Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

Bendybops19

adsa's own milk chocolate is practically exactly the same as Milka, does any one if it is the same??? its like 25p for a whole family sized slab !! and is SO delicious!!!!!

lipidicman

I think people are looking for 'X IS Y', not 'X is really LIKE Y, is it the same?'
Sorry to be short with you! I'm stressed (marking students work is depressing)

vansboy

A bit boring I know, but Savlon Antiseptic Cream = £1.49ish in Sainsburys.

Their own label cream = 99p with EXACTLY same chemical ingredients, with like for like quantities.

If you've li'l uns with constant grazed knees, a 3o% saving isn't bad!!

VB

anntics

Hi all

very interesting thread, thanks to all the contirbutors.

My favourite perfume is Spellbound by Estee Lauder. I also buy 'mesmerised' from the smell-a-like range that can be found on market stalls and in some shops, to wear in the day. It smells exactly the same to me and I get asked about it just as much as when I wear the real thing.

My friend thinks I'm extravagant for wearing expensive perfume to the supermarket and such like, little does she know......

megsykins wrote:

Don't forget ex-display models when looking for a bargain - i saved £50 on a hifi and £200 on a laptop this way.

I would be wary of ex-display unless it's an amazing bargain. It is difficult to know how long some items have been on display and display models can get a lot of 'hammer' from customers.

Last year I wanted to buy a particular TV but the only one left was the display model. I was told that their display TV's are never turned off, so they might have been running continuously for many months. If modern electrical items are designed with a maximum 'life in use' as we are led to believe, then a proportion of it had been used up already. I decided that the paltry discount they were offering did not make up for this potential loss of life expectancy and went elsewhere to purchase another (unused) one.

Cheers

Ann

lipidicman

Display can be OK

If you are buying from a small quality hifi shop then at least you know that the display model works Ok, and it wont have been hammered, merely run-in. It wont be 'dead out of the box'. But from somewhere like currys, I would be wary - there it will have been poked and prodded by a lot of idiots

A tv on all the time? - should be OK, a lot of wear comes from power-cycling (switching on and off and the thermal changes). I wouldnt say that a tv would necessarily last any less time because it was on display. Remember the failure times are averages and you could lose half the lifetime through mere variation. For this reason a display model easily could outlast a boxed one. You still get a full guarantee and you can still demand that it lasts a 'reasonable time'. The most importnant thing is to buy from a shop that will deal with problems well (I cant resist mentioning John Lewis here, I dont work for them, they have just always been fantastic, and they price match the likes of Curry's and Comet)

snake666

dont know if anyone has listed about this on here already if they have sorry for a repete post

a few years ago i worked in st ival and all the fruit juices for all the supermarkets are the same, one night we did asda for 59p a ltr then we changed cartons and did m&s for 109p

this is for all juices and milk

snake

lipidicman

So St. Ivel makes all the juices for all supermarkets?
St. Ivel is part of the Dairy Crest/Unigate group, the largest supplier of milk
I'm not disputing that you did Asda and M&S for that product
But ALL juices and Milk? Dairy crest dont mention fruit juices in their main products.

http://www.dairycrest.co.uk/index.shtml

Ayesha

To reiterate what others have said - Cadbury's definitely do not make chocolates for Thornton's! There is a clear marked difference in taste! It is true though, having also worked for Thornton's, that they make chocolates for Marks & Spencer's although there are differences in appearance.

At university, and having done a project on Aldi, I was informed by my lecturer that Aldi's cornflakes are made by Kellogg's! Although Kellogg's famous strapline is, 'We don't make cereals for anyone else'!

I was also informed that Heinz make supermarket own brand baked beans although own brand versions are slightly watered down.

skiking

Peugeot 807=Citroen C8=Fiat Ulysse
All made in the same factory on the same line. Only difference is badge and names of the colours

SaraSeahorse

snake666 wrote:

dont know if anyone has listed about this on here already if they have sorry for a repete post

a few years ago i worked in st ival and all the fruit juices for all the supermarkets are the same, one night we did asda for 59p a ltr then we changed cartons and did m&s for 109p

this is for all juices and milk

snake

I live in Corby and used to work for a company called orchard house, they produced FRESHLY squeezed orange juice for lots of retailers (there would be subtle differences in blends, sugar acid values) these included then safeway morrison marks and spencer co-op asda etc