Went to Costco yesterday and they had Paisley Farm 4 bean salad, which appears to be similar to the Paisley Farm 5 bean salad that we used to get at Sams. So I bought 4 jars of it.
We had some of the bean salad with supper last night, maybe it's just the variance from jar to jar but it seemed like there was a lot more green bean and not much onion, both of which I consider positives.
They both have green, kidney, garbanzo and wax beans, the 5 bean salad also has pinto beans.
Both have onions and red pepper, plus sugar, vinegar and salt.
I tried making some five bean salad, it didn't taste anything like the Paisley Farm product, I think they use a lot more vinegar and sugar, which would probably also help preserve it.