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GLaDOS · 08-08-2016 12:20PM

Ah yeah I'm pretty sure I tried the Grafter's IPA and enjoyed it

jacksie66 · 08-08-2016 12:22PM

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snubbleste · 08-08-2016 12:27PM

Marketing works.

Shenshen · 08-08-2016 12:34PM

Hair dye - but that's more because the store own brands tend not to do that many shades of red, if any.

With things like beer, I love tasting my way through some different breweries, but I'm quite happy with Lidl's own brand Pilsner any day.

But for the most part, I go for cheapest.

08-08-2016 12:35PM

Couldn't give a toss about brandnames.

irish_goat · 08-08-2016 12:37PM

I don't understand people who buy branded bleach, it's the exact same chemical in the store brand bottle as in the Domestos.

andekwarhola · 08-08-2016 12:40PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Couldn't give a toss about brandnames.

True. They're not much use in the **** bank.

siblers · 08-08-2016 12:42PM

podgemonster wrote: »

The mother once replaced Heinz Ketchup with some Aldi/Lidl brand ketchup.

We didn't speak for a fortnight.

Heinz has a lot of sugar in it so it has a pretty unique taste compared to a lot of other ketchup brands, I love Heinz but it has too much sugar in it

Ted111 · 08-08-2016 12:44PM

diomed wrote: »

An interesting thread. How do I respond without mentioning brand names?

Get Sharp and don't be such a Virgin poster. Esso a simple Kraft to nestle the correct name beside what you knor to be the right word to Dove tail with it. Lego of your anxiety and you canon subway generic words into sentences for maxell effect. It sony easy to mastercard the art.

Widdershins · 08-08-2016 12:47PM

Milk is a perfect example . How could there be a difference between brands when it's all produced , treated and bottled in exactly the same way , with nothing extra added to any brand ?

FizzleSticks · 08-08-2016 12:51PM

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setanta1984 · 08-08-2016 12:54PM

Dairygold is the only spread I truly like. I think it's because it uses cream, which other spreads don't seem to.

Since moving to the UK sandwich making has been a disaster.

If anyone knows anywhere to buy Dairygold in the UK I will create a shrine to you...

Does anyone even have any suggestions as to a brand they think is even close to it?

seamus · 08-08-2016 12:55PM

irish_goat wrote: »

I don't understand people who buy branded bleach, it's the exact same chemical in the store brand bottle as in the Domestos.

They think it works better. It must do, because it says it does.

Nurofen got nailed in Australia for this. They marketed a whole bunch of different painkillers, with different coloured boxes for each type of pain - period pain, headaches, backaches, etc etc. And they charged a huge premium on it.

They actually still do this in the UK. But it's the exact same painkiller in the box. There is no difference between the "regular" Nurofen and the period pain one except the price and the pink box (seriously).

Yet people were all too eager to buy it and many commenters shocked because they used to swear blind that only the "period pain" nurofen worked for them, the ordinary one didn't.

Squall Leonhart · 08-08-2016 12:57PM

Ah no, Heinz mayonnaise is where it's at! Incidentally Hellmann's ketchup is great too, I prefer it to Heinz.

I would have agreed up until recently. I bought Dunnes branded toilet bleach stuff, watery and weak as be-feck when compared to using Domestos or toilet Duck or the likes, which sticks a gooey thick layer of pine freshness to a loo!

08-08-2016 01:02PM

andekwarhola wrote: »

True. They're not much use in the **** bank.

When there's a will, there's a way

NikoTopps · 08-08-2016 01:21PM

Lyons and Tayto/Hunky Dorys. I can't stand the Aldi equivalents of either so I don't mind paying full price for the brand name stuff.

Speedwell · 08-08-2016 01:27PM

seamus wrote: »

They think it works better. It must do, because it says it does.

Nurofen got nailed in Australia for this. They marketed a whole bunch of different painkillers, with different coloured boxes for each type of pain - period pain, headaches, backaches, etc etc. And they charged a huge premium on it.

They actually still do this in the UK. But it's the exact same painkiller in the box. There is no difference between the "regular" Nurofen and the period pain one except the price and the pink box (seriously).

Yet people were all too eager to buy it and many commenters shocked because they used to swear blind that only the "period pain" nurofen worked for them, the ordinary one didn't.

My dad used to swear on a stack of Bibles that generic prescription medication was the same exact stuff as the name brand. Not even after much research could I tell him any different. Generic meds only have to have the same dosage of active ingredient. Sometimes the actual compound is different, but considered equivalent (for example, ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate both considered legitimate forms of Vitamin C). Very often, the excipients (bulking, diluting, packaging, enhancing, flavouring, time-release, or other added ingredients) differ. Quality control may vary. Sometimes even the source of the active ingredient matters, such as whether it is naturally sourced or synthesised in a laboratory process.

Widdershins · 08-08-2016 01:31PM

Speedwell wrote: »

My dad used to swear on a stack of Bibles that generic prescription medication was the same exact stuff as the name brand. Not even after much research could I tell him any different. Generic meds only have to have the same dosage of active ingredient. Sometimes the actual compound is different, but considered equivalent (for example, ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate both considered legitimate forms of Vitamin C). Very often, the excipients (bulking, diluting, packaging, enhancing, flavouring, time-release, or other added ingredients) differ. Quality control may vary. Sometimes even the source of the active ingredient matters, such as whether it is naturally sourced or synthesised in a laboratory process.

My grandmother who was a nurse used to get quite annoyed about being prescribed generics. There was an ad campaign kind of encouraging people to trust generics. Clonmel Health .

Means Of Escape · 08-08-2016 01:36PM

podgemonster wrote: »

The mother once replaced Heinz Ketchup with some Aldi/Lidl brand ketchup.

We didn't speak for a fortnight.

Chef tops Heinz

FA Hayek · 08-08-2016 01:48PM

Sometimes you can get away with a non branded product e.g. Milk or ham or personal health products. However, more often then not people buy branded products because they are assured that they are getting the same product they are used to and not some swill that they will have to throw out.

Take Mayonnaise for example. I have tried many types but the best tasting for me is Hellmnans. The rest are just no good, utter muck or a pale imitation. If I want to make a good sandwich, I get a dollop of Hellmanns mayonnaise and some cheese and onions Taytos with some bread. Bread is generally bread, it doesn't matter but try telling me you will get the same test if you swap Hellmanns mayonnaise for some yellow pack ****e and Taytos for some random variety. Sorry, but its going to taste different, very different and anyone who tells it otherwise is deluded wannabe hipster.

You can of course buy non branded stuff and get lucky but in general it will not be the same, besides what the 'alternative living' folks will tell you. For fresh dairy products work away but for jarred products or dry products like chocolate or biscuits its pot luck.

Speedwell · 08-08-2016 01:48PM

Widdershins wrote: »

My grandmother who was a nurse used to get quite annoyed about being prescribed generics. There was an ad campaign kind of encouraging people to trust generics. Clonmel Health .

No guarantees that the brand name is the purest or "best" formulation, either. My brother, who suffers from rheumatoid arthritis, thought he was allergic to a medication his doctor wanted him to take. The medication (I don't know which one it was) was important enough to his doctor that the next time my brother was an outpatient in the hospital for a procedure, the doctor called the chemist my brother usually went to and got information about the manufacturer who supplied that chain. The hospital pharmacy had a formulation by a different manufacturer. The doctor, having suspected that the active ingredient was not the issue, carefully supervised my brother's status as he administered the new formulation. No adverse reaction developed, and my brother was able to take the crucial medication after all (he reported that the doctor said, "you are not to obtain this medication from anywhere but my office, and to be safe, from me personally"). Scary stuff.

FA Hayek · 08-08-2016 01:49PM

Means Of Escape wrote: »

Chef tops Heinz

Yes, especially true for brown sauce. Not its not BBQ its brown sauce. Good luck finding a yellow pack substitute.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 08-08-2016 02:13PM

I wouldn't scrimp on my skincare. A good cleanser and toner, exfoliator and moisturiser are very important and I wouldn't put anything from a pharmacy on my face.

Shower gel, toothpaste, Lenor, washing powder is pretty much all I'm very loyal to.

livedadream · 08-08-2016 02:18PM

setanta1984 wrote: »

Dairygold is the only spread I truly like. I think it's because it uses cream, which other spreads don't seem to.

Since moving to the UK sandwich making has been a disaster.

If anyone knows anywhere to buy Dairygold in the UK I will create a shrine to you...
Does anyone even have any suggestions as to a brand they think is even close to it?

a corner supermarket in tooting bec does an irish section with dairygold, taytos etc i cant remember the name.. though ill look it up and PM you.

Speedwell · 08-08-2016 02:21PM

Oh, that's a good point... cross-border brand loyalties. I have three, only three, from America, but they irritate me like a stone in my shoe. Huy Fong Sriracha sauce (the one and only; that Flying Goose swill is not the same), Playtex tampons (I am in no way ashamed to admit), and Crystal Light powdered drink mix in the single-serving stick pack.

Samaris · 08-08-2016 02:24PM

I thiiiink Bill Bryson's Made in America touches on a lot of this. Great read either way, just not 100% sure that that's my source for the following;

It's rather funny reading this thread because it reminds me of a study he(or something I was reading) was quoting about brand loyalty. Some things people are chilled about buying whatever and go for the own brand stuff. But mayonnaise, ketchup and toothpaste were specifically mentioned as being items that people do show strong preferences towards and often they actually won't settle for an alternative. Why those three? No idea.

In Ireland, crisps and tea seem to be the other big ones. One is either Walkers or Tayto; Barry's or Lyons!

Can't stand Tayto myself. It's a weird thing, but even just typing the name, I get a strong whiff of cheese and onion taytos on a hot bus. Funny how memory works. Despise cheese and onion crisps, hate the smell, and it's put me off the entire brand! Also, I find that taytos are thinner and more crumbly than Walkers (or Hunky Dorys, nom) and there are few things crisp-related more annoying than opening a packed of crisps to find the contents in shards and powder!

Alf Stewart. · 08-08-2016 03:01PM

Its It's mostly all the same stuff, just with different packaging.

Unbeliever ?

read this

whiskeyman · 08-08-2016 03:06PM

I swear on my 9 children's lives that Lidl condoms are every bit as good as branded ones

Speedwell · 08-08-2016 03:06PM

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Its It's mostly all the same stuff, just with different packaging.

Unbeliever ?

read this

No. The same factory often makes different products for different brands. The same brand and packaging can even be made by the same factory at different quality levels for different shops. There was a huge uproar over this when it was discovered that Wal-Mart purposely bought cheaply made products from manufacturers that were made with plenty of "cut corners" and quality compromises, packaged and named identically except for a small "made for Wal-Mart" notation in an inconspicuous location. I didn't know this myself until I ordered something from an Amazon reseller that was supposed to be a first-quality brand name item, only to receive something that was clearly a cheap knockoff... sure enough, "made for Wal-Mart".

OU812 · 08-08-2016 03:14PM

There's certain things the brand names are (to me anyway), better at. Cereals (Kellogg's), sauces (Heinz ketchup, Frenche's Mustard), soft drinks (7 up, Pepsi), Tea (Lyons Gold label only).

Other things are no different or sometimes better in some cases. Cleaning products in Aldi for example perform better than brand names, I guess that's German efficiency.

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