One of the things I do often is to go to the manufacturer’s website and look for information about “Distributors” or a “Store locator”. Sometimes the system lets you search by specific product, but it looks like Purina’s only lets you search by animal. If there’s a local alternative that just doesn’t carry your brand, it wouldn’t hurt to ask if they can order it for you.
My personal approach to longer term boycotting is to reduce my spending with these companies as much as possible, rather than looking at it as all or nothing. If you were to adjust your purchasing habits to make something like Chewy your first choice, and only buy from TSC when Chewy is out of stock/delayed, that’s still going to impact TSC’s profits and is better than making no changes.
I don’t know where you’re located, but Wilco seems to carry the Purina duck food, available for shipping, and looks like they might be less bad morally, although I have no idea how expensive shipping is or how reliable they are.
P.S. Purina is owned by Nestle, so that’s a whole other layer to consider. No judgement though, my cats love their Friskies and Fancy Feast, and it’s not like I can explain to them why they should accept a different food, especially when I’m unemployed and it’s significantly cheaper than anything else.
I appreciate your advice! I used to use a different brand that came from Rural King but the Rural King near me closed and nobody carries the other brand. The local feed store doesn’t special order shit for just one person, and all flock feed doesn’t have enough niacin for ducks. Feed is literally the only thing I get from TSC. I’ll definitely check out Chewy for the feed and alternatives though!
One of the things I do often is to go to the manufacturer’s website and look for information about “Distributors” or a “Store locator”. Sometimes the system lets you search by specific product, but it looks like Purina’s only lets you search by animal. If there’s a local alternative that just doesn’t carry your brand, it wouldn’t hurt to ask if they can order it for you.
My personal approach to longer term boycotting is to reduce my spending with these companies as much as possible, rather than looking at it as all or nothing. If you were to adjust your purchasing habits to make something like Chewy your first choice, and only buy from TSC when Chewy is out of stock/delayed, that’s still going to impact TSC’s profits and is better than making no changes.
I don’t know where you’re located, but Wilco seems to carry the Purina duck food, available for shipping, and looks like they might be less bad morally, although I have no idea how expensive shipping is or how reliable they are.
P.S. Purina is owned by Nestle, so that’s a whole other layer to consider. No judgement though, my cats love their Friskies and Fancy Feast, and it’s not like I can explain to them why they should accept a different food, especially when I’m unemployed and it’s significantly cheaper than anything else.
I appreciate your advice! I used to use a different brand that came from Rural King but the Rural King near me closed and nobody carries the other brand. The local feed store doesn’t special order shit for just one person, and all flock feed doesn’t have enough niacin for ducks. Feed is literally the only thing I get from TSC. I’ll definitely check out Chewy for the feed and alternatives though!