"Tara" > wrote in message
...
> >Del Monte makes some of the Wal-Mart soups. They also make a lot of
> >other store brand soups.
>
> How do you find out the manufacturer of various store brands? I buy
> many store brands and I'd be interested to learn where they are made.

There's no guarantee that the supplier of store brands
remains constant over the long haul. That's part of what
enables such things to be less expensive than "regular"
brands - the chain in question is basically asking for bids
on products made to such-and-such a spec on the open
market, without any concerns about national marketing
costs, etc., associated with the product itself, and relying
on excess capacity (in terms of both raw materials and
processing) being available to fill those orders. As long
as the chain gets, say, creamed corn that meets its
requirements (whatever those might be), it doesn't matter
a bit if the MegaHyperMart brand cans contain product
from Del Monte this month, and Green Giant the next.
They might tend to get into longer-term relationships
with some suppliers for some products, but this is
certainly not assured.

Bob M.