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3 food products and 5 household/personal items. Not bad.
I thought it would be a lot more. We do buy lots of second tier and independant products. I wonder how many of Costco's Kirkland brands are produced by those companies?
I would also suspect many of those brand products are produced by independant companies that slaps their name on them.
3 food products and 5 household/personal items. Not bad.
I thought it would be a lot more. We do buy lots of second tier and independant products. I wonder how many of Costco's Kirkland brands are produced by those companies?
I wonder if people who always buy storebrand know who made their products? Distributed by is not the same as manufactured by, and if I can recall, I've never seen a manufactured by line on any product container of a storebrand, only a distributed by.
I buy Cheerios, the store brands are absolute garbage.
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They do a fantastic job!
Pffft, it is easy for mega corporations to acquire brands with entrenched consumer bases, muscle out the small guy and be successful. You are basically telling mike Tyson he did a fantastic job beating up a 6 yr old girl.
I buy Cheerios, the store brands are absolute garbage.
BTW alphamale it is easy for mega corporations to acquire brands with entrenched consumer bases, muscle out the small guy and be successful. You are basically telling mike Tyson he did a fantastic job beating up a 6 yr old girl.
Actually, people might be very surprised who owns whom. If you look in the govt CAFRs and investment funds you can also see who has majority shares in every publicly traded corp.
All those drug advertisements on TV; think it is just advertising, think again. The Big 6 have serious money involved in Big Pharma.
You can do this same exercise w/ any public co. What is JP Morgan Chase?
I noticed this a long time ago with laundry detergents - so many choices, so few manufacturers.
This does reminds me of a recent frustrating experience. Old Spice - go figure - used to make the best disposable razor I have ever tried, and at a great price. About a year ago, these razors disappeared from stores.
A little research revealed that Old Spice is owned by P & G which of course also owns Gillette, which sells much pricier disposable razors.
My guess is that the Old Spice razors were cannibalizing sales of expensive Gillette razors, and therefore had to be discontinued.
I noticed this a long time ago with laundry detergents - so many choices, so few manufacturers.
This does reminds me of a recent frustrating experience. Old Spice - go figure - used to make the best disposable razor I have ever tried, and at a great price. About a year ago, these razors disappeared from stores.
A little research revealed that Old Spice is owned by P & G which of course also owns Gillette, which sells much pricier disposable razors.
My guess is that the Old Spice razors were cannibalizing sales of expensive Gillette razors, and therefore had to be discontinued.
It seems like food wise as long as you don't eat a lot of processed foods you are off of the list. Stuff like toiletries might be a little more difficult.
The one that was really interesting was that Nestle owns Armani, Diesel, and Ralph Lauren. That was kind of a surprise to me.
Nestle also owns a 30% stake in L'Oreal.
You would be surprised what L'Oreal owns.
I buy very few processed foods, so I'm good.
quote: An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.
"In effect, less than 1 per cent of the companies were able to control 40 per cent of the entire network," says Glattfelder. Most were financial institutions. The top 20 included Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and The Goldman Sachs Group.
I wonder if people who always buy storebrand know who made their products? Distributed by is not the same as manufactured by, and if I can recall, I've never seen a manufactured by line on any product container of a storebrand, only a distributed by.
I would have to guess many of the store brands are manufactured in the same place as the brand name but you have to be careful because sometimes they are the seconds. You end up with bag full of french fries 1 inch long.
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