Same photo different brands

[u/xboxgamer2122]

[u/Ungrammaticus]

Probably the same product made at the same factory for different brands. 

[u/DigitalJedi850 → u/Ungrammaticus]

I can almost guarantee it.

Used to work at one that did baked goods.

Same cinnamon rolls, same ingredients and measurements, same bake time in our oven, same little trays they get put into, same package sizes, for three different brands, with half a dozen different expiration dates.

We did the same for a number of products, and I'll never look at some stuff the same again.

[u/what_the_purple_fuck → u/DigitalJedi850]

do you know why the different expiration dates? was there an actual food safety reason, or based on jurisdiction, or something else?

[u/speedier → u/what_the_purple_fuck]

The different expiration dates are because they were packaged on different days. A manufacturer makes a lot of brand X one day. A lot of Brand Y another day. They are then stored in warehouses. When the warehouse runs low the manufacturer make another batch. Different dates on the same brand comes from the end of the first run and the beginning of the second run.

[u/what_the_purple_fuck → u/speedier]

ohhh okay, so the expiration dates were consistent. I thought you were saying that like Company A had a longer window before expiration than Company B, but what you actually said makes way more sense.

[u/DigitalJedi850 → u/what_the_purple_fuck]

NO no, the same product, coming out of the oven that started on the production line an hour ago, and the stuff coming behind it ten minutes later, just got produced, got expiration dates weeks apart.

I assume to account for time they expected the product to be frozen, but I can't say for sure.

Different brands always got updated codes, maybe a couple days difference, maybe more, but sometimes the expiration dates would change in the middle of making the same product, for the same brand, with the same batch, etc...

[u/southdakotagirl → u/DigitalJedi850]

I worked in a grocery store. At Thanksgiving we would open boxes of the store brand turkeys. In the store brand box we would often find Butterball turkeys too. Same factory. Same production line just different labels.

[u/Delicious_Vanilla200 → u/Ungrammaticus]

Likely.

When i worked at a co-op, they sent Walmart brand (great value) sour cream with one regular co-op brand one in the pack. Found out that day they are made at the same place lol

[u/Several-Action-4043 → u/Ungrammaticus]

I used to do the artwork for boxes like these. It was very common for the client company to send me multiple versions of the same product just like this. Sometimes it was because they sold the same product as different brands depending on where the store was geographically. Sometimes it was their name brand and then a different design for the store brand. Same stuff, just branding.

[u/Aranthar → u/Ungrammaticus]

I used to wonder why they did this. Sell the same thing at two different prices.

But from a market profit perspective, the answer is clear. If some people will pay $X for their pasta and other people can pay more, you'd be a fool to not offer a way for them to pay more. If the increased cost of dual branding is less than the addition profit selling the item for $X+Y, you clearly sell it for both values.

You don't drop the lower price version, because you don't want to lose those customers who can't afford $X+Y. But get that $Y where you can.

[u/EnderWiggin07]

They're apparently the same brand, Bektrom. Loretta is their brand name and Harvest Hills is a private label

[u/callme_nostradumbass]

I love how the smaller package says 50% more.

[u/EyeSuspicious777 → u/callme_nostradumbass]

50% more than a hypothetical smaller product.

[u/Shiftlock0 → u/callme_nostradumbass]

Which means the bigger box is 59% more.

[u/Mister_Schmee]

How many close up food grade stock images of pasta salad do you expect Getty images to have?!

[u/clout_spout → u/Mister_Schmee]

2?

[u/hugothebear → u/clout_spout]

1.5

The other one cut off mid download back in the 90s

[u/tesla3by3]

Both are made by the same company, Beltran Foods.

[u/El_Hefe_Ese]

What even are these brands? Aldi?

[u/Neither-Repeat1665 → u/El_Hefe_Ese]

Edit: Harvest Hill is the parent company of Sunny D.

[u/lmaginar-e → u/Neither-Repeat1665]

Thanks, Mom!

[u/Grand-Spring66 → u/Neither-Repeat1665]

Harvest hill is not part of Sunny D. Harvest hill is the parent company. Sunny D is part of Harvest Hill

[u/throwawayformobile78 → u/Grand-Spring66]

Thanks, Mom!

[u/Beederda]

I like how the one stating it has 50% more is actually less than the one not claiming to have more how easily we are deceived by our ignorance

[u/someoldguyon_reddit]

The one on the left screams 50% more.

[u/ForestsRGood → u/someoldguyon_reddit]

But has a lower weight 😆

[u/vacuumdiagram]

Harvest Hills going to be shouting "Get back, Loretta!"

[u/K-Shrizzle]

Im a mayo enjoyer, but something about a prepared food item where I just need to add a bunch of mayo is so weird

[u/ken120]

Quite possibly same factory different boxes as well.

[u/sp_40]

Local man discovers stock photography

[u/MsMarji → u/sp_40]

Or parent company paid food photographer to shoot product line to use over different product lines long before AI.

[u/Animal2]

The 50% more thing is such a weird claim. What do I care that this brand sells in boxes that are 50% more than a certain specific competitor? Is it the same price? It certainly isn't claiming it is, it could just as easily be 50% more expensive too.

[u/Hamilton950B → u/Animal2]

It's so stupid. I could buy two boxes of the competitor, now I'd have more than one box of this brand. Checkmate!

[u/That-Pin-7033 → u/Animal2]

What I don't get is how it claims it has "50% more" yet the weight on that box is less than the box on the right.

If it has 50% more, how does it have less in the box

[u/hangindawg]

Sam Gibbs, Barney's brother's dad on How I met your mother. Lo-ret-ta

[u/stevenmoreso]

Creamy. Creamy not pictured. Just add mayonnaise.

???

[u/PacificRimGirl]

That bowl of pasta has a better modeling career than I do.

[u/Zorbathon]

The illusion of choice.

[u/SamFromJupiter]

Maybe both of these creative teams are using the same shared ChatGPT or claude subscription 😆