People Explain Which Off-Brand Products They Prefer To The 'Real' Ones

Nuts

Walgreens Nice brand pistachios are way better and cheaper than Wonderful pistachios.

Cid606

HEB all the way....

HEB. I haven't been to HEB since May. I live in the DFW metroplex and the closet one to me is in Waxahachie which is about 40 minutes away. There's a Market Street just across from Kroger here though (being a Red Raider United Market Street's have an interesting place too... especially if I need to replenish my supply of Wreck Em's).

HEB's Pure Cane Sugar Dr. B's were my crack during since DP swung the proverbial "ban hammer" on Dublin Bottleworks.

zap_p25

Hey Kirk...

Kirkland kettle cooked chips.

alpengeist19

Every time I see mention of Kirkland or Costco, I get depressed, because there are none anywhere near me and I've never even been in one, yet I hear over and over how good they are.

IroniesOfPeace

El Presidente....

In Canada, we have a store brand called President's Choice. They make the. best. chocolate chip. cookies. in the whole supermarket, called The Decadent.

deutschelunchbox

Here's an interesting story:

President's Choice was basically the first "premium store brand" line of products and was developed by a Loblaw's executive.

He got the idea from seeing the success of store brands in general and realizing that people also wanted cheaper products that were high-quality and conferred dignity on the customer. He had to pitch the idea to the president of Loblaw's, who had a massive ego and thought the company revolved around him. He called the product line President's Choice to ensure the pitch would be successful.

giraffevomitfacts

Aldi's Cups...

The Choceur peanut butter cups at Aldi. They are a hundred thousand times better than a Reese's. They have a higher quality chocolate, a higher quality peanut butter, and a denser format with none of the mealiness of a Reese's cup. The price is also suuuuuper cheap for a huge bag - like $4 I think?

amidtheprimalthings

Mind over Matter...

I'll take store brand drugs over brand names like Tylenol or Advil any day. They are the exact same thing you just pay more for the brand.

MrWigglez84

To add to the same principle:

I used to work in a packaging department where we packaged berries. ~125g per pack, and those were expensive berries.

And both the expensive brand and offbrand grew on the same field, got washed together and got packed together. In fact, sometimes you'd even get a ~130g pack on the offbrand that were exactly the same berries. People said they tasted different, they did not. They said it could be the last-batch-type of stuff, it was not, just different pack and brand, the rest was 100% psychological.

randomMalaka

Wegman's Forever....

Wegman's product > name brand product.

UnconstrictedEmu

Wegmans is the only thing keeping me in upstate NY tbh. Kroger is a distant second, didn't mind shopping there when I was going to school in Georgia. Haven't found a grocery store that I like better than Wegmans in Johnson City, NY though.

CoryEETguy

Charmed....

Lucky Charms. The stuff in the bag usually has way more marshmallows.

yerbiologicalfather

Marshmallow Mateys are infinitely superior to Lucky Charms.

GreenEagle42

GRADE B+

It's usually food items at the grocer. I can't see myself paying 1-3 dollars more for basic things such as eggs, milk, certain canned items, etc.

frog_without_a_cause

Some of the canned produce with a generic label is not necessarily Grade A like the brand names are. Some are, but you definitely have to know your store brands!

CrazyScientist34

Dinky Dino virtual pet as opposed to the brand name Tamagotchi pets. Dinky Dino was an annoying, demanding little tyrant, would spite-shit on your screen, got pissy when it lost games, and ate like a horse.

Everything I wanted out of pet/child.

mother-of-monsters