Great 'disguised Own Brand' Hunt.

loopy_lass

i am reliably informed by someone who works there that grampian country pork supply tesco, asda, morrisons, sainsbugs, M&S with a lot of their pork products, the only difference is...

the colour of the label and tray....

hth loops

isaacsmum

this worries me as i try to avoid buying items from a well known swiss chocolate and coffee brand company due to my ethics and their unethical behaviour in 3rd world countries ie giving formula milk away, undermining breastfeeding in these countries, and ultimately causing babies to die either of malnutrition - watered down formula as parents unable to continue to buy as expensive, or gastroenteritis due to poor hygiene/ lack of clean water and sterilizing facilities. thus if i buy an own brand that has been made by n....e then i am contributing to their profits and condoning this practice. help!!!

roses

I don't suppose anyone knows what the alternative to Estee Lauder creams is? I got a free sample of Advanced Night Repair & it really was amazing but I am finding it hard to justify paying £50/bottle!

Katra

Did anybody else see the article about Patak's Indian food in yesterday's Independent newspaper? It said that "as well as selling through major retailers Patak's also manufactures own-brand products for supermarkets including Tesco, asda, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Morrisons".

That is basically all the major supermarkets! Well worth giving the own make jars a go as the price difference can be huge. For example in Tesco's the Patak's Korma Mild Curry sauce costs £1.49 but the Tesco Korma Curry Cooking sauce is £0.69p.

Of course the quality may not be the same. Has anybody tried the supermarket own brands?

zappomatic

My experience of Tesco curry sauces is that they don't quite match the branded ones, usually more watery. I prefer the Sharwoods sauces as they are thicker, only problem is they tend to be more expensive and come in smaller jars. My favourite curry sauces are Lidl's Kanpur Garden range, same price as Tesco own brand but very good quality. Be careful of their korma, it is almost too rich but this does mean it goes a long way.

PlayingOpera

I once worked for a famous coffeemachine manufacturer from Italy. They cooperated with a chinese manufacturer and all the parts of the coffeemachines are 100% manufactured in China and asssemblied in the chinese work, just with the predesigned functions. Then those machines will be exported to Italy or other countries for great profit. Actually, this machine is the same value as some common ones, just with a very famous labels.

sausagefans

Katra wrote: »

Did anybody else see the article about Patak's Indian food in yesterday's Independent newspaper? It said that "as well as selling through major retailers Patak's also manufactures own-brand products for supermarkets including Tesco, asda, Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Morrisons".

That is basically all the major supermarkets! Well worth giving the own make jars a go as the price difference can be huge. For example in Tesco's the Patak's Korma Mild Curry sauce costs £1.49 but the Tesco Korma Curry Cooking sauce is £0.69p.

Of course the quality may not be the same. Has anybody tried the supermarket own brands?

I think the key here is that although they might well make the sauces for the supermarkets it doesn't mean they use the same quality or proportions of ingredients!

golddustmedia

If you take the plastic engine cover off your your Skoda Octavia or Superb etc you'll find the engine block underneath is cast and stamped VW. Exactly the same engines but cheaper

completeboxset

isaacsmum wrote: »

this worries me as i try to avoid buying items from a well known swiss chocolate and coffee brand company due to my ethics and their unethical behaviour in 3rd world countries ie giving formula milk away, undermining breastfeeding in these countries, and ultimately causing babies to die either of malnutrition - watered down formula as parents unable to continue to buy as expensive, or gastroenteritis due to poor hygiene/ lack of clean water and sterilizing facilities. thus if i buy an own brand that has been made by n....e then i am contributing to their profits and condoning this practice. help!!!

I think you have to work on the principle that's it's OK to unknowingly buy one of that particular companies products but once you do know then stop using it and write to the company involved saying you will no longer be using their product "X" because you have recently found out itwas made by nestle bear in mind Nestle own most things (havent seen an updated list from BM Action in a while) so you have to accept that there will be things in your cupboard's that they have manufactured!

donna1987

isaacsmum wrote: »

this worries me as i try to avoid buying items from a well known swiss chocolate and coffee brand company due to my ethics and their unethical behaviour in 3rd world countries ie giving formula milk away, undermining breastfeeding in these countries, and ultimately causing babies to die either of malnutrition - watered down formula as parents unable to continue to buy as expensive, or gastroenteritis due to poor hygiene/ lack of clean water and sterilizing facilities. thus if i buy an own brand that has been made by n....e then i am contributing to their profits and condoning this practice. help!!!

i appreciate your ethics, but you have to bear in mind that the whole giving formula milk away in 3rd world countries is for a very good reason. high portions of the population in 3rd world countries such as africa suffer from HIV, and alot of people dont know they have it. alot of the children in these places get it from their mothers by way of breastfeeding-50% of mums with hiv do not pass the virus onto their children in the womb, but if that baby is then breast-fed they will pass the virus onto them.
i do however agree with the problems youve stated about it being expensive for them to buy more and children becoming ill/dying and i feel that if a company starts a project like this, they should follow it through and continue 2 provide formula at no cost 4 as long as it is needed and also provide the sterilizing facilities needed.