How important are food brands to you?
SpoonfedVomit
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I got some Co-Ops own wotsits the other day, big bag for 50p, they tasted awful, not enough cheese but to much puff.
Today i bought some normal wotsits the 'proper' brand, they were 36p for a smaller bag than coops own but they tasted better...
im a big stickler for brands and i always like to enjoy good food, what about you? You will never find me in a Lidl or an Aldi
Today i bought some normal wotsits the 'proper' brand, they were 36p for a smaller bag than coops own but they tasted better...
im a big stickler for brands and i always like to enjoy good food, what about you? You will never find me in a Lidl or an Aldi
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Yay I'm not alone. I don't like buying them when they're not on offer, they're a tad pricey for what they are.
I have to have the well known top quality brands, and cannot compromise... Many times people have tried to convince me that the products they buy, that are own brand or value labels are just as good, and when they've given them to me to try, they have been disgusting. I'd never change from the well known brands as I know what I'm getting, cheap stuff would end up binned, and that would be false economy
Another vote for the M&S Jaffa cakes - they really are divine
I'm a big stickler for brands generally as higher priced stuff does usually taste better obviously if a cheaper brand was nicer I'd get that but that rarely happens (though I do quite like Sainsbury's basic tortillas)
Also things like bananas and potatoes, you might as well buy the cheapest as with natural things, there's very little difference (well not enough to justify a higher price)
You can't expect people to take you seriously about liking good food if your point of reference is blinkin' WOTSITS!!!
It's the same stuff in different packaging. Take milk for example. four pints in sainsburys will cost £1.50. Four pints in Lidl costs £1.00. Al you're doing is paying extra for a label. As the old saying goes. A fool and his money are soon parted.
The majority of my hygiene items are another matter.
Edit, I do have a preference when choosing bagels, New York bakery ones are the best.
But now I've switched to Morrisons ( I much prefer their meat/fruit/veg/bakery to Sainsbury's ) I've found I buy more branded products because there are very few Morrisons own brands that I like.
All other supermarket brands are fair game. If they taste OK buy again.
Brands differ from country to country. Much of what appears on the shelves in Lidl or Aldi could well be main brands from the continent.
I shop in Aldi from time to time - and have always found their food to be of excellent quality.
Lidl for sweetcorn and tinned tomatoes same brand as we get in the supermarket but cheaper. We take the whole crate thing, bulk buying all the way (never know when we're going to be snowed in during winter these days and on that day I shall survive on tomato and sweetcorn pasta
When it comes to food I am a snob as I wouldn't eat some of the muck that supermarkets call food.
Don't get me wrong I don't buy everyting from M and S but with grub you do get what you pay for.
Not in all cases.
Fruit and veg is one example. £2 for a califlower in Sainsbury. £1.20 for one twice the size in our local fruit and veg shop - and a lot tastier.
Its also quite telling that in some blind taste tests - Aldi stuff actually beats the likes of M&S hands down (as demonstrated in one of Rick Steins programes)
Very true but sometimes you find some own brand things that are worth having, waitrose essential ginger nuts are yummy but might not be to everybodys taste because I don't like ginger too strong and I made my point earlier about Jaffa cakes... People are really going to think all I do is eat cake and biscuits at thins rate >.>
Our cupboard contains pots and pans. We store our food in the fridge and vegetable rack.
Sorry, forgot about our homemade jams. We don't buy factory food.
I buy all meat from the butchers and the vast majority of fruit and veg in my local greengrocers.
Eggs I get delivered and are free range. How anyone would eat a battery egg is beyond me.