"Marie Dodge" > wrote in message
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>
> "Anny Middon" > wrote in message
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>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Is anyone else running into a lot of crap Kerr jars and lids? By a lot,
>>> I mean one or more. :-0)
>>>
>>> I have had at least five lid failures this year -- maybe my own doing
>>> but I don't see how.
>>>
>>> I'm going to call Kerr and complain. Stay tuned.
>>>
>>
>> I haven't used any Kerr lids this year -- I bought several boxes of Ball
>> ones on sale at Wal-mart last year and are still using them up. I need
>> more, so am glad for the heads-up -- I'll be sure not to buy Kerr ones.
>
> Both Kerr and Ball and I believe Golden Harvest are all owned by Jardin
> (sp?) now. That Co. makes them all so one will be as good or as bad as the
> other.
>

Not necessarily. Chances are pretty good each brand is made on a different
production line (if not in a different factory). It's perfectly possible
that the machine that puts on the rubbery sealant on the lids for the Kerr
product line is set to put on a slightly thinner coat.

My DH works for a company that makes high-speed filling equipment. It's
pretty common for a manufacturer to have quality problems with the products
from one line and not for another, even though they are similar products and
use the same equipment to manufacture them.

Anny