Special Kitty and Grreat Choice have the same quality ingredients as Friskies--mostly meat byproducts, but with no rice. Both labels also have mid-grade quality foods similar to Fancy Feast, where there are some muscle meats as the first ingredient instead of byproducts so they are actually better quality than Friskies. These come in the smaller cans, like Fancy Feast.
If you want to get good pricing on a premium food (something like Wellness or Merricks), check out the store locators on their web sites. You'd be surprised how cheap they can be at local feed and independently owned pet food stores. Many offer discounts if you get them by the case, and Wellness at least has large 12 oz cans that makes it more economical to feed. Plus when you take into account you feed less of premium foods because of the caloric content, it usually even works out being cheaper than feeding something like Fancy Feast, and not too much more than the cheapest canned foods.
I am currently paying $1.06 a can for Merricks at my local Agway. 1.25 a can with a $5 discount coupon every two weeks for having a True Value card. That's actually cheaper for me than Fancy Feast.
