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Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.
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John Lewis cookers are, I am told, made by Smeg.0
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I used to work for a well-known cereal company. I can tell you that Weetabix makes own-label Weetabix, as well as most own-label varieties of Nestle products. Nestle makes most of the own-label varieties of Kellogg's products. As an ex-brand manager, I eat own-label cereal and don't notice the difference- you are mostly paying for the brand name and massive marketing spend0
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I used to work as a "chicken catcher" no lie!
The chickens were raised as humanely as possible in barns. Yes they were indoors and reared under artificial lights. But they seemed quite happy doing what they were doing.
They are chickens for gods sake!! I have never seen Attenborough go on about the "intelligence" of a farmed animal.
Very occasionally I would see a dead chicken - amongst thousands - or a spazzy chcken that needed to be put out of its misery. I never did it. One of my colleagues decided to demonstrate that by holding it by it's legs - the way you catch a chicken - and then slamming it head first into a wall put me off chicken for a good 6 months!
I do not believe another poster on here that said most chicken is from foreign countries. Surely the logistics of getting them back here would cost much more?
I say eat any chicken. Why pay twice the price for a chicken that is supposedly free range? You just don't know. And can you really taste the difference?
Eggs are a different matter though.....:p0 -
It is worth pointing out that 5 year guarantees (or any guarantee for that matter) are irrelevant because consumer law states that for all items purchased "It must be as described. It must be of satisfactory quality, sufficiently durable, free from any defects"
Also, your contract is with the person you purchased the item from, not the manufacturer.
This law stands for up to 6 years after purchase in England and Wales and 5 years in Scotland.0 -
Tesco value butter is exactly the same as countrylife butter, its made in the same factory to the same recipe - the only difference is the label.
My friend works at the factory where it's made so have it on good authority0 -
well seat are owned by volkswagen, i do know from experience that some of the parts have the car badges of the 2 car makes printed on some car parts
Thats's right VW own Seat and Skoda among others. The Seat Ibiza, Skoda Fabia and VW Golf have practically identical chassis. As do the Skoda Octavia, Seat Cordoba and VW Passat.0 -
A. Mushrooms & Mushrooms! (south-west)
B. I used to work for them
C. All mushrooms in the south-west come from the same farm. Tesco, Sainsburys, fresh, tinned, whatever, they are all the same. The value ones are possibly a day or two older but that's all.0 -
RandomRainy wrote: »A. Mushrooms & Mushrooms! (south-west)
B. I used to work for them
C. All mushrooms in the south-west come from the same farm. Tesco, Sainsburys, fresh, tinned, whatever, they are all the same. The value ones are possibly a day or two older but that's all.
don't Waitrose have their own mushroom farm?0 -
In the late '60's I was a Photojournalist and my union explained that NIKON, Canon and other makers employed very highly skilled and expensively trained staff to make their lenses. When the market became overflowing with products it was not economic to lay off the staff, because they might not come back and the cost of training replacements was too high. So the staff continued to make lenses but with poorer quality materials, or they experimented with new R&D products. These goods were badged with unknown names so that the famous reputations were not damaged. I was able to buy very cheap accessories (made by famous manufacturers) but when selling them later I was unable to get good 2nd hand prices because the equipment had an unknown badge. In 2000 I had a similar experience with Mobile Phones. I bought a Panasonic but on delivery it had a different badge. The sales staff assured me that it was made by Panasonic and wanted to charge me for that. I refused to pay and returned the phone as it would not have been possible to re-sell it as a Panasonic.0
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sillywilly wrote: »I say eat any chicken. Why pay twice the price for a chicken that is supposedly free range? You just don't know. And can you really taste the difference?
Two things:
1) The chickens aren't 'supposedly' free range - they're free range.
2) You might be OK to pay the extra if: You think that the animals suffer living their miserable lives in a small wire cage, and so you decide to put your money where your mouth is. (A bit like buying dolphin-friendly tuna.)
R.If less is more, think how much "more" more would be.0
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