On Feb 7, 4:25*pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
> James Silverton wrote:
> > The Giant store brand of ketchup is so similar to Heinz that I wonder if
> > it is made in the same factory. Del Monte used to make a ketchup with
> > pineapple vinegar that was quite acceptable, IMHO.
>
> They used to all have their own processing plants to make their own
> products. There aren't as many plants now and you will find that the
> remaining large facilities are making it for everyone.

There is more than one store brand that seems identical to Heinz.

A lot of SuperValu's store brands seem identical to the most popular
name brands:
http://www.supervalu.com/sv-webapp/

--Bryan