Walmart's Great Value Is Made by WHO?
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (86184)
United States
October 16, 2023 11:25am CST
Generics sometimes get a bad rep or simply get called out for being of lesser quality. While that may be true of some generics or store brands, it's usually not the case at all.
Why? Because most of these generics and store brands are made by the brand name companies, granted with a slightly different formula most of the time and different packaging obviously. But nonetheless, the quality standards are fairly high when these generics are coming from reputable brands.
And they do it because if they don't do it, someone else will. And while they make less money making the generics, they will still make money nonetheless.
So, here are some popular Great Value products and who makes them.
Great Value peanut butter is made by Peter Pan.
Great Value bread is made by Sara Lee.
Great Value pretzels are made by H.K. Anderson pretzels.
Great Value applesauce is made by Musselman.
Great Value whipped cream is made by Kraft.
Great Value spices are made by McCormick.
Great Value canned vegetables are made by Green Giant.
Great Value plastic bags are made by Ziploc.
In fact, not only when it comes to Walmart, but nearly every company out there, if it has the store brand on it? It's made by a brand name company. Now you know.
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@kaylachan (66141)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Oct
Quite often, if you bother to read, food or not, off-brand products will say something like comparable to *insirt brand name* so, they tend to table on themselves.
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@kaylachan (66141)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Oct
@porwest True. But, it gives buyers an idea of what they're getting.
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@porwest (86184)
• United States
17 Oct
@kaylachan Oh, for sure on that one. That's why they do it.
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@LindaOHio (172136)
• United States
17 Oct
I knew this. I try to persuade hubs to buy more store brands; but for some things he's really hesitant. Hope you have a good day.
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@LindaOHio (172136)
• United States
17 Oct
@porwest Yes, we have TP and tissues that must be brand names. I'm trying to convert hubby to use more food items that are Great Value. We use a lot of Equate items in the Health & Beauty section.
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@LindaOHio (172136)
• United States
18 Oct
@porwest I can understand that. And I splurge on potato salad. I will only eat Grandma's Potato Salad which is VERY expensive.
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@porwest (86184)
• United States
18 Oct
@LindaOHio Funny you mention TP, because for us it is Cottonelle only. Wasn't always that way. But we got tired of having TP remnants in awkward places as well as certain "mishaps." lol
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@Tina30219 (81611)
• Onaway, Michigan
16 Oct
We buy the great value green beans every month when we go grocery shopping love them.
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@Tina30219 (81611)
• Onaway, Michigan
16 Oct
@porwest We only get green beans as far as canned veggies go we get frozen corn in a big bag.
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@porwest (86184)
• United States
16 Oct
@Tina30219 Now that I think about it, we do usually keep a couple cans of carrots in the house. I can cook them from scratch, but it takes 500 million years to get them soft enough, so the can works better. lol
@porwest (86184)
• United States
17 Oct
That's crazy. There are a few food items here in the U.S. that come from there, but very few. Most of the foods here come from here or Canada and maybe Mexico. I could be wrong about that, but Americans generally do not trust the Chinese with our food.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (83620)
• Rupert, Idaho
16 Oct
I never knew that they were made by the companies for a lot of their great value products. That's good to know
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@MommyOfEli2013 (83620)
• Rupert, Idaho
16 Oct
@porwest Well that is good to know, although it never really mattered to me as long as the product was still good, or worked as it should/etc...
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@porwest (86184)
• United States
16 Oct
@MommyOfEli2013 Same here. Plus, I prefer to keep as much of my money as possible. lol
@GardenGerty (159885)
• United States
17 Oct
Yep, I knew that already. Might as well save those pennies.
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@marguicha (220345)
• Chile
16 Oct
I start by trying the generic brands. Some are good, some aren´t. Same with meds. Lately I had an eye problem and went to the doctor. He made a prescription. I asked him if there was something generic and he replied that for eyes generics were out of the question. Generic drops for eyes were not made the same way as the very expensive ones he had prescribed. I bought the expensive ones. But I can accept a generic bag of frozen corn. Not peas though. They are always less tender.
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@porwest (86184)
• United States
17 Oct
@marguicha Ultimately, so long as you are happy and content with your own personal decision, regardless of the reason, that's all that really matters.
@RasmaSandra (78056)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Oct
Thank you for letting me know, Great Value is the best way for me to get cheaper and more groceries, I love the store brand,
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@porwest (86184)
• United States
16 Oct
It really depends, and it's hard to know who actually makes a particular generic store brand because unless you happen to be in the factory on the production line, most deals made between brand companies and the stores who want a generic version have non-disclosure agreements.
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@arunima25 (87217)
• Bangalore, India
16 Oct
That's how the marketing gimmick works. Brands have been associated with trust and quality. Generic products can be equally good..one has to try and find out.
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@porwest (86184)
• United States
19 Oct
@arunima25 That's what I do. lol There are only a handful of things I will only buy the brand name of. Frank's sauerkraut for example. Rain-X windshield washer fluid. Cottonelle toilet paper. Most things the generic is just fine and sometimes better.
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@arunima25 (87217)
• Bangalore, India
17 Oct
@porwest Then go for generic.. it's easier on the pocket for the same quality.
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@freelancermariagrace (27264)
• Philippines
17 Oct
I occasionally buy generic brands, especially if they are nearly as good as the branded ones. These days, I need to be more practical.
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@ShyBear88 (59316)
• Sterling, Virginia
16 Oct
Target and Walmart as well as Sam's Club but Walmart and Sam's Club are owned by the same people they just have their name slapped on so they don't have to pay as much for using the brand name. Yes, it is the same thing as most brand names just that the distributor buys directly from them with their own name on it. This also gives them double the earnings because even though there will be a markup on the brand name they can charge less for their own name in-store and get to some degree double back the money. All about those profits and demands.
@sallypup (59973)
• Centralia, Washington
16 Oct
All I know is that their Great Value cream cheese tastes nasty.
@Bensen32 (27612)
• United States
17 Oct
I learned this years ago when I worked for a Pasta company that many of you would know and I actually worked on the side that made the long goods (spaghetti, lasagna, ect) that 3 days a week went into the name brand packaging and 2 days a week into the generic packaging and then switched the next week and it was the same exactly product. I was very confused when I first started there but then realized some people just will not eat a generic just because it is generic.
I figure I will try it and if it tastes good, I'm getting the cheaper one.
