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We all come to this question when shopping at our grocery.
What items are you willing to buy generic to save a bit
AND what items MUST you have the name brand...
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Brand Name Vs. Generic
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Walker
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I've found that ther are two levels of generic at the grocery store...
1 - Giant Eagle / Kroger Brand
2 - FMV / Valu-Time
There's quite a bit of stuff that seems ok to buy Giant Eagle / Kroger Brand... sandwich meat, bread, canned vegetables, tortilla chips, whatever. But very rarely will I buy anything that is FMV or Valu-Time. I've given a couple different products a shot and they always turn out super gross.
I think we have a container of Valu-Time Garlic Powder and Valu-Time Sugar (for Kool Aid) and that's about it.
Oh, and I'm pretty happy mostly with Target-brand products, both grocery and non-grocery. :D
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Billionaire_Bot
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Honestly, I'm a huuuuuge fan of the Giant Eagle "Market District" generic brand. I believe the pecking order is something along these lines:
Name Brand -> Market District - > Giant Eagle Brand -> FMV -> Whatever I find in the dumpster behind my apartment.
*There could be another level in there between FMV and Dumpster, I just haven't found it yet
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shroud
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Don't forget the "high end" generic brands too - Giant Eagle has "Market District" and Kroger's is something like "Private Selection".
For the most part I agree with Walker. Some of the Valu-Time canned veggies and such are OK as well.
*In general*, for a food item I'm more likely to get a name brand, while for other types of things I'm more likely to get generic. Though there are still exceptions for each.
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Coremodels
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Canned vegetables for a recipe I'll often use the super generic brands.
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Ndcent wrote
Coremodels wrote Canned vegetables for a recipe I'll often use the super generic brands.
Acme green beans?
Nah, more like diced chilis or things like that which are kind of afterthoughts in the dish.
Green beans have to be fresh :)
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Walker
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I prefer canned diced tomatoes when throwing together salsa on the quick (saves a lot of time from using fresh and typically the flavor is still great) but I agree that fresh vegetables are usually the way to go.
Plus Anne prefers canned mushrooms on pizza instead of fresh. ;)
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gramarye
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I'm with Core. There's no way you can tell chili made with Del Monte or Hunt's diced tomatoes apart from one made with Great Value diced tomatoes.
The one area in my life where I will almost never go generic is in personal hygiene products. I use Gillette Multigel for shaving at a minimum, sometimes breaking out Jack Black when my beard or skin is feeling particularly ornery. The same general concept applies to toothpastes, post-shave treatments, and shower gels.
On the food side, I do like my Breyer's ice cream, and there are definite differences in store brands. Some are not bad, some are. Generally I just wait until Breyer's is on sale. (Keeps me from eating too much ice cream, which I would, otherwise.) Also, I almost always get Pepperidge Farm breads, Brownberry if there's a sale on those too good to ignore.
I'm generally OK with going generic for milk, OJ, cold cuts, and canned foods, at least.
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somertimeoh
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My roommate gives me the hardest time about buying generic products and I have no idea why. I don't remember anything from my childhood making this OK, I've just had a priority of good beer over top of the line trash bags for many years :) Those Private Selection spice grinders are my favorites!!
I agree and think Target generics are great. I have yet to tell the difference between most of the products I've tried - body wash, lotions, etc. - and the product they say "compare to" on the label.
I always assumed that the Brand Name company was producing the product and giving a discount to the stores for buying in bulk, taking on the warehousing and distributing it themselves, hence the cheaper prices. Anyone know the real story?
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Walker
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somertimeoh wrote I always assumed that the Brand Name company was producing the product and giving a discount to the stores for buying in bulk, taking on the warehousing and distributing it themselves, hence the cheaper prices. Anyone know the real story?
I've heard that this is generally the case, but doesn't apply to everthing.
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Coremodels
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Walker wrote
somertimeoh wrote I always assumed that the Brand Name company was producing the product and giving a discount to the stores for buying in bulk, taking on the warehousing and distributing it themselves, hence the cheaper prices. Anyone know the real story?
I've heard that this is generally the case, but doesn't apply to everthing.
I can attest to this, recent experience. I like Chunky Sirloin Burger soup, but have often gotten a storebrand and it's exactly the same thing. Then recently got ahold of a can of Sirloin Burger from Meijer's...and it was absolutely disgusting.
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Daz
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Personal hygenic products NEED to be store brand.
Have you ever tried using kroger brand q-tips to clean your ears? Might as well just use a stick.
Also, pasta. Store brand just never comes out as well.
Oh, and packaged cheese. If it's not coming from the deli, it needs to be from a decent big brand (aka, not Kraft, gross).
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Ndcent
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Daz wrote Personal hygenic products NEED to be store brand.
Have you ever tried using kroger brand q-tips to clean your ears? Might as well just use a stick.
Also, pasta. Store brand just never comes out as well.
Oh, and packaged cheese. If it's not coming from the deli, it needs to be from a decent big brand (aka, not Kraft, gross).
I stopped using q-tips a long time ago. They are bad, mmmkay.
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Ndcent wrote
I stopped using q-tips a long time ago. They are bad, mmmkay.
Had an ex turn me on to this and I absolutely love it. Few drops of Peroxide in your ear and then tilt your head...it's crazy feeling the little bubbling stuff moving through all the canals, and feels really good in a strange way. I'm kinda hooked on it! LOL
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Ndcent wrote
Daz wrote Personal hygenic products NEED to be store brand.
Have you ever tried using kroger brand q-tips to clean your ears? Might as well just use a stick.
Also, pasta. Store brand just never comes out as well.
Oh, and packaged cheese. If it's not coming from the deli, it needs to be from a decent big brand (aka, not Kraft, gross).
I stopped using q-tips a long time ago. They are bad, mmmkay.
*googles* :shock:
I feel like my mother did me a great disservice.
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Coremodels
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LOL...you never heard the "don't put anything into your ear smaller than your elbow"???
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Try the peroxide thing man, you may end up hooked!
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