Most of the time... generic or STORE BRANDS cost less...again I say MOST of the time.
I know people who would rather die than buy anything generic.
Me? Not so much.
Buying Generic is a great way to save money.
Here is a list of store brand items I love
Glass Cleaner
Cereal
Coffee Filters
Flour
Sugar
Salt
Trash Bags
Cheese and so many more items.
I will ALWAYS buy the Kroger brand if it's offered. It's ALWAYS cheaper than anything else, and it functions and tastes great.
Some grocery store brands are great. Buying most items generic is a great way to save money, and I am not embarrassed to buy generic.
There are a lot of things I will NOT substitute. I have to have certain brands.
They are in no particular order.
1. Aluminum Foil --- I only use Reynolds foil. The other is worthless and I refuse to use it.
2. Dish soap ---- I have to have my Dawn. Nothing else will do.
3. Toilet Paper ---- no explanation needed
4. Shampoo ---- I like what I like.
5. Plastic bags ---- generic tear easily and you have to double up on them to protect your food items.
6. Laundry Detergent ---- Got to have Purex end of story.
7. Coffee ---- I have found store brand tastes burnt to me.
8. Cling Wrap ---- Saran Wrap is the only one I will use.
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MSN:
Now this is interesting...I get the Kroger brands myself (cost effective),but I also deviate to "name brands"
-- I like DAWN...good on grease (working on the car...hahaha)
-- TP: as long as there are no wood chunks or splinters...fine by me.
-- coffee? I like Folgers or Maxwell House, but I tend to "blend" several brands to get "my" mix (includes hazelnut)
-- shampoo..anything with cocoanut!
-- laundry detergent: not the most expensive, but never the cheapest crap either.
-- cling wrap: hate it...clings to eveything BUT what I'm wrapping.
Funny thing, what we USED to pay $50 for and get 4 bags of name brands now equates to THREE bags of generics...
Gotta love "progress" and inflation, don'cha?
Now...gotta go make up the shopping list...wow, like DEJA VU all over again...!
:)
I just got back from Kroger and saved over $3 buying their brand over the 'popular' brand. When you see a TV special of a canning plant with a row of canned green beans coming down the line...and every third can gets a store label while the rest get the brand name label, then you become a believer.
Snakefoot
I totally agree with you, but I need to add one more. Paper towels. I have to have my Bounty. I buy a lot of Kroger brand stuff now, but I have to admit I go to Wal Mart more often then Kroger.
I was with you until the Aluminum foil....It's all the same to me........
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