I'm beginning to assemble stuff for our shower room refit. I see B&Q are having a sale of Cooke & Lewis bathroom stuff, but I've never heard of them. I know of names like Twyfords, Armitage Shanks, V&B etc. but who are C&L? Do they manufacture or are they just merchants, and is their stuff any good?
Cooke and Lewis bathroom stuff
Feb 07, 2011
16 Replies
They're just a B&Q own brand, AFAIK.
This confirms it ...
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Yup - just a posh-sounding invented name to con people with.
eBuyer do likewise with their Foehn and Hirsch stuff.
Much like Haagen Dazs "ice cream".
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at the figures mentioned, it looks like the branding worked. Helped on by "dubious" wording about "new partnership" and the fictional Mr Cooke and Mr Lewis each bringing their particular expertise ! All strictly legal of course. Simon.
And blatant, with it!
"Cooke & Lewis ? a name with implied heritage, intuitive familiarity and=20 instant authority."
--=20 Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.
I see your Haagen Dazs and raise you a M=F6ben.
--=20 Skipweasel - never knowingly understood.
The difference being that Haagen Dazs icecream is nice and Möben are a bunch of ... well, perhaps their lawyers read this. But put it this way, when I was young and foolish I bought a kitchen from them. Never again.
No, Haagen Dazs started as an independent company before it was bought by a conglomerate
tim
Like McAllister power Tools & I believe Magnusson hand tools.
Like Cadbury's. Their chocolate already tastes crap.
It was still a made-up name, IIRC.
And which names, exactly, aren't "made up", Mr. Skipweasel? :o)
The one true name of the angle-grinder, of course. Which we mortals don't yet know, but may be revealed to us in time when we achieve true perfection.
A lot of the Cooke & Lewis stuff is supplied/distributed by PJH Group under a different, cheaper name (often 'no-name'):
Many of the baths and suites at B+Q can be bought cheaper from Independent merchants. These have the full price PJH brochure:
But the prices are a start point, there is always a sale on, you find a dealer in your area, he'll give you a new brochure with the latest prices. They are nearly always cheaper than B+Q, and get it in quicker too.
HTH Alan.
Many thanks to everyone for the information on C&L, and the other stuff!
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