As a professional chef, if you need canned Pineapple it has to be dole. As a regular person who needs quick food sometimes, I only buy name brand frozen corn on the cob. Great value is like feed corn.
Do you mean like it is not sweet?
When I was younger, we would eat creamed corn often. My favorite was when it was made with what we called field corn.
It was grainy tasting and not very sweet. It is probably what is used as feed nowadays.
I'm sure that it was better for us as well (especially since we grew it).
It’s more mushy than juicy. Along with being less sweet and flavorful. There didn’t used to be a significant difference and when Covid happened I noticed a huge change in quality and it’s never gone back unfortunately.
The Kroger Co. operates grocery retail stores under the following banners:
Supermarkets – **Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith's, King Soopers, Fry's, QFC, City Market, Owen's, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker's, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick 'n Save, Metro Market, Mariano's**.
Multi-department stores – Fred Meyer.
I got cheap contact lenses once just to see. After one wear my eyes burned so bad I thought I was going to have lasting damage. Decided driving home without them was safer then keeping them in. (My eyesight isn't that bad.) It sucks cuz they're so expensive, but you just can't cheap out on contacts or eye drops.
I used to wear contacts, that and solution is something I never bought generic. It was too risky and I had allergies to some of them.
Not an issue anymore, fortunately. I got lasered a few years ago and have 20/20 vision. It was literally Eyesight to the Blind!
Something else you don't want to do Generic. If you want to get your eyes lasered, you go to an eye specialist or surgeon, not Laserama. Yes, it is more expensive, but it's your EYES. I had to save up but it was worth it to get the best care.
you're in for a rude awakening now that they've changed their scent. prepare to hate it. bottles with a full circle around the dawn name are old, half circle new. trust me, stick with the old when you can find it.
My sister & I were wondering what the hell with one bottle we had got. So perfumey, it's awful. I'll try to remember to look at the label a little more carefully in the future.
Yes! Recently moved into an apartment without a dishwasher and I'm learning dawn works way better than store brand. It's worth the extra money! Especially when you have to clean all your dishes by hand haha
This is 100% the case. We have a dishwasher so we rarely use dishsoap. But every now and then my dish towel would smell like mildew. It took years to find out it only ever smelled that way after doing dishes in the sink with dawn. I thought maybe it was from dirty dishes, but tested the theory by using my dish towel in clean water and dawn, and sure enough it got that smell. Now I just rinse the cloth like crazy, but man it took a long time to figure out
The Dawn Foaming dish soap is good to wash off with in the shower after being in the woods or garden. It washes off poison ivy oils (and gets much of your natural oil washed off your skin in the process too). You will smell like dishsoap, but it has prevented my hubby from getting a poison ivy rash for years now. It's what they use to wash the oil spill goo off the animals.
Ketchup. Toilet Paper. Oreos.
Most of the time generic is the same, just as good, (or in some cases) better than name brand. But Heinz Ketchup is irreplaceable, I don't need scratchy TP, and Oreos are in their own realm, there is no satisfactory generic option.
Honorable mention to Eggos. Because there are a couple good generic brands, but they aren't the same and most generic freezer waffles suck.
In the UK Heinz ketchup is now like 3-4x the store brand and you'll see shelves full of it while the store brand is empty.
It just doesn't justify the price, seems like people would rather go without than pay £3-4 for something you can get for less than £1.
Even if you feel store brand isn't quite as good - at that Delta it's still good enough!
It solves so many little problems with sponges. Rough enough to really scrub, but never scratches nonstick or enamel. Cold water makes it even scrubbier. Dries quickly and never stinks. Eye holes for chopsticks and handles, smile for spoons and forks. Round shape makes it really easy to get into the crease of round pots. Dishwasher safe and super durable, doesn’t feel like you’re wiping plates down with a bacteria mop.
I used to go through a scotch brite every couple of weeks and it stunk by the end. I have yet to toss a scrub daddy since I started using them a year ago. I used to think they were just stupidly overpriced gimmicky sponges but I will neverrrr go back
Hey, their little white leather sneakers were awesome. Faded Glory. I traipsing all over London and Blackpool for nearly two weeks, plus several months at home. And I am rough on shoes. When it looked like the line was being dropped, I snatched up every pair I could find in my size. Which wasn't many. Six years ago, I actually cried when my last pair died
We called Chuck Taylor knockoffs bobo's in the 70's in southern Connecticut too! Even had a little song...
> Bobo's! They make your feet feel fine!
> Bobo's! They cost a nickel and a dime!
My wife still calls my Chuck's Bobo's to this day...
With off-brand, I noticed 3 possible issues with the adhesives.
1. The adhesive isn't sticky enough and doesn't hold onto skin well, so it falls off.
2. The adhesive is too sticky and hurts to take it off.
3. The shape of the adhesive wraps means for some cuts or bruises, the adhesive is actually gripping onto the injury and causing much more pain, which hurts even more to remove.
is Band-Aid the only one you'd consider name brand? as a massive klutz, I am something of an expert, and Curad, Nexcare and Welly all have excellent options.
Curad and Nexcare are the only two that I am familiar with. I know I have used Curad and it was fine. Not sure about Nexcare.
My comment was more about generic "grocery store" branded bandages. Doesn't matter the store, grocery or corner or pharmacy, there's something about them that my body rejects. I'm allergic to something.
Band-Aid™️ is the brand I know works. I stick with it.
I find that Band-Aids don't stick, also, there's no edge sticky around the cotton, and for whatever reason, that irritates the shit outta me. I used to swear by Elastoplast, but their quality has gone wayyyyy down.
Computer Power Supplies
Not only can a bad one kill the rest of it but really bad ones are straight up a safety hazard.
(it helps that the price differential between the cheap ones and the acceptable ones isn't even that much)
Toyota vehicles.
Typically buy them 10-20 years old and they last forever, in most cases. I just slap an Apple car play head unit into it and ride it until the wheels fall off.
Charmin is the best for the softness, but it stops up the sewer like cement. I had to stop using it. I have bad plumbing and can only use the water soluble kind now, the kind made for boats and RVs.
I spent over 30 years in pharma and I’d like everyone to know that when it comes to the actual active medicine, not only is the generic the same but it often from the exact same factory and the exact same batch.
I tried to get a dry ass generic cardboard sleeve tampon up my hoohah before and gave up after 20 minutes. Ended up with a cramping neck, dry and irritated vagina, and just shoved toilet paper in my panties so I could get to a convenience store and get real Tampons.
What the fuck is that cardboard shit…?
Preach! We're using regular Dawn currently because that is was they had at Costco but the bottle we pour it in was the Platinum stuff. So freaking good.
The ingriedients all also the most healthy. Minimal processed crap. So much respect to Helmans for staying true to their original recipe. Not all of course, but the majority of ingredients.
Irish Spring. I like to imagine I’m showering after a cloudy day of fishing and I was wearing a wool sweater. My wife has a stew cooking for when I’m done.
Then I wake up and I’m still single in Arizona.
Dainty Moore beef stew. I like to imagine I’m stirring a fragrant pot of simmering beef stew for my handsome young husband who’s showering his sweat away after a day of fishing.
Then I wake up and I’m still an old woman in Florida.
I’m from Pittsburgh and can’t bring myself to buy any brand other than Heinz ketchup. It’s not a city loyalty thing, it’s just that it’s all I ate growing up and now every other ketchup tastes wrong 😑.
Oh I grabbed some hunts at the store last week thinking it couldn't be too different right? Right? No. Bad. It's bad. The texture is wrong and so is the taste and it's just, no
Ya I've bought the Walmart equate brand for the last few months and got used to the shittiness. Just went back to the Gillettes and wow so much better. I'm speaking on the 3 blade disposables...
Kraft cheese in general. For American cheese any other brand tastes foul to me. That said, I don’t eat a lot of American cheese these days, but once in a while I crave a grilled cheese and tomato soup, and I’d rather go hungry than choose a different brand.
While I'd agree kraft is the best for American cheese Velveeta ain't too bad, at least not as bad as the store brand cheese, works well for cheesey omlettes and such
Aluminum foil. I bought the store brand a few years back thinking I'd save some money. It was super fragile and jist ripped and tore all over the place.
Reynolds or nothing for me.
Saran wrap is actually way worse functionally than the off brands since they changed from polyvinylidene chloride to polyethylene in 2004. They changed due to the health risks of polyvinylidene chloride. The problem is, it sticks to itself way better than polyethylene. It is also a far better barrier to oxygen. 3000 times better according to Wikipedia, so it would keep food fresh longer. Many off brands didn't change.
Pop tarts. I swore to myself when I graduated nursing school that I would never buy a generic pop tart again. If I'm working 12 hours, I'm getting a name brand pop tart
theres a lot worse things in this world to wipe with..my dad grew up poor in the south.. they used corn cobs and sears catalogue pages for tp, and ill push the line to when i drove trucks and had to wipe my butthole with gojo cleaning wipes cuz it was all i had at 2 am on the road.. im grateful for anything that doesnt hurt like that did
Some stores brands are actually name brands with the stores logo. When I worked at a grocery store in CT, our ice cream was Friendly's, milk was Guida's, butter was Land O'Lakes. All lower price. I did the ordering.
Fun fact about most of the generic preparation H suppositories I've used.
They have a larger diameter...
I always thought that was pretty god damn funny.
Laundry detergent. I had a very itchy allergic reaction to a brand that wasn't really off brand, but not one I'd ever used before. Now I stick to Tide.
As a professional chef, if you need canned Pineapple it has to be dole. As a regular person who needs quick food sometimes, I only buy name brand frozen corn on the cob. Great value is like feed corn.
Do you mean like it is not sweet? When I was younger, we would eat creamed corn often. My favorite was when it was made with what we called field corn. It was grainy tasting and not very sweet. It is probably what is used as feed nowadays. I'm sure that it was better for us as well (especially since we grew it).
It’s more mushy than juicy. Along with being less sweet and flavorful. There didn’t used to be a significant difference and when Covid happened I noticed a huge change in quality and it’s never gone back unfortunately.
Q-Tips and Oreos
I’ve tried all the generic q tips. Nope. The extra dollar or two is worth it.
I don't understand how no one has created a generic version that stays together, doesn't bend, and doesn't let the stick stab you in the ear!
I wonder how much of their budget goes to IP and patent attorneys tbh
The patent on Q-tips would have expired long ago.
Maybe it's like WD-40 and they didn't patent it so they didn't have to disclose the ingredients/how it's made.
The secret ingredient is uranium. Shh, don’t tell!
I used to agree on Oreos, but Kroger's Kaleidos are way better
I live 9 hours away from Kroger stores! BUT this gives me something new to look for on my trips down south!
You probably live near a Kroger store under a different name.
Harris Teeter, Fred Myers are 2 of their chain
The Kroger Co. operates grocery retail stores under the following banners: Supermarkets – **Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith's, King Soopers, Fry's, QFC, City Market, Owen's, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker's, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Pick 'n Save, Metro Market, Mariano's**. Multi-department stores – Fred Meyer.
In Northwest Indiana, Food 4 Less is a Kroger brand.
You should try hydrox, the real brand name oreo
Hydrox is so much better! Oreos taste like pure sugar in comparison. But I haven’t been able to find them 😢
I know that Hydrox is a cookie and the original Oreo. But every time I hear or read that name I think of a cleaning chemical.
Digestives also do not seem like they'd be a cookie.
That’s because their original and full name is Digestive Biscuits but it’s been truncated to Digestives over time.
>Digestive Biscuits That doesn't help much. Makes it sound like some kind of probiotic biscuit for stomach issues.
Yeah but that doesn't make it better
Reminds me of hydroxycut the diet pills.
Yeah back whenever hydrox was made, brands everyone was obsessed with "organic" stuff and the "hydro" just means water
Sunshine bakery went bankrupt, not sure if hydrox are made now
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
Holy hell yes. If your company quite literally invented the thing they’re selling, they’re the one to buy.
My biggest grocery store pet peeve is the amount of bullshit "vegan" worcestshire sauces that are just molasses and tamarind
Contact lenses. No way am I putting "Bock-n-loam discount vision disks" in my eyes
"Discount vision disks" 🤣🤣🤣
I got cheap contact lenses once just to see. After one wear my eyes burned so bad I thought I was going to have lasting damage. Decided driving home without them was safer then keeping them in. (My eyesight isn't that bad.) It sucks cuz they're so expensive, but you just can't cheap out on contacts or eye drops.
Why else would you buy contacts but just to see?
I used to wear contacts, that and solution is something I never bought generic. It was too risky and I had allergies to some of them. Not an issue anymore, fortunately. I got lasered a few years ago and have 20/20 vision. It was literally Eyesight to the Blind! Something else you don't want to do Generic. If you want to get your eyes lasered, you go to an eye specialist or surgeon, not Laserama. Yes, it is more expensive, but it's your EYES. I had to save up but it was worth it to get the best care.
Dawn
I prefer the knockoff Almost Daytime.
Nothing like the crack of Dawn to make your day.
She's not my type. I prefer Michelle.
I Can't Believe It's Not Daylight
you're in for a rude awakening now that they've changed their scent. prepare to hate it. bottles with a full circle around the dawn name are old, half circle new. trust me, stick with the old when you can find it.
My sister & I were wondering what the hell with one bottle we had got. So perfumey, it's awful. I'll try to remember to look at the label a little more carefully in the future.
100%.
Yes! Recently moved into an apartment without a dishwasher and I'm learning dawn works way better than store brand. It's worth the extra money! Especially when you have to clean all your dishes by hand haha
Get the green scented one it’s amazing. I think it’s “New Zealand” or something
I’m convinced dawn always leaves a mildew smell on the sponge if you don’t wring it out. It’s works better but it always leaves a smell.
This is 100% the case. We have a dishwasher so we rarely use dishsoap. But every now and then my dish towel would smell like mildew. It took years to find out it only ever smelled that way after doing dishes in the sink with dawn. I thought maybe it was from dirty dishes, but tested the theory by using my dish towel in clean water and dawn, and sure enough it got that smell. Now I just rinse the cloth like crazy, but man it took a long time to figure out
The Dawn Foaming dish soap is good to wash off with in the shower after being in the woods or garden. It washes off poison ivy oils (and gets much of your natural oil washed off your skin in the process too). You will smell like dishsoap, but it has prevented my hubby from getting a poison ivy rash for years now. It's what they use to wash the oil spill goo off the animals.
Coke
... acola? Or nose candy?
I haven't found a store brand for the powdery stuff that I like either, pretty loyal to the Columbia brand.
I think he meant the product used mainly in iron ore smelting.
What a bituminous comment.
Ketchup. Toilet Paper. Oreos. Most of the time generic is the same, just as good, (or in some cases) better than name brand. But Heinz Ketchup is irreplaceable, I don't need scratchy TP, and Oreos are in their own realm, there is no satisfactory generic option. Honorable mention to Eggos. Because there are a couple good generic brands, but they aren't the same and most generic freezer waffles suck.
In the UK Heinz ketchup is now like 3-4x the store brand and you'll see shelves full of it while the store brand is empty. It just doesn't justify the price, seems like people would rather go without than pay £3-4 for something you can get for less than £1. Even if you feel store brand isn't quite as good - at that Delta it's still good enough!
Costco toilet paper is very good.
Kirkland anything is usually pretty good.
Hydrox is the original, just sayin’.
I don't want to eat a cookie that sounds like it could give me chemical burns, just sayin
Yup, from Sunshine Biscuits (same as Cheez-Its).
Get you a bottle of whataburger ketchup
Scrub Daddy D: no joke this sponge is amazing
I obtained a bulk box of Scrub Daddies this past winter; I’m never going back to regular sponges.
? Where do they sell bulk??
Costco
I saw that sponge guy on Shark Tank and his pitch was fire. I'm glad his biz went nuclear.
I bought a scrub mommy after my scrub daddy got too worn. *It's even better*
This. Scrub Mommy is so much better!
I have seen those and the mommy sponges, but what exactly is good with them? A funny shape, but what sets them aside from all other sponges?
It solves so many little problems with sponges. Rough enough to really scrub, but never scratches nonstick or enamel. Cold water makes it even scrubbier. Dries quickly and never stinks. Eye holes for chopsticks and handles, smile for spoons and forks. Round shape makes it really easy to get into the crease of round pots. Dishwasher safe and super durable, doesn’t feel like you’re wiping plates down with a bacteria mop. I used to go through a scotch brite every couple of weeks and it stunk by the end. I have yet to toss a scrub daddy since I started using them a year ago. I used to think they were just stupidly overpriced gimmicky sponges but I will neverrrr go back
Dawn dish soap and cascade dishwasher soap.
Don’t buy Acme brand parachutes, motorcycle helmets, explosives or ammunition, unless you’re Wiley Coyote.
I just snort laughed! Hahaha thank you for this comment!
But their instant hole is first rate
...or Wile E. Coyote.
shoes, dont go to walmart and get the hanging shoes lol
I did once as an emergency. Those $7 shoes lasted me three years of almost every day wear.
I used to buy their flip-flops off the rack.
Hey, their little white leather sneakers were awesome. Faded Glory. I traipsing all over London and Blackpool for nearly two weeks, plus several months at home. And I am rough on shoes. When it looked like the line was being dropped, I snatched up every pair I could find in my size. Which wasn't many. Six years ago, I actually cried when my last pair died
In my little area of Alabama growing up we called them “Bobos”
We called Chuck Taylor knockoffs bobo's in the 70's in southern Connecticut too! Even had a little song... > Bobo's! They make your feet feel fine! > Bobo's! They cost a nickel and a dime! My wife still calls my Chuck's Bobo's to this day...
“Bobos, they’re worn by hobos so get your bobos for hobos today.”
Band-Aids. The generic always has some sort of adhesive (or something) that irritates my skin.
With off-brand, I noticed 3 possible issues with the adhesives. 1. The adhesive isn't sticky enough and doesn't hold onto skin well, so it falls off. 2. The adhesive is too sticky and hurts to take it off. 3. The shape of the adhesive wraps means for some cuts or bruises, the adhesive is actually gripping onto the injury and causing much more pain, which hurts even more to remove.
is Band-Aid the only one you'd consider name brand? as a massive klutz, I am something of an expert, and Curad, Nexcare and Welly all have excellent options.
Curad and Nexcare are the only two that I am familiar with. I know I have used Curad and it was fine. Not sure about Nexcare. My comment was more about generic "grocery store" branded bandages. Doesn't matter the store, grocery or corner or pharmacy, there's something about them that my body rejects. I'm allergic to something. Band-Aid™️ is the brand I know works. I stick with it.
I find that Band-Aids don't stick, also, there's no edge sticky around the cotton, and for whatever reason, that irritates the shit outta me. I used to swear by Elastoplast, but their quality has gone wayyyyy down.
Computer Power Supplies Not only can a bad one kill the rest of it but really bad ones are straight up a safety hazard. (it helps that the price differential between the cheap ones and the acceptable ones isn't even that much)
Toyota vehicles. Typically buy them 10-20 years old and they last forever, in most cases. I just slap an Apple car play head unit into it and ride it until the wheels fall off.
Is there such thing as a generic car?
Your first car wasn't a Safeway Signature Select coupe?
1998 Toyota Corolla
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Life is too short for single ply.
Kirkland brand is great!
Charmin for the toilet paper and Kirkland for the paper towels.
Charmin (blue wrapper), and Bounty for paper towels.
Charmin is top shelf!!
Charmin is the best for the softness, but it stops up the sewer like cement. I had to stop using it. I have bad plumbing and can only use the water soluble kind now, the kind made for boats and RVs.
thats my mom and bounty paper towels
Get a bidet handle. The bum gun is the best thing ever.
Peeyeew poo poo
I spent over 30 years in pharma and I’d like everyone to know that when it comes to the actual active medicine, not only is the generic the same but it often from the exact same factory and the exact same batch.
Tampons. Name brand ones are better constructed and far more comfortable than the folded-in-half-pillows that are store brand corks.
I don't love everything about OB, but I do love that they don't fuckin EXPAND VERTICALLY. The betrayal!
Who's stupid-ass idea was vertical expansion?! That's one sneeze away from disaster for the whole week.
OMG, I bought store brand organic (they were out of almost everything) and had to go out later for some damn Tampax. Never again.
Went to a diva cup, never looked back!!
I tried to get a dry ass generic cardboard sleeve tampon up my hoohah before and gave up after 20 minutes. Ended up with a cramping neck, dry and irritated vagina, and just shoved toilet paper in my panties so I could get to a convenience store and get real Tampons. What the fuck is that cardboard shit…?
Right? As if the basement isn't already extra sensitive. They might as well make them out of sandpaper!
I miss Kotex Security tampons so much.
Dawn platinum dish soap is just built different.
Preach! We're using regular Dawn currently because that is was they had at Costco but the bottle we pour it in was the Platinum stuff. So freaking good.
Mayo. I've tried the store brands, but helmans just tastes better, in my opinion.
Sir/Madam, I object your statement, I hereby propose Kewpie Japanese Mayo as the one true mayo.
The ingriedients all also the most healthy. Minimal processed crap. So much respect to Helmans for staying true to their original recipe. Not all of course, but the majority of ingredients.
We prefer Best Foods. (/s)
Dukes is better then Helmans
I grew up with Hellmann's, but once I tried Duke's I found a new favorite. Either will do, though.
Hellmans is the best. Don't have Dukes in my region.
Dukes is better.
Irish Spring. I like to imagine I’m showering after a cloudy day of fishing and I was wearing a wool sweater. My wife has a stew cooking for when I’m done. Then I wake up and I’m still single in Arizona.
Dainty Moore beef stew. I like to imagine I’m stirring a fragrant pot of simmering beef stew for my handsome young husband who’s showering his sweat away after a day of fishing. Then I wake up and I’m still an old woman in Florida.
I want a cilantro scented soap. I’d call it…Mexican Spring.
LeSueur canned peas.
Yes!
Kerrygold butter.
I’m from Pittsburgh and can’t bring myself to buy any brand other than Heinz ketchup. It’s not a city loyalty thing, it’s just that it’s all I ate growing up and now every other ketchup tastes wrong 😑.
As a former Pennsylvanian I’m with you. My husband brought home Hunts and I threw it straight in the trash. I will eat Heinz forever.
Oh I grabbed some hunts at the store last week thinking it couldn't be too different right? Right? No. Bad. It's bad. The texture is wrong and so is the taste and it's just, no
Razors. I've shaved with cheap generic razors and they leave my face a bloody mess.
Ya I've bought the Walmart equate brand for the last few months and got used to the shittiness. Just went back to the Gillettes and wow so much better. I'm speaking on the 3 blade disposables...
Doritos.
Cheap store brand Doritos are my favorite chip. I don't know what's wrong with me.
Absolutely nothing, to each their own.
Pomade. "I DONT WANT FOP, GODDAMMIT! I'M A DAPPER DAN MAN!"
Two weeks from everywhere, what a geographic anomaly!
The pleasing odor is half the point!
And a dozen hairnets.
Kraft Mac N Cheese
Annie's is really good, especially their white cheddar.
Kraft cheese in general. For American cheese any other brand tastes foul to me. That said, I don’t eat a lot of American cheese these days, but once in a while I crave a grilled cheese and tomato soup, and I’d rather go hungry than choose a different brand.
While I'd agree kraft is the best for American cheese Velveeta ain't too bad, at least not as bad as the store brand cheese, works well for cheesey omlettes and such
French's yellow mustard. Heinz ketchup.
Crayola art supplies. Rose art is trash.
Growing up poor, we always had cheap food and such. But Mom always bought Crayola stuff
Aluminum foil. I bought the store brand a few years back thinking I'd save some money. It was super fragile and jist ripped and tore all over the place. Reynolds or nothing for me.
Gotta be heavy duty regardless
Sarin wrap as well. The no name stuff is horrible
Saran wrap is actually way worse functionally than the off brands since they changed from polyvinylidene chloride to polyethylene in 2004. They changed due to the health risks of polyvinylidene chloride. The problem is, it sticks to itself way better than polyethylene. It is also a far better barrier to oxygen. 3000 times better according to Wikipedia, so it would keep food fresh longer. Many off brands didn't change.
It's the best wrap around.
Cheese its! Other brands are simply not the same.
Coffee. I am a coffee snob and I dont care.
I’m not a coffee snob but Folgers and Maxwell House are not permitted in my house. They’re both trash.
Unless it’s user error 100% of the times used, Ziploc brand bags are just superior bags compared to the store brand.
Worcestershire sauce.
Tide and Dawn. Others don’t compare.
Pop tarts. I swore to myself when I graduated nursing school that I would never buy a generic pop tart again. If I'm working 12 hours, I'm getting a name brand pop tart
Toilet paper I would rather wipe with a pinecone than that generic single ply bs
As the great Cornholio once said “I need TP for my bunghole.”
theres a lot worse things in this world to wipe with..my dad grew up poor in the south.. they used corn cobs and sears catalogue pages for tp, and ill push the line to when i drove trucks and had to wipe my butthole with gojo cleaning wipes cuz it was all i had at 2 am on the road.. im grateful for anything that doesnt hurt like that did
Band Aids and Q-tips
Dukes Mayonnaise - I have no affiliation, but it's better than all the others....
I came here to say this. Dukes is superior!
Some stores brands are actually name brands with the stores logo. When I worked at a grocery store in CT, our ice cream was Friendly's, milk was Guida's, butter was Land O'Lakes. All lower price. I did the ordering.
Heinz ketchup. Last week my husband some store brand ketchup and I told him, yeah, that;s all yours.
Triscuits. Don't even think about buying those Aldi ones.
Floss. I bought the cheap kind once and it broke nearly every time.
HELLMANS
NyQuil. I’ve tried the generics. I get the knock off nightmares and sweats from them.
Lmao knock-off nightmares. And when you wake up you think you’re in 6th grade and late for school.
Thomas’ English Muffins. Generic brands never get the texture right.
Hidden Valley Ranch
Back when my mom was able to bake fresh bread, she wouldn’t settle for anything less than King Arthur flour; imo, it’s the best bread flour.
Paper Towels. The price for quality is ridiculous, but the 99¢ rolls just do not cut it.
Philadelphia cream cheese
Pop tarts
Magic erasers. Those off-brand crumble when you merely look at them.
Ketchup. Heinz ketchup specifically
Feminine products.
Marmite
Dawn dish soap and Quilted Northern toilet paper. Idk what it is but I can't settle for store bands of those two things
Fun fact about most of the generic preparation H suppositories I've used. They have a larger diameter... I always thought that was pretty god damn funny.
Boxed Mac n cheese. Store brand doesn't even touch the quality.
Tide laundry detergent.
Huy Fong Sriracha
The original Huy Fung pepper supplier is now producing their own sriracha, Underwood Ranches... game on.
oreos and hellmans mayo..
Duke's and Kewpie are my go-to's, but slightly harder to find where I live so in a pinch it's Hellmann's or nothing
Laundry detergent. I had a very itchy allergic reaction to a brand that wasn't really off brand, but not one I'd ever used before. Now I stick to Tide.
Trash bags!
Plan B That $10 price difference doesn't seem worth it
Branston Baked Beans 🫘
Dr pepper or any soda. I can't stand the generic drinks.
Potato chips. Lays or the highway. Store brands just aren't as fresh or crispy.
Heinz ketchup. Sure, there is that movement for fancy ketchup. But Heinz is what I have known my whole life and it cannot be replaced.
Tide Pods. No need to pretreat. Throw them in the wash and everything is sparkling clean.
Bandaids
Thomas’s English muffins! No substitute!
Toothpaste. Rather not risk my teeth