Store brands? How is it that they are so much like brand name stuff?!
Who does the research and development for these products!? Who manufactures them!? How can a grocery store brand compete if it's not actually made by a branded company and simply sold as store brand!?
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Answers:
Many are made in the same factories! Most of the cost of name brands is actually in the marketing and not in the product!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Store brands are made by smaller companies that want to aim to the less affluent who cannot afford the name brands!. In some cases the side company is owned by the bigger conglomerates so they can benefit on both sides of the fence!. The stuff is similary and in some cases just as good!. Just cheaper made, since sometimes you pay more for the name than the quality of the product!. But in other cases, it can be products that did not make the quality cut of the main manufacturer so it is sold to another company to be marketed as a generic brand!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
You have so many questions here! !.!.!.!. Alot of store brands are equivalent to, or better than, nationally known brands!. For example, Kroger's Private Selection salad dressings are FAR superior to Kraft or Wishbone! !.!.!.!. But, Kroger is the largest grocery conglomerate in the country, and their "Private Selection" is also sold in Ralph's and other stores in the Kroger family!. So, they probably sell as much of their store brand as the nationally-known brands sell!. !.!.!.!.!.!.Alot of generic brands ARE made by the branded companies too!. Cheap discount cigarettes ARE made by the major companies, for example!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Many of them are the name brands-they sell them to the grocery chains to be packaged as store brands!. Stores can compete as more and more people notice their brands are of the same quality at cheaper prices!. As the economy worsens, it will be the name brands that will be struggling to compete as folks come to the realization that the label isn't worth the extra $!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Most store brand products ARE made by the same companies and packaged with the store labels!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
they make the price lower than brand names!.!.!. its all about making moneyWww@FoodAQ@Com