I've never been in a store that had more shelf space for baby food than it did for cat and dog food. Usually there is about half the space devoted to babies as there is to household pets. There are numerous infant cereals, up to four brands of formula, all of which are standard types since the specialty ones (hydrolyzed protein, or rice starch added, etc) are only sold in pharmacies. Then there are jars of gush and some juices. There are three or four brands of non-milk foods available too, one domestic brand, then Nestle, and a so-called organic brand, and sometimes an even more marginal organic brand. I can stand on one spot and view every single product in the typical display, without taking one step in any direction, and can span the shelf section with my arms. The shelf space devoted to diapers, wipes, feeding bottles and pacifiers is at least as great as the space for foods they market. Added to the space given to foods it ends up about like cat litter plus pet food. None of these products get anywhere near the shelf space that sweetened, carbonated beverages do. Don't know what is worse but all of these things, plus the corporate profiles of most of the chains, are why I tend to avoid supermarkets. Rachel Myr Kristiansand, Norway *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html