I was wondering how to determine if the maker of a food product actually makes the product themselves or if they buy it from someone else, and just has their label on it. If the label says "distributed by" does that mean it is not made by company whose brand is on it, and that it is made by an other company? There is a small local company that makes a lot of "condiment" type products, and I wonder if they really would cook and package it all themselves. I met the president of the company at a store by accident, and asked him but he did not give me a clear answer.
On Sat, 8 May 2004 12:54:57 -0400, "mary" <[email hidden]>
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I was wondering how to determine if the maker of a food product actually makes the product themselves or if they buy it from someone else, and just has their label on it. If the label says "distributed by" does that mean it is not made by company whose brand is on it, and that it is made by an other company?
Almost always. Sometimes it's made by a parent, subsidiary, or sister company, but usually it's outsources, often times to another major name brand manufacturer.
Often times even the name brands are made/harvested/packaged by someone else. The brand name is just a clearinghouse for several small manufacturers. Produce, meat, and fish are common examples.
On 5/8/2004 12:54 PM Ted shuffled out of his cave and grunted these great (and sometimes not so great) words of knowledge:
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I was wondering how to determine if the maker of a food product actually makes the product themselves or if they buy it from someone else, and just has their label on it. If the label says "distributed by" does that mean it is not made by company whose brand is on it, and that it is made by an other company? There is a small local company that makes a lot of "condiment" type products, and I wonder if they really would cook and package it all themselves. I met the president of the company at a store by accident, and asked him but he did not give me a clear answer.
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Tom
Bottom line:
If it say "Distributed By" it is not made by the company with the label on the package.
It may be a subsidiary, but not the company whose name is on the label.
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I was wondering how to determine if the maker of a food product actually makes the product themselves or if they buy it from someone else, and just has their label on it. If the label says "distributed by" does that mean it is not made by company whose brand is on it, and that it is made by an other company? There is a small local company that makes a lot of "condiment" type products, and I wonder if they really would cook and package it all themselves. I met the president of the company at a store by accident, and asked him but he did not give me a clear answer.
Thanks
Tom
distributed by means just that, a company that distributes the product to the customers e.g. to the stores and supermarkets for the manufacturer. I once worked in a frozen food factory and we used to package the frozen produce, peas, sprouts cauliflower etc.the plastic bags they were sealed in were for many different companies like birds eye and supermarket own brands, so the produce was the same but the end price was dramatically different. my dad worked at a sarah lee plant and they made gateaux and deserts (as you will no doubt know as it is an american firm) and some were under the trade name and others were for different companies like marks and spencers etc. I think the answer to your question is it depends on the type of product, a multiple producing firm may well have its own production line and packaging department then again another one may not.
I was wondering how to determine if the maker of a food product actually makes the product themselves or if they buy it from someone else, and just has their label on it. If the label says "distributed by" does that mean it is not made by company whose brand is on it, and that it is made by an other company? There is a small local company that makes a lot of "condiment" type products, and I wonder if they really would cook and package it all themselves. I met the president of the company at a store by accident, and asked him but he did not give me a clear answer.
Depends on the product. Why not let us in on the name of the product you have in mind? Maybe if you disclose the name of the product, someone on this newsgroup might know its origin.
I was wondering how to determine if the maker of a food product actually makes the product themselves or if they buy it from someone else, and just has their label on it.
Depends.
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If the label says "distributed by" does that mean it is not made by company whose brand is on it, and that it is made by an other company?
Very likely.
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There is a small local company that makes a lot of "condiment" type products, and I wonder if they really would cook and package it all themselves. I met the president of the company at a store by accident, and asked him but he did not give me a clear answer.
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Tom
Gee, that wasn't the Gedney company, was it? :-) They "produce" my Peach Raspberry Jam and the other preserves in their line of Award Winning State Fair Recipes, but they don't make it. :-) They're line is primarily pickles and condiments (relishes, mustard, etc.) and they outsource the manufacture of the jams. The fine print on the jar says they distribute it. <http://www.gedneypickle.com/products/statefair.htm>
They in turn do some packaging for Del Monte. Some veggies, I think. -- -Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 5/7/04 - Fajita Soup.
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products, and I wonder if they really would cook and package it all themselves. I met the president of the company at a store by accident, and asked him but he did not give me a clear answer.
Hardly anyone makes all their own products. Some specialty companies make a host of items that are identical but for the package. Frozen dinners are an example. I know of a company that makes certain dinners for some of the big names you see as well as store brands. It all comes down the same line, prepared the same, gets packed the same, handled the same. The corn comes from the same supplier, the potatoes from the same field.
Even some of the big names in soft drinks subcontract to others. They may supply the syrup and set some specifications, but private companies sometimes do the actual mixing and bottling. Ed [email hidden] pages.cthome.netedhomeOpen ↗
I was wondering how to determine if the maker of a food product actually makes the product themselves or if they buy it from someone else, and just has their label on it. If the label says "distributed by" does that mean it is not made by company whose brand is on it, and that it is made by an other company? There is a small local company that makes a lot of "condiment" type products, and I wonder if they really would cook and package it all themselves. I met the president of the company at a store by accident, and asked him but he did not give me a clear answer.
Depends on the product. Why not let us in on the name of the product you have in mind? Maybe if you disclose the name of the product, someone on this newsgroup might know its origin.
i don't wonder about the food products so much, as cleaning products and the like. (i've decided i don't like house brand paper products.)
