Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

beer2006

Read my post above ^

RSteve

JollyNolly wrote:

Don't bother with dishwasher tablets at all. They're far more expensive than own-brand dishwasher powder, particularly if you buy the largest packs of powder available. Also, it's easier to vary the quantity according to the dishes you have to wash if you use powder - e.g. how many, how dirty, etc. The tablets are just a scam to make you think you're buying something special.

100% agree - the tablets are just compacted powder, meaning they take much longer to dissolve and so work less effectively. Powder, or even better liquid, dissolves much faster and so works better. Before tablets came along the powder/liquid packets always told you to adjust the amount you used depending on how big the load and how dirty is was - now the same manufacturers claim a one-size-fits-all tablet will work just as well - nonsense! I have a slimline dishwasher which takes less plates, so I always buy powder or liquid so I can use less, with tablets I'd have to use the same number of tablets as someone with a much bigger machine - a waste of money and hardly eco-friendly!

Sadly it's harder and harder to get powder and especially liquid now because so many people fell for the tablets thing!

lipidicman

jud!th wrote:

I reckon that any wheat bisks that are in the same size and shape of box as weetabix, with the notches in the lid in the same place, and the wheat bisks in the same kind of white packaging in two lots of 12 inside the box, must be made by weetabix.

anyone know better?

Yes, a post above covers this (as already mentioned by the poster)

The packaging is a red herring as it is probably purchased rather than manufactured by a food company. I would also question why anyone would package weetabix any differently

Not only have you not read the thread but this is exactly the sort of misinformation that this thread does not need.

carolbee

RSteve wrote:

Sadly it's harder and harder to get powder and especially liquid now because so many people fell for the tablets thing!

if ever you, or someone is able to get to France the supermarkets there have it VERY reasonably, but that is a whole new thread .....

stamford

RSteve wrote:

100% agree - the tablets are just compacted powder, meaning they take much longer to dissolve and so work less effectively. Powder, or even better liquid, dissolves much faster and so works better. Before tablets came along the powder/liquid packets always told you to adjust the amount you used depending on how big the load and how dirty is was - now the same manufacturers claim a one-size-fits-all tablet will work just as well - nonsense! I have a slimline dishwasher which takes less plates, so I always buy powder or liquid so I can use less, with tablets I'd have to use the same number of tablets as someone with a much bigger machine - a waste of money and hardly eco-friendly!

Sadly it's harder and harder to get powder and especially liquid now because so many people fell for the tablets thing!

I've often thought that - same scam they do on washing machine tablets

goggins1977

stamford wrote:

I've often thought that - same scam they do on washing machine tablets

Well from my point of veiw they save me money,if i dont use tablets i am more inclined to put a bit of extra powder in just for luck !!! I am sure i am not the only person to do this

Paul1sh

Phillip21 wrote:

Thanks for the comments on o/b chocolate. I will try Lidl.

I would be interested to hear any views on 'sell by' dates on o/b milk. I buy o/b 'blue lable' milk from Sainsbury's (superstore), Somerfield and Iceland (depending on where I am when I need it). The sell by dates on the Sainsbury's milk available instore always seem much later than the others (typically Sainsbury's will have and s/b date 6-7 days after I buy it, whereas the other shops is 2-4 days later). This could be because they sell it faster, and so it is really fresher. Is there a common standard for setting these dates, or can they be rigged?

Phillip

The dates aren't rigged but the length of the sell by date is affected by the distribution network as well as some stores overstocking .Although I work for another retailer I buy the 'blue lable' milk from Netto as they have 2x 4pt bottles for £1.80 and with it not being a large store there's usually a good 7-9 days left on the sell buy. I could tell you to look at the bottom of the milk display when buying as customers generally buy from the top 2 shelves of the display cage so when we're restocking we place the shorter dates to the front on the top shelves and fill the bottom with the longer sell-by dates.

lipidicman

goggins1977 wrote:

Well from my point of veiw they save me money,if i dont use tablets i am more inclined to put a bit of extra powder in just for luck !!! I am sure i am not the only person to do this

Try being a little more scientific/practical. Put less and less in until the results suffer. Then increase it a little. Now you know how much you need. A small saving, but in the long run......

Moomalicious

I was advised by an Asda optician that their own brand all in one contact lens solution was made by Baucsh & Lomb. Asda online price 2 x 360 ml of own brand £10.50 - B&L Renu comes in 240ml bottles at around £6.99 each.

Also, I buy Asda's own 45% fruit blackcurrant high juice, which is identical to ribena and costs around £1 for a litre bottle. Additionally, Asda's own gold roast coffee tastes identical to Nescafe Gold Blend, again at around a third of the price.

I worked at asda for a short while last year (when money saving was desperately needed!) and was advised during my induction that many of their own brand products are made by leading brands and put in their own packaging so it's always worth trying them. They have a money back guarantee if you don't like them so you lose nothing to try!

lipidicman

Moomalicious wrote:

Also, I buy Asda's own 45% fruit blackcurrant high juice, which is identical to ribena and costs around £1 for a litre bottle.

Cannot be identical
http://www.ribena.co.uk/accessible/our_drinks/index.html#1

Ribena Original Blackcurrant Squash 600ml

Ingredients
Water, Sugar, Glucose Fructose Syrup (from wheat and maize), Blackcurrant Juice from Concentrate (4%), Citric Acid, Vitamin C, Preservatives (Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Bisulphite), Colour (Anthocyanins).



Product before dilution contains 22% juice.

So the Asda one should be better. I cannot find the contents though