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Branded goods vs supermarket own label?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Went shopping earlier - had to get some baked beans and always have to get Heinz, other brands just don't taste as good!
But when it comes to brown sauce I opt for the cheap supermarket 'value' brand at a fraction of the cost and it's still really tasty.
What are the named brands you simply can't go without and what 'own label' goods would you recommend to your fellow Fabbers? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I honestly can't think of a single thing where I am a brand snob. .... apart from I have to buy parazone toilet bleach as it is the only product that seems to do anything. Other than that I buy what is on offer mostly. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Own brand pasta, rice, noodles, anything plain like that that you add your own flavour and ingredients to.
Bread, but not the out of date/stale stuff. Cakes. Anything bakery seems alright. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I did some work in a meat processing plant (I sold them some new hardware and software) and they was taking meat from cow carcasses and cutting them and labelling, half the meat went to Asda smart price and half went to Waitrose Premium.
Label's should mean nothing on food. Chances are they're all made in the same factory |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"hellmans mayo and HP sauce. everything else can be anything"
Agree with the HP although I'm sure it used to be tangier yesteryear, but Lidl's 'Vita D'or' mayonnaise is very good & about one third of the Hellmans price.
Likewise Lidl organic tomato ketchup is very good - yet only one third of the Heinz price. |
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Pop.....cant stand cheap cola or orange drinks!!
Although I actually prefer cheaper lemonade as the brand ones are too sweet but I don't drink.that too often.
Heinz ketchup....anything else is too vinegary.
Other than that I'll eat anything lol |
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"hellmans mayo and HP sauce. everything else can be anything
Agree with the HP although I'm sure it used to be tangier yesteryear, but Lidl's 'Vita D'or' mayonnaise is very good & about one third of the Hellmans price.
Likewise Lidl organic tomato ketchup is very good - yet only one third of the Heinz price."
I used to buy Hellman's light mayo and wouldn't have anything else... Until i tried Aldi's Bramwell extra light mayo... I prefere that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to do a bit of agency work years ago..
I was working at a dairy & they were bottling for one company then a bell would go off & they would just change the labels in the machines & bottle for someone else!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I prefer non branded and tastes okay to me though wouldn't go as far again as the smartprice meals ie shepherds pie"
Despite recent "assurances" if those pies contain lamb or beef then I'm a monkey's uncle  |
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By *ickawitchCouple
over a year ago
Away with the fairies (Liverpool to you) |
We have to get Fairy washing powder because Mr has bad eczema and anything else will set him off - I know this to be true because occasionally I try lenor fabric conditioner (I love the smell) and I watch him itch and scratch for a day or two before I give the rest of it to my mum |
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"I used to do a bit of agency work years ago..
I was working at a dairy & they were bottling for one company then a bell would go off & they would just change the labels in the machines & bottle for someone else!!"
milk is milk though.....i dont care what milk i buy lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I used to do a bit of agency work years ago..
I was working at a dairy & they were bottling for one company then a bell would go off & they would just change the labels in the machines & bottle for someone else!!
milk is milk though.....i dont care what milk i buy lol"
Had a cousin & she worked for an importer they went down the docks to the boat & allocated batches of tins to be shipped off to be labeled for different companies!!
Have look at some of the products you buy & they say made for this company or that company.. |
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"I honestly can't think of a single thing where I am a brand snob. .... apart from I have to buy parazone toilet bleach as it is the only product that seems to do anything. Other than that I buy what is on offer mostly. "
I agree with this. Non branded bleach isn't worth buying. Domestos or Parazone do the trick! |
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