Orijen price increases?

janobonano

Every time I buy a bag of Orijen it seems like it goes up by $3-5. Has anyone else noticed? It's up to $91 now. Some online stores have it at $107. Last time I bought it it was $88. When I first started buying it I think it was $70-75.

I tried switching to a different brand, but Rupert just looooooves Orijen Regional Red. It's the only food he gets really excited to eat.

 

We feed Ruby Orijen (Regional Red and the fish one).  It's very expensive, but we haven't noticed price increases as significant and frequent as what you've seen in your area, Janice.  That's crazy! 

After a recent issue they had at their plant (a fire required oven replacement or something like that), possible inventory shortages caused many customers at the small shop where we buy our food to switch to another food (we bought several bags in advance and had no problems).  Because of these customers' changes, as well as the upcoming formula changes, the shop owner decided to stop carrying the Orijen line.  She encouraged us to switch to Fromm, like her other Orijen customers did.  She said it would be slightly cheaper than Orijen.

We hated the idea of switching Ruby's food since she thrives on Orijen (and devours it), yet we didn't want to take our business elsewhere because of our relationship with the shop and the owner.  She's making arrangements to get Orijen for us, but I'm sure that'll mean extra cost for us.  Home cooking would be cheaper, but we aren't likely to prioritize that kind of time or research.  So, we'll continue to pay a lot of $$$ for Ruby's sake for now.  Her food is of better quality and higher expense that what we feed ourselves!! 

 Maybe I'll try Acana. I'm not sure if my local store carries it. I'd rather buy from them, but most online places have free shipping. Hmmm. :/

The online stores usually have higher prices than my local store.  Maybe that's why they're able to offer free shipping. 

Champion also has a frequent buyer program - 1 free bag for every 12 purchased (save the barcodes from bags).

I ordered some Acana Ranchlands from chewy.com. The autoship is discounted (first order only I think) so it came to $62. The regular price is $73.

I had just found out about the frequent buyer program last time I bought some Orijen. I had been ordering it online but because of a online retailer mix up, I had to drive one hour to a pet food store that carried Orijen. They told me about the program and I was totally bummed about the few bags I had not saved the UPC from. :/

He definitely likes Acana and gets excited to be fed. He's looking good and eliminating normally. But I just realized that it might be cheaper to feed The Honest Kitchen. Anybody know how many cups are in a 28.6 lb bag?