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Curly Sue

On Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:48:30 GMT, (Arthur
Shapiro) wrote:

>In article >, Stan Horwitz > wrote:
>
>>Store brands are generic for some items, not for others. It depends on
>>the store and the type of item
>
>I was once on a camping trip where some house brand canned baked beans were
>purchased. After they were dumped into the kettle to be heated, one person
>took his Swiss Army knife and carefully sliced the label. He pulled it back
>and there was an S&W label underneath! I was rather astounded, but he
>asserted that this happens all the time - "they" just take existing brand name
>cans and cover them with the generic-name-of-the-day label.

There are companies which provide the products for various store
brands. Eg. Red Wing makes the peanut butter for numerous "store
brands."

Sue(tm)
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