Kvi

Catsmokinpot

does anyone remember KVI brand stuff that crazy prices used to sell? what a crappy crappy brand that was.. the bread was horrible, it was like they took the flour that had rats pissing all over it to make their bread.

is it still sold in shops?

JoeSchmoe

ah yes the old "Known Value Items" is retail speech, what a load of muck they were alright

Siogfinsceal

they were manky altogether red writing and blue and white wrapping. the crisps and fizzy orange were the worst! quinnsworth is gone tis tesco now!

missingtime

Is that the same as "Yellow Pack" products?

rubadub

Yellow pack was prior to KVI, actually I think they had both at the same time.
quinnsworth had white packaging, dunno if it had a name. euroshopper was here briefly too.
KVI cola was great for cleaning out a blocked drain.
Do you remember the supermarket called "giant"? Had these sirens going off and if you were checking out at teh time you got a discount. Women would have kids all queing up at different tills with trolleys with only 2 items in them. Then the buzzer goes and all the kids leg it round the shop in a frenzy filling the cart that "won" up with groceries, managers never saw that coming


Thats crazy prices at super crazy prices, don't you miss it!

ciaran76

I remember my Mam buying their digestive biscuits and they tasted like salt !Actually i think they put salt in everything they made to hide the taste even the ice-cream

skyhighflyer

Rememeber when before Superquinn had Euroshopper they had 'Thrift' instead? And the packages were plain black and white. Not messing, when you'd buy a bottle of washing up liquid It's be plain white with 'washing up liquid' written on it in big bold capitals....

billy the squid

which supermarket used to have the products in a white package but black writing and all the products would have a huge ! after their name.

It could have been the superquinn one mentioned above .

rubadub

yep superquinn
i think the ads in the shop said
"now thats thrift!"

Larianne

the cheese and onion crisps were tasty though!

telecinesk

AH, Yellow packs. Nice. Funny, I have on 1 or 2 vhs tapes out takes of Quinnsworth ads from 1985/6ish buried in the attic no doubt. MAurice Pratt talking to DArth Vader (I assume return of thre Jedi era) about all sorts, and some Yellow Pack Beer stuff. WOWO> Legend.

deedee lepoopoo

Yep I vaguely remember the store 'Giant', but it was like Beruit on a good day.

Thrify Salt and Vinegar crisps..mmmmm.....:)
Nasty Thrift Coffee.........:eek:

Yellow pack beer ...yummy........;)

But the line we used to be spun was that Tayto, Brennans etc make the products for the el cheapo Supermarket ranges...... poppycock....I'd say more like a cat litter factory in Russia....

billy the squid

Thems was the day when the only place you could find Superquin was Dublin and the east coast.

Their yoghurts were minging, especially their chocolate yoghurt. it was dark brown and tasted sour even when it was fresh.

Yellow pack beer tasted better back in the horse it came out of. although their meusli was the best quality you could find. the fruity bits were huge.

Morris prat. remember the telly bingo thing that was on you could win a trip to rome. the tickets each week were a different colour.

aidan_dunne

Hey, don't diss the Thrift/Yellow Pack/KVI/Tesco white 'n' blue stripped range own brands! They've been the saviour of many the poor, impoverished student over the years!

Motley Crue

I hated KVI Brand. Rank!:eek:

kelle

That was "Keenest Value in Ireland"

I remember when my brother had his 21st party, I was sent out to buy supplies (being the only earner in the family at the time)- I went to Quinnsworth and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw how cheap the KVI beer was! I bought a few packs of it, along with KVI bread, burgers and whatever else he wanted.
They all loved the beer, and it got devoured!

That was 15 years ago!

My parents used to buy KVI bread, my brothers and myself called it "plastic bread."

icdg

It was essentially the replacement for Yellow Pack (a brand that was looking very dated and retro by the mid-1990s), but IIRC never quite got as far as completely supplanting it before PSL was taken over by Tesco. PSL had only just introduced Premium Choice, a more up-market brand, when Tesco took over and Tesco own-brand products replaced both brands within months.

My memory is hazy on this point, but I seem to recall that it was launched in Crazy Prices first before spreading to Quinnsworth.

icdg

icdg wrote: »

It was essentially the replacement for Yellow Pack (a brand that was looking very dated and retro by the mid-1990s), but IIRC never quite got as far as completely supplanting it before PSL was taken over by Tesco. PSL had only just introduced Premium Choice, a more up-market brand, when Tesco took over and Tesco own-brand products replaced both brands within months.

My memory is hazy on this point, but I seem to recall that it was launched in Crazy Prices first before spreading to Quinnsworth.

KVI would have been introduced around 1993/94, you're probably right about it being introduced in Crazy Prices first as my mam shopped in Crazy Prices in Ballyfermot at that time. Premium Choice arrived around 1996, I still remember the television ad for it.

Dyr

Karsini wrote: »

KVI would have been introduced around 1993/94, you're probably right about it being introduced in Crazy Prices first as my mam shopped in Crazy Prices in Ballyfermot at that time. Premium Choice arrived around 1996, I still remember the television ad for it.

no way..when we were kids "yorema buys KVI" was a pretty common exchange. Actually one of the the kids i hung around with maintained that KVI stood for "kellys versus the intelligent"..KVI is deffo late eighties at least.

icdg

Karsini wrote: »

. Premium Choice arrived around 1996, I still remember the television ad for it.

That would be about right. PSL was taken over by Tesco in May 1997, so it would only have lasted a few months.

Grab All Association

KVI lasted until 2001 well the KVI nappies and big packs of sliced cheese did. Clearing out a shed yesterday found the old KVI cola bottle

xzanti

I was only thinking about this the other day...

How lucky we are that we now have the likes of Aldi and don't have to resort to stores own brand stuff when we're on a budget.. which in my opinion is pure sh1te..

I won't name any names but certain big supermarket's own brand stuff is pretty mingin'.. even in this day and age..

Aldi all the way!!

Grab All Association

Aldi and M&S have the nicest food.

fussyonion

Ah I've great memories of Crazy Prices!

As a kid, I'd go shopping with my Mam and there was this bar of chocolate always sold there-I think it was called "Hella Strawberry"; delicious chocolate with a strawberry fondant centre.

They were bigger than standard bars but not as big as those family-size, and it was always my treat on the way home from The Square.

I remember Crazy Prices also had all their products in the original packaging it was delivered in-they didn't bother unpacking things, just opened the box and stuck a price underneath.

In the one in The Square, there was a display of monkeys who played instruments at the fruit and veg section and when you were entering the frozen food section, there was a sign saying "THE BIG FREEZE".

I remember KVI bread and their value biscuits too but I was only around 6 at the time so I don't remember if their food was any good or not; except for the chocolate

Rubberlegs

fussyonion wrote: »

Ah I've great memories of Crazy Prices!

As a kid, I'd go shopping with my Mam and there was this bar of chocolate always sold there-I think it was called "Hella Strawberry"; delicious chocolate with a strawberry fondant centre.

They were bigger than standard bars but not as big as those family-size, and it was always my treat on the way home from The Square.

I remember Crazy Prices also had all their products in the original packaging it was delivered in-they didn't bother unpacking things, just opened the box and stuck a price underneath.

In the one in The Square, there was a display of monkeys who played instruments at the fruit and veg section and when you were entering the frozen food section, there was a sign saying "THE BIG FREEZE".

I remember KVI bread and their value biscuits too but I was only around 6 at the time so I don't remember if their food was any good or not; except for the chocolate

Those Hellas bars were amazing:D. I've posted about them before, but you are the only one I have seen mention them! I'm pretty sure there was a mint version too, and possibly a cherry one. My friends Nanny ran a little shop from the house, and sold these:)