brand loyalty

kumate_champ07

I gave up on brands a long time ago, sure the 'yellow pack' stuff doesnt taste exactly the same but in many cases its just as good, just different to what you are used to.

some people I know would feel embarassed having a basket/trolly full of unbranded groceries, why is this? its food that you eat or soap you wash with, nobody can see the brand name of the dinner in your belly

now that we have another harsh budget will people vote with their wallets in the supermarket, or give in to social stigma and keep up appearances?

'weetabix' is weetabix, you cant fúck it up when the only ingredient is wheat. 40c shower gel will clean you just as much as the 2euro bottle thats on half price special offer!

Red Hand

Haven't given up on brand boards.ie, eh, OP? Need an internet connection for that. Expensive things, I hear.

Writing the above on a yellow post it slip would cost less.

KABOOM!

tacofries

Red Hand wrote: »

Haven't given up on brand boards.ie, eh, OP? Need an internet connection for that. Expensive things, I hear.

Writing the above on a yellow post it slip would cost less.

KABOOM!

Sorry?

super_furry

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

'weetabix' is weetabix, you cant fúck it up when the only ingredient is wheat.

Weird that you give this as an example because in reading your post it's the first thing that came to mind. I bought Aldi's Bixies last month and ended up throwing half the packet away because they were awful. Unlike Weetabix they turn into a soft mush straight away and there's a definite difference in taste.

Wouldn't deviate from Heinz Ketchup or Coleman's Mustard either after tasting many inferior rival products.

Red Hand

tacofries wrote: »

Sorry?

It was a stupid joke. Apologies OP.

On topic, I don't get why people buy branded soap or things like bleach etc.

Food...yeah, I can taste the difference between some brands, but even then, it's not the more expensive one that is better. Agree with Coleman's Mustard above.

kumate_champ07

alot of kitchen cleaners are just bleach, water and some scents, I buy a big container of bleach and mix it with water in an old spray container.

Where To

Fairy makes me soft, I don't care what you say.

franktheplank

Tesco crispies rock my world.

3ndahalfof6

If I drink it and I don't pisss myself it is a winner in my book, I am clean and I have upped my resistance to stuff.

Washington Irving

Coca-Cola > Every non-brand name cola.

No contest.

frozenfrozen

I can't eat / drink the nonbrand copies of coke and chocolate. Cadburys and coca cola just win hands down

DonkeyStyle \o/

There's an awful lot of shíte out there.
Listerine are the only ones who can do mouthwash right IMO. And Heinz for the ketchup... instead of red vinegar-water.

I've bitten into a small stone, honest to God, f*cking stone in a bowl of cheap cereal and what appeared to be a a fragment of sea-shell in a pack of frozen potato wedges. I figure the extra I pay for a reliable brand saves me the cost and pain associated with a broken tooth.

Ciaran_B

I've tried all the alternatives, Robinsons etc, but none are as good as Mi-Wadi.

Chuck Stone

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

some people I know would feel embarassed having a basket/trolly full of unbranded groceries, why is this?

Because they're idiots.

hattoncracker

Aldi all the way!!
I would feel guilty buying a whole trolley of branded goods, tbh! I couldn't justify paying for them!
The recession has made me cook/bake more! I bake my own bread and try loads of new recipes now, no brand loyalty for me.

Once it tastes good and cleans me and my house, im ok with it. I have very little brand loyalty these days.

Branded Tea Bags, Beans, Ketchup & brown sauce, and washing up liquid.

That's about it I think. They taste better though (the washing up liquid is yummy) it's not because I want to be seen with branded crap in my trolley.

Other than that the food I buy is all fresh, so wouldn't be branded anyway.

Some things I'd buy brand, some things I'd buy unbranded. Such is life.

magick

If people are brand loyal then the marketing dept had done their job

Peetrik

All I need are 'dayycent' teabags. Anything that is remotely good for you (fruit, veg, unprocessed meat etc) is all unbranded anyway and I'm fairly sure I could wash myself with kitchen cleaner without noticing any major difference... apart from smelling slightly more lemmony.

kowloon

It's worse in the UK. The competition between supermarkets has brought the quality of the economy stuff below anything that people would buy here.
Asda have more than one level of own brand stuff, the cheapest range is utter muck. They've managed to mess up things you wouldn't think they could get wrong. Their own brand beer is exclusively for alcoholics, students wouldn't touch it.

LostCorkGuy

Where To wrote: »

Fairy makes me soft, I don't care what you say.

Makes you soft alright .......

seven_eleven

Im brand loyal to a certain extent, I just like comapnies more than others but Im not exactly crazy over particular brands.

Comapanies I like and will give my money to:

JJ Kavanaghs
Aer Lingus
Valve (gayben)


Brands I dislike and will avoid giving my money to at all costs:

Ryanair
Bus Eireann
EA Games
Apple (will never get a cent off me)

PizzamanIRL

Egos get in the way sometimes.

DylanII

I dont take much unbranded stuff.

I generally prefer unbranded Cornflakes, Digestive biscuits and some chocolate bars (the ones like a milkyway) milk, sugar - thats the only unbranded stuff I could find in my kitchen

I wont take any unbranded hygiene/skin products (shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, soap, moisturiser, toothpaste, mouthwash - all of these I only buy the very expensive stuff ), drinks, tea bags, washing powder, all other cereals - pretty much everything else.

0ph0rce0

I just don't enjoy any of that cheap crap, I don't mind the Tesco Finest own brand some good stuff there, and i'd buy the supermarket own brands for certain things, but all that blue white and red, and aldi/lidl ****e I just cant eat, Ive tried and tried so many times, but its all horrible.

Don't know why people buy say Oggie Boogie Beans for €0.10 cheaper than Heinz, then they say it tastes the same, But YOU KNOW IT DOESNT

Celly Smunt

who the fuck looks at other peoples shopping?

Lando Griffin

pmcmahon wrote: »

who the fu[SIZE="2"]c[/SIZE]k looks at other peoples shopping?

Brand loyality enthusiastics thats who.

Grimebox

Deleted User wrote: »

Branded Tea Bags, Beans, Ketchup & brown sauce, and washing up liquid.

That's about it I think. They taste better though (the washing up liquid is yummy) it's not because I want to be seen with branded crap in my trolley.

Other than that the food I buy is all fresh, so wouldn't be branded anyway.

I'm surprised by the loyalty to branded washing up liquid. Why bother?

phasers

aldi do a 'premium' washing up liquid that's a euro a bottle and it's miles better than fairy, much thicker and longer lasting.

Lyons tea, diet coke and kelloggs cornflakes are the only brands that I'm loyal to, the knockoffs never taste good.

swimming in a sea

Once you get used to non branded food its not to bad.
I only now buy M&S own brand and the quality is pretty good.

franktheplank

Is this a ploy to get the marketing shills out in the open?

As for me, I'll use nothing but gummy gums toothpaste, leaves my teeth whiter and white and makes me sooooo attractive to sexy ladies.

Grimebox

Grimebox wrote: »

I'm surprised by the loyalty to branded washing up liquid. Why bother?

Because I've bought loads of the other ones and fairy does last longer

I don't have an Aldi close enough to me.

Celly Smunt

swimming in a sea wrote: »

I only now buy M&S own brand and the quality is pretty good.

you might as well buy the real brand so,m&s is probably more expensive than the real crap.

Muir

Essentials stuff from Superquinn is usually good, like their bread & Jaffa Cakes. But there are a lot of non branded products that just aren't as nice. I've noticed Aldi has their packaging/names very similar to the popular brands.

kumate_champ07

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

I just don't enjoy any of that cheap crap, I don't mind the Tesco Finest own brand some good stuff there, and i'd buy the supermarket own brands for certain things, but all that blue white and red, and aldi/lidl ****e I just cant eat, Ive tried and tried so many times, but its all horrible.

Don't know why people buy say Oggie Boogie Beans for €0.10 cheaper than Heinz, then they say it tastes the same, But YOU KNOW IT DOESNT

of course it doesnt taste the same, its a different recipe

kumate_champ07

Deleted User wrote: »

Because I've bought loads of the other ones and fairy does last longer

I don't have an Aldi close enough to me.

ye the tesco 60c 500ml washing up liquid is watered down, probably false economy, tho I always use too much no matter which one I use

Irish Guitarist

I don't understand why people buy branded fruit. "Fyfe times better than other bananas"; no they're not.

One thing that's worth spending money on is brand name printer ink. I don't have a working printer now because I tried to save about €8.00 by buying Tesco ink which ended up destroying my printer..

wp_rathead

Ballymaloe relish is really the only branded thing I buy*
Other relishes just don't cut it

EDIT: As in I won't accept a replica version even it was available- obvo I buy more branded things than that but its the only conscious one I do

KungPao

I am extremely loyal to brands.

I would never eat anything for breakfast other than Wheatbisk. Fancy a rectangular salted cracker? Aww yeah, Snacky Cracky. Feeling thirsty? a glass of Freeway cola please! and don't be shy with the ice!

I must say though. Lidl have a ground coffee called Bellarom Italian blend...for less than €3. Really tasty.

TheUsual

Brand Loyalty ?

I went right off him when he divorced Katy Perry.

KungPao

TheUsual wrote: »

Brand Loyalty ?

I went right off him when he divorced Katy Perry.

He was always a kant though, to be fair to him.

Jezek

There is absolutely nothing branded in my shopping - I have no loyalty to God or Country, and I'm supposed to look out for fcking Heinz?

BillyMitchel

The aldi cereals make me shìt myself. Disgusting things altogether.

jenniferalan

super_furry wrote: »

Weird that you give this as an example because in reading your post it's the first thing that came to mind. I bought Aldi's Bixies last month and ended up throwing half the packet away because they were awful. Unlike Weetabix they turn into a soft mush straight away and there's a definite difference in taste

It was on Ireland Am last week that Weetabix make Aldi's Weetabix

repsol

frozenfrozen wrote: »

I can't eat / drink the nonbrand copies of coke and chocolate. Cadburys and coca cola just win hands down

+1 with the coke but Cadburys is ****e with low cocoa %.The chocolate in Aldi is much better.The whole nut actually has nuts in EVERY square!:D Aldi cereals are muck.You cannot beat Kelloggs,Alpen etc

DylanII

jenniferalan wrote: »

It was on Ireland Am last week that Weetabix make Aldi's Weetabix

Yea, most own brand stuff is made by the main brand, but they use a cheaper process and ingredients.

Ihatecuddles-old

Carrolls do lidls ham too, but Carrolls are sh*t. My sister used to work for them so she got loads of free stuff. We used to throw the ham on the ceiling and see who's would stay up the longest, or slide it down the fridge

4zn76tysfajdxp

phasers wrote: »

much thicker and longer lasting.

Huh.

Scruffles

aldis choceur chocolate is amazing,no other store can compare to them for cheap chocolate.
they used to do a awesome choceur bar that had milk chocolate on the outside and white chocolate on the inside-it tasted and looked like the lindt one of the same concoction.

also,a lot of their biscuits and cookies are awesome to,disco biscuits for example- only aldi coud have named em after the street name for ecstacy,the fools have just changed the name to 'groovy biscuits',godawful name; fur kin lovely biscuits,stuffin self with a pack was bought today now. :cool:

cant stand most food and drink under the cheapest end stuff like asda smart price though,its what this place only orders and its disgusting because am not able to afford any food of own.
asdas coke is like toilet cleaner [and yes as someone with pica,have tried toilet cleaner before to make that comparison]. :pac:

Ihatecuddles-old

I buy herbal essences shampoo and conditioner, tried lidl but I spent the whole day scratching my head.

I love lidls rashers actually. I don't care about brands otherwise.

repsol

I was in Tesco today buying some bottles of Hennessy and Jameson to give out as presents and I notice Tesco do their own brand Whiskey and Vodka.Has anyone tried this stuff.The bottles look minging so I am wondering if this range is just for alcoholics