Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

Doc_N

MysteryMe wrote: »

Filtered milk is different to any regular milk, not just Aldi's.


Now if the suggestion was that Aldi were selling a filtered milk which was produced by Arla then that would be a different matter but it was regular milk being compared to Cravendale.

Aldi are now selling filtered milk - quite possibly made by Arla.

Doc_N

MysteryMe wrote: »

The milk sold in Aldi is definitely not Cravendale.

Doc_N wrote: »

Aldi are now selling filtered milk - quite possibly made by Arla.

For what it's worth, just as a follow-up to this, the Aldi filtered milk round here is coded LD210 (Arla Foods PLC) - Cravendale.

happybunny86

It's worth noting that even though some products are made by the same company they don't necessarily go through the same manufacturing process or use the same quality of raw ingredients. Arla make lurpak, anchor and many own brand supermarket butters including the value ranges but they are made using different raw ingredients, recipes and manufacturing methods.

Doc_N

happybunny86 wrote: »

It's worth noting that even though some products are made by the same company they don't necessarily go through the same manufacturing process or use the same quality of raw ingredients. Arla make lurpak, anchor and many own brand supermarket butters including the value ranges but they are made using different raw ingredients, recipes and manufacturing methods.

I'd agree with you up to a point. But filtered milk is filtered milk. And Anchor butter is absolutely identical to many own brand supermarket butters. Including Aldi's.

Yogibear

Spe

geordie_joe wrote: »

I remember when Kwik Save brought those beans out. They were 4p per tin and we stocked up with a few tins. We tried one and they were not Heinz, they were inedible, even the dog wouldn't eat them.

The other tins sat in the cupboard for a while and the kids Harvest Festival came round, so we donated the tins to them. On the day we went to the kids festival at the church it was awash with tins of Kwik Save beans. There were thousands of them, and the vicar said they had a lot more stored in the community hall.

Everyone in the town must have bought those beans and not liked them so took the opportunity to get rid of them by donating them.

For months after I would bump into old people and they would say they were given tins of the beans but they were inedible and got chucked out.

The following year the kids brought home the form asking for donations to the Harvest Festival and it specifically said "No Kwik Save Beans Please" after asking for food donations.

Those beans became legendary in the town, for being so bad. Even now,if you mention the Harvest Festival to people who were around at the time they will mention those beans, and how bad they were.

I don't care where you worked, those beans were not Heinz. I know that and I thousands of people who also know that.

Made me choke G J brilliant laugh:rotfl: we buy the skimmed milk from Lidl produced in County Cavan,49p with easy open top,the same milk in Tesco is 90p I've been drinking it for years

thebrickdepot

Hi there, don't know if this has been covered before, if it has, would someone be able to direct me to appropriate thread. I remember when I used to work for mcvities/kp that when I was distributing their goods, that there was supermarket own brands in with the named kp/mcvities brands. was wondering if there is a site which tells you which large manufacturers make the budget brands as well, i.e. kp crisps used to make marks and spencer crisps, asda crisps and most of the big retailers crisps. If anyone has any knowledge of a thread or website like this, would be interesting to see if there really is a difference between store brand items and named brand items if they are made by the same manufacturers.
Thanx

Quietmanc

This one?....https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/23002

geordie_joe

thebrickdepot wrote: »

would be interesting to see if there really is a difference between store brand items and named brand items if they are made by the same manufacturers.
Thanx

Why not just go to a supermarket web site, pick your two products then compare the ingredients.

Just because the same manufacturer makes two items it doesn't mean they are the same.

Andy7856

Slightly off topic, but most of the pick n mix in the cinemas (ie the £5 per tiny cup sweets) that was Nestle Rowntree branded was in fact "waste" ie the stuff that they sold off cheap in the staff shops to get rid off.


Not sure if that is still the case or not.

prosaver

my mate use to work in a packaging places and said the ready meals in morrisons top priced are the same as m and s