Foods with two brandnames, really the same product?

by **PLAYER57832** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:03 pm

Yet another food thread...

When I go from the East Coast to the West, there are several products that are exactly the same, but with different brand names. At one time, they were separate companies, with different formulations, but eventually the companies combined and shared formulas.

One example is Hellman mayonaise (East) and Best Foods (West). The labels, advertisements are all exactly the same ... only the name differs.

Can you think of any others?

by **Frigidus** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:19 pm

PLAYER57832 wrote:Yet another food thread...

When I go from the East Coast to the West, there are several products that are exactly the same, but with different brand names. At one time, they were separate companies, with different formulations, but eventually the companies combined and shared formulas.

One example is Hellman mayonaise (East) and Best Foods (West). The labels, advertisements are all exactly the same ... only the name differs.

Can you think of any others?

Kind of not the same thing, but people in New England call milkshakes "fraps". Dunno where that comes from.

by **Balsiefen** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:24 pm

Walkers crisps in England are called Lays in France

by **sam_levi_11** on Tue May 06, 2008 12:44 pm

Balsiefen wrote:Walkers crisps in England are called Lays in France

and Spain

by **suggs** on Tue May 06, 2008 1:16 pm

Could life get any more pointless than this :lol:

I feel very at home

by **btownmeggy** on Tue May 06, 2008 1:22 pm

Pabst Blue Ribbon and Lone Star come out of the SAME VAT. :!:

by **spurgistan** on Tue May 06, 2008 1:33 pm

btownmeggy wrote:Pabst Blue Ribbon and Lone Star come out of the SAME VAT.

I was unaware.

Kind of like how most "luxury" cars are mostly just normal stock with a cool hood ornament and leather seats, and an additional $10,000 on the price tag :lol:

by **jonesthecurl** on Tue May 06, 2008 2:24 pm

"Magners" hard cider is called "Bulmers" in Ireland. They changed the name for the UK to avoid confusion because there used to be a different hard cider there called "Bulmers".
Oddly enough, many English pubs now sell both "Magners" and (the modern) "Bulmers", not necessarily at the same price. Only a seasoned cider-drinking traveller will know they are exactly the same.

by **jonesthecurl** on Tue May 06, 2008 2:25 pm

Oh, and they have "Leys" crisps (or rather chips, as the Americans call them) in the US. I'm not sure if they're the same thing, not being much of a chip/crisp eater.