Sunday, August 14, 2011

Name-Brand vs Generic

A long time ago, we made a compromise to buy more generic products when shopping for groceries or standard supplies.  Over the years, we've discovered that some generic things are just fine, and others, well, name-brand will only do.

Things that we get generic or store-brand, and it works out just fine:

sandwich bags
ice cream (Central Market brand tastes great!)
frozen waffles
maple syrup (though you have to be careful with what you bring home)
orange juice
milk


Things that we just cannot compromise:

Heinz ketchup
Hershey's Syrup
store-brand yogurt
English Muffins
canned veggies (the corn has husks)


What products do you get generic and what products have to be store-brand?

1 comment:

adventures in rhode island said...

reynolds wrap and seren wrap. the generics never seem to work near as well and generic foil always rips super easy. i've been pleasantly surprised with stop and shops nature's promise label. we've been getting chips, crackers and stuff like that and it's no different from brand names.