Generic foods.. (worst, noodle, cheese, cooked)

[NRaleigh Mom]

Coca Cola

[Mister 7]

Originally Posted by mtnbkr5

I find store brands similar to name brands, except for Neosporin. Much better than generic.

Isn't that the same thing???

Generic is a store brand.

[lieqiang]

Originally Posted by evening sun

Worcestershire sauce. Lea & Perrins is the only one we buy.

Absolutely.

[newtovenice]

Anyone else notice the same name brand product tastes different when bought at different retailers?

Walmart vs dollar stores vs grocery chains?

[jlawrence01]

Do realize that MANY of the food products - name brand as well as private label - are made at the same facilities. Compare and save.

[Hawk4042C]

Originally Posted by don6170

I will try most any generic. If I don't like it, I will go back to the name brand. Why needlessly throw your money away ?

Exactly IE:

Vlassic pickles are good. But I've had good results buying generics & other "name" brands. I have no issue with purchasing any of these brands:

Vlassic
Mt. Olive (other "name" brand)
PiCs (Price Chopper / Market 32)
Great Value (Walmart)

So whatever is on sale gets purchased.

Originally Posted by rrah

We don't buy a lot of breakfast cereals any more, but the one thing my kids never liked growing up was the Aldi or generic versions of cereals (mainly cheerios or chex).

Should've reused the name brand boxes. Years ago the generic Cheerios were noticeably different in looks and taste. Not so much lately.

Originally Posted by jlawrence01

Do realize that MANY of the food products - name brand as well as private label - are made at the same facilities. Compare and save.

That is true, but the recipes tend to vary slightly for each product. IE: Heinz Ketchup vs Generic

The factory may run the Generic first, then tweak the recipe for Heinz run. Like add extra sugar, or
for vinegar, etc. Just enough to legally to be allowed to label it different.

[Recycledlettuce]

We always had knock off versions growing up, but the one that made me cringe was Dr. Thunder, a supposed substitute for Dr. Pepper. Never again

[gentlearts]

Store brands or generic brands are usually just as good as named brands. The difference for me often shows up in the packaging. Maybe the box is hard to open or close, or the can opener skips on a can.

[Ohiogirl81]

Originally Posted by jlawrence01

Do realize that MANY of the food products - name brand as well as private label - are made at the same facilities. Compare and save.

But not always with the same ingredients, or the same ratio of ingredients.

[Mikala43]

As Walmart is the closest store to us, we have tried some of their store brands, and they can be pretty bad. DH would not even eat their graham crackers, and he is not picky.

I bought their salt, I figured salt is salt, can't mess it up. But you can apparently. Their salt had tons of salt "dust", I poured it in the the salt box.... and "poof", cloud of salt.

I stopped by their brand.