Walmarts Replace Brand Name Food with Their Brand “Great Value”

NewsFlavor ^ | Friday, December 4, 2009 | DiamondPoet

[matthew fuller]

"I am all for savings, but I prefer quality products and good taste. "

GV tortilla chips are taste-wise, as good as they get.

[upchuck]

Wally ping.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

Wal-mart still has name brand products on the shelves and nothing wrong with eliminating some of the brands as I stated they are not necessarily the best.

It was never stated that there are no name-brand products on the shelves at Walmart. What was stated is that Walmart is eliminating a certain selection of name-brand products on the shelves at their stores (and another article states that it's going to increasingly go in that direction for Walmart) -- and having only their own "off-brand" item... alone.

Now.... what was said "about that marketing move of Walmart" is that this is going to drive away a certain number of consumers that have always been able to get those name-brand products at Walmart and they never needed to go elsewhere for them.

But, now... they will be forced to go elsewhere to get the name-brand products that they have purchased there before.

Therefore, Walmart is driving certain customers straight to their competitors. Whoever thought that one up in the marketing department is not going to be around for long, I can tell... LOL...

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

GV tortilla chips are taste-wise, as good as they get.

As we all know -- "taste" is... ummmm... well... "a matter of taste".... LOL...

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

AT GREAT RISK OF REPEATING WHAT HAS BEEN POSTED 30 OR 40 TIMES ALREADY:

That's okay... you've still got almost 70times7 more times to be forgiven for making that mistake... LOL...

[just kidding... ya know... :-) ...]

[70times7]

LOL - that was great. Thanks!

[70times7]

BTW, does this mean I'm now 70times7-n, where n=the number of offenses? And what about the east vs. west thing; doesn't that come into play here? This could get very complicated...

[upchuck]

Considering this article was written by an amateur (see here), I'd like to know the source of this "news." And I think diamondpoet needs either to get an editor or learn proper grammar and spelling.

Wal*Mart has had the Great Value brand for years. Recently they have repackaged all the Great Value items in white packaging. That certainly makes it stand out more on the shelf.

I use a lot of the Great Value items and find the difference in quality from the "name brand" to be little or none.

[TASMANIANRED]

Kroger has their own brand, why not Wallmart.

[70times7]

While I agree with your comment, one hesitates to accept food advice from someone called “upchuck”.

[papasmurf]

We still buy some brand name stuff from them, but of the newer “great value” brand items we’ve bought, we won’t even look at anymore.

Too bad, too, we spent an average of $300.00 per month last year with them.

Thanks for the post, I was wondering what was going on for the last few months.

[matthew fuller]

"And in addition to that, some "name-brands" create different quality levels for their production... their own "name-brand" being the best quality they produce, and then a lower quality for "off-brand production". "

Sears (K-Mart/Sears) sells "Michelin" tires that are exclusively produced for K-Mart Sears. The Michelin website lists them as Sears exclusive. K-Mart now owns Sears.

[lonestar]

"Great Value" orange juice is my favorite. Walmart has had GVroducts for years...have only changed the lables and added products. I also like their butter, cheese and milk.

Every large chain has their house brand.

[EBH]

The grocery where I shop carries the brand name, the store brand, and the really generic brand. I nearly laughed my butt off when I saw the store brand bread and then the “white” label bread! What’s the difference...

[1rudeboy]

[savagesusie]

Well, that is the best news I had today!!!

[giotto]

Store brands are OK, as long as you don’t have to put it in your mouth.

I trust Safeway and Lucky store brands, but there's no way I would buy a Walmart store brand food item.

[Star Traveler]

You were saying ...

Sears (K-Mart/Sears) sells "Michelin" tires that are exclusively produced for K-Mart Sears. The Michelin website lists them as Sears exclusive. K-Mart now owns Sears.

Now there's an example for just about every kind of variation you can have... LOL... Tires are definitely a good example of different levels of quality in a product -- being produced for different "labels".

Food doesn't even come close to the variation that you can get out of tires... :-)

[matthew fuller]

"what makes you think that WalMart won’t parcel this out to China like it has it’s other products? "

what makes you think that Kroger's/ HEB / Randall's won’t parcel this out to China? What about all of the products that only list "Distributed by XXX, New Jersey"? There's no way to track that stuff.

[Drew68]

My father worked at a food plant and most of the time the food was the same, they would stop the line and replace the label.

I've always suspected as much.