Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

magickid

I was told a few years back by a friend that her father worked for a chicken distributor. Apparently the chicken that M&S buy is the same chicken that McDonalds use in their outlets.

As Martin said, take this with a pinch of salt!

Also, I was told by a beautican that the eye-cream by Benefit called eye-con is exactly the same as the YSL eye-cream, only cheaper. Neither are cheap but the YSL is much more!

mjbaker

But who makes Erbauer tools? That way I might be able to find the spare parts I need!

therealslimcj

Hi folks

Great thread still going here and one that I've followed for a while.

Is it me or is there a strong undercurrent of people saying things along the lines of 'M&S and Tesco value (eg) biscuits are the same thing made by the same people so smart people buy the tesco value as there's no difference'?

There may well be some things that are pretty much the same but I think it's naive and overly simplistic to see it as black and white as that. I've shopped everywhere from Tescos to Asda, Lidl, M&S, Somerfield etc, (before I researched a bit about all the different stores and realised quite how evil Tesco and Asda were and stopped going) and found there to be a definite difference.

Quite frankly I can't stand the vast majority of the 'value' or 'basics' ranges and their ilk, and don't judge anyone who buys them on a regular basis, but I don't think it's right to say there's no difference between the top- and bottom-end products.

It's part of a tendency by some people to bring out a type of conspiracy theory that my friend trots out when we buy organic food: 'oh how do you KNOW it's organic/free range. You don't. They could just be saying that'. I agree fully with theonlyrick and his sentiments; people who buy organic/free range aren't stupid, as some people might suggest.

There is a snobbery about buying value and basic range goods, but there's also a bizarre reverse bad attitude going on; 'you're stupid to buy M&S Organic chicken when I can buy Tesco Value for a quarter of the price for exactly the same thing'.

Waffle waffle sorry for the length. I'll get off my horse now. It's ever so high up...

eatmunkies

Al_Inshearah wrote: »

This may be a posting of the obvious to most of you, but there is some people that are not aware that many car companies produce car under differant brands that are effectivelly based on the same design and just packaged differant to appeal to differant market segment. The following is not an exhaustive (sic) list, but mearly examples (cheapest car to the right)

• Audi TT = Audi A3 Mk1= VW Golf Mk4= VW Beetle = Skoda Octavia Mk1= Seat Leon
• Saab 9-3 = Vauxhall Vectra
• Jaguar X-Type = Ford Mondeo = Mazda 6
• Peugeot 407 = Citreon C5
• Porsche Cayenne = VW Touareg
• Mercedes CLK = Chrysler Crossfire
• Lotus Elise = Vauxhall VX220
• Smart Forfour = Mitsubushi Colt
• VW Sharan = Ford Galaxy = Seat Alhambra
• Vauxhall Astra = Pile of Poo

I'm sure there are many more

The same factory produce parts for Jaguar and ford, and I believe they have just started a contract with vauxhall. If you need new brake discs for Jag, buy the ford ones they are cheaper.

Torkijo

therealslimcj wrote: »

and realised quite how evil Tesco and Asda were and stopped going)

What makes Tesco/Asda evil and Sainsburys & others not?


I am aware of a lot of the buying arguemnts and have personal knowledge of examples in Dairy & Beer and in thoes areas its 6 of 1 and half a dozzen of the other, indeed for a small Real Ale producer near us Tesco offered them the best deal -wiping the floor on Waitrose, Budgens, Sainsburies, Asda & Morrisons.

Also, if your talking about assumptions and attitude calling one of the largest employers in the country evil is surely a reflection on the thousands of staff who work for them, you might not agree with there practis (I dot agree with a lot of it) but i would question calling it evil.

davemull777

This is probably why all the manufactures say not to open the appliance, unless you’re a trained engineer,so you dont know who's made it. above another reason that people may electrocute themselves if they forget to unplug the appliance.

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vauxhall-opel-holden

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smala01

prangers wrote: »

i work for a company that supplies food and drink packaging to a very large amount of U.K and worldwide producers of products. and i can honestly say that i have found on a number of occasions that products for all the main retailers come from the same production factories. for instance... one company produces and bottles olive oil for every uk retailer and it all comes out of the same silo of oil.

here is some info for you all. when you find the 2 for 1 or BOGOF offers in say Tesco. how it works is Tesco will tell the manufacturer that they want to run a BOGOF offer on thier product and the supplier will have to give say Tesco all the free items in the offer for well...... FREE., i dont buy any offers anymore because i know how much major retailers screw the suppliers into the ground on price and demand so much for nothing. this is one of the reasons why i have seen so many of our customers go under in recent months.

so people who can afford to NOT buy the offers please dont. cheers

I don't subscribe to that argument.

The cost of providing an additional unit of a product thats already in production is a fraction of its selling price.

The producer gets three advantages:
1) An increase in sales during the offer.
2) Increased sales after the offer as people try the product and continue to buy.
3) Preferential location on offer shelves with high footfall

In fact many supermarkets charge suppliers for BOGOF offers!

Perhaps there is one or two suppliers squeezed, but I really don't think this is another case of nasty supermarkets.

Skodadave

slipperyshoe wrote: »

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.

Actually, the Seat Ibiza, and Skoda Fabia are based on the VW Polo.

The Skoda Octavia is based on the Golf, as is the seat leon.

The (older) Skoda Superb was based on the VW passat, as is the Audi A4.

bluekat

I don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I know Tesco's own brand of non-bio washing powder is made by Persil. Not sure if this applies to all their powders?? We have made our washing cheaper still by using Eco-balls. They are being pushed when you buy a new machine, but get them from Lakeland as they are cheaper for both the initial purchase and the refills. It costs less than about 3p a wash (I think!!) and we worked out we could use the balls for at least 6 washes a week for 6 months before replacing the insides. They are more envinmentally friendly too as they are natural minerals that cause exactly the same reaction when mixed with water, that the chemicals in powders and liquids do. Plus they don't clog the machine, helping it to last longer, cutting costs on new machines and keeping old ones out of landfill.
Hope this is the sort of thing you're looking for?