Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

cooki2222

well here is info for m&s stores in n.ireland and ireland not to sure if same applies to uk

Bread made by ormo (now owned by british bakeries i think)
Cream made by dale farm
Milk made by ballyrashane
Potato's/Coleslaw supplied by Avondale
Beef/Lamb supplied by Lindens
Chicken supplied by O'Kanes
Veal supplied by finnebrogue
Fish supplied by dunn's
fruit supplied by keelings
some sweets made by trebor

Bergaspeed

Stylo Plc own Barratts, Shelleys and Priceless shoes and you can often find the same styles in each of the shops for completely different prices (esp in Priceless shoes which can be £20 cheaper than Barratts)

antiville

cooki2222 wrote:

well here is info for m&s stores in n.ireland and ireland not to sure if same applies to uk

Bread made by ormo (now owned by british bakeries i think)
Cream made by dale farm
Milk made by ballyrashane
Potato's/Coleslaw supplied by Avondale
Beef/Lamb supplied by Lindens
Chicken supplied by O'Kanes
Veal supplied by finnebrogue
Fish supplied by dunn's
fruit supplied by keelings
some sweets made by trebor

Thanks for that, I'll make a point of NEVER buying chicken from M&S again when I'm back across the water - I used to work in the O'Kanes chicken factory in Ballymena, let's just say:eek:

In fact the more I think about it, I don't think I'll take the chance of buying chicken from any M&S now - just in case_pale_ lol

wdywuk

Costco (branded Stoneacre) Free Range Omega 3 Eggs are the same as Columbus Omega 3 Free Range eggs.

Costco Price is £1.80 for 18.

Columbus price for 6 eggs is something similar at my local Sainsbury's.

I know these are the same as the Eggs at costco are marked "Columbus-1"
The farm references etc stamped on the egg are the same as the Columbus ones.

triage999

Nestle make the following for other people!

Honey nut bran flakes made for Morrisons, Asda,

Apricot Wheats, Raisin Wheats and Cranberry Wheats all made for Sainsbury's

Mini Wheat - Sainsbury's - Same as Shredded Wheat!

Organic Bran Flakes for most of the big supermarkets.

Sultana Bran - Sainsbury's, Somerfield

Plain Bran Flakes - All big named supermarkets!

lipidicman

Do Nestle make their own bran flakes? (the only brand I have seen here are Kelloggs)

ruthie_2

I tried Superdrug optimum skincare range, which smells just the same as M&S face formula....Not used face formula for a while, so I hope the smell hasn't changed. The superdrug brand is much cheaper

startedsaving

rach wrote:

i met someone who works for mothers pride. he said that they make bread for loads of shops (he had M&S, coop and other breads with him from the staff shop). he did say though that most places have exactly the same stuff but M&S are more fussy and have their own recipe.

I can confirm that this is the case - we have a large food production plant in our town, and they make their own brand products plus manufacture for most of the major supermarkets. Same production line, but different recipes - esp for M&S, who are very strict on everything - and as someone else has mentioned, when M&S visit its all hands on deck for a major clean up! What happens is they will do a run of, say, M&S pies; then its all change, clean up, and do a run of Tesco pies, and so on.

maypole

Years ago, we visited the Baxters soup factory in Scotland (well, it was a wet day!) and they were making soup for Marks and Spencer and they said it was a different recipe of course.

spinybif_2

I have seen a Freezer in John Lewis which states it is made by a top German manufacturer. Haven't been able to spot the same model elsewhere, does anyone know who makes their freezers.