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Supermarket brands?
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Posted 4 months ago #
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Huggies nappies are identical to morrisons, boots and sainsbury
Really???
.. I'll have to look into this further
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Any recommendations for stuff to get from them instead?
Fruit and veg.Posted 4 months ago # -
I've done a 'brand-off' with some of the regular stuff I buy against the own-brand (ADSA and Tesco) equivalents; canned soups, and the like.
I found that generally, there's a fair old difference between (say) Heinz tinned spaghetti and Tesco spaghetti, but the regular shop brand and their 'Value' range are identical. I've tried this with a handful of things now and I've yet to find a canned Value product that's noticeably different to its more expensive brother with the full-colour label.
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found tesco's own brand baked beans to be pretty ropey and won't buy them again, every second tin seem to be only half "filled" and then topped up with water.
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It's always worth experimenting. Go down the ladder -- branded, premium own-brand, regular own-brand, basics/value -- until you hit "unacceptable", go back one, buy that one in future
We get a mixture of branded/own-brand/basics stuff. Sometimes it makes a difference, sometimes it doesn't. Never found any pattern to it -- own-brand washing up liquid always seems a bit rubbish, own-brand dishwasher tablets work fine.
I don't think I'll ever buy branded breakfast cereal again, though.
Posted 4 months ago # -
Exactly the same as Clinton Cards offerings.
hmm, the quality looked ok, but my mum wasn't very happy with her card
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Ahh, Mum's are always picky. I'm sure your significant other will be more than happy with the Valentines Day alternative.
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I'm sure your significant other will be more than happy with the Valentines Day alternative.
Possibly, but I can't see the Congratulations On Your Castration card that I'd get in returnPosted 4 months ago # -
Cards are a rip off anyway, even if there are Tesco Value ones. I never send them.
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tescos cornflakes, really cant tell the difference and half the price.
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All own brand cereal tastes the same as branded stuff. It's cereal, not gourmet food!! (Except for Aldi weetabix - tastes weird, I assume that's cos it's made for the European palette or whatever).
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friend of the wife works for weetabix, and often deals with invoices to sainsbury and tescos for thier own brand version.
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Aldi bunched carrots come from the same farm as Saisbury's bunched carrots. Aldi are half the Sainsbury's price. I also recommend their crisps, biscuits, washing up liquid, dishwasher/laundry detergent, rechargeable batteries, freshly squeezed OJ, free-range chicken, and the white burgundy they do for £5.
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Tesco bran flakes are rotten, just for the record.
I'm a big Aldi fan though, their baked beans are second only to Branston (which are often cheaper on promotion anyway) IMO.
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One of our ex-clients does the cheap supermarket fizzy drinks, for Asda, Tesco, Morrisons and a couple of others - pretty sure it's identical apart from the label. On a factory tour they went through the costs, think the bottle was 1p (2 litre), drink was 1p, their profit was 1p and transport costs were something like 8p (not sure what supermarkets sell it at). They also did some premium stuff (mostly still supermarket branded though) and the only difference was the contents cost 2-3p.
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Aldi's business model of just selling 1 of each product and thus striving to make sure its the best they can source for a competetive price is a far superior way of working.
It still makes me laugh that people think supermarkets own factories that make food. But then its similar in the mountain bike world. Take full face helmets for one, strip off the graphics and there are only so many models being made of which a lot are the same.
I live near a cake factory that makes M&S, GU, Asda, tesco, sainsburys etc cakes (and it has a very cheap factory shop too!)
That will be Park Cakes in Oldham then, lovely cakes and stuff.
Wonder if they have got on top of the mouse problems they use to have?(ex pest controller)Posted 4 months ago #
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