Testing Expensive Brand Products vs. Private Label Copycats
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- Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
- Testing branded products from Walmart vs. their match in private label brands like Trader Joe's or Aldi. I hope you like it and don't forget to subscribe for more videos.
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I worked in a factory that made products under a dozen or more names. I can tell you the only difference was the packaging. As soon as an order for one store was completed, we changed the packaging, while keeping the line running -- same product, different packaging. Overheard at a checkout, "I always buy this brand because it's so much better than the other brand." Lady, they are the exact same product.
Exactly what I came to say. I currently work at a factory and this is still true. ❤❤
lol it’s a mind thing atp 😂 i’d love to know the science behind it
Oh wow! How some of these brands are selling the packaging more than they're selling the products 😭
It's essentially mind-games. It's an interesting topic, really. In some cases, the product is actually different and better. But more often than not, you're being offered the same product with a different brand behind it's back, boosting the price. But for some reason it also magically boosts the taste/smell/feel to many people. A lot of many people. As long as they know it's from brand X, they'll interpret additional taste to it, despite none being there. If they don't know it, they'll never taste the difference.
You are correct! While I’ve never worked in a factory, my dad has done work for factories and has said the same thing. 🤷🏽♀️
His lights make me think he has a thinking bubble coming from his head like a comic book. Lol
I was gonna say the same thing😅
I cannot unsee that now 🤣💭
Thank you for writing this, I've been thinking that for the last few videos now!
Yes you're comparing the "same products" but you also need to compare the same size packages too if you're comparing price. Some looked the same size but others, not so much (like the pretzels)
Exactly I was gonna say the same thing like the animal crackers TJ's was 16oz Walmart was 24oz
I was just gonna comment that the Trader Joes pretzels were 8oz and the other one was 14oz
I know the pretzel bags were totally different sizes!
Yes I agree
I was about to say the same thing
The order of the ingredients determines the amount. The soups for example, if the first ingredient is tomato and the second is pepper, there will be more tomatoes than peppers. Which explains the difference in the green juice flavours.
You explained it better than me.
never knew this thank you ❤
I love how his round lights look like he's starting a thought bubble. 😂
It gets me every time
I commented this on his first video in his new home
I was thinking the same thing. At first, I didn't even realize they were lights. Lol
I literally just wrote the same thing before I saw the comments lol
That gets me every time
Taking a shot every time Raphael says “same” 🤣
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eXActLy tHe sAMe
Walmart is wild charging $13.50 for a tiny tin can of mints 😂😂😂😂
I’m a product development technologist in food manufacturing and a lot of companies contract manufacture products for other brands that don’t have their own factory. A lot of times we get customers requesting us to basically replicate an exisiting product on the market and we essentially develop a match. So pretty common that the cheaper branded products are basically identical.
Private label is really just the stores own brand. Like Walmart has Great Value, Sobeys has Compliments, etc. Usually made by the same manufacturer...
This
I was a security guard at a large food manufacturing plant that cooked up peanut butter, jellies and preserves and a few other things. The exact same batch of peanut butter produced Jiff and several large chain grocery store brand. They just rolled on different labels. So many people think Jiff is superior but it is the same as several store brands. The same thing for the jellies and preserves. The expensive brands were taken from the same batch as the store brands. Hint- buy the store brands....
Hi Rafe! About the pretzels ... enriched flour is not the same as unbleached enriched flour. Enriched flour IS bleached ... using chemicals... TJs does not have artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. None of the yucky stuff you find in food. Non GMO, etc. TJs is a great place to shop. The employees are actually really knowledgeable and helpful there. Luv ur channel! ❤
Trader Joe's and Walmart don't manufacture any products. They outsource the manufacturing process to major brands. The manufacturer then "white labels" the products for the supermarkets. A better comparison would of been comparing Trader Joe's to Walmart's Great Value brand.
Yes that's what I thought this was going to be was all the store brands compared not name brand of course the prices are going to be a lot different when you get name brand he says Walmart but none of these of Walmart brand
I agree it would be good to compare brand name, Great Value and Trader Joe's at same time.
In the uk, if you see a circle on the pack with a code, it shows the country of origin, the town they were made in and the product code. Many products from different companies are made in the same factory.
Please mention package size and price per pound when you do these type of comparisons. 👍
Please give the package weight for a true comparison.
Exactly, because you can clearly see that the TJ's brand are less in quantity so actually you might be paying more for TJ's in comparison.
Fully agree walmart has a much larger amount of the pruduct and Rapha of you are reading this then please consider checking the quantity as a factor
Wait why did i think Trader Joe's was the fancier store and Walmart the cheap chain store?
Marketing magic, but also TJ quality IS often better or TJ has things that WM doesn't offer. No Trader Joe's where I live so we treasure it when we get it. Overall, def better products than WM, but I like new flavors & interesting ingredients a lot.
Same. We don’t have it in Canada
@@Ms.DemTube it is for the most part. He’s comparing store brands to national brands. If you compare 8 Oz of the pretzel thins to the great harvest brand and the trader Joe brand, Walmart is cheaper for their store brand by 24 cents. Buying the name brand at Walmart (price per Oz is more expensive than buying store brand at Trader Joe’s price per Oz. Name brand is 37 cents per Oz in 14 Oz bag, Walmart 28 cents per Oz in 8 Oz bag, trader Joe is 31 cents per Oz in 8 Oz bag. They all look the same so he is correct they are probably all made n same factory but if you put the store brands head to head I doubt that Trader Joe is cheaper than the Walmart Great Harvest brand very often. They do have more unique and upscale food offering than Walmart though.
Same
Me also!
12:21 With ingredient labels (according to what my mom told me), is that the ingredient that is most prevalent will be listed first, but I’m really not sure.
That is the case in the UK but not sure about elsewhere
@@skyebear1261 it is the same in the US
Yes this is true the last ingredients listed are usually 1% or less
@@lavenderohthanks! I was wondering if it was like that for the US. In Australia we have ingredients listed the same way, except there’s also the % of each ingredient listed.
Yep you are right, lol I remember when they passed that law! 🧓
Raph having an existential crisis opening animal crackers.🤣
Still waiting for you to finish your thought bubble! (Your kitchen lights!!) Great video, Raphael.
You have to take the net weight of each item into consideration when comparing price.
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Wonder what Raphi is thinking... (kitchen pendant lights) 😂😂
Lacroch killed me😅👀
i love your outros in every video, you’re just so sweet when you talk about what made you make that video💙
Hey all the things you brought from Walmart you can also buy at different grocery stores
Walmart has store brand call great value
Everytime I watch your videos lately those 3 lights will trick me into thinking a thought bubble will pop up.
this channel has one of the most unique content on youtube
"I think it's a rabbit or a lamb" 😂 When it's clearly a donkey 😂
Why didn't you compare the Walmart brand to the Trader Joes brand?
9:55 Im a big fan of Aldi's and Trader Joe's but if you compare Walmart's Great Value brand they are only pennies apart.
Great content as always Raphael 🎉
43 mins?! You are spoiling us Raphael!! Thank you so much I love you and your videos so much 🤍 They always make my day and I look forward to you uploading and watching them always!! Much love from Singapore 🇸🇬
about smoothies and juices in general: the problem is not per se that they're unhealthy ingredients wise, the problem is, that for example the mango smoothie in the video would be made of (idk for sure but I hope you get the point) 1 mango, 3 Apples and what else do I know.
All of these fruits are in and of its self healthy, but packed in a smoothie they're less sating as a lot of fibre is lost and packed with fructose sugar naturally occurring in the fruit (which as far as I know is even worse for you than normal glucose as the body digests it differently )
So you basically consume an insane amount of fruit with barely a thought and as everything else, in too high amounts fruit can also be bad for you.
Was just watching the previous video.. And a new notification of yours popped.. So happy.. ❤❤
You are my comfort youtuber ilysmmmmm
*To do any sort of "Price Comparison"* *- U HAVE to Also Compare the Sizes/Ounces, etc.* *If one bag of something Contains 6oz & Another has 10oz - then it makes sense why the 10oz may be More Pricey.* 💰💰💰
fun fact about those pistachios: the expensive ones are 10.48 for 24 oz, so 0.44 per oz, and the cheap ones are 6.99 for 16 oz, so also 0.44 per oz. raph is not saving any money on this one.
Nobody ever accused him of being the brightest bulb.
And pistachio is pistachio 😭 it's gonna taste pretty similar even if u buy it from a local wholesaler
I worked in a factory that made cards and another that made break shoes for cars the only difference was the color of ink we used
You would also be surprised that half the vitamins is made by the same company with same pills In different bottle for huge price difference. Pst nbty/nestle makes most vitamins brands even overseas Europe vitamins
I love watching your videos so much Rapha❤
The walmart mints are 14.99! That's some Erewhon type pricing there
My dad used to deliver groceries to the stores he would often go to a name brand factory and pick up not only the name brand item but 2 or 3 generic brand products as well. the difference is usually they will use the best ingredients on the name brand and the slightly inferior ones on the generic
I had no idea!! Thanks for this video. Loved it!!!
A lot of store brand and generics are made by companies other than the name brands, too. Kroger, for example, owns factories to produce many of their store brand products.
Yea but Walmart uses a lot of the name brand companies at last for the cereal too name the generic
I watched a show a little while ago and they found that Aldi choc chip cookies were made in the same factory as Maryland Cookies. The only difference in the recipe was slightly less choc chips in the Aldi ones but they were half the price.
La crotch 😂 omg lol
That’s great information to know! Thank you!! Especially when I thought I was already buying the cheapest brand! We are a family of 10, grocery shop LOTS!
I wasn’t too surprised that the products were mostly identical. I did discover some new products to try. Thanks for the great descriptions of the items, it helps me decide whether I should try them.
Loved the music! It's the little things that set you apart from the pack, they're not lost on us.
THIS IS WHY WE LOVE YOU HAHAHAHHA
Also.. you should do some grocery chain vs. dollar store videos :)
I went to visit the biscuit company where my father worked, it is among the most famous in Italy, and I can confirm that they were producing a line of biscuits specifically for a supermarket company that would use its own name and packaging in sales. They were the same biscuits, only they will be sold cheaper and without the original branding on display!
For some reason I always thought Trader Joe's was fancier and more expensive. I'm Aussie and have only been to a Walmart once but from videos I always got the opinion TJs was pricey! 😂❤
It is for the most part
No. Their products in general are very inexpensive compared to their counterparts at other stores, they just carry more bougie type products and fewer non bougie products.
I did the same thing with canned ravioli. Vs store brand name. Same can same printing on bottom of can.
One factory but diferent lables at the assembly line
The music made it for me! Shades of the X Files😅
The king has posted! Speaking of Trader Joe’s, I’m so excited that a brand new store is opening up near me. It’s literally like less than 15 minutes away. The other one is a total of about 20 minutes from me, but the parking lot is too small. I love Trader Joe’s and now I will go more often, on my way to work.❤ Edit: In the four minutes since this video was posted, I’m the fifth to comment. 👑
It's simple accounting why brands do this. They have a factory, advertising, sales costs, packing and shipping costs, overhead etc. If Trader Joes comes along and offers to buy a bunch of their product, in their own label, in bulk, as long as they have the capacity to produce and what trader joes is paying is more than the cost to produce, the name band have to do it. The name brands fix costs dont change, they dont have to pay for advertising, or selling costs, Trade Joe just picks it up.
In America the list of ingredients is as follows;
The 1st ingredient has the largest amount in measurement.
As an example if the 1st ingredient is 13 ounces the second ingredient is less than 13 ounces. So the amount of ingredient decreases from 1st to last.
I hope that makes sense
This video just proved to me I need to shop at Trader Joe’s more 🤷🏻♂️:)
Minus the PB&j sticks cause those are cheaper at Walmart they do taste the same too I love them
Keep in mind he compares it with name brands not Walmart brand if you get Walmart brand items it's still cheaper than TJ's
I was shocked that they were less.
It looked like maybe the Walmart came in bigger weight package. If so cost per Oz probably cheaper at Walmart
@@artistonleaveseriously. I always thought Trader Joe’s was wayyy expensive
I saw a video of a Walmart employee exposing them of changing packaging for the same products, so everything you said it probably right
I wish you would of compared great value brand to trader Joe's. Name brand is going to be more in cost to trader Joe's. Need to know how great value compares in taste and price to trader Joe's to name brand.
Usually in factories when they make the product it can be exactly the same or have small variants but make a product for a brand or supermarket brand. They can just change the measurements and packaging size. (This doesn't apply to all foods, just some I know of in the UK)
The Trader Joes soup dumplings were recalled jot long ago. They had metal and plastic pieces in them.
I noticed that too about the thought bubble. I think the companies also think of other uses for a product that's been around for a long time and then just relabel it and say it's new.
Polar is from my hometown!!!!!! Worcester Massachusetts! You know you’re in Worcester when you see the Polar Bear ❤
It was my 1/2 point from Westfield State University and home in Cambridge!
2:08 "product of Greece" yet they are nowhere to be found here 😭
Even tho they are different prices...you need to check the weight of each products..because if the packaging is smaller on the Trader Joes (which it looks like with most products) then you probably arent saving any money.... just fyi!
Ughhh the pretzels.. my addiction. Have them with dill pickle hummus. Delicious
Ok , as an Australian I need dill pickle hummus, thanks
La Crotch 😅😂🤣 (La Croix)
The way Raphael doesn't understand the concept of Trader Joe's trying to copy the competitors product and says everything is the same 😂
They get their products manufactured by good brand name companies, hence why their stuff is so good.
they don’t “try to” copy, they just pay to have their private label products made and repackaged by the same factories that make name brand products.
i want part 2 of this but with great value vs trader joes and taking the net worth into account
raph I love your videos but you do realize companies can use the same equipment and not be in the same factory, right?
like the pizza shop I work at uses the same oven as dominos but we're clearly not the same as dominos
Trader Joe's beefless bulgogi is Nasoya plantspired steak. So good and so much cheaper.
If you are a dumpling fan, you have to go to H Mart, if you have one nearby. As much as I love TJs, I skip their dumplings for the aisle at H Mart.
Luv this guy! Ha! I thought vitamin is pronounced "vie (rhymes with buy) tah min" the drink La Croix was pronounced "La Croy".
Bruh! We need a grwm skin care tutorial !!! 😄
I always try to buy the store brand product as I know its actually a name brand at a discounted price.The quality is usually good.I have only had issues with a a few generic products.
40:36 ITO EN IS MY FAVOURITE NON SUGAR TEA BRAND ❤ but it's a Japanese brand, though, IIRC
Bless your heart. You always pay more for name brand...for the same thing. And...as others have said ...look at the difference in packaging size, weight etc
I agree on private label most of times is same quality as nanmed brands however you need to account the price per kilo or pound, also the worst was the piatachio, why didnt you get red apples (of same family to compare?), some things gonna taste pretty much the same no matter where you get them or how much you pay, paying more (on nuts or fruits/vegetable for example) most of time give a better product (bigger size, better color, better taste)
Lecrotch ? Sounds delicious 😂😂
Size and quantity of products left the chat 😂😂
Him saying the packaging of the Animal Cracker Bear being worse than the boring bucket actually hurt my feelings!!! 🥺😢😭
Is the parent company the same ? Maybe they are targeting as many ppl as they can. Like all economic statuses and all.... this is way too shady
Great video 😊 I hope your feeling better these days 💜
PAUL THE ALIEN: I love pistachios. I hate it when you get a closed one, though.
Same products made with different brand labels that seem like competitive helps you capture the whole market. You have those who go to Walmart who don’t care about what the pay and just what’s the most convenient and then you have those who have less money or are just more frugal and don’t mind travelling to a specific Aldi or trader joes just to get that discount. It’s clever marketing😂
I would say unbleached flour is more natural
I would agree. The bleaching probably makes more difference as far as taste goes than does organic vs non-organic.
most places make the same exact things. just package it different. like store brands are usually the leftover ingredients of the brand name stuff
A few things... for some of these products, there's not much wiggle room for how different something can be. Pistachios or fresh mozzerella for instance are all going to be approximately the same except the amount of salt. The prices are pretty much equivalent on many of these items once you account for price per ounce. There's obviously markup on certain brands but most often, the store brands are private labeled at any store. Target's market pantry, great value at Walmart, trader notes, aldi, Kirkland..... is all the same for the most part.
I used to work in a Dessert factory and was shocked when I saw the same Desserts being potted and Sealed with Taste The Difference { a more expensive brand } and the normal ones were made exactly the same. It' sjust an illusion. Labels and packaging makes you pay more for the item !!!
Why are so many complaining about comparing the same size weight., up to the mozzarella cheese and the weights are fairly similar…… and yes I worked in a food processor and mostly the private labels we produced for used the ingredients we used for our national brand. Only one that had any differences was the store in southeast US known for the color green and their subs…. we couldn’t use Mexico CoO ( country of origin ). He basically did a comparison of National Brands v Trader Joe private brand.
Rapha, did you eat the soups without heating them? It's freezing here in Melbourne Australia right now and it made me cold just watching 😂
The reason why branded and private label items are priced differently is because branded products have “marketing funds” built in. When their products go on sale at the store, the manufacturer needs to chip in and pay. I’ve been working in CPG products for over 15 years 😊
Many companies use the same manufacturer to market thier brand at a lower price. That is why you can find so many off brands of the same products they just are sold at a percentage difference because they are not the company's main brand. They alter the ingredients slightly but use the same facilities to manufacturer them.
That is the same with trader Joe's. As a private brand, the California-based Trader Joe’s orders most of its products from third-party manufacturers (including giants like PepsiCo. and Snyder’s-Lance), which agree to sell some of their items under the Trader Joe’s label. Many of these brands sell the same or similar products under their own names for a higher price. The catch is that Trader Joe’s and its suppliers all but swear to keep the agreement secret. "Suppliers aren’t allowed to say they supply Trader Joe’s products,” Gardiner says, “and Trader Joe’s never willingly talks about who their suppliers are.”
I keep thinking your lights behind you are a thought bubble lol
I love your videos so much you’re my favorite person to watch ❤
Yup same product, same manufacturer but different size, different label etc .. alsoo supply chain management n security etc would also play role in the pricing
Great video!! Thank you. 😊
Awesome job Raphael , love you .
❤️❤️ thanks for your videos :)
I do 75% of my grocery shopping at TJs
I love the Naked smoothies! Especially the strawberry banana, but I didn't know they weren't good for you. 🙁