What are your must have name brand food items?

Chief_WahooChief_Wahoo Posts: 1,454
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And do you buy any store,value,or 'like' brands for any items? Amongst my must have name brands are....

Lurpak spreadable butter
Gregg's large bloomer-medium sliced
Colman's English mustard
Hellmans mayonnaise
HP brown sauce
Heinz cream of chicken soup
Batchelor's chicken cup-a soup
Heinz baked beans/spaghetti/ravioli
Smash mashed potato
Herta hotdogs
Rustlers microwave cheeseburger
John West microwave rice
Shippams beef spread
McCains microwave baked potatoes
Bisto gravy granules
Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cornflakes

It may surprise you to know,but I'm really not much of a cook! :D Some of the store brands I find perfectly acceptable though.I regularly buy Morrisons value coloured cheddar cheese,Morrisons mixed fruit jam,and Morrisons value peanuts.The peanuts are really oily and really salty,exactly how I like them! And I always buy Blue Bear energy drink from Spar,and Spar brand milk chocolate digestives.I did buy some McVities digestives when they were on offer,but I actually much prefer the Spar brand.

I will have any name brand of tea bags,just whatever they have available at Poundland or Poundstretcher when I need to buy them.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,864
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    Not hugely fussed on brand names, but I cannot abide any other brown sauce than Daddies.
  • beaglemumbeaglemum Posts: 230
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    Cravendale milk
    Heinz baked beans

    I can eat any other non branded name stuff but will never skimp on either of the above.
  • 1Mickey1Mickey Posts: 10,427
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    Nothing in my diet is a must have as such but i do go through a fair bit of Hellmanns mayonnaise.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 611
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    orangebird wrote: »
    Not hugely fussed on brand names, but I cannot abide any other brown sauce than Daddies.

    Blasphemy!

    Gotta be HP!
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,256
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    Barr's Irn Bru.
  • curvybabescurvybabes Posts: 13,223
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    mccain oven chips
    hellmans mayo
    doritos tortillas
    rustler burgers
    greggs frozen pastys/sausage rolls
    kingsmill or warburtons bread

    Theres probably more but I cant think of them just now, I buy a lot of iceland and asda own brand
  • SherbetLemonSherbetLemon Posts: 4,073
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    Soup must be Heinz, 'butter' must be Flora buttery, pickled onions must be Opies cocktail onions, oven fries must be McCains, tea bags must be Scottish Blend.

    Everything else doesn't matter, although I have several non-food items that I'm a brand snob about.
  • Johnnys ArcadeJohnnys Arcade Posts: 4,105
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    Brand names? Not really a fan. Here is a perfect example :

    Fanta orangeade (£1.99 for 2L) = Disgusting.

    Aldi "Vive" own brand Orangeade (49p for 2L) = delicious!

    Main reason for this is Fanta contains artificial sweeteners.:mad: Vive orangeade does not.:p
  • swingalegswingaleg Posts: 102,979
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    Heinz for beans, tomato ketchup and tomato soup
    HP for brown sauce
    Colmans mustard

    That's about it really............pretty much everything else i chop and change, buy what's on special offer, supermarket own brand or value/basics if they're OK
  • gemma-the-huskygemma-the-husky Posts: 18,116
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    of the ones the OP mentioned, i agree with these 3

    colmans mustard
    hellmans mayo
    hertas (if you must have frankfurters)
  • NorthcroftNorthcroft Posts: 450
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    Heinz soup
    Hellmans Mayo
    Coke or Pepsi
    Schweppes lemonade
    Daddies Tomato sauce
    Colmans mustard
    Sarsons vinegar
  • noise747noise747 Posts: 30,692
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    Only two I think.

    Branston baked beans and Baxters tomato soup.

    Most other things I buy are not branded. i will buy non branded soup and beans, but prefer the two above.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,864
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    borodave wrote: »
    Blasphemy!

    Gotta be HP!

    But HP is too fruity for bacon sarnies!!!
  • TiggergirlTiggergirl Posts: 2,084
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    Barr's Irn Bru.

    Have to agree with that one there is truly nothing like real Irn Bru. No one has been able to come up with anything close to the real stuff.

    That said not so fussy on anything else branded as such. Have a preference for a few brands but I'm on a tight budget so can't afford to be fussy over my brands. Although I suppose only other thing I'm majorly fussy about is Heinz Tomato soup.

    If anything actual brands are a treat these days and generally I've gotten used to the value or supermarket own brands.
  • misha06misha06 Posts: 3,378
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    Chicago Town pizza.
  • curvybabescurvybabes Posts: 13,223
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    Tiggergirl wrote: »
    Have to agree with that one there is truly nothing like real Irn Bru. No one has been able to come up with anything close to the real stuff.

    That said not so fussy on anything else branded as such. Have a preference for a few brands but I'm on a tight budget so can't afford to be fussy over my brands. Although I suppose only other thing I'm majorly fussy about is Heinz Tomato soup.

    If anything actual brands are a treat these days and generally I've gotten used to the value or supermarket own brands.

    Asda own Irn Bru is good to be honest id struggle to tell the difference, its the sugar free i buy in both
  • malpascmalpasc Posts: 9,626
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    I'm not obsessive about it and find most supermarket own brands acceptable.

    However, I do prefer the following over the own brand:
    Heinz light mayonnaise
    Colmans wholegrain mustard
    Branston baked beans
    John West tuna - cheaper tinned tuna I find is too flaky. John West does at least try and keep the pieces inside the tin chunky.
    My other half always insists on Heinz tomato ketchup too. I rarely eat ketchup myself but do agree Heinz definitely tastes nicer than the other brands I've tried.
  • Utopian GirlUtopian Girl Posts: 8,275
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    Hellmans extra light mayo
    Flora lighter than light
    HP sauce
    Heinz tomato ketchup
    Quorn products
    McCain oven chips
    Maldon sea salt flakes
    Millicano coffee
    Ariel washing powder
    Lenor
    Fairy liquid
    Zoflora
  • Egg MonsterEgg Monster Posts: 102
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    Hellmans Mayo
    Clover Lighter
    Happy Eggs
    Le Rustique camembert
    Green Giant Sweetcorn
    Giovanni Rana filled pasta (but only because we found mould in a sainsburys own pack even though it was in date)
    Napolina tinned tomatoes (OH insists on this, I'm really not bothered)
    Old El Paso mexican kits (we really should make our own, but the kits are really convenient)

    Non-food:
    Andrex loo roll
    Bold/Bold + Lenor washing gels (only because OH has sensitive skin and it's the only laundry stuff he gets on with)
  • rumpleteazerrumpleteazer Posts: 5,746
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    Diet Coke and Heinz Ketchup are the only things I won't budge on, everything else is up for negotiation.
  • LandisLandis Posts: 14,849
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    Can't think of a single one.
    Morrisons All Bran tastes slightly different to Kellogs but only for a couple of days. And it doesn't have a pile of crumbs in the bottom of the bag...
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 62
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    Wilkin and Sons' Tiptree Tomato ketchup :)
    Simon Howie Bacon
    Grey Goose Vodka
  • TeddybleadsTeddybleads Posts: 6,814
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    Caotina Hot Chocolate
    Manicardi balsamic vinegar
    and diet Pepsi. Diet Coke i don't like.
  • hornbeamhornbeam Posts: 9,483
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    PG Tips
  • Lucy LouLucy Lou Posts: 8,574
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    hornbeam wrote: »
    PG Tips

    ...ah yes I have got to have good tea too!

    also Nescafe Gold Blend coffee - I cannot drink cheap coffee.
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