Do you buy generic or name brand?

[Pam]

I do, however, like Quaker Oatmeal better than the store brand, but I did try the generic!

Great minds (or tastebuds) think alike! I was just going to post about Quaker oatmeal!! How funny is that?! I bought the store brand once and it tasted like sawdust. I wound up throwing it away so it really didn't wind up being cheaper.

[JenBKR]

Almost everything generic - although I must have Heinz ketchup! I couldn't care less about designer label clothes or things like that so I buy cheap or second hand, or I go to Gab's for clothes.

[Glacier]

Both... I buy lots of generic brand products, dont' care about my clothes' labels. But life is too short to eat crappy cheese! I'll spring for the good stuff!

[Lori Jordan]

I am half and half some things i do buy name brand,I'm lucky my daughter will wear anything as long as it is "in style"As too food im both i by alot of no name stuff for example Barbeque sauces our family prefers Presidents chioce sauces rather then kraft and all the name brands,As to my dogs they do not get low average meat they always get the best cuts,I have always been a on sale buyer for the things that cost the most,I recently signed up for canadian grocers,which is a company that delivers your food to the door(Bonus!!) It is called Canadian Grocer,You pay 6 months ahead it cost about 15 hundred but im telling you they have the best meat i have ever had,Now i still have to buy the basics like eggs milk etc but it is pretty good and works good,Mind you i have had to buy a new freezer and fridge,you get 6 months worth of groceries so i have packed cuboards which i like to see lol.

[lizbud]

I usually buy a little of both in food items & clothes.With clothes,the better
brand things last longer.

[finn's mom]

Depends on what it is. I usually will buy name brand jeans, and name brand shoes. As for groceries, I typically will buy name brand bread...but, most everything else, I don't really care. I usually don't buy anything packaged or processed anyway (except for frozen veggies, which I will buy the store brand). I do also buy name brand shampoos and conditioners.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I usually buy the store brand or generic. They can be even better than the brand names. Our Dollar General Store sells a peanubutter cup that should make the brand name blush!!! YUMMY!

[cyber-sibes]

Usually generic, unless I get it home and it's really inferior. then I get name brand. one exception - Only Pepsi is Pepsi. There's alot of Coke/cola generics, but nothing generic tastes like real Pepsi.

[sirrahbed]

I try to find generics when I can - and since I shop at Kroger, I like the store brand of most foods. Some things, like COKE must be CocaCola. Cat food is name brand. Some generics are actually better I think - Kroger strawberry preserves beat out Smuckers easily

For clothing, I mostly buy at Wal-Mart and like their Faded Glory brand. For namebrand clothing - I do like Venezia at Lane Bryant

I have often heard that many products are the same and the brand labels are slapped on the same items. I know my three kids worked at a sandpaper making factory when they were younger and mass produced sheets of sandpaper that were wrapped in assorted recognizable name brands

[Kfamr]

My dogs get $50 dog food when they are not eating cuts of raw meat and fresh fruits and veggies.

I usually buy cheap thrift store clothes. The most expensive piece of clothing I bought recently were two band shirts - Norma Jean and Hellogoodbye. They were both around $15 I believe.

For human food, whatever is on sale. I prefer name-brand orange juice/other juices over store/generic brands. Generic brand juices taste watered down to me.

[dukedogsmom]

Depends on what it is. There's no substitute for Oreos! Always buy name brand. Things like bread, though, can be generic.