Damn it...

Giant Corporation, owner of the grocery store I go to, has lost it's mind.

They are no longer going to stock/sell Cedarific brand cat litter.

Those boneheads....

I mean, Jeezus, it's only the best cat litter I've ever used.
It's less expensive than clay litter, isn't as heavy to carry in the same sized bags as the clay shit, it lasts longer, my cats like it... I was HOT when I came outta there without any, and after finding this shit out, I'll tell ya.

Yeah.
Not only is Giant discontinuing it, they didn't even HAVE any and it's not supposed to be "pulled" for good til got-damned December.

I even got the night manager person to go check in the stock room to see if they had any back there, or coming off the truck that was being unloaded right then.

Nope.

"Well, who's doing this? Giant or the Cedarific people?"

"Hmmm. I don't know. Here, have a few comment cards. You can write to "corporate" with these."

"Y'okay. Thanks."
*sam elliot look*

Well.
There was an 800 number on those cards and yes, I did call it immediately.
That nice lady took my info and made a report for me and said they'd get back to me.

Meanwhile, I had to buy a 40 got-damned pound bag of Tidy Cat clay crap and I am NOT a happy camper about this.

I got home and looked up the URL on the bag of Cedarific I still have and it didn't say on their website that they're not making it anymore, soooooo, I decided to email them.

Here 'tis...

Hi,

I've been using your Cedarific cat litter for about two years, so far, and I LOVE it.

However...
the only place I know of, have ever seen it sold, is Giant grocery stores.

And, last night (Tuesday, October 31, 2006), when I went to my local Giant here in Gettysburg SPECIFICALLY to get Cedarific, I discovered that they are discontinuing it. (Plus, they didn't have any at all for sale...)

I spoke to someone in Customer Service and she wasn't sure if the discontinuation was on your end, or theirs.
She gave me several "comment cards" with which to express my displeasure to Giant corporation.

These cards had an "800" number on them for the corporate offices of Giant in Georgia.
I called it IMMEDIATELY and the lady I spoke to on the phone took my information and made a report for me, with the promise that they'd get back to me.

I then came home (with Tidy Cat CLAY litter- ew) and called two other nearby Giant stores. They, too, are discontinuing stocking Cedarific.

Then, I looked up your website from the URL on the bag of Cedarific I already have.
That's where I got your email address...
And, I didn't see where it said you aren't making it anymore, so it must just be Giant deciding not to sell it anymore.
When/If they do actually get back to me about this, I'll forward their response to my query on to you, especially if it seems like they're trying to "pass the buck" by blaming low sales figures.

My question is this:

Are there any other grocery store chains, or any other stores PERIOD, in the south/central Pa. area (near Gettysburg, Hanover or thereabouts) that sell Cedarific?

If not, I've already found several ways to purchase it online and have it shipped here.

I am completely blown away by the (what I consider to be) STUPID decision made by Giant to stop carrying Cedarific.

It truly is the best cat litter I've ever used.

It smells good, my cats like it, it lasts a long time... I can't believe they're discontinuing it.

One manager on duty at one of the Hanover Giants said that there are only two ways, basically, that they'd stop carrying it.
Either the company (you) has stopped producing it or they (Giant) don't sell enough of it to make it worth keeping.

I've gotta tell ya... they might sell more of it IF they'd have more than six 7lb. bags available to be purchased at one time.
I don't know about the other Giant stores, but the one in Gettysburg had it up high, on a shelf, where there was only enough room for two stacks, comprised of three bags each.
Six total, available to purchase at once. Ever.
And, they give other icky, dusty, nasty CLAY brands all the room in the world.

I did look on your website to see if you listed places that sell it, but if you do, I can't find it, hence this email.

Please let me know if there are any places I can get it locally.
I'll buy it online if I have to, but, I'd prefer to just be able to drive somewhere close and get it as I need it, like I always have.
Ya know?

And, I'll tell ya another thing... there is no other brand of cat litter that I've ever used that I would go to such extremes as ordering and purchasing it online, like I will Cedarific.

(Also, just to let you know... I live on a dairy farm and have MANY, MANY cats around here, quite a few of whom live inside my house and therefore require several cat boxes. When I was able to get it at Giant, I'd usually buy at least three bags at a time...)

Thank you for making such a good smelling, long-lasting, multiple-cat-friendly product.

If there is anything I can do to help get Giant to reconsider, please let me know.

Hell, if there's some way I can become a "local distributor" for you around this area, I'd do it, I believe that stongly in your product.
(I've been telling other "cat people", PAWS (pawsofpa.org) and cat-boarding places about it since I started using it. I recommend it to everybody who'll listen... *grin*)

Thanks again for all your help and please don't forget to let me know if there is anywhere else around here that sells it.

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In other news...

Cat!!!
Guess what I went and did?
I bought my own DVD copy of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"!!!

I am currently running it for the second time in a row since I got it home.
It. is. excellent!

Tell ya what, though... I'm glad I read the book first.
I'd be so freakin' confused by the movie if I hadn't....

Cat... do Joe Odom and The Lady Chablis still live in Savannah?
If they do, when I come back down there, I wanna meet them.
Jerry Spence, too.
I bet HE'D cut my hair right, like I want it, in that "feathered, 70's style" that no hair dresser has gotten right in the last 10 years.

Next time, I wanna walk around those squares and see Forrest Gump's bench, too.

Ya know, it'd also be kinda cool to meet Luther Driggers, now that I think about it...
Not to mention Uga the 5th... *grin*

Anybody who is interested in "Midnight"... read the book first and then, definitely, get the movie.
Both are excellent, but the movie changes some things and there are things that happen, like the cloud of dust seen when the prosecutor stands up in the courtroom during Jim's trial, that'll seem strange, if you haven't read the book first to know what they mean.

Besides, John Cusack is in it.
*wipes drool off chin*
And, he and Lady Chablis, the REAL Lady Chablis who plays him/herself, is worth the price of the DVD.
(Which was less than $9 at my local Sam Goody store...)

And now, I'm really gonna go clean something.
(Been threatening to for a day or two now. I s'pose I oughta really get it done...)

Just as soon as "Midnight" is over....

Peace, ya'll

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