Ever bought a different brand of food because it was cheaper and it was vile?

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 13:58

I bought 2 packs of bacon for £3 as I thought it was a bargain. I do not especially like bacon but my husband does, it was vile, stringy, chewy, tasteless and weird texture. Ended up in the dog. If you see anything and think it is too good to be true, it usually is.
Somethings are cheaper but inedible, but some cheaper brands are not so bad. Sainsbury tomatoe juice is very nice.

molliepops · 26/09/12 - 14:01

Not really I have bought cheaper things and then wondered why I didn't do it sooner as they were as good or better than the brand I was buying. Tesco value tomato ketchup 19p as good or better than stuff a pound dearer.

FlickJ · 26/09/12 - 14:04

Mayo !! - Hellmans is the best bar none. Heinz is OK but anything other than those brands tastes vile and has a strange "fishy" taste to me.

Teddybleads · 26/09/12 - 14:11

Yes, well not me. Mrs Bleads bought some cash n carry red wine vinegar when I was going through my chutney stage because a great big vat was the same price as my supermarket bottle.

I might as well have used Sarsons malt. It ruined three jars of tomato chutney.

metanoia · 26/09/12 - 14:44

Supermarket own brand baked beans- never again. It's Heinz or none for me.

Sweet FA · 26/09/12 - 17:27

metanoia wrote: »

Supermarket own brand baked beans- never again. It's Heinz or none for me.

Yonks ago, I too thought I'd chance own brand baked beans to save money - NEVER AGAIN, although I have now switched from Heinz to Branstons....

whoever,hey · 26/09/12 - 17:42

Chicken, bacon and sausages.

smudges dad · 26/09/12 - 20:21

metanoia wrote: »

Supermarket own brand baked beans- never again. It's Heinz or none for me.

Sweet FA wrote: »

Yonks ago, I too thought I'd chance own brand baked beans to save money - NEVER AGAIN, although I have now switched from Heinz to Branstons....

Only Heinz for me (full salt and sugar). Branston are watery and need faffing with to make edible (worcester sauce, pepper etc)

Meepers · 26/09/12 - 21:10

Lidl's version of Irn Bru. Its nigh on undrinkable.

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 21:15

ASDA own brand gravy granules, lumpy and tasted awful. Maybe I made it wrong but it was definitely worse than Bisto. I'm not fussy though, I've never noticed a difference between brand and own brand products.

degsyhufc · 26/09/12 - 21:16

Pepperamis - Supermarket pepperoni sticks
Herta frankfurters - supermarket/other brands
Space Raiders - Supermarket pickled onion flavour snacks

Not vile but not as good as the branded

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 21:17

Cheap coffee is a no no, same with tea and hot choc! Kenco, tetleys and Cadbury all the way!!!

molliepops · 26/09/12 - 21:20

smudges dad wrote: »

Only Heinz for me (full salt and sugar). Branston are watery and need faffing with to make edible (worcester sauce, pepper etc)

Tesco everyday value are lovely baked beans best I ever had.

[Deleted User] · 26/09/12 - 21:26

molliepops wrote: »

Tesco everyday value are lovely baked beans best I ever had.

I've tried ASDA, Co-Op and Tesco value beans and I've never been able to tell the difference between them, or Heinz!

smudges dad · 26/09/12 - 22:00

heavy_rotation wrote: »

I've tried ASDA, Co-Op and Tesco value beans and I've never been able to tell the difference between them, or Heinz!

The amount and thickness of the sauce

[Deleted User] · 27/09/12 - 07:41

degsyhufc wrote: »

Pepperamis - Supermarket pepperoni sticks

I agree with this. I bought ASDA's own brand "salami snacks" and they were quite fatty and also had congealed white stuff on the outside of them. Like when you cook meat and leave the juices in the tray and it turns to white fatty lard stuff. Not nice.

I also find supermarket own-brand crisps to be quite disappointing. I don't eat crisps very often so I now prefer to spend a bit extra and buy a brand name than buy a multipack of cheaper crisps that sit in the cupboard for ages because no-one wants to eat them. Cheap Cheese & Onion is the worst. Barely tastes of anything.

I happily buy own-brand cereal, chopped tomatoes, beans (can't stand Heinz) and other tinned goods. And I always buy value-range cleaning products. However, I won't scrimp on teabags (it has to be Yorkshire Tea or nothing!), minced beef (I find the cheap stuff really fatty), yogurts (Muller), and Coca-Cola.

phepia · 27/09/12 - 08:06

Coke has to be the brand name for me, really don't like the taste of others.
Bread has to be roberts, or hovis. Shops own make just seems soggy to me.
Also cereal can't be the basics stuff, especially cornflakes. Sainsburies home brand (not the basics) is ok but shops like aldi- their cornflakes are just cardboardy, and the texture make me want to spit them out..

And I know its not food but toothpaste has to be colgate total, or blue aquafresh. Others just taste horrible or don't seem to clean my teeth properly. Also washing up liquid has to be fairy, it the only product that keeps bubbles and greese off the items.

Other than that almost everything else I will happily but shops own brand, I really can't taste the difference in most stuff.
Most people have to budjet sadly, but I can't budget on those product

molliepops · 27/09/12 - 08:59

smudges dad wrote: »

The amount and thickness of the sauce

Heinz I find too thick and stodgy much prefer a lighter sauce that could be why we have different opinions I guess.

Jambo_c · 27/09/12 - 10:46

phepia wrote: »

Coke has to be the brand name for me, really don't like the taste of others.
Bread has to be roberts, or hovis. Shops own make just seems soggy to me.

Agree with Coke, got to be Coke or Pepsi.

We used to buy Tesco bread and I thought it tasted OK but then suddenly a couple of years ago it started going hard and/or mouldy really quickly. Switched to Hovis and it lasts loads longer.

molliepops · 27/09/12 - 10:49

Had a small glass of tesco value coke last night it was quite nice but I am not a usual coke drinker think last glass I had was about 6 years ago.

Morrisons baked by us 49p a loaf is nice bread. And I cannot make it myself cheaper than that.

CBFreak · 27/09/12 - 16:47

metanoia wrote: »

Supermarket own brand baked beans- never again. It's Heinz or none for me.

Heinz beans are too pricey for me now so I buy cheap beans but snazzy them up with paprika and other spices.

Can't replace my coke or pepsi though. Tried a cheaper supermarket brand and it tasted like one of those cola ice pops you buy. Bleh.

Sweet FA · 27/09/12 - 17:00

smudges dad wrote: »

... Branston are watery and need faffing with to make edible (worcester sauce, pepper etc)

No they aren't/don't.

NoseyLouie · 27/09/12 - 17:08

FlickJ wrote: »

Mayo !! - Hellmans is the best bar none. Heinz is OK but anything other than those brands tastes vile and has a strange "fishy" taste to me.

I am quite particular about my mayo, Hellmans is the best shop bought mayo for me also

Only other things I have a brand thing for are tea and coffee. I don't like supermarket own or value tea and coffee.

Beans, tomatoes, etc, other tinned items, I'll get the cheapest lol, I mainly use them in stews and curries anyway

sarahj1986 · 27/09/12 - 21:47

I agree with others about supermarket baked beans they are vile!

Cheap bacon is also pretty tank

opal88 · 27/09/12 - 23:07

Waitrose Essentials baked beans and their Essentials mayonnaise are better than any big name brands I've ever tried.

swingaleg · 27/09/12 - 23:42

I'm quite happy to try the Basics/Value/Essentials ranges of stuff and generally find them perfectly fine

One exception was Basics cheddar cheese at sainsbury which was just like a lump of rubber............:eek:

I've tried all the baked beans but I keep going back to heinz

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