Posted by Don K on December 26, 2006, 10:47 am
> So you can see that dollar store brands can be exactly the same
> products as fancy brands.
You can construct a visual aid that illustrates this:
Draw a circle and label it Heinz.
Draw a separate non-intersecting circle and label it Campbells.
Draw a separate non-intersecting circle and label it Alpo.
Draw a larger circle that crosses a small part of each of
the other circles, but does not encompass any of them,
and label it Dollar Store.
Thus you can see that the quality of Dollar Store soup
can range anywhere from Alpo to Heinz.
Don
Posted by USA1st on December 26, 2006, 12:31 am
tombates@city-net.com wrote:
> I was wondering how one would found out who the actual manufacturer of
> a house brand is. As I opened up a package of plastic wrap this morning
> I purchased at a dollar store, I wondered if some guy had a machine in
> his garage that made this stuff, and supplied all the dollar stores. I
> know that Heinz at one time supplied most of the house brand soup, but
> has since sold the line to someone else. One would think there is a
> national register of such a list.
> Tom
Wal-Mart's frozen lasagna is made by Stouffers and delivered in their
truck.
Hunt's makes Wal-Mart's ketchup if I remember correctly.
Local bakers make their bread.
And a non-food item is their paint...made by Sherwin Williams.
Posted by Mary Mathews on December 26, 2006, 9:08 am
I was taught in purchasing canned goods for a school cafeteria to
compare the amount of water contributing to weight in cans from
different companies. Mary
Posted by George on December 26, 2006, 9:51 am
USA1st wrote:
> tombates@city-net.com wrote:
>> I was wondering how one would found out who the actual manufacturer of
>> a house brand is. As I opened up a package of plastic wrap this morning
>> I purchased at a dollar store, I wondered if some guy had a machine in
>> his garage that made this stuff, and supplied all the dollar stores. I
>> know that Heinz at one time supplied most of the house brand soup, but
>> has since sold the line to someone else. One would think there is a
>> national register of such a list.
>>
>> Tom
>
> Wal-Mart's frozen lasagna is made by Stouffers and delivered in their
> truck.
>
> Hunt's makes Wal-Mart's ketchup if I remember correctly.
>
> Local bakers make their bread.
>
> And a non-food item is their paint...made by Sherwin Williams.
>
That seems to be a frequent sales boast but means very little or
nothing. Manufacturers are quite capable of adjusting their process to
reduce the quantity of expensive ingredients/components in the
formulation/bills of material to meet a price point especially if their
name doesn't appear on the label.
Posted by Terrence Briggs on December 29, 2006, 8:37 pm
Derald wrote:
> >I was wondering how one would found out who the actual manufacturer of
> >a house brand is
> You may find this free article in the August, '05 Consumer Reports
> to be of interest. The entire report contains additional, more specific,
> information but is available to subscribers only. You may purchase
> 30-days' unlimited access for $4.95, IIRC.
>
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/personal-finance/store-brands-vs-name-brands-how-to-choose-805/index.htm?resultPageIndex=1&resultIndex=4&searchTerm=store%20brands
The specific info includes past recommendations for Walmart zipper
bags, french fries, peanut butter, and paper towels, among other
things.
Recent reports have recommended Costco's high-efficiency liquid laundry
detergent and alkaline batteries, Walmart's regular liquid detergent,
Powder dishwashing detergent from Walmart and Target, and so on.
The reports go into far more detail about how the tested house brands
compare to name brands. Some of the tests are more reliable than
others. Their battery and laundry detergent tests, for instance, try
to estimate the unit cost for battery life (per hour) and laundry loads
(per load), without accounting for the variable prices of the products
being tested. Sales can decrease the reported unit prices by 40
percent.
> Note: Although your mother may value it, I'm not at all interested
> in yours or anyone else's opinions of Consumer Reports as a reliable
> resource.
Heh. I love it, too :)
> HTH,
> Derald
Terrence Briggs, who kinda worships the tests of laundry detergent,
even though I don't need to get my towels THAT clean.
Peace to you...
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