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Attachment to Brand Names

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The other day I was watching a show about budgeting and one particular family when doing their weekly shop would only buy brand name products which as such drove up the price massively. It reminded me of my ex who was pretty much the same and if I didn't buy a certain brand of ketchup or orange juice or cereal she'd go spare - I never used to notice the difference and tend not to eat stuff that comes in packets anyway.

For instance I got some face wash in Lidl the other day for a pound, and also have a Nivea one that cost me £4; I mean is the latter going to make my face 400% cleaner at the end of the day?

Besides the odd exception, I find the supermarket stuff is nearly always the same as the brand name stuff on offer and any slight difference is worth it when you figure the cost difference. The only brand stuff I get is Barry's Tea and truth be told that's probably for nostalgic reasons more than anything. Are we completely shaped by advertising to the point people will spend four times as much for essentially the same product?

Or am I just a tasteless bastard who'll eat anything?

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lawlolawl

d2ww wrote: »

Have to disagree about the coffee. Got the Bellarom Colombian ground coffee and it had such a bitter/burnt smell and flavour that I threw the rest of the bag in the bin.

I find the ground stuff alright and the pods not too bad but the lidl instant coffee is garbage.

It tastes like there's sugar added to it or something (I don't take sugar so I really notice it) and it's really weak.

lawlolawl

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Aldi make some nice sweets and biscuits and things. Their own products that aren't a direct copy of anything can be nice but when they blatantly copy something it often does taste inferior. I bought a packet of Toffeeooze biscuits yesterday. They're a copy of Toffee Pops but they taste really bland. The toffee has barely any taste.

The names are at least entertaining though. My favourite is Explosade.

They used to sell biscuits that were called "Disco Biscuits".

They changed the name to something innocuous recently

d2ww

mzungu wrote: »

Lidl coffee, just as good as any of them.
Bramwell's mayo is the only game in town too.

Have to disagree about the coffee. Got the Bellarom Colombian ground coffee and it had such a bitter/burnt smell and flavour that I threw the rest of the bag in the bin.

Irish Guitarist

Aldi make some nice sweets and biscuits and things. Their own products that aren't a direct copy of anything can be nice but when they blatantly copy something it often does taste inferior. I bought a packet of Toffeeooze biscuits yesterday. They're a copy of Toffee Pops but they taste really bland. The toffee has barely any taste.

The names are at least entertaining though. My favourite is Explosade.

Squeeonline

mansize wrote: »

Fairy Washing Up liquid- excellent value and excellent cleaning - proven independently

Back to page 1, but yeah, you're right. It's more concentrated, even if it probably contains the same stuff. A little drop goes a lot further than a couple of squirts from a thinner unbranded bottle.

Same with bleach mentioned later. The thicker branded stuff is far better for cleaning under the rims of loos etc than the watery stuff.

Ri_Nollaig

cbyrd wrote: »

Audi and skoda use the same mechanical parts ... As do a lot of car manufacturers.

Well ofcourse; Audi, skoda and a good few others are all part of the Volkswagen Automotive Group.
Yes they share parts as in a lot of cases they even use the same chassis/engines [Octavian, A3, Golf, Leon] but they, and other European, American and Japanese makes, are definitely a higher standard than those Chinese ones he listed.

So when it comes to 'Brand Names', it definitely matters there!

cbyrd

Duggy747 wrote:

Chocolate from Aldi is unreal, much nicer than the little shrunken bars you get from Cadbury's.

Since Kraft took over Cadbury the chocolate is muck.
Give me Lidl rich chocolate any day (but don't cos it makes me ill) Aldi dairyfine chocolate is amazing for cooking,

jacksie66 wrote:

Well I can tell you that there's a difference between the likes of Audi, BMW or Mercedes when compared to the likes of Great Wall, Foton or Mahindra..

Audi and skoda use the same mechanical parts ... As do a lot of car manufacturers.

mzungu wrote:

Lidl coffee, just as good as any of them.

This is where I fall off the unbranded wagon.. nespresso coffee cannot be bettered. I've tried and failed. Tea, I will drink any un-caffeinated brew, yellow red, black or berry variety. But coffee is spoiled for me everywhere now if it's not number 11 or 12 nespresso.. the shame.

Hogan meats do the sliced turkey for aldi. Local bakeries will usually do the own brand breads too. In navan years ago before it closed down, Spicers bakery did the sliced pan breads for Lidl.. dunno who took it over.

Cosmetics and washing stuff (household or personal) I will only use brands with no sls, parabens, aluminium or alcohols. I make my own salt deodorant that costs pennies (or cents) and Olive oil soap. No such need for 22 different makeup removers that line and dry the skin resulting in the need for more creams and potions. A little research into what these products really do would save you an absolute fortune.

fryup

ketchup, Beans, macaroni > has to be...Heinz

Grandeeod

murpho999 wrote: »

As I said that is Kerrygold, not Dairygold. Two different products.

See this from Kerrygold website.

The product range in the UK is slightly different. Your link is to products sold in Ireland.

The link below is to the product I'm talking about. This stuff tastes the same as Dairygold. I'll let the poster who asked, try it.

http://www.kerrygold.co.uk/home/products/#product-kerrygold-spreadable

Shenshen

jackinthemix94 wrote: »

Man, I love M&S. A friend of mine used to work in a pie factory in England a few years back, said all the supermarkets got pies from the same factory, but M&S had their own ingredients / production line / quality checks.

Anyone who wants to argue Lidl is of M&S standard needs their head seeing to, M&S is FAR superior. But you do pay for that, admittedly.

While I'm normally perfectly happy getting all my shopping from Lidl (with the occasional trip to the Polish and Indian shop for the more exotic stuff like pickles and ground spices), I will go to M&S for their strong flour.
It does make a noticeable difference in pizzas and bread.

Wigglepuppy

In terms of food-stuffs, coffee is the only one I can think of that I would care about in terms of brand. I just don't like the taste of cheap instant coffee - I prefer the fancier stuff that tastes like it's ground coffee. It's not a snobbery thing - just a matter of preferring a taste. Tea - I actually prefer if it is not Barrys (which has an after-taste I dislike, but that is what makes it popular among others) but don't care otherwise.
Yogurts - any standard yogurt will do me, but if I want one of those fancy dessert type ones (with blueberries or "senga" strawberries - whatever "senga" is

) you can get them anywhere. The ones in Aldi are as nice as the ones in SuperValu/Dunnes/Tesco.

Cosmetics - the Cien stuff in Lidl is not as effective or long-lasting as its branded counterparts, in my opinion. I wouldn't give a sh1t about getting cheapy Lidl cosmetics, as saving money is always good, but I do notice a difference.

Pretty much anything else generic makes no difference to me whether it is branded or not though. I think so anyway - nothing jumps to mind apart from coffee as I said.

mzungu

Lidl coffee, just as good as any of them.
Bramwell's mayo is the only game in town too.

Billy86

rainbow kirby wrote: »

I think the Irish butcher on the Holloway Road sells Dairygold, but not 100% sure. Wouldn't surprise me if there were others in Kilburn/Cricklewood etc that have it.

Irish tea is muck in general, give me Yorkshire Gold or M&S tea any day.

Not a tea fan so can't speak on it, but feel the same way about Tayto. Admittedly very good in the fine dining experience that is a crip sangich, but otherwise so, so meh. Don't know that I've ever seen anyone not Irish have them and be impressed (Club Orange on the other hand...

rainbow kirby

I think the Irish butcher on the Holloway Road sells Dairygold, but not 100% sure. Wouldn't surprise me if there were others in Kilburn/Cricklewood etc that have it.

Irish tea is muck in general, give me Yorkshire Gold or M&S tea any day.

murpho999

Grandeeod wrote: »

Yes its true.

Its called Kerrygold spreadable with all the added oil. Exactly like Dairygold. Available in Sainsburys and Waitrose.

http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/all-butter---spreads/kerrygold-spreadable-400g

As I said that is Kerrygold, not Dairygold. Two different products.

See this from Kerrygold website.

Thargor

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murpho999

Thargor wrote: »

M&S meals are seriously good quality, their food is ridiculously good. If they dropped the prices a bit they'd rule the world.

I find it over priced and processed. You could easily make a lot of the stuff yourself from fresher ingredients.

Also, look at salt content that you're getting from places like M&S.

Thargor

M&S meals are seriously good quality, their food is ridiculously good. If they dropped the prices a bit they'd rule the world.

murpho999

Speedwell wrote: »

Eh, I grew up on Hellmanns. I prefer Blenders, to be honest; it has a less "chemical" flavor to me. They make Centra's "own label" brand, incidentally.

White bread has its place. What else would you use to make a toasted cheese?

What else is remarkably good? Centra's own-label plain salted tortilla "chips". Easily as good as if not better than 90 percent of the ones I used to buy in Texas.

Don't care about mayonaise think it's awful stuff, but would you not just make your own sometme. Very simple and would be a lot nicer than any processed gunk that people swear is good.

Here's an example.

As for white bread; read upon it. Very unheathy. Best avoided, especially the crappy packaged 'Brennans' and it's ilk that is so prominent here.

You can easily make a toasted cheese sandwich with a nice fresh wholemeal/brown bread from a bakery. Try it.

jackinthemix94

Man, I love M&S. A friend of mine used to work in a pie factory in England a few years back, said all the supermarkets got pies from the same factory, but M&S had their own ingredients / production line / quality checks.

Anyone who wants to argue Lidl is of M&S standard needs their head seeing to, M&S is FAR superior. But you do pay for that, admittedly.

Means Of Escape

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

I buy all my food in Marks & Spencer. It's all own brand and it's not that bad. I only buy Maldon sea salt though.

Fruit trifle they sell
Folded the container and ate that too .

Billy86

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »

I buy all my food in Marks & Spencer. It's all own brand and it's not that bad. I only buy Maldon sea salt though.

Your bill must be absurd!

Their meat pies and white chocolate cookies are ridiculous though. There's a bunch of really nice stuff in there but... well let's just say I assume you make more money than I do.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly

I buy all my food in Marks & Spencer. It's all own brand and it's not that bad. I only buy Maldon sea salt though.

suicide_circus

I only use diesel from applegreen, find it gives more ummpph than rival filling stations

Stigura

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

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!

Ah, now; I home brew beer and use bleach as one of my sanitizers. I very specifically look out for the cheapest, nastiest, most watery bleach I can find. I wouldn't touch Domestos.

This is because I need to easily rinse the bleach off, once it's did its job. The stuff sold as " Thick Bleach " is no good to me then. It Does stick like schit to a blanket. Good in ye loo. No good in my processes.

By the way; I think some bleaches state a different level of chlorine content, don't they?

So, there's thick, thin, and thin and weaker bleaches out there.

Stigura

GLaDOS wrote: »

There's things I will go to the brand name for (Colman's mustard, Lea and Perrin's Worcestershire sauce .....) but they're more of the exception than the rule.

This.

Billy86

Samaris wrote: »

Actually, and I may be talking off the top of my head here, but I have a vague memory of their having Dairygold in UK Tescos, just it was only in the block form. I could be totally wrong on that though. And perhaps it was Kerrymaid.

I've seen in in Chicago, New York and Toronto if I recall, so wouldn't be shocked. All in standard supermarkets/shops too, not 'food from home' type of places.

Boardz Fiend

5rtytry56 wrote: »

EPSON printers and scanners

NVIDIA graphics hardware

ADOBE for video and image editing software

HP Printers & Scanners
AMD graphics hardware just as good these days
Agree with you on Adobe

Grandeeod

setanta1984 wrote: »

:O

I tried this one from Tesco - http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=277302524 which is not the same at all, its the only kerrygold they had.

They better have that one in my local Sainsburys - if it is true dairygold I will love you forever...

Yeah thats the soft butter stuff. You want the oul Dairygold recipe made with oils. In Sainsburys you are looking for Kerrygold Spreadable. Kerry Foods own the Dairygold brand and this is how they sell it outside Ireland. I think Iceland sell it aswell. Good luck!

Samaris

Actually, and I may be talking off the top of my head here, but I have a vague memory of their having Dairygold in UK Tescos, just it was only in the block form. I could be totally wrong on that though. And perhaps it was Kerrymaid.