He's a Very Nice Mane, a Very Very Nice Mane...
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Bex works for Customs now, & she has to go to pretty much every supplier of food to the supermarkets, that's standard that.
The only difference with fruit is the shape & the quantity of 'wax' spray. She watched them 'sort' fruit a few weeks back, they just separate the perfectly shaped ones & they went to M&S & Sainsburys. The next best-shaped ones went to Asda & Tesco, & the least perfectly shaped ones went to Aldi. This supplier didn't stock for other supermarkets. The grade 1 one's then have more wax sprayed on them, the grade 2 a bit less, the grade 3 even less. Incidentally, all supermarkets also use the cheapest grade bananas for the 'kids size' ones, which surprised me as they often taste nicer imo.
The wax is what makes the fruit look so much better/fresher in the more expensive supermarkets.
The old rumours about the same food being repackaged for supermarkets are true as well, she's watched them do Sundaes & label the same ones for Aldi, Lidl, & Tesco, in Aldi & Lidl they cost 25p less than Tesco, the other one that shocked her was naan breads, being packaged for Pataks & for Aldi from the same line, & the Pataks ones cost almost double what Aldi charge,
We've also opened a packet of 'Hoops' from Aldi & inside the Aldi branded multipack they actually had KP Hula Hoops bags!
I don't buy meat from any supermarkets, I buy from butchers cos they're cheaper & it's always better quality in my experience.
I knew a woman who was head of procurement for Hugo Boss and regularly went to India to visit the factory where the suits were made. The company who made Hugo Boss suits also made Matalan suits using the same cloth, the same personnel just a different cut. Hugo Boss suits are about 6 times the price of Matalan's!
Cough:wears dresses:Cough
Portly is in denial.
I’ve seen it with my own eyes. It’s the same for things like hand wash and most cleaning products. If my job wasn’t changing I’d be visiting a chicken factory that woland was on about. Thank fuck I don’t have to go.
Just been the guardian piece on the 2 sisters chicken processing factory.
One of the issues coming up is relevant to the comment @HC made about fresh meat. There's footage showing returning portions being opened & mixed in with fresh, & it was returned from lidl yet repackaged as Tesco Willow Farms 'exclusively reared for Tesco'.
The 2sisters company said that all their meat meets the requirement of the Willow Farm brand so can be packaged with that wording.
Absolute proof that it's all the same shit in different packaging, in case anyone didn't realise it by now.
I should really split all this off, but it's hardly like the thread was going anywhere & I really CBA.
One of the issues coming up is relevant to the comment @HC made about fresh meat. There's footage showing returning portions being opened & mixed in with fresh, & it was returned from lidl yet repackaged as Tesco Willow Farms 'exclusively reared for Tesco'.
The 2sisters company said that all their meat meets the requirement of the Willow Farm brand so can be packaged with that wording.
Absolute proof that it's all the same shit in different packaging, in case anyone didn't realise it by now.
I should really split all this off, but it's hardly like the thread was going anywhere & I really CBA.
Mrs Athens works for a pharmaceutical company that make stuff under license for other companies. They do a nasal spray for boots, Tesco and someone else, perhaps Sainsbury, and it's the exact same batch for each company but obviously in different packaging.
I bought mine in a shopping mall in Muscat, Oman. The shopkeeper had a look up and down outside his premises before he let me try it on.
However I am sure that they must be available in Bradford or Wolverhampton.
It's dead easy to find out with medicines in the UK, cos they have a PL number on the back that is the same regardless of branding.
Sudafed in the Asda £4.00. Asda decongestant tablets £1.50. Exact same PL number, therefore the exact same product.
Its not really absolute proof, is it?
I defy anyone to prefer lidls bacon, mince or chicken over waitrose. Its not placebo making it infinitely better to cook with !
They do sell some good steak cuts ,howevr
The fruit and veg in the lidl here is usually pretty good. Their meat, especially their minced beef isn't the best, it's very pink.
Their chicken wings are good, though.
I'm sure I could find one hear. Although they might start to think I've been radicalised...
I've read that the placebo effect means that more expensive pain killers make people think that they work better, even when they know that the active ingredient is the same.
Between generic and brand of the same drug ?
Because tramadol is dirt cheap and works way better than other pain killers.
I worked at Heinz factory in Wigan. I can assure everyone those beans make their way everywhere. Pay the cheapest, you're getting the same.
No you're not. The base ingredient may be the same - it's fucking beans - but there are different flavourings, seasonings and levels of tomato (and whether paste or whatever is used) so if you think you can buy any tin of beans and they'll all taste the same, you're wrong.
Plenty of branded vs own label products are the same, but there's plenty that aren't.
The argument about whether paying a premium for a branded product vs own-label is another matter, as is the actual quality, but they don't all taste, look or smell the same, because they aren't.
At a base level, sure....maybe
The salt, sugar and whatever else additive levels vary wildly, resulting in completely different products.
Well that was a GREAT discussion - wonderful stuff! And let's keep the momentum going with the next topics on our agenda: Is the name Nigel in danger of going out of existence? How on earth did Prosecco get to be popular? And isn't Harry Potter wasted on the young? You know the procedure, guys - message me! And while you're doing that here's The Carpenters, and they're having a little spot of bother with interplanetary crafts...
Yeah, but it doesn't work on everyone. Some people are more susceptible than others.
You're quite cynical, so perhaps that explains your situation!
In my experience Leicester would also be worth a try.
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