I just checked their web site. There's nothing about phasing out canned food. All the information about canned food is still there. Maybe the person at the pet store was referring to Wellness eventually eliminating garlic from the canned food.
I certainly hope there are no plans to eliminate the canned food. It's one of the few canned foods my cats will eat. And they hate all forms of pouched food.
... my whole crisis of IBD this summer would never've happened if one company had not stopped producing the only DRY FOOD I fed my Boys (in TINY quantities!). -- 2.5 yrs ago. So I am VERY leary of being burned ...