"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:04:50 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 21:18:08 -0700 (PDT), "
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 10:37:34 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 3:47:28 PM UTC-5,
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > On Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 3:34:08 PM UTC-5, John Kuthe
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Nothing labeled "Great Value" is!
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Overweight much? :-)
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > John Kuthe...
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > Nobody is holding a gun to your head, schizoid, and making you shop
>>>>> > there.
>>>>>
>>>>> The fact that many DO shop there scares the **** outta me!
>>>>>
>>>>> Do we have THAT many poor people in the U.S.? :-(
>>>>>
>>>>> John Kuthe...
>>>>>
>>>>It has nothing to do with poor people shopping there; you'll be there
>>>>soon
>>>>enough. But, they stock the same brands as national and regional chains
>>>>and like the big chain stores, they have their own house brand as well.
>>>
>>> when I used to get my prescriptions there I discovered that not only
>>> are their Great Value eggs, cottage cheese and sour cream much, much
>>> cheaper than elsewhere but they are better and fresher. They also
>>> carry a fresh horseradish which is difficult for me to find.
>>> Why would I want to be so foolish as to pay a dollar more per each of
>>> those items just to keep someone like whats-his-name happy?
>>> They also stock gardening supplies earlier than other places, just
>>> when I am starting my seeds indoors and need various things.
>>> Janet US
>>
>>I like their cottage cheese but Winco sells Alpenrose. It's cheaper and
>>less
>>runny. I prefer it but they are the only store that sells it. If I can't
>>get
>>to Winco, I'll buy the Great Value with pineapple. It's good. Darigold
>>milk
>>is also cheaper at Walmart. To me, milk is milk. But then I only use a
>>very
>>little in cooking. My gardener prefers the Darigold, but he drinks it
>>straight up.
>
> I don't care as much for the dryer cottage cheese and that is why I
> like the Great Value product because it is much creamier. I don't
> believe I have seen Alpenrose here. I will get whatever house brand
> milk is available at the time -- Walmart, Winco or Albertsons.
> Janet US

I think it's based in Oregon. I first got it from Smith Brother's Dairy.
Trader Joes sells their milk but not the cottage cheese.