Ya mean the canned fruit couldnt make up the no longer coming in money from the pet food? Awwwwwwww, get out the violins...

{Purringfur raises glass in the air.  Pets are slapping high five's all around.}

Here!  Here!  Hoping for an even greater loss NEXT quarter, maybe double this quarter's loss!

I understand, JustMe. But when consumers trusted them in 2007, their products harmed or worse many, many pets.
So perhaps unless they can demonstrate that DelMonte is much more careful now -- and I can't see anything
on their website -- consumers should try to avoid their brands:
http://www.delmonte.com/brands/

For your dog:
Kibbles 'n Bits
Milk-Bone
Pup-Peroni
Meaty Bone
Snausages
Nature's Recipe
Gravy Train
Canine Carry outs
Jerky Treats

For your cat:
9Lives
Meow Mix
Pounce
Nature's Recipe

I don't know whether Del Monte is producing any pet foods currently for Wal-Mart.

Just my personal position: When I can see the manufacturers doing everything they can to improve the quality and safety
of commercial pet foods, removing bad ingredients, using quality control and safety testing, so that nothing harmful remains
off the "radar screen" in my pet's food as bought, then I'll cease questioning them. I haven't personally seen that I don't believe
and would very much like to.

I'm worried about what could happen to the ingredients with the cost of everything going up. 

Hersheys & McCormicks have already said they are going to start using cheaper ingredients. Time to stock up if you use any of their products.

http://www.delmonte.com/careers/default.aspx?page=ca_ourlocations

"Our Locations
"Where are we? We are all over the country.

"Bloomsburg, PA: Processing Plant & Distribution Center

"Located in Northeast Pennsylvania, the Bloomsburg facility was originally built by the Hunt Brothers in 1967 as a tomato processing plant and was later acquired by Campbell's to manufacture soup and pet food. In 1987 Heinz bought the facility and dedicated it to the manufacture of canned pet food. And in 2002 Del Monte Foods acquired the facility as part of the purchase of Heinz pet food operations. The plant runs 24-hours, 5-days-a-week on a 3-shift operating schedule. Currently there are 390 full time employees assigned to the Cannery and 147 full time employees in the Distribution Center. The cannery produces approximately 50 million cases of 9Lives®, Puss'n Boots® and Kozy Kitten® canned cat food and Kibbles 'n Bits, Skippy® and Ken-L Ration® canned dog food. The plant also produces pet food for Wal-Mart under the Special Kitty and Ol'Roy labels.

"Lawrence, KS: Processing Plant
The Lawrence plant has produced Kibbles 'n Bits® dog food since 1981. The dog food is one of the market's best sellers, giving pet parents the opportunity to feed their dogs a food that combines crunchy and chewy bits. The plant's 134 employees work to produce about 497 million pounds of Kibbles 'n Bits® dog food a year — 9.9 million pounds a week and 1.7 million pounds a day. The Kibbles 'n Bits® brand includes seven products, each featuring a different flavor.

"Bentonville, AR: Sales Wal-Mart Team

"Del Monte's Bentonville, Arkansas office is home to the Wal-Mart Sales team that consists of 32 employees working in Category Management, Business Development, Retail Operations, Customer Deductions, Supply Chain and various other analytical capacities. Also co-located at this office is the Emerging Channels Sales team which supports the Sam's Club account.

"Bentonville is the hometown of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. The Del Monte Wal-Mart team recently received the Vendor of the Quarter award from Wal-Mart."

http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Del_Monte_Foods_Company_(DLM)

"As with many consumer goods manufacturers, Del Monte depends heavily on Wal-Mart. The world's largest retailer is by far the company's primary customer, generating 31% of the food maker's sales in fiscal 2007. Overall, Del Monte generated $3.41 billion in revenue during fiscal 2007, a 14% increase from the previous year."

W-M did have some type of arrangement also with Simmons for some of the SK & OR:

http://itchmoforums.com/news-recall-related/wms-other-copackerswet-dog-foodnonmf-t3765.0.html

Simmons has been recently cited by FDA for the same problems which plagued Evanger's and Castleberry's:

http://itchmoforums.com/news-recall-related/simmons-pet-food-inc-receives-warning-letter-from-fda-t5894.0.html

It would appear that the DM-WM agreement for pet food and treats continues on.

Then based on increasing reports of commercial pet food ingredients "transitions" due to higher
ingredient prices, I'll speculate that the pet food recalls of 2007 will happen again sooner, rather than
later. It can be up to six months before ingredient changes appear on labels because the government regulators
don't enforce labeling rules. So if you want to know what's in pet food, make it yourself unless you're seeing
these commercial companies make changes for increased safety that I can't see. You can bet that manufacturers
like Del Monte that are losing money producing foods for contract retailers like Wal-Mart won't hesitate to use
another ChemNutra type cheap ingredient supplier. We all waited too long to sound possible alarms in 2006 and 2007.
So if the commercial food you're feeding results in changes in your pet's behavior or pet illness, consider
carefully "ingredient transitions."

cross-posted:
http://itchmoforums.com/news-recall-related/canadaefelidae-formula-changes-t6095.0.html

http://itchmoforums.com/your-problems-with-pet-food/is-there-another-big-problem-brewing-out-there-t6064.0.html