Brand Name Vs. Generic

So everyone has been to a grocery store and has seen the different selections of the same product on all the shelves, you know the differnt brands names compared to each other and of course, the generic store brand that is WAY cheaper than all the name brands. So anyways, I was grocery shopping yesterday and had to make the decision of what to get; name brand or store brand.

So here are some store brand products you can trust:


Store Brand Cereal:

Cereal is a pretty good store brand choice. It tastes almost exactly the same, especially if it is a more sugary kind cause that is most of what people are tasting anyways. But other kinds are pretty good too. I tried store brand Raisin Brand Crunch and it was just as good as the Brand name kind. Maybe even better, also it was 60% cheaper than store brand.

Store Brand Soda:

Lets face it....Soda is sugar and thats it. I feel as though store brand soda is pretty good for the price its at. I mean yeah, there will always be preference but when the money is tight it isnt that bad to go with the store brand. Plus, the grocery store around me has some pretty good flavors that the major companies dont, such as strawberry and birch beer.


But like everything, there are things you can't trust either and I have learned these the disappointing way....by trying them:

Store Brand Crackers:

Any kind of crackers that are store brand are just junk. They are tasteless, have no crunch to them, and just plain old suck. I have tried flavored crackers, generic ritz crackers, generic wheat thins and triscits and they are all are disappointing. So when it comes to these things, stick with the brand name so you wont have to live through the disappointment like I did.

Store Brand Paper Products:

It is a pretty common rule, something you dont be cheap on is toilet paper, tissues and paper towels. Sure, most of the time you can get away with cheap tissues and paper towels, but toilet paper is a definite no. I mean who wants thin TP that breaks when youre trying to use it, its not only disgusting, but very annoying too. So yeah, when you go for that one ply stuff because its two bucks cheaper, think of it this way, its 2 times thinner as well. So even if you double it up to make it thicker, youre now using twice the TP causing the roll to end twice as fast. How is that cost efficient? Yeah, thats what I thought.