Need Suggestions On Adding In A Few Less Expensive Brands

Hey, I am fairly happy with the 5-6 brands of wet I feed and the 3 or so dry BUT it can get costly.
so I feed cans: nutrisource, earthborn, wellness and nulo. they average 1.69 a can + tax.( all chicken and turkey) plus sometimes the natural balance pouches when I get for .95 not 1.29 each.
for dry: nulo, earthborn, fussie cat, purevita.

What I need to do is add in a few cheaper brands, even just a few cans a week more like in the $1.00 range for a 5.5oz would help me save a bit of money.... but I trying to avoid caraggeenan or any other not so great stuff and too many carbs.

any thoughts suggestions?

Do you have a petco nearby? They have their own "store brand" whole Hearted, which start out at .69 cents a packet. Mine eat the tuna varities of it, but they also have turkey(pate) and then a chicken which is shreds.
Hmm, and it also looks like Petsmart has Nutro Max cat, they have cans for about .80 a can.
Mine don't eat pate so not really sure if nutro is pate.

thanks. My 3 split 3 5.5oz cans a day. those 69 cent whole hearted were a joke. I'd need 4 of them for 3 cats for one meal! hardly anything in there. not sure about nutro I thought I saw small cans, not the ones I like. thank you though!

Lots of members here feed Friskies canned food and Fancy Feast (the classic pate's are the best bang for your buck as far as being low carb and higher in meat proteins.) We have a 12 year old that's been on the classic pates for years.
You can order 4-health, a 13.2 oz. can, for $1.19 a can here https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4health-chicken-brown-rice-cat-food-132-oz-can

Do you order cases online? That can cut costs.

I feed some pretty pricey foods (Rawz, Life’s Abundance, Primal freeze-dried Raw) and I recently added in Fromm. The cases online go for about $25 per case. A little more than your target per can. Olive seems to love them.

Have you tried Tiny Tiger from chewy? They only have small cans, but it’s meat mainly (including by-products) with no fillers. It’s similar to Fancy Feast pate but it doesn’t have artificial ingredients

My cat loves American Journey from Chewy, and several flavors come in 12 oz cans.

https://www.chewy.com/american-journey-pate-poultry-variety/dp/160937

No carrageenan and low carb

Do you have access to a Costco? I don’t recommend their dry food, but the canned is decent food and very economical. You can read about it here (as well as lots of other foods):

CatFoodDB - Kirkland Cat Food Reviews

I use the Aldi brand 3 ounces can wetfood it is made in Canada and meat is listed as a first i ingredient and grain and pea flour free too also no potato. I also feed Friskies pate style, the Poultry Platter lists Turkey as the first ingredient