Millennials Reply To Being Accused Of Ruining The Pet Food Industry By Saying It's Not Their Fault

Millennials Are Changing The World, But Is It For Better Or Worse? 

According to a new study from Nielsen, as birth rates continue to fall in countries around the world, people are spending more money on their pets. In fact, pet owners have been splashing out 37% more on pet food alone in the past 10 years, meaning people are forking out for more expensive food that is supposedly better for their pets. 

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    It all started when The Business Insider Published an article that blames millennials for ruining pet food brands

    Text - BUSINESS INSIDER Millennials are treating pets like 'their firstborn child,' and it's reportedly causing problems for some of the best-known pet food brands Mary Hanbury Nov. 12, 2018, 10:43 AM f 2 NUTRISH UTRI DELICUTS NO USA
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    Millenials couldn't just stand without reply as you can see from the following tweets:

    Dog breed - Sheldon Levine Follow @40deuce Millennials are treating pets like 'their firstborn child,' and it's reportedly causing problems for some of the best-known pet food brands buff.ly/2PJhpe6 Or maybe "big pet food" should stop making food with crappy products that make pets sick. Just a thought.
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    Text - Brooke Baitinger Follow @BaitingerBrooke This is basically "millennials are killing the commercial pet food industry" and tbh I have a very millennial response: sorry not sorry we care about our pets more than ourselves and don't have any interest in having a human child goodbye
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    Text - Csenge Follow @Misus_Medusa "Millennials are treating their pets like their firstborn child and this is causing major problems for some top animal food brands" Yes. Good. Teach the pet food industry that we no longer want to feed our animals disgusting fillers and good quality foods instead. 10:00 AM 21 Dec 2018
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    Text - The Millennial Brand Follow @brianbeversluis First it was the chain restaurants. Now it's the chain pet food brands. We cannot be stopped. #millennials BUSINESS INSIDER Follow RETAIL Millennials are treating pets like 'their firstborn child,' and it's reportedly causing problems for some of the best-known pet food brands
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    Dog - Special Snowflake Faeldray Follow @faeldray Oh no, us millennials are killing shitty pet food brands!
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    Text - Shea Swasty Chandra Follow @sheaaa16 LOL. That awkward moment when millennials have too much empathy for their pets and not enough for shitty pet food brands Millennials are treating pets like their firstborn child,' and it's reportedly causing problems for some of the best-known pet food brands By Mary Hanbury November 12, 2018 501
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    Text - WanderFish86 Follow @Fish86Wander Millennial folk are 'destroying pet food brands' by giving their pets better quality food and diversifying their diet. I fail to see the bad side. *wolfs down some fine tuna* Millennials plan to spend big on gifts for their pets Bloomberg watertowndailytimes.com 8:53 AM 21 Dec 2018 -
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    Cat - Mitchell Barwick @mitchbarwick Git-darn millennials ruining pet food industry by rejecting dog food full of useless filler material. Have they no heart for the poor investors! Follow NO NOTRIS DELICUTS NO USA CRISE FARM RAISCO US GOOD STUFF AKAY NUTRISH MEAT
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    Dog - Michele Nicole Follow @_michele_1L I don't think this is a solely millennial habit but I'm proud to be a part of "killing" crap pet food brands (or maybe just do better and we won't have to). I may not have been a dog mom long but I can't imagine feeding him some of the crap that gets sold
    via twitter
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    Product - angie k. @ang_klln "Millennials have realized that popular pet food brands contain fucking garbage ingredients and have decided it's better to pay more to feed their animals nutritious food instead of shelling out thousands of dollars down the road in vet bills." Follow There. I fixed it. USA TRISE FARM RAISED US MEAT GOOD STUFF NO NUTRISH BUSINESS INSIDER Subscribe
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    Text - Allie Follow @truffulafruits that story about how millennials spoil their pets with high end healthy pet food ignores that princess zelda refuses to eat the high end healthy pet food i buy her, so i have to feed her packets of cooked salmon 6:44 PM 12 Dec 2018
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