Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

shellnapier

where is the site address, that has a lsit of all the suermarket brand makers?

Debt_Free_Dreamer

My brother works in the motor industry, where he visited on factory and watched the car parts coming off the converyor belt. At the end of the line, the items were spit down two converyor belts and packed into two different 'branded' boxes. One box sold for double the cost of the other RRP. They were exactly the same item. Makes you think!

corman_2

c'mon then, what was the product????? please

chou_123

M & S Farmhouse Loaf and Asda Farmhouse Loaf are the same. I know this because, I used to work in Marks and Spencer, and with a delivery of M&S bread were loaves of the Asda branded bread. As we couldn't sell it (obviously) or send it back, staff could take the bread home - and it tasted just the same. And I'm sure the Asda version must be a lot cheaper.

Hope this helps!

piblet

Afraid I can't say for certain that these are made by the same company but the "ingredients" (including quantities and percentages) are identical on "Bausch and Lomb ReNu MPS" Contact Lens Solution (EAN13 7391899803210) and "ASDA All-in-one solution soft" (lost EAN as box thrown away).

The key ingredients are Polyaminopropyl Biguanide 0.00005% w/v [ReNu calls the "DYMED"], Poloxamine 1% w/v.

ASDA bottle was under £4 for 360ml, ReNu was over £8 for 240ml.

Allbecause

Rave wrote: »

I was just going to say that, my wife used to work for Thorntons and I'm pretty certain Cadburys don't make stuff for them. As for electrical goods being rebranded, I once opened up a Hitachi 28" widescreen telly to find that the tube and all the major components were Phillips. I was particularly surprised by that as I was under the impression that Hitachi were one of the few companies who actually have a CRT plant....

Rich :¬)

Absolutely spot on. Cadbury do not make own brands at all - for anyone.

CBGB

Say a company sells three differently labelled creams, one for Aldi (£1.89), one for Boots (£10.99) and one with a fancy name such as "Jacqueline de la Connerie*", distributed exclusively through fancy beauty parlours (£129.99). The products as such would still have to differ a little, with none of them being inferior to the other.

* excuse my French.

Now I am of a certain age I have to use a good quality moisturiser. I have been using Aldi's anti wrinkle cream (not that I am suggesting it gets rid of your wrinkles, cause it doesn't - keep your wrinkles, they tell stories about you) as it keeps my skin soft all day (without it I wouldn't be able to smile, my skin would crack - LOL). There was some survey done in a magazine and Aldi's came out close to the top against all the expensive creams. It is only £1.89 but it is now hard to get (due to the survey) Lidle do another just as good cream for around the same price, can't remember its name but it comes in a little white pot with blue lid.

Don't waste your money on expensive creams, give Lidl and Aldis a try first.

Its my first post so Hi to everyone too!:hello:

floss2

As an exercise in saving some of my housekeeping whilst prices are going up, I'm trying to work out which manufacturers make which supermarket own brands.... has anybody got any info?

Specifically, Jordans Special Muesli and Crunchy Oat cereal, Ariel (Proctor & Gamble), Andrex, Carrs Water biscuits, Fairy liquid, but any others would be great to compile a list.

DF is a bit of a brand freak, and is convinced that anything cheaper is inferior where I am not too proud to use own brands (having been on a very tight budget in the past ).

I already use Tesco deals for RAC & meal vouchers, Boots points for my toiletries, Stardrops & soda crystals and the fishmonger / butcher / greengrocer & market for fresh foods, but I can see that my housekeeping (my share of the household expenses is this) is not going as far each month, and is buying less of the named stuff!

gunsandbanjos

There is a whole thread on the 'Shop but dont drop' board. Its called the 'Great disguised own brand hunt'

Is a great thread, HTH:D

anguk

I'm pretty sure that Morrisons instant porridge oats are Ready Brek, they have exactly the same ingredients and nutritional information.