Blackie Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Did you know Tesco value beans are actually Heinz beans? The tins are weighted at the packing plant at Heinz and if they are not the correct weight they get labeled as Tesco value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Yup, sounds about right. Makes me chuckle the amount of people that won't pick up the value stuff because it is 'cheap or chav'.... I call it sensible shopping, I don't care if my cupboard has value items in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Yup, sounds about right. Makes me chuckle the amount of people that won't pick up the value stuff because it is 'cheap or chav'.... I call it sensible shopping, I don't care if my cupboard has value items in it I suppose it's like buying a supe without the turbos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 Hey, To some this thread may seem pointless but you could make a saving of 18p ish a tin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snake Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 if you buy two tins that,s 36p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 The same for most own brand stuff. Quality control is less strict, thats all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I don't believe it. If you look at the ingredients I'm sure you'll find the proportions are all different. Less tomato sauce, more salt etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlton Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Its the same for choccy digestives - Mcvities and other brands are done in the same pace and repackaged - I know someone who done some contracting there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 I don't believe it. If you look at the ingredients I'm sure you'll find the proportions are all different. Less tomato sauce, more salt etc. Its true i swear. Huuummm, don't work for Heinz do you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 And yet how many people will avoid the value brand because of stigma? come on be honest.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 And yet how many people will avoid the value brand because of stigma? come on be honest.. Not me. Like you I had a cupboard full of "value" brand. The funny thing is, out here, all brands are "value" to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 And yet how many people will avoid the value brand because of stigma? come on be honest.. Perhaps, but I suppose a lot of our buying is done with the 'eyes', and frankly most of the cheaper products have less than inspiring packaging Ps Blackie, I didn't have you down for a Bean man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprascott Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I work for Tesco matey and i tell ya we sell s==t loads of them,i didnt know that fact though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 However it is the same with other items... you always hear people saying they can't afford to clothe their kids. Yeah maybe not in Gap, nike and all that rubbish, but you can't beat a tesco t-shirt or pair of jeans. I had a set of £4 tesco jeans to work in, and they have outlast any pair I've ever had and I've thrown all sorts from gearbox oil to cv grease at them and they still clean up (although the silicon sealer was the last straw ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Ian Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Blackie you wrong matey ........Pete is nearer the truth I have inside knowlage Cheers -Ian- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMiFFAD Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Heinz beans are pants! they seem to have slipped in quality and taste over the last few years, and every tin i open of late smells like cat food! Branston beans... now they are nice. Nice thick/rich source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 Perhaps, but I suppose a lot of our buying is done with the 'eyes', and frankly most of the cheaper products have less than inspiring packaging Ps Blackie, I didn't have you down for a Bean man When i was 16 and living in bedsit land i used to eat no frills stuff. Value is a step up Its odd though, i will only have heinz ketchup or HP sauce, I wont have cheap sauce. Blackie you wrong matey ........Pete is nearer the truth I have inside knowlage Cheers -Ian- Possilbly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Tesco beans ? Nah, I bask luxuriously in the knowledge that my farts originate from M & S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 Tesco beans ? Nah, I bask luxuriously in the knowledge that my farts originate from M & S. Show off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 When i was 16 and living in bedsit land i used to eat no frills stuff. Value is a step up Its odd though, i will only have heinz ketchup or HP sauce, I wont have cheap sauce. Possilbly Interesting you say that...I think it is a physcological thing. Plenty of people stock things because when they were younger it was a treat. I used to know this italian guy who always insisted on keeping condensed milk the pantry. Not because he liked it, in fact he couldn't stand it, but during the war times it was the only thing he had, and it reminded him that he wasn't doing bad if he always had the condensed milk in the pantry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Blow off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra61 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 It's like m&s,coop,and asda all have milk and fresh juice ie orang,apple etc are all made buy the same people at the same place only the packaging and cost differ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyB Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 It's like m&s,coop,and asda all have milk and fresh juice ie orang,apple etc are all made buy the same people at the same place only the packaging and cost differ. Yup thats true, when i was a student i was a line leader at a factory and we would do, M and S veg, and then off the same lorry and stock wed then do cheaper stock for another company, co-op for example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I used to work for Tesco's few years ago, and it is very much true. Heinz made the beans, the tomato ketchup. HP made the brown sauce. Obviously the contents of the products are different and not to the same reciepe. There is one big company that does not make products for anyone else and that is Kellogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Tesco haggis is quite nice actually. I'll give em that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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