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It's worth noting that the cheapest priced groceries at Woolworths and Coles tend to be their own brands, which cover a very wide range of products that you'd f

by bombs 17y ago

It's worth noting that the cheapest priced groceries at Woolworths and Coles tend to be their own brands, which cover a very wide range of products that you'd find at a supermarket. The Woolworths Select branded items, while being the cheapest, are often of a higher quality than a lot of name brand competitors.

taitems 17y ago
I'm sorry but no. You'll constantly hear people banging on about how the in-house brands are made by other reputable brands, and the likes of ACA and Today Tonight will constantly reinforce this fallacy. While it is true that reputable brands sometimes manufacture the in-house brand's product, it is not (as ACA would have you believe) a case of Cadbury's quality chocolate in cost saving packaging. "Reverse tendering" occurs, where the head office "buyer" will set an objective cost and manufacturers will compete in a reverse auction towards it. Cadbury and Nestle (and anyone who can keep up) will not simply provide their standard premium product, but look to cut as many costs as possible. What you will get is a final product that will probably be made from different ingredients, probably be manufactured with a different recipe and probably manufactured using different machinery/methods. What you are left with is a product that barely resembles its manufacturer's name brand product, and as long as it passes unit testing/quality control, Woolies or Coles don't really care. The almighty dollar.
- ilkhd2 17y ago
  Yeah. Same true for America. You cannot eat Cadbury made in USA - every time I try, I throw the damn bar into the garbage. Taste like corn syrup.
- robryan 17y ago
  True, depends what the product is though, for some things like the basics, milk and bread, I'm perfectly happy with the home brand version given the price difference.
  - sailormoon 17y ago
    Wouldn't be too sure about milk. Someone working for WW once told me that Home Brand et al buy milk which is in effect several days, maybe even a week, older than that which you get from Dairy Farmers &co.

by bombs 17y ago

taitems 17y ago

I'm sorry but no. You'll constantly hear people banging on about how the in-house brands are made by other reputable brands, and the likes of ACA and Today Tonight will constantly reinforce this fallacy. While it is true that reputable brands sometimes manufacture the in-house brand's product, it is not (as ACA would have you believe) a case of Cadbury's quality chocolate in cost saving packaging. "Reverse tendering" occurs, where the head office "buyer" will set an objective cost and manufacturers will compete in a reverse auction towards it. Cadbury and Nestle (and anyone who can keep up) will not simply provide their standard premium product, but look to cut as many costs as possible. What you will get is a final product that will probably be made from different ingredients, probably be manufactured with a different recipe and probably manufactured using different machinery/methods. What you are left with is a product that barely resembles its manufacturer's name brand product, and as long as it passes unit testing/quality control, Woolies or Coles don't really care. The almighty dollar.

ilkhd2 17y ago
Yeah. Same true for America. You cannot eat Cadbury made in USA - every time I try, I throw the damn bar into the garbage. Taste like corn syrup.
robryan 17y ago
True, depends what the product is though, for some things like the basics, milk and bread, I'm perfectly happy with the home brand version given the price difference.
- sailormoon 17y ago
  Wouldn't be too sure about milk. Someone working for WW once told me that Home Brand et al buy milk which is in effect several days, maybe even a week, older than that which you get from Dairy Farmers &co.