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I was under the impression that store brands were made by name brand companies that had extra capacity.
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There are also manufacturers the specialize in "store brands".
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Many canneries would process product without labels and then just pull from inventory and label them when they got an order.
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Sure ,the cheaper product might be made in same factory ….but I think that stuff always gets carefully measured
“too much salt,”the overly ripe tomatoes and …perhaps a small bug.
There used to be more canneries than there are today.
Some national brands have their own canneries and only produce their own products.
Some national brands have canneries that produce their own and also produce products with labels for "house labels" or other regional labels. They may run the same product or the formula may change. After all, if consumers want an economy product why not make it for them and get paid for their capacity.
From my own experience with one product, garbanzo beans, one local retailer has very small beans with more liquid than another retailer with larger beans and not as much water. The national brand has the largest beans with a higher bean to water ration. In this case the retailer with the larger beans also has their own canning facility. I have not purchased garbanzo beans from the third retailer in the area nor do I know if they have them in their own store label. We do not shop there often.
jtk