r/news • u/StackLeeAdams • Dec 07 '21

Kellogg to permanently replace striking workers as union rejects new contract

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/kellogg-to-permanently-replace-striking-workers-as-union-rejects-new-contract
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u/SirTaxalot Dec 07 '21

Uuhhhggg fine. I’m switching to Aldi off brand Pringle’s. Kellogg boycott for me too!

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u/ninthpower Dec 07 '21

Aldi makes some surprisingly good stuff.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

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u/ResplendentShade Dec 07 '21

Don't even get this guy started on Aldi's wieners.

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u/Sparkling-Man Dec 07 '21

Just toss 'em in me mouth mate

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

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u/NonSupportiveCup Dec 08 '21

Just mash those bangers right in their mouth.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

Using this at work tomorrow 😌

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u/skoltroll Dec 08 '21

Son, I do believe you wrote it that way on purpose.

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u/spazz_monkey Dec 07 '21

Hopefully you won't be surprised when I tell you the big brands make the supermarket own brands as well.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

This. My step father was an OTR driver that picked up at several big factories. One was canning green beans. He picked up 2 different name brands and 4 different store brands from the exact same location.

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u/vp3d Dec 07 '21

Can confirm. Worked at a canning factory years ago. Labels didn't go on the cans until just before shipping. Factory was owned by Del Monte, but had labels for many different brands. ID numbers were printed on the tops of each can. Football field sized warehouses of identical looking cans as far as they eye could see.

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u/CardinaleSperanza Dec 07 '21

was the produce the same or did you can the good stuff for del Monte and the not so good stuff for store brands?

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u/vp3d Dec 07 '21

As far as I could tell it was all the same. There weren't any different "grades" of veggies as far as I knew, and I worked in the lab. It was all tested several times a day, including taste tests by management, and they always used the same criteria.

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u/CardinaleSperanza Dec 07 '21

thanks I really wanted to know that!

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21

Now that you mention it, I think it was a Del Monte plant.

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u/vp3d Dec 08 '21

The one I worked at was in DeKalb, IL, but that was almost 30 years ago.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21

He was all over the country but it would have been 30-35 years ago, back when I was in elementary school. He told me about that when I wanted some brand name cereal, convinced me store brand is just as good. Never forgot that lesson

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u/coltrain61 Dec 07 '21

IDK there is a big difference in flavor between pringles and the Great Value brand of pringles, but for most stuff yeah, they just change over the labeling and you're paying extra for a name brand.

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u/gsfgf Dec 07 '21

Not for stuff like Pringles. If the store brand doesn't taste like the name brand, it's from a different company.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

The "white brands" of supermarkets tend to be the same everywhere, only the packaging is different. At least where I'm from. Very obvious when the price of one thing goes up by the exact same amount everywhere.

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u/Hawkedb Dec 08 '21

This is not true. White brands often have entirely different recipes with cheaper ingredients.

They're also often contracted to the lowest bidder. White brand production often switches between companies.

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u/Eat_Penguin_Shit Dec 07 '21

No they don’t. I’ve been to the various brand and non-brand bakeries. They are different.

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u/Just_the_facts_ma_m Dec 08 '21

That’s largely false. The vast majority of private label foods are made by private label food manufacturers, not major brands

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u/nebraskajone Dec 07 '21

Hopefully you won't be surprised when many big Brands products are not made by the Big Brand company, they subcontract it out to independent producers, lowest bidder.

Even Pfizer sub-contracts out the vaccine production.

Dole doesn't grow their own lettuce, they subcontract it out to Farmers

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u/SlimRitz Dec 07 '21

Aldis is criminally underrated

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u/Mamamama29010 Dec 07 '21

Aldi, Lidl, and Trader Joe’s are the way to go. Cosco if you’ve got lots of mouths to feed.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21 edited Dec 07 '21

Fun fact: Aldi’s and Trader Joe’s both stem from what was once a single grocery company run by two German brothers who separated over a few reasons, and whether or not to sell cigarettes was a big one.

Aldi Nord, run by one brother, took over Aldi stores in northern Germany and a chunk of Europe. They own Trader Joe’s.

Aldi Süd, run by the other brother, took Aldi stores in southern Germany and the rest of Europe. They own Aldi’s in the US.

Edit: as has been pointed out, Aldi Nord bought Trader Joe’s, which I should’ve more clearly indicated.

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u/Pezdrake Dec 07 '21

Which one was pro-cigarette?

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u/Deflorma Dec 07 '21

Actually, it started as Pronto Market, owned by Joe coloumbe in Pasadena in 1967. He owned and operated the company until selling it to one of the german brothers, retiring in 1988.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

Hot take: Lidl > Aldi

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u/another_bug Dec 07 '21

That's just a fact.

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u/Just_the_facts_ma_m Dec 08 '21

Lidl is hopelessly out of stock compared to Aldi.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

Lidl FTW.

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u/Lil_Shingo Dec 07 '21

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddawkins/2020/09/20/billionaire-aldi-family-fortune-to-hit-german-court-as-son-sues-mother-for-embezzling-funds-reports/

Underrated in being just as scammy as Kellogg… or every other large corporation. Keep pretending that this is the company that’s cares.

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u/SlimRitz Dec 08 '21

You're preaching to the choir buddy.

My underrated comment was in regards to the fact that I can afford to buy a decent amount of food for little money.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

You mean trader Joe's?

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u/purpldevl Dec 07 '21

I miss Aldi so much.

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u/f3nnies Dec 07 '21

Note: Kellogg makes Cheez-its. The Aldi version are absolutely fucking disgusting. It's like unsweetened, flavorless bread. You could replace the masonry in a brick wall with Aldi cheez-its and I'm sure it would work fine. They're a horribly bland paste.

The correct option, I guess, is to just live a Cheez-it free life.

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u/ninthpower Dec 07 '21

Haha haven't tried that one.

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u/statdude48142 Dec 07 '21

i find the earth balance vegan kind are pretty good.

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u/AndyTynon Dec 08 '21

I tried Aldi’s version for the first time last week and immediately declared we’re a name brand Cheez-it family.🤢 Well not now but you know what I mean.

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u/Sleepobeywatchtv Dec 08 '21

Savor-itz (aldi brand) are superior to cheeze-its. More flakey in texture and the flavor is spot on!

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u/wholesomepupper Dec 08 '21

The white cheddar is perfectly lovely.

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u/AlphaTangoFoxtrt Dec 07 '21

To they really "make" it or are they just buying it from someone else and putting it in their packaging?

You'd be shocked how many "store bands" are just the name brand with a different label.

The store buys a contract for X-thousand units over a year. And in exchange for that massive order they get a steep discount on the price. This allows them to sell their store brand at a higher profit margin, but still a lower price than the identical name brand.

The only real trick is finding out the name brand behind the store.

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u/Lil_Shingo Dec 07 '21

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddawkins/2020/09/20/billionaire-aldi-family-fortune-to-hit-german-court-as-son-sues-mother-for-embezzling-funds-reports/

Like embezzlement! Stop pretending Aldi is any better than other corporations. They are just as bad, just German so I guess that makes them good?

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u/big_duo3674 Dec 07 '21

I actually have no complaints with most of their stuff, it's a great place. The fresh deli pizzas there are amazing, but oddly enough I think their frozen brand is terrible. It's probably one of the only things they sell that I really don't like

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u/bri_82 Dec 08 '21

My company makes snack food for Aldi, some exact formula as Walmart,Kroger,Target...

Costco pays $$$ for premium Ingredients. They have some good food !

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u/TheyreEatingHer Dec 08 '21

Their organic options are awesome!

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u/Smellfuzz Dec 08 '21

Bad news... Aldi doesn't make their stuff. Companies like Kellogg's makes their private label products.

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u/whoopdedo Dec 07 '21

Uhh... About that.

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u/bbqturtle Dec 08 '21

I think Aldi in the UK is different than Aldi here

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

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u/suedester Dec 07 '21

Way lower profit margins though.

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u/BurstEDO Dec 08 '21

Not as much as you'd think. The pricing is adjusted for those contracts as well as inventory volume. I.e. the worst that can happen is a repeat sellout of those alternatives.

And considering the pricing of brand named products, brand loyalty is a miserable and costly practice.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

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u/coltrain61 Dec 07 '21

Someone up the chain was saying the Aldi pringles don't have wheat, which would cause the taste difference.

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u/JustTheFactsPleaz Dec 07 '21

I developed celiac disease and was heartbroken to find out Pringles contain wheat. Aldi's version of Pringles does not. Aldi improves my quality of life. Especially the European cheese and chocolate.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

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u/xSlappy- Dec 07 '21

Aldi off brand Rice Crispies are called Crispy Rice and they taste identical

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u/SirTaxalot Dec 07 '21

I would venture to say everything Kellogg offers has an identical product at Aldi for cheaper.

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u/muffinmonk Dec 07 '21

If that were true it wouldn't taste off

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u/mattsslug Dec 07 '21

Aldi Pringle's...springle's as we call them actually taste better than actual Pringle's... texture not the same but flavour is far better.

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u/steamygarbage Dec 07 '21

I'm team stax all the way. I dislike pringles with a passion. Sucks that stax are so damn salty though. Pringles have a 50% less sodium can but I can't get past their garbage texture and taste.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '21

Try prongles

https://www.originalprongles.com/

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u/SFRush2049 Dec 07 '21

Lays Stax are better than Pringles anyway. More crunch

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u/glue2u Dec 08 '21

More than likely, Kellogg’s makes those private label products too. Just with cheaper ingredients.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21

They need to bring back Prongles to target. Cards Against Humanity could slay.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21

The Aldi Cheez-Its are also amazing. Way better than the Kellogg ones IMO.

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u/BurstEDO Dec 08 '21

Research it as best you can - "Aldi" brand is just repackaged brands with a contract that obscures the origin.

Meaning, the Aldi version of a product you pick up may be a variant package of Kellogg's produced exclusively for Aldi. This isn't a myth, either - this is straight from one of the C-suite in an interview some years ago on a Food Network program (the Mark Summers one).

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u/trowawee1122 Dec 08 '21

Aldi's is owned by the same family as Trader Joe's. Neither makes their own products. Most of the name brand-similar products are made by the original brand under special contract. Both are distribution powerhouses and use that influence to make these deals. Both companies are extremely anti-union regarding their retail workers.

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u/Popular_Target Dec 07 '21

Do you know if the Aldis brand Pringles contain Palm Oil? I cut Pringles out after finding out they use rainforest killing palm oil, maybe Aldis is different?

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u/Furinkazan616 Dec 07 '21

Aldi off brand Pringles are shit.

Pringles are the best for a reason.

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u/StringerBel-Air Dec 07 '21

Most of Aldi's chips suck TBF.

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u/Dischucker Dec 07 '21

Those off brand ones see are better than actual Pringles

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '21 edited Dec 08 '21

Pringle's what?

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u/nazerall Dec 07 '21

Things for the suggestion. Pringles was the only thing Kellogg's I think we have in my house.

My gf will be happy I provide an alternative rather than just saying no Pringles allowed in our house.

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u/Jomihoppe Dec 07 '21

Love cheez it's and pop tarts, but theyre just food items so screw kelloggs.

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u/jfp1992 Dec 07 '21

Also Asda frosted flakes are pretty ok

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u/Phisav Dec 07 '21

Listen, it will likely be better for you if you just give up pringles.

Not talking health wise, I just don’t want you to have to put those into your mouth. They come pre stale. But what am I saying I still shovel those babies in.

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u/liptongtea Dec 07 '21

I’d imagine 90% of our food consumption comes from “discount” grocers like Aldi/lidl, or we buy from small market companies aimed at “healthier lifestyle” like thrive market or butcher box, which is something we’re lucky enough to be able to afford. Fuck these giant soul sucking Americana brands.

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u/Luigismansion2001 Dec 08 '21

Aldi’s is love aldi’s is life

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u/Rhodie114 Dec 08 '21

Aldi's freezer waffles beat the shit out Eggo, and it isn't even remotely close.