I bet they’re made at the same place. It’s probably exactly the same just with a different label. A lot of those low end store brands are the same. Must have gotten mixed up before it was delivered.
I work for a food manufacturing plant. This is exactly it. We have two stages, production and wrap. Production makes the product, wrap puts on whichever label is selling the product. If you see "name brand" and "store brand" products look functionally identical - they are, just buy the cheaper one.
We all know none of that matters. What matters is the one with the later date printed which is the Target brand. The Walmart brand can spill out with its May 13 date.
Because they are different technically. Each batch of pretty much every food item is tested. So like a corn harvest from one season will get tested for nutrition vs the last few years. They then use this to make sure the corn/item is represented properly in the store. You can see this quite often in fresh items. They will vary by about 10% in most cases.
So in this example. Milk on the left was tested and found at one nutritional level, and milk on the right was tested and found at another. Both are approximated and likely slightly off but close enough to generally give you a good idea.
This is actually why pretty much every liquid used for human consumption is mixed with previous batches. They do this to maintain both consistency of taste and consistency of nutritional facts. But often fresh things like this milk can only be mixed so much with another batch of milk and something as simple as a herd's diet can drastically change these values.
Also, as a side note. These two could totally be from different farms. Different herds, or just different diets. So many factors go into the numbers it is near impossible to guess the end values.
This is all pretty well known if you look into the farming industry, but it usually isn't what people are looking for most.
people pay way too much attention to the nutrition data. it’s not that precise. individual batches are almost never tested. with milk specifically, usually one dairy/ bottling plant will manufacture many different brands of milk, simply changing out the labels along the way. the same commingled milk from many regional farms end up in a big silo and then all get run through the same processing equipment. the above milks were even run on the same F4 filler here, just at different times and by different operators.
it should be noted that organic milk is run separately and on dedicated equipment. there are codified rules and regulatory inspectors that’s verify this info.
They actually do quite often check these details. You are right to say they are not exactly precise. But they do check them quite often. Not for the data itself but for contamination.
i agree with that. every production run of milk is usually checked multiple times for aerobic & coliform bacteria as well as verifying components but you can put pretty much whatever you want on a nutrition label. there’s no regulation or oversight there.
we will have to agree to disagree. weights and package sizes are checked regularly. microbiology is checked very often. vitamin fortification is checked annually but the nutrition panels do not have to be verified & rarely change once made. i have 15 years in the field working with hundreds of dairy brands in the US.
Nutrition facts have to be representative of the product or else they open themselves for a lawsuit. I am certain they are not 100% accurate for anything but they are at least giving the closest detail they can give. This isnt just the dairy industry.
Nutrition facts aren't precise for what is in the exact package, only for what was tested. Plus there is a lot rounding that happens that can cause different numbers on labels for the exact same product.
Do not assume store branded products are identical to comparable "premium" branded products.
I also work in food manufacturing. Our plants make many store brands in addition to our own "premium" brand. No recipe with our own label is ever used for any other brand, and I'm willing to bet we're not alone in that. The different store brands all have their own product characteristics (size, color, cook time, etc.) and get a unique recipe based on those characteristics.
Besides, how do you know which generic or store brands are made in which facilities or by which companies? Not all products have that information readily available.
>how do you know which generic or store brands are made in which facilities or by which companies?
You can basically pick between 5 companies and see what product line matches up with what you're buying
Pretty easy honestly
There are companies that only make customer branded products. The general public has no idea these copackers exist because they don't have their own brand.
Your assumptions are likely to be wrong.
It's wild to me the geographic areas these plants might cover. I work for a Kroger banner in the middle of the country. One day my store got in some mixed nuts that were Wegman's branded...
The nearest Wegman's is over a thousand miles away. Far enough that none of my coworkers were familiar with it and thought it must be a new item while I spent the day wondering how it managed to make it all the way out to the middle of the country.
On the flip side, the areas they don’t.
I can’t have gluten and on the east coast, there were a bunch of Lay’s flavors I could have. Now I live out west and only the plain flavor is labeled GF. Sucks!
I don’t know why but I swear organic milk lasts like ten times as long as store brand. I buy organic milk now just for that reason. I never make it through even half a gallon of store brand but I easily make it through a whole gallon of organic.
I think it's because a lot of organic milks are usually **"ultra"** pasteurized, while other milks **(usually cheaper)** are just pasteurized. Being ultra pasteurized is supposed to give milk a longer shelf life.
I work in organic food manufacturing it’s the same stuff. Just as a reference Rockstar energy drinks has organic offerings. So if an energy drink can be certified organic that should tell you something.
I was doing some work at an oil refinery one time and was chatting with a guy while we were having a smoke and he told me to just buy the cheapest gas because it all comes from the same place. The only difference between the brands is they might put some different detergents in it.
I work in a dairy (specifically drinks) plant. I can confirm that all regular milk is exactly the same. No difference between store brand and kemps. Just buy the cheaper stuff.
The USDA plant code on the milk 48-1823 says this milk is from Borden Dairy Co of Texas.
Logistically it might be cheaper to get it from a local plant just because liquids are heavy to transport
Used to work at a Target years ago and had milk be mislabeled a couple of times. Borden was the supplier too. All gas stations in an area have the same sourced gas. All stores have the same sourced milk. All houses have the same sourced water. Liquids are heavy
It's in Indiana right along I65 heading down to Indy from Chicago. Started as something like 4000 dairy cattle, last I heard is was more than triple that.
Many dairy plants also make the bottles on site as well. The labels get applied right at the filler.
I’m sure it was a label change, and the filler operator forgot to take off the last bottle and mixed it in the milk crate when they started the new label.
There's basically one company that processes baby carrots for all of North America, so we'd get all sorts of store brands at my supermarket. I worked for an East Coast chain, but we got carrots for HEB in Texas, Loblaw's in Canada, etc.
Not even just low end brands, a lot of times they’re made by the higher end brands. I worked at a temp agency for a little bit and did a shift at Tree Top in the apple sauce manufacturing plant and they also sell as Seneca, Kirkland, and some other store brands.
I worked QA in a dairy for 10 years. Private label is the exact same product as the name brand. It is truly just a different label. The stuff inside is the same whether you buy Wal-Mart or Target brand. Don't spend more for the same. Ever. Always buy private label. Note: this is true for milk but may be different for other foods.
Absolutely not. I abhor the target brand the taste is too strong, there’s barely any taste to the Walmart brand so I always choose that instead. Target brand gives me the ick.
I work at Target and we get our milk delivered by Kemps. I'm assuming most grocery stores in the area do. Guessing this one just got mixed in and since the vendor stocking it doesn't work for Target they don't give af if it's the wrong brand
85239 28405 is the number on all the Target milks pictured.
78742 35186 is the number on the Walmart bottle.
Unless Target has both numbers in their system for milk it won't.
It could also be that the Target ran out of milk and had to get an emergency supply from another store or warehouse.
Once saw a Kroger-owned franchise run out, so they brought in a bunch of milk from a nearby Costco to sell until the next delivery came in.
I got what you mean, but it's less about people being stupid, more about it's just easier to specify that "label all the food with milk" than something like "label all the food contains milk unless it's milk". No real benefit other than people can't make fun of it, either.
Like how peanut butter will say "May contain nuts". I always found that wording funny though, because it implies that nuts are unlikely. I want a guarantee of nuts, not just a chance. I am assume it is just a regulation thing though.
My dad drives for a dairy company. The main big name brand they have at the store and the generic store brand are the exact same product. They just slap different stickers on for the store they're delivering to. The guy loading up the milk crates definitely mixed them up. May have been end of one lot and start of the next lot.
My local (franchised) auto parts store goes to Walmart (same shopping center) and buys out all the H1 light bulbs, marks them up 250-300%, and hangs them on the shelf. Just wanted to vent somewhere. Thanks.
I worked 3 years for a dairy co-op that makes private label butter for Costco, Walmart, Sam’s club, target, etc. All made at 4 locations in central California.
I work for a dairy as a delivery driver that supplies walmarts. Targets, stop and shops, shoprites, and most other major stores. All the milk for the different stores are in the same truck. When we pick the orders out to deliver, sometimes either we mess up and grab a stack from the next store by accident, or the guys in the warehouse mess up and grab the wrong case when building the order. Happens all the time, I'm usually bringing back a few cases of the wrong brand from stores. We're trying to get the orders out quick so we can free up the dock, so mistakes happen. But the associate was also not paging attention when loading the shelves as we aren't responsible for stocking, just delivering.
Packaged in the same factory. I worked in receiving at Walmart well over a decade ago. Once time we got a pallet of Great Value sugar in. When we opened the cases, which were labeled as Great Value, all of the sugar packing was for Food Lion.
When I was younger and working in the dairy section of my local grocery store. I was told by a Bordens delivery driver that borders took the they took the top 1/3 of the batch with a higher cream content and used the rest to bottle the local store brands
cute story but not accurate. milk is very specifically standardized by butterfat. walmart told the bottling plant, one of many Bordens in this instance, what the nutrition facts in the labels should say. Target brand did the same thing. the product in the bottle is same thing.
Guess what? About 10 mega corps supply About 90% of what stores sell. Same product, different labels. But it's always cool to see eff ups in the wild. You have my upvote!
I used to stock at target and often times we’d get a box of great value something. Usually down the snack isle. Chips, cookies, or crackers. Stuff down those isles
I want to say I found like Food Lion brand pasta sauce at a Target in California last year. Food Lion is only located in 10 states of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States.
They are both "generic". When I was a kid, it was simply generic. Then some market research said that putting a brand name on generic stuff entices more people to buy it. So...we have Great Value, Good&Gather, etc.
I used to work at Walmart and we received several pallets of Target branded milk. My dumbass store manager straight told me to just put it on the shelf 😅
They can be pretty jarring. I live on a state border and at the Walmart five minutes away in New York milk is about $2 for a gallon. I can go to the Walmart fifteen minutes away in Pennsylvania and it’s over $4.
Packed fridge meaning recently stocked. But all the containers swollen which means they have been at room temp for some time before getting to the fridge. The delivery vehicles cooling is broken. Or it could be over supply milk and there was no more room in fridge before getting to the store.
I see it in other stores too. Basically food storage standards like storing it below 60 whatever etc aren't maintained anymore.
Yes, but the masses dont hence the freak outs and price drops that may happen due to being ill informed. I have a farm near me we buy milk from, its not pasturized im not buying milk from them anymore till this blows over and im not paying for grocwry store milk, ill just go without. im also referencing the mad cow timeline cause thats what happned prices dropped and things to do with milk,meats and cheeses. Same thing happend with covid, people freak and have knee jerk reactions.
With all the craziness happening with bird flu here in the states im not drinking milk. Gonna be like mad cow all over again, cheap steaks, cheap cheese, cheap milk.
Iirc, Hasn’t been tested as of yet for this virus. It’s assumed, but caution is warranted until 100% certainty it can’t survive normal pasteurization. Could be outdated info by now, as that was as of a few weeks ago.
There may be a perceived risk, act or don’t it’s an individuals choice.
I bet they’re made at the same place. It’s probably exactly the same just with a different label. A lot of those low end store brands are the same. Must have gotten mixed up before it was delivered.
I work for a food manufacturing plant. This is exactly it. We have two stages, production and wrap. Production makes the product, wrap puts on whichever label is selling the product. If you see "name brand" and "store brand" products look functionally identical - they are, just buy the cheaper one.
Why do they have different nutrition facts?
Store brand has some that fell on the floor, but functionally still the same.
We all know none of that matters. What matters is the one with the later date printed which is the Target brand. The Walmart brand can spill out with its May 13 date.
Because they are different technically. Each batch of pretty much every food item is tested. So like a corn harvest from one season will get tested for nutrition vs the last few years. They then use this to make sure the corn/item is represented properly in the store. You can see this quite often in fresh items. They will vary by about 10% in most cases. So in this example. Milk on the left was tested and found at one nutritional level, and milk on the right was tested and found at another. Both are approximated and likely slightly off but close enough to generally give you a good idea. This is actually why pretty much every liquid used for human consumption is mixed with previous batches. They do this to maintain both consistency of taste and consistency of nutritional facts. But often fresh things like this milk can only be mixed so much with another batch of milk and something as simple as a herd's diet can drastically change these values. Also, as a side note. These two could totally be from different farms. Different herds, or just different diets. So many factors go into the numbers it is near impossible to guess the end values. This is all pretty well known if you look into the farming industry, but it usually isn't what people are looking for most.
people pay way too much attention to the nutrition data. it’s not that precise. individual batches are almost never tested. with milk specifically, usually one dairy/ bottling plant will manufacture many different brands of milk, simply changing out the labels along the way. the same commingled milk from many regional farms end up in a big silo and then all get run through the same processing equipment. the above milks were even run on the same F4 filler here, just at different times and by different operators.
it should be noted that organic milk is run separately and on dedicated equipment. there are codified rules and regulatory inspectors that’s verify this info.
They actually do quite often check these details. You are right to say they are not exactly precise. But they do check them quite often. Not for the data itself but for contamination.
i agree with that. every production run of milk is usually checked multiple times for aerobic & coliform bacteria as well as verifying components but you can put pretty much whatever you want on a nutrition label. there’s no regulation or oversight there.
More than you realize actually. They have to accurately represent the product.
we will have to agree to disagree. weights and package sizes are checked regularly. microbiology is checked very often. vitamin fortification is checked annually but the nutrition panels do not have to be verified & rarely change once made. i have 15 years in the field working with hundreds of dairy brands in the US.
Nutrition facts have to be representative of the product or else they open themselves for a lawsuit. I am certain they are not 100% accurate for anything but they are at least giving the closest detail they can give. This isnt just the dairy industry.
Nutrition facts aren't precise for what is in the exact package, only for what was tested. Plus there is a lot rounding that happens that can cause different numbers on labels for the exact same product.
Do not assume store branded products are identical to comparable "premium" branded products. I also work in food manufacturing. Our plants make many store brands in addition to our own "premium" brand. No recipe with our own label is ever used for any other brand, and I'm willing to bet we're not alone in that. The different store brands all have their own product characteristics (size, color, cook time, etc.) and get a unique recipe based on those characteristics. Besides, how do you know which generic or store brands are made in which facilities or by which companies? Not all products have that information readily available.
Milk had the plant number and lot number printed right on the bottle. Just match the plant number or look it up. Easy peasy. Also works for butter.
Meat too. That's why I didn't say it's impossible to tell. Also, most people don't know what "EST" and the number after it mean.
>how do you know which generic or store brands are made in which facilities or by which companies? You can basically pick between 5 companies and see what product line matches up with what you're buying Pretty easy honestly
There are companies that only make customer branded products. The general public has no idea these copackers exist because they don't have their own brand. Your assumptions are likely to be wrong.
It's wild to me the geographic areas these plants might cover. I work for a Kroger banner in the middle of the country. One day my store got in some mixed nuts that were Wegman's branded... The nearest Wegman's is over a thousand miles away. Far enough that none of my coworkers were familiar with it and thought it must be a new item while I spent the day wondering how it managed to make it all the way out to the middle of the country.
On the flip side, the areas they don’t. I can’t have gluten and on the east coast, there were a bunch of Lay’s flavors I could have. Now I live out west and only the plain flavor is labeled GF. Sucks!
I don’t know why but I swear organic milk lasts like ten times as long as store brand. I buy organic milk now just for that reason. I never make it through even half a gallon of store brand but I easily make it through a whole gallon of organic.
I think it's because a lot of organic milks are usually **"ultra"** pasteurized, while other milks **(usually cheaper)** are just pasteurized. Being ultra pasteurized is supposed to give milk a longer shelf life.
Wow I never knew that. Thank you
Lactose free milk is the same way. It lasts for weeks longer but tastes the same in my opinion
I think organic is on a different level than store brand and famous but not organic brand.
I work in organic food manufacturing it’s the same stuff. Just as a reference Rockstar energy drinks has organic offerings. So if an energy drink can be certified organic that should tell you something.
Costcos lactose free milk is unable to expire
This is the reason why with 90% of items, I buy the store brand and save a little money.
Except Pepto Bismol. I think the store brand is designed to make you even more nauseous.
I was doing some work at an oil refinery one time and was chatting with a guy while we were having a smoke and he told me to just buy the cheapest gas because it all comes from the same place. The only difference between the brands is they might put some different detergents in it.
Can confirm
I work in a dairy (specifically drinks) plant. I can confirm that all regular milk is exactly the same. No difference between store brand and kemps. Just buy the cheaper stuff.
Walmart owns a massive dairy complex in the middle of the country and doesn’t source from local dairies anymore so probably not
The USDA plant code on the milk 48-1823 says this milk is from Borden Dairy Co of Texas. Logistically it might be cheaper to get it from a local plant just because liquids are heavy to transport
This guy milks.
Oh sure, he does it and you say he milks, I do it and you say only girl cows can be milked stop what you’re doing Jesus fuck man stop.
"OH, yeah, you can milk anything with nipples." 
Used to work at a Target years ago and had milk be mislabeled a couple of times. Borden was the supplier too. All gas stations in an area have the same sourced gas. All stores have the same sourced milk. All houses have the same sourced water. Liquids are heavy
slight correction, “FIPS” code. and milk is regulated by FDA not USDA.
It's in Indiana right along I65 heading down to Indy from Chicago. Started as something like 4000 dairy cattle, last I heard is was more than triple that.
I think you’re thinking of Fair Oak’s Farms which was associated with Coca Cola and the Fair life milk scandal.
Scandal you say? I’m intrigued..
Someone went undercover and discovered animal abuse among other things. [link](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlife#Controversy)
So much cow shit
Feed it to the chickens
So much chicken shit.
What eats chicken shit?
Bugs
What eats bug shit?
Fungus
Fertlizer for plants. Then feed the plants to the cows.
Holy shit, it's like a loop!
Everything the shit touches is our kingdom.
A poop loop.
Hakuna matata
Definitely not true. I know exactly the dairy farm that my local Walmarts get their milk from and it's maybe 30 mi from here.
Good to know. I had heard they were doing that and just assumed it to be true because it seemed on brand
I work at a milk distributor. We get Walmart milk from prarie farms. Edit: I got down voted but this is factual lol
Your truth destroys their land of make believe
Wake up sheeple
Bet they don't own the plastic jug/label factory
Many dairy plants also make the bottles on site as well. The labels get applied right at the filler. I’m sure it was a label change, and the filler operator forgot to take off the last bottle and mixed it in the milk crate when they started the new label.
No wonder why it's garbage. I'm done buying that crap. There is a clear different between that and stuff from Wisconsin local farms.
It's also not true as the others pointed out.
Used to work in a grocery store, we got a case of generic pickles in a Mt. Olive box. I figured basically every generic product is like this.
Even the labels are basically the same
There's basically one company that processes baby carrots for all of North America, so we'd get all sorts of store brands at my supermarket. I worked for an East Coast chain, but we got carrots for HEB in Texas, Loblaw's in Canada, etc.
Same cow even
“Low end” isn’t really accurate when it comes to store brands, especially milk.
Not even just low end brands, a lot of times they’re made by the higher end brands. I worked at a temp agency for a little bit and did a shift at Tree Top in the apple sauce manufacturing plant and they also sell as Seneca, Kirkland, and some other store brands.
And it being target, more expensive!
Once I purchased a pack of underwear from target and they had a Walmart brand pair in the pack
It’s no secret that the high end brands are also the same.
Oh yeah I could see that too. I think I’ve heard about that before as well.
I worked QA in a dairy for 10 years. Private label is the exact same product as the name brand. It is truly just a different label. The stuff inside is the same whether you buy Wal-Mart or Target brand. Don't spend more for the same. Ever. Always buy private label. Note: this is true for milk but may be different for other foods.
Absolutely not. I abhor the target brand the taste is too strong, there’s barely any taste to the Walmart brand so I always choose that instead. Target brand gives me the ick.
I work at Target and we get our milk delivered by Kemps. I'm assuming most grocery stores in the area do. Guessing this one just got mixed in and since the vendor stocking it doesn't work for Target they don't give af if it's the wrong brand
I don't know anything about bar codes but would a wal mart code work at Target if it wasn't programmed in their system?
85239 28405 is the number on all the Target milks pictured. 78742 35186 is the number on the Walmart bottle. Unless Target has both numbers in their system for milk it won't.
Woohoo...free milk!
If it doesn't scan, it's free, right?
I'd say yep then call loss prevention lol jk Ive never worked retail so I have no idea
Only if the number on the barcode for it is the same number as targets Milk
It could also be that the Target ran out of milk and had to get an emergency supply from another store or warehouse. Once saw a Kroger-owned franchise run out, so they brought in a bunch of milk from a nearby Costco to sell until the next delivery came in.
Pretty much all of your local milk is coming from the same supplier just different labels.
If it’s in that jug it definitely coming from the same plant, I just look for the longest expiration date within a dime or so of the cheapest brand
You gotta go up to Queens, get me some Cambodian breastmilk. I only drink the finest breastmilks
Why is the target label 150 calories per serving and Walmart label says 160 calories per serving?
Just going to Walmart adds calories to your life
I was wondering the same thing
I like how the label says it contains milk.
It has to, food allergen labels need to be very specific, even if it seems obvious.
But I mean… cmon. Gotta weed them out somehow
I got what you mean, but it's less about people being stupid, more about it's just easier to specify that "label all the food with milk" than something like "label all the food contains milk unless it's milk". No real benefit other than people can't make fun of it, either.
Like how peanut butter will say "May contain nuts". I always found that wording funny though, because it implies that nuts are unlikely. I want a guarantee of nuts, not just a chance. I am assume it is just a regulation thing though.
Remove all warning, let us figure it out ourselves like the good ol days
M I L K
My dad drives for a dairy company. The main big name brand they have at the store and the generic store brand are the exact same product. They just slap different stickers on for the store they're delivering to. The guy loading up the milk crates definitely mixed them up. May have been end of one lot and start of the next lot.
My local (franchised) auto parts store goes to Walmart (same shopping center) and buys out all the H1 light bulbs, marks them up 250-300%, and hangs them on the shelf. Just wanted to vent somewhere. Thanks.
It's the same product. You've just discovered white-label goods
It’s like if “I absolutely bought this here. 100%. I don’t shop anywhere else” was a picture…
Whole Milk ... Contains Milk
Congratulations. You just won a free trip to the Great Value milk factory! 🎩😀
Dairy codes are the same for both milks. Just a labeling/sorting mistake.
It all comes from the same place lol.
Ahah what a hidden gem
I worked 3 years for a dairy co-op that makes private label butter for Costco, Walmart, Sam’s club, target, etc. All made at 4 locations in central California.
this happened at food lion with like dollar general's brand or something when I worked there, they're not supposed to put it out lol ahh fuck it.
I’d be surprised if that rung up correctly. Both brands are probably from whatever local/name brand dairy is nearby.
I work for a dairy as a delivery driver that supplies walmarts. Targets, stop and shops, shoprites, and most other major stores. All the milk for the different stores are in the same truck. When we pick the orders out to deliver, sometimes either we mess up and grab a stack from the next store by accident, or the guys in the warehouse mess up and grab the wrong case when building the order. Happens all the time, I'm usually bringing back a few cases of the wrong brand from stores. We're trying to get the orders out quick so we can free up the dock, so mistakes happen. But the associate was also not paging attention when loading the shelves as we aren't responsible for stocking, just delivering.
Packaged in the same factory. I worked in receiving at Walmart well over a decade ago. Once time we got a pallet of Great Value sugar in. When we opened the cases, which were labeled as Great Value, all of the sugar packing was for Food Lion.
the simulation is crumbling
When I was younger and working in the dairy section of my local grocery store. I was told by a Bordens delivery driver that borders took the they took the top 1/3 of the batch with a higher cream content and used the rest to bottle the local store brands
cute story but not accurate. milk is very specifically standardized by butterfat. walmart told the bottling plant, one of many Bordens in this instance, what the nutrition facts in the labels should say. Target brand did the same thing. the product in the bottle is same thing.
My husband works at Sprouts and I work for Whole Foods and we send pictures of each other's mispicks often.
Target brand has less calories and carbs, interestingly enough.
Or not. And just the label is different.
target conspiracy
One time my husband found Target frozen salmon at stop and shop 👀
That’s a big teet
Bottled at the same place.
I worked at Ames and made shovels for about a year. Most shovels are made in the same factory and just labeled different.
Guess what? About 10 mega corps supply About 90% of what stores sell. Same product, different labels. But it's always cool to see eff ups in the wild. You have my upvote!
I just want milk that's not like $4 a gallon. Bullshit!!
Drink your, thinly veiled glue composite and be happy about.
Almost like it all comes from the same local dairy
I used to stock at target and often times we’d get a box of great value something. Usually down the snack isle. Chips, cookies, or crackers. Stuff down those isles
That is udderly bizarre
Yup, Purity delivers their milk all over to various places with different stickers.
Amogus
I remember getting Target brand stuff when working at Walgreens
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
Can you just take it and leave?
The calories are different
I want to say I found like Food Lion brand pasta sauce at a Target in California last year. Food Lion is only located in 10 states of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States.
The Walmart cow escaped and ended up at the Target dairy farm. It happens.
They are both "generic". When I was a kid, it was simply generic. Then some market research said that putting a brand name on generic stuff entices more people to buy it. So...we have Great Value, Good&Gather, etc.
It's all the same provider
r/reallifeshinies
I bet someone returned it
Probably a white label product and it got mixed up.
Smh it's the milk that's white, the label is clearly red
Fellas one of us is a mole.
From doing a search, this seems to not be too uncommon. Wonder if the same manufacturer makes it for both stores and it gets mixed up?
correct! https://www.whereismymilkfrom.com
You speak knowledge that we've known since the 1970s or '80s.
My friend worked at Miller in the 2000s and testified that Lone Star, Hamms, and Pabst were the same beer in a different can at the time.
I used to work at Walmart and we received several pallets of Target branded milk. My dumbass store manager straight told me to just put it on the shelf 😅
Your milk is cheaper than mine. Wth.
OP discovers regional pricing differences.
And volume purchasing discounts.
They can be pretty jarring. I live on a state border and at the Walmart five minutes away in New York milk is about $2 for a gallon. I can go to the Walmart fifteen minutes away in Pennsylvania and it’s over $4.
Packed fridge meaning recently stocked. But all the containers swollen which means they have been at room temp for some time before getting to the fridge. The delivery vehicles cooling is broken. Or it could be over supply milk and there was no more room in fridge before getting to the store. I see it in other stores too. Basically food storage standards like storing it below 60 whatever etc aren't maintained anymore.
Yes, but the masses dont hence the freak outs and price drops that may happen due to being ill informed. I have a farm near me we buy milk from, its not pasturized im not buying milk from them anymore till this blows over and im not paying for grocwry store milk, ill just go without. im also referencing the mad cow timeline cause thats what happned prices dropped and things to do with milk,meats and cheeses. Same thing happend with covid, people freak and have knee jerk reactions.
Did you have a stroke writing this
With all the craziness happening with bird flu here in the states im not drinking milk. Gonna be like mad cow all over again, cheap steaks, cheap cheese, cheap milk.
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Iirc, Hasn’t been tested as of yet for this virus. It’s assumed, but caution is warranted until 100% certainty it can’t survive normal pasteurization. Could be outdated info by now, as that was as of a few weeks ago. There may be a perceived risk, act or don’t it’s an individuals choice.
Yes it has been tested, and it’s safe. [source](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/05/01/bird-flu-test-milk-supply-safe/)
No.