Private Label/Store Brands are a problem for the economy, amirite?

Fine with me. It's mostly from the same factory anyway.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This misses the point. I'm not talking about the factory that manufactures it, I'm thinking more about the smaller vendors that are kept afloat by the relationships that they have with the food/bev company. The large retailers typically use the biggest and cheapest suppliers. Smaller companies tend to use companies they know will do a good job, because it is their livelihood at stake.

by SatisfactionFormal 1 year ago

I found that in some cases, I like own brands better than the name brands

by ReplacementOk1560 1 year ago

Wait... you think that private label goods at grocery stores, typically produced by smaller companies under contract by one or more grocery chain to produce private label goods, is going to hurt "smaller companies"? Do you know that national brands are all owned by the same handful of like 7 companies? Unileaver, Nestle, etc? So you're afraid small, private label contract producers, actual small companies, are going to 'hurt' large, global behemoths like Unileaver or Nestle? My god man, do some research before you opine.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Often big-name products and store labels are produced by the same manufacturers, it's just a label that changes

by ReplacementOk1560 1 year ago

I'm not talking about the conglomerates, I'm talking about the smaller food companies. There is tons of them out there, and their products get knocked off by the store brands.

by SatisfactionFormal 1 year ago

They certainly have, but they have never before been branded in the same way as a national brand. They have certainly upped the packaging and branding in an attempt to look as good or better than the national brands.

by SatisfactionFormal 1 year ago

Of course they have. Example Kroger Private selection has been around for many years. 5 years ago it was a 26 billion dollar per year brand on it's own. That bigger than Kraft and their portfolio of more than 200 powerful and iconic brands. You just haven't been paying attention.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You left off often made by the same factories that make the national brands under a contract with the different stores.

by Crafty-Promise 1 year ago

Most of the private label stuff is just brands repackaged. Makers Mark Vodka is Grey Goose brand for example. Lots of the Equate Walmart stuff is the same as name brand, made in the same name brand factory, just packaged for Walmart.

by Fancy-Body 1 year ago

Yes, I'm aware of that, but that is not the point that I'm making here.

by SatisfactionFormal 1 year ago

Ok but if Sam's is buying Grey Goose or other brands, how is that going to put the brands out of business? If they wanted to compete with store brands they can sell their products at the same price, they are already selling it to the store, they could sell Grey Goose at the same price as Makers Mark and still make profit.

by Fancy-Body 1 year ago

They're usually produced in one factory and you're paying extra for the logo

by ReplacementOk1560 1 year ago

Many of the private label brands (Good & Gather, Everspring, and Henkriks come to mind) are nearly the same price as the national brand and the packaging looks just as nice if not better.

by SatisfactionFormal 1 year ago