Jiaxin Silk is a supplier to fashion brand Michael Kors.

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Guillermo Gonzalez, of Amsterdam's Hiding in Plain Sight bar, uses a generic brand from the bar's vegetable supplier, but insists on the kosher variety.

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Steals.com is the supplier and so can protect its brand.

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Creative says it has now stopped using Pinnacle Foods as a supplier, and Brakes is also recalling one of its own-brand lasagne products as a precaution.

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The meat was then sold under the Sweden-based brand, Findus, which has said it has been misled by its Romanian meat supplier.

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The company has focused on products to which it can apply its own brand, a business where the gross margin is twice that of its faceless-supplier role with HP.

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