Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

saver01_2

there is a lot of good information here and also wrong information

Beef fat was removed from macdonalds chip fryers due to complaints from vegetarians , mcdonalds claimed they very ok for vegetarians even though they were cooked in beef fat , also this was the time mad cow was in flow and all food companies were removing beef ingredients from their products.


also most digestives contained beef tallow years ago as this gives a more rich taste , again guess y the beef was removed.


none of the cosmetics manufacturers mentioned so far actually make the perfumes , there are more manufacturers lower down at the start of the chain.

the only place u can buy direct from them is in USA

NewToThis_3

Thanks you, imtight

joo_3

On a similar note to 'salsa watkins' post - the factories that make m&s pyjamas, bhs nightwear, and topshop pyjamas also make matalan nightwear at half the cost. Quality is the same.

joo_3

Bargain_Babe-a-Licious! wrote:

:j Greetings! :j

Who has the scoop on PRIMARK clothes etc?
Their men's shirts especially & thair bedlinen are SPOOKILY like NEXT !
Apart from Primark's prices rock & Next's are a total rip off.

Anyway, please give us the scoop you smart MSE buddies. :T :T :T

In reply to bargain babe - primark , next, matalan, and m&s clothing all use same factories for ladies nightwear and socks at least.
Pretty Polly make tights for many ladieswear stores e.g. george, tesco, then sell them alongside pretty polly branded goods.

Not sure about situation with menswear but i know homewares also use a lot of same factories.
Stick with primark!!!

jbro

greatwhite wrote:

Yeh, AEG was an independant german manufacturer until recently when it was purchased by Zanussi. I wonder if the machines are still made in germany?My AEG is german made and still going strong after 14 years of use without any faults, I bet the current ones are now built to a price and wont last as long. Oh well when mine packs up it looks like a Miele or a Bosch next then.

We had an AEG machine for years before it packed up. The engineer came round - and it was unfortunately too expensive to fix. The local dealers had stopped stocking AEG machines as they were now made by Zanussi (and not in Germany I was told). So I went to their shop and bought their (cheapest) Miele on condition that they would install it that same afternoon, take the old one away and give me a discount on the price - and a 5 year warranty. They did. It's excellent.

MGMidget1500_2

DonGrunbaum wrote:

Sony only make Sony, although there might be Sony components in other devices (eg CD ROM drives in PCs) and the also buy in and badge some cheaper stuff.

HTH

Sony also own AIWA the quote below is from http://www.eu.aiwa.com/en/about_aiwa.php

in february 2002 Sony Corporation announced its strategy for renewing the Aiwa brand and Aiwa was absorbed into the Sony Group, becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary effective october 2002.

Aiwa now uses Sony's production as well as materials procurement, information systems and distribution infrastructure so as to create an operation that can respond speedily and efficiently to changes in the market. however Aiwa has, and will continue to retain it's own identity as a brand and will sold and marketed completely separately form(sic) Sony. Aiwa products are manufactured to exactly the same standards of quality and reliability as Sony, but they remain differentiated by their own unique design, features and market positioning.

I have an AIWA video recorder (how last century this now seems) that I bought in 1996 and that has survived my 6 year old growing up with it and using it and is now being subjected to the onslaught of my 1 year old, it still works perfectly (my step-father a video/audiophile who has had 4 VCR's as he's upgraded them says now he wishes he had a VCR with the picture quality of my AIWA).

MG

tonecontrol

Limbus wrote:

Thankyou sooo much for that find - I'm a semi-pro photographer who is just going digital and the printing costs were a worry - that site is a massive bonus. I don't suppose anyone knows if there's a similar company that does archival quality inks as well?

PS my first post, but I've been lurking for a long time

be verrrrry careful. I've tried lots of diff papers on my epson printer
all but the epson paper are dreadful. Unless it's all changed in the last 18 months, since it's a while since I've been brave enough. Look for reviews that explicitly state compatibility

tonecontrol

bear in mind that "made in the same factory" does not mean "the same", especially for hi-tech and electronics. I used to hear this about various photo films being made in the fuji factory. When they bring out a new technology, what do you imagine they do with the old production line? Sell it or carry on. They don't scrap the machinery.

mrwibble

Just bought Asda's own label softset strawberry jam - very similar to Bon Mamam and on checking :

Both made in France
Both have exactly the same jar and lid (except for Bon Maman name on their own jars but jar makers marks on bottom are the same)
Both have the same ingredients in the same quantity ie 50g fruit per 100g
Both taste the same with the same quality of fruit

Own brand is cheaper .... lets not think too hard on this - its the same !

Ange

I worked for over ten yrs as a supermarket buyer in lots of different food area's. Basically no supermarkets have their own factories to make their own stuff, they always use other manufacturers, although often M&S and to a certain extent others like Sainsburys have such exclusive deals that the bulk of that manufacturers produce is made just for that supermarket and they have enormous control, so it may as well be their own factory. Often if a supplier makes for Sainsbury for example, they won't be allowed to make for M&S or Tesco.
But sometimes a supplier may make almost all the products in the market. I dealt with the pizza factory that made for all the main supermarkets (plus the leading Branded pizza too). Basically all the pizza's went down the same production line and popped into different boxes, with slight specification changes depending on the cost price and therefore the retail price charged.
Generally speaking if an M&S or Sainsbury pizza is more expensive than an Asda or Morrisons it's because it has better quality ingredients or a greater amount of topping for example. But whether that makes it a 'better' product is for you, the customer, to judge. Sometimes a product made to the same specification as another can be in much more expensive packaging in order to 'justify' it's higher price, and you don't usually eat the packaging...

But never think just because they are made in the same factory, different supermarkets items are the same, they are not. Every product is developed in line with the price the supermarket is prepared to pay and that can vary greatly from shop to shop.

Sorry I waffled for so long...