Pet food v Baby food in the grocery stores (store, compare, animals)
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A man I encountered at work was complaining about the modern world in general. One of the things he said that was evidence to him that America is going to pot was this: "there's more pet food for sale in the grocery stores than baby food!"
I haven't had to buy baby food in 30 years, but I do buy a lot of cat and dog food. So I started to wonder about this, and went to investigate.
And sure enough - in the 3 grocery stores in my hometown there IS more pet food for sale than baby food!!!
Do you think this is because more people are making baby food from scratch? Or do people have more pets than babies these days???
I thought this was really interesting!
In your areas is there more pet food than baby food for sale?
Babies grow out of baby food and eat regular food but most pets eat pet food for all their lives so it stands to reason that the quantity of food stocked on the shelves for the two different animal species would need to be greater than what is stocked for human babies. Not to mention that:
There are about 25.5 million children ages 0 - 5 in the US as of 2010. There are about 164.6 million owned cats and dogs. So yes, pets out number young kids by more than 6 to 1.
exactly - it's just a grump being a grump and trying to draw a point that doesn't exist
if you look at the number of pets and the amounts that they eat and the duration they have to eat that amount of food vs the number of babies and how much they consume and the duration they consume it - you have a pretty clear indication that
If his point was that there is more concern for pets than people, then why is the vast majority of food in a grocery store aimed at people?
it's just a lousy point to try and make
also, have him take a look at the price points next time .... for dog food you'll pay between $0.75 and $1.50 per pound
baby food will run anywhere between $3 - $5 per pound
It's not a fair comparison. Better to compare the amount of baby food to the amount of puppy or kitten food on the shelf. As mentioned, babies don't eat baby food forever but dogs do tend to eat dog food for life.
Tell your grump of a friend that, in any grocery store on earth, there's more human food than dog or cat food . There's always one grump who thinks that civilization is coming to an end b/c people "dare" to love their pets "too much" and probably wouldn't be happy unless the dog was scavenging for table scraps in a yard.
Looking at my local store, one aisle was devoted to pure baby products; food, diapers, toys, etc. And one aisle to pet products; food, toys, litter, etc for several types of animals. Comparing many types of products for several types over all stages of the life of animals to a single stage in life of a single human baby is stupid and shows a lack of understanding.
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. There's always one grump who thinks that civilization is coming to an end b/c people "dare" to love their pets "too much" and probably wouldn't be happy unless the dog was scavenging for table scraps in a yard.
