I used to think that basically pet food is pet food and they're required to have adequate nutrition but experience with my pets and education taught me otherwise and was quite a surprise and eye-opener. For your question, Iams is WAY above Purina Dog Chow. There's no comparison. Purina's competition for Iams is PurinaONE (and it's FAR superior to Dog Chow), and some others would be Wellness, Dog chow is cheap and it's because of the ingredients. I just took a look to see if there's been a change and there hasn't that I noticed in my cursory look. The #1 ingredient in Dog Chow is still "whole grain corn" while the #1 ingredient in Iams is "chicken". Dogs are carnivores, not vegetarians. They need and want meat and meat proteins. I used to feed my cats Eukanuba which is Iams' sister brand (a competitor for such brands as Science Diet, Royal Canin, etc). Dog Chow is a grocery store line of food, Iams is a "premium" food and Eukanuba is a "super premium" line. You pay more to get better ingredients. I learned a lot there. Especially how certain manufacturers use what's known as "ingredient splitting" in the low-grade foods. Ingredient splitting is when they divide up the ingredients so there isn't as much in the percentages and they can rearrange the ingredient lineup. This is often done on foods containing rice. They'll split it into different rice names. Sneaky. For the original question, I do both but mostly brick & mortar. When I had pets I thought about having food and cat litter delivered since it got very difficult for me to handle it. Never did on the pet supplies. This time of year though, I'll buy more online to avoid the crowds and nutcases in the stores. Plus sometimes I can get better deals online. How I decide? Mood for one thing. Need is another. If I need it now, I need to get it now. Price is a consideration. Distance to the store/cost of getting it is factored in. Whether I feel like fighting a crowd or not. How I'm feeling. If I'm too stiff or sore to go out, I don't. Availability is another. I get really frustrated when I go to a store and they don't have what I want/need. So there's no simple answer or formula. It varies....See MoreHome Delivery Meal Kit Plans - Qs and (hopefully) As
Comments (42)Well, I received my HelloFresh box yesterday. (I canceled my subscription but I'd already paid for the first week of three choices) I haven't made any of the meals but here are a few of my first impressions.. Rory, I believe you signed up in the same week I did so I'll be curious to hear what you thought. I chose three meals-- a shrimp and asparagus risotto with meyer lemon, a spicy apricot chicken with green beans and couscous and a steak with tomato vinaigrette. Two were under 600 calories, one was at 630. That's a caloric range I am comfortable with... still, I feel the menus are wayyyy too light on veggies. Even more so when I opened one of the meal boxes. The quantity of asparagus was very small-- about the size (or even a bit less) than what I'd use for one serving. I am not completely anti-carb but I will often double up on veggies over carbs. the packaging was simple and the instruction cards were clear and seem to be complete. They are definitely worthy of saving for to make another time though I wish they were much smaller. I won't likely keep them. The quality of the proteins looks pretty good-- I'll know better when I prepare the dishes. I will say that given the initial week cost only $29, I don't think I'd have been able to shop for these meals on my own for the price... but then had I shopped on my own, I'd probably have ditched at least 1 of the carb side dishes (cheap) and added veggies/salad makings (more expensive). Petalique, I think you are right on target. I need to come up with my own ideas for "kits" and shop based on them. A number of the dishes across services are things I either already make or could easily make. I just need to be motivated to stick with the shopping. On a side note: I have decided to try the every other day fasting-- 500 calories one day, eat what you want the next day. This will require that I keep up with shopping so that I have good, fresh produce for the 500 calorie days. I am just going to have to get better about planning and going to the market. I don't plan on pigging out on the "eat what you want" days but I am going to want some variety on those days since the 500 calorie days aren't likely to have much variation....See MoreChanges in grocery shopping
Comments (58)I am lucky because I don't have to do grocery shopping during this time because I live with someone who works in a grocery store and does our shopping or he can pick up groceries for our neighbours and other family members if need be. Some of my family members are using grocery delivery. In the summer I normally buy my produce and some meats at local farm stands in the county or at the city market. I would 100 percent rather eat local fresh produce than stuff that was trucked in. Lucky for us we have a delivery service that now delivers produce from local greenhouses. So if I can't get out to the farm stands by summer I will be using their delivery service to get my local produce. I worry about everyone that is still working and coming in contact with people everyday. I worry about my family member bringing the virus home and infecting me. My nephew works at a Lowes and in January was very sick with a respiratory virus that lasted over 3 weeks and he was off work for a month. They thought it was pnuemonia, my brother is now thinking his son may have had Covid 19....See MoreKroger delivery today
Comments (23)We go to a grocery once a week, generally early and always with a mask (N95), no gloves as they are useless. Today we ventured to Costco for the first time in a long time. I was very disappointed as they usually stock on Tuesday and Thursday nights and they were out of a lot of things today. Didn’t need paper products but I didn’t see any. Haven’t seen hand sanitizer anywhere since this started. There was a list of things posted by the door of things they did not have, and chicken was on the list. Costco’s meat selection in general was terrible. we did buy some wine, olive oil, and a few other assorted items. Got to Publix and they had plenty of chicken, most with the Publix organic label, Springer or Perdue label. Of course we do live in a heavy chicken-producing state, so there is that. A few of the chicken plants (Tyson Farms) here have been hot spots for worker outbreaks. Workers who spoke out anonymously say there was pressure to work long hours and not take off even if sick for fear of losing their jobs. I don’t know. It’s probably not much different at any other plant....See More- 6 years ago
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