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Lafeber Price Increase Coming October 1, 2026

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Like you, all of us at Lafeber love our feathered family members, and we want the best for them. For over 50 years, you’ve entrusted us with making premium, high-quality food, and we thank you for that trust.

Last year, and particularly at the beginning of the year, costs of ingredients and raw materials have increased significantly. We select high-quality, human-grade ingredients — our fruits and vegetables are at a quality level higher than found in many grocery stores.

Faced between keeping prices the same and using lower-quality ingredients or increasing prices to maintain the quality you expect from us, we choose to continue using the best ingredients for our foods. The good health of pet family members is and continues to be our primary focus. This unfortunately means we now face the painful reality that a price increase is needed, which will go into effect in one month, on October 1, 2026.

We value your loyalty, which is why we wanted to be fully transparent and provide advance notice so that you can buy your bird’s favorite foods before October 1.

Thank you for supporting a third-generation-family- and veterinarian-owned business where everything is manufactured by us in the rural town of Cornell, IL. You’re also supporting local, American farmers who supply the grain used in our foods. Please don't hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns by messaging us on Facebook or calling us at 1-800-842-6445.

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I swear everything just costs a million dollars nowadays. :confused:
 

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I swear everything just costs a million dollars nowadays. :confused:
I know. Tropical Nutriberries is one of Ripley's favorite foods so I always have some on hand it's already $40 for 3 lbs! I would have almost preferred them to just give me 2.5 lbs for the same cost vs making me pay more. I know it ends up the same but some months $40 feels like a lot!
 

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Thanks for the heads-up. I'm gonna say OUCH!! already. I used to get a 3.5 pound Macaw/Cockatoo size container for $17.00. Now it's almost $40.00!

I buy the 14# box & we put them in gallon glass jars, 2 layers of wax paper, lid on tight & store them in the basement. The more you buy the cheaper they are & you can often get free shipping. I have a small canister we keep filled upstairs.
 

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I just have zero room for bulk anymore :(
 

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I appreciate the heads up instead of sticker shock. So far I've been able to abscond Zupreem when it's on sale and a 20/% off total store at Petsmart. I'll buy four to five bags at a time for my budget. Depends with sales at Chewy. I still buy from Petguys for my Roudybush and volkman seed I feed as a night time treat when I do cages. I manage to spend enough for free shipping. Overall, cost of living is hard on us with our limited income. Since January we've both had to have root canals. Steve two and me one recently.... which was 1500.00, total for both of us ( with dental insurance - they don't accept because it's out of network ) was 4,200.00. I wish there was an easy job available to give me some spending money.
 

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I know. Tropical Nutriberries is one of Ripley's favorite foods so I always have some on hand it's already $40 for 3 lbs! I would have almost preferred them to just give me 2.5 lbs for the same cost vs making me pay more. I know it ends up the same but some months $40 feels like a lot!
Hard for us because Petey's main diet is 8 senior nutriberries per day (not the best, I know... but he is a thin guy and it gets him to eat good-ish stuff)
 

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Hard for us because Petey's main diet is 8 senior nutriberries per day (not the best, I know... but he is a thin guy and it gets him to eat good-ish stuff)
Sounds like it is the best for him! :heart2: Just not your wallet! ;)

I wish I could convince Ripley to eat the senior ones but he only eats tropical fruit!
 
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