As a first time cat owner I just assumed that feeding Dorrie Whiskas and Felix and other foods like this was fine until I popped into Pets at home today.
I asked the salesperson about what was best to give her as I want her to have a varied diet and not just stick to one brand of food and he said that dried is the best one to give and pointed out some that I haven't noticed before. He said that it would also work out cheaper for me too as I am on a very tight budget when it comes to doing a weekly shop, so, I am going to wean her off the wet food and give her dried I think. The only problem is I don't know which dried food to give her lol.

lol - scroll through a few threads and you will see that many of us (not all) don't rate a dry diet at all - very bad for your cats health in our opinion. Try a high quailty 50%+ meat diet or for a cheaper but healthier alternative raw.

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Yes, definitely bad advice you've been given at PAH! Dry food isnt the best food for a cat as Spid mentioned. Have a look at this site to understand why Feeding Your Cat** Know the Basi - but in a nutshell, its dehydrating, full of carbohydrates which cats dont need, and protein quality is not always good (often plant proteins are used). Agree with Spid's advice, high meat content, no carb wet foods, or raw, are better.

cant really add more to whats been stated..

If your budget is tight then something like forthglade (the big trays) actually work out cheaper gram for gram than whiskas and felix - even more so if you buy in bulk from a wholesalers like berriewoods.