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Just to settle a disagreement, in your opinion is the brand presidents choice no name?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s_Choice  
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Name_(brand)  
 
 

Both get a product brand to produce for their name. President's choice actually has a reputation to uphold where as no name, well nothing to uphold at all, IMO. Having said tgat, I'd think that President's choice may pay more attention to the quality of the products is likely more important to them than it is to no name. I would think that President's choice is not like no name as the quality of the product is probably of higher standard. Just my opinion.

My understanding is that PC was the slightly better no name stuff, still generic but with PC you could get fancy flavours of bbq sauce vs no name regular

They are both separate "brand names"  

To me, President's Choice is Superstore's store brand... just like Great Value in Wal-Mart and Compliments in Sobey's.

70`s guy said "Both get a product brand to produce for their name. President's choice actually has a reputation to uphold where as no name, well nothing to uphold at all, IMO. Having said tgat, I'd think that President's choice may pay more attention to the quality of the products is likely more important to them than it is to no name. I would think that President's choice is not like no name as the quality of the product is probably of higher standard. Just my opinion. "

I don't know that PC gets some other brand to produce for them. If you check their ingredient lists, there is little similarity between their products and any other brand names out there. The PC products are very distinctive in this way. As well,some of their products are quite original.  
 
I agree with the above poster who said that it is store brand just as Compliments and Great Value are to other stores...only the PC brand is more concerned with higher quality (real) ingredients, unlike the other two store brands.  
 
I believe No Name is a brand that just gets the lowest price on whatever is available after the others have taken their pick. They take what other brands will not buy and put their NN label on it. It is less expensive only due to poorer quality ingredients.

PC is superstore brand, but some of their products that I have tried are even better than popular brand names such as Kraft, less preservatives and more natural ingredients. I almost never use No name, but I would like PC products very much.  
 
 
 
Edited by Deb1, 2016-01-03 15:04:06

To me a brand name item is manufactured by a company that does not retail the item. IE Kraft, Proctor an Gamble, Coca Cola, etc.  
 
However when a retail outlet such as Walmart contracts one, or many, of the manufacturing companies to manufacture their products under a generic label unique to their retail outlets, that essentially is a no name brand in that the manufacturer ( which could be any factory capable and willing ) will not put their name on it but will label it under the generic lab,e of that retail outlet. ( in this case Great Value)  
 
So I guess what I am saying is PC and Great Value etc, in my eyes, are a no name brand.

But cannot quote who told me. No name products are generally cheaper because they do not have the fancy labelling. Two colors generally is the rule. Store brand will have the store label on it as with Presidents Choice. Chances are this. All three types ie: Green Giant peas, Presidents Choice peas and no name peas could very well all be processed in the same plant.Green Giant being the most expensive, pc middle priced and no name cheapest. I do believe, though, that no name is a copywrited trademark of loblaws and there for could considered a store brand just costing less because of the no frills, 2color labelling.

I know Robin Hood flour and the superstore brand flour is the same. Robin Hood bags it for them....

april said "I know Robin Hood flour and the superstore brand flour is the same. Robin Hood bags it for them.... "

Many no name products are exactly the same as brand name, as they are produced in the same factory's just different packaging. I know the same is for dairy products. Whether you buy that no name sour cream, store brand, or brand name...its the exact same.

I do know that PC has their own test kitchen, so that would mean that PC is their own separate brand.

I'm not sure I understand what the issue is. Both no name and PC are store brands owned by Loblaws. no name is a basic/budget brand and is considered a generic brand, PC is the "premium" store brand. Both are pretty much always cheaper than national-brand.  
 
Sometimes no name/generic is a less-quality product in that it might be weirdly-shaped or not as "pretty" as name-brand or even PC brand, but they meet food standards for safety and nutrition. For example, it might be "B" grade or commercial-grade instead of A or Fancy grade. But if you don't mind oddly-shaped vegetables, it's a good buy. It will taste just as good.  
 
It's been in the news lately that store brand/generic brand medications and staples like flour, sugar and baking powder is identical to name-brand products. Doctors buy no-name tylenol. Chefs buy no-name sugar and salt.