Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

Schamansky

stamford wrote: »

Tesco Vratislav Czech Lager - £0.89 500ml bottle. Absolute bargain

That's a nice one, but not quite as good as Aldi's "Staroslav", also at 89p per 500ml bottle.
Don't know who's behind it. Yet.

celticfc

jo132000 wrote: »

I brought Tesco Value cheese and onion crisps (6 pack) and they taste so yummy, plus they are just a small bag, so less calories but the bag is full. Nice for crisp cravings!

The majority of Tesco crisps are made by Golden Wonder.

Most of Tesco own biscuits are made by Burtons.

A lot of Tesco cleaning products and most soap powders are made by Proctor and Gamble.

I know because it was my job to unload the lorries coming into the distribution centre from these companies and having to sign the paperwork.

Schamansky

Schamansky wrote: »

Don't know who's behind it. Yet.

Fixed.

Královský pivovar (Royal Brewery) Krušovice is behind Aldi's Staroslav.

http://www.crowncaps.org/data/str-uzav/CESKO-2.html
Scroll down to CZE 13, the cap can be seen centre right. It's definitely the right one.

Here's the brewery:
http://www.pivo-krusovice.cz/en/index.php?p=5

stamford

Schamansky wrote: »

Fixed.

Kr!lovský pivovar (Royal Brewery) Krušovice is behind Aldi's Staroslav.

http://www.crowncaps.org/data/str-uzav/CESKO-2.html
Scroll down to CZE 13, the cap can be seen centre right. It's definitely the right one.

Here's the brewery:
http://www.pivo-krusovice.cz/en/index.php?p=5

Great bit of detective work S - I looked through the crown caps site and have found that the
Tesco Vratislav lager is brewed by Staropramen in Prague cap with white star is top right in block CZE27 of the Staropramen caps.

Added 6.38 - just found another tipple I enjoy Waitrose Czech Lager brewed by
PRAHA - HOLEŠOVICE - První pražský měšťanský pivovar right hand side towards bottom of picture block CZE24

Schamansky

Great job, stamford. :beer:

jonnys2000

celticfc wrote: »

The majority of Tesco crisps are made by Golden Wonder.

Most of Tesco own biscuits are made by Burtons.

A lot of Tesco cleaning products and most soap powders are made by Proctor and Gamble.

I know because it was my job to unload the lorries coming into the distribution centre from these companies and having to sign the paperwork.

Procter & Gamble DON'T make products for anyone else. I know for a fact that they don't make them for Tesco especially as they measure against non food own labels and Tesco is the biggest.

They also don't use their own hauliers however so perhaps this is where the confusion arose?

Whilst I'm sure P&G don't make them, I must confess I don't know who does.

Butterfliesarepretty

greybuffalo wrote: »

Has anyone suffered from a rash they believe might be from a certain washing powder brand?
Specifically,has anyone had any rashes they suspect are due to Tesco's brand?

yes I stopped using tescos brand - I kept getting itchy all over my back and I realised it stopped once i stopped using the powder. Now I use bold or another make.

loulou_uk26

It might have already been mentioned, but morrisons nappies are the same as huggies super dry, just a different picture. my lo always leaks unless she has huggies on but didn't with the morrisons. And sainsburys nappies look the same but I haven't tried them yet so dont know about absorbancy etc.

stamford

jonnys2000 wrote: »

Procter & Gamble DON'T make products for anyone else. I know for a fact that they don't make them for Tesco especially as they measure against non food own labels and Tesco is the biggest.

They also don't use their own hauliers however so perhaps this is where the confusion arose?

Whilst I'm sure P&G don't make them, I must confess I don't know who does.

The vast majority of own brand cleaning products detergents etc are made by McBride http://www.mcbride-online.com/index.html

Schamansky

Not Aldi's. They are made by Luhns in Wuppertal, Germany.

Now look at the beauty of this:
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http://www.luhns.de/products/

This is the company:

http://www.luhns.com/en/


A good trace to follow is EU [/SIZE]Detergent Regulation 648/2004. According to this nice piece of EU legislation, manufacturers of detergents and cleaning products are obliged to publish safety data sheets containing all ingredients substances contained in their products.

Examples of safety data sheets:
http://brake.co.uk/downloads/MSDS/A87078.pdf
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Google for "EC 648/2004" plus the name of a product, retailer, or manufacturer, and ye shall find.
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