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Re:The Case of the Mysterious Date-Nut Bars (2007) by amelius on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:28PM (#17776718)
> "Can you ask him the name of the company that provides these?"

"Sorry, we keep our suppliers secret. It's strategic information."

Re:The Case of the Mysterious Date-Nut Bars (2007) by hammock on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:34PM (#17776775)
No such business does this.
Re:The Case of the Mysterious Date-Nut Bars (2007) by criddell on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:41PM (#17776867)
Businesses that do white / private label goods often don't want to say who the original manufacturer is. For example, my daughter has a Cyberpower PC gaming laptop and it took some digging, but we found the original Chinese manufacturer and from there were able to track down drivers and other things.
Re:The Case of the Mysterious Date-Nut Bars (2007) by hammock on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:56PM (#17777031)
"Such business." A local deli, on the rare possibility that they sell their own white-labeled baked good, would probably tell you where it came from anyway. The fig bar in question was not a white labeled or private label good anyway. But if you asked the guy where the greek salad, potato salad and pasta salad come from he would tell you.

A retailer is also different than a direct seller/manufacturer (your example).