my no brand challenge

Good luck, but, sorry, nope, can't do it. Tomato soup must be Heinz, anything else is just cack! No I don't like it homemade etc either and yes I have tried every other brand, pleurgh!

I've nearly achieved it, the only brands I purchase are Branston pickle & Gillette razors. I've tried others, but they don't come close in my opinion.

Good luck misspenny.

It's always worth trying the non brand products - there's not much to lose and plenty to gain. you can always be sneaky and try putting things like cereal back into an old branded box to see if you can fool other members of your family! some people will just reject things before they've even tried them.

the brands I have gone back to are Heinz for ketchup and tomato soup, Hellmans mayo, Branston pickle. In fact the other week my girls were looking for packaging with the royal crest to show the company was by appointment to the queen and the only thing we could find it on was Lea and Perrins Worcester Sauce (don't think they make a value version of that yet!)

Snobbery is a strange beast. I avoid branded goods if I can, not just because I think they are as good as generic brands, but because I feel I'd look like a sucker by paying more for a "name" The same perverse logic means I won't wear clothes with other people's names on them (Paul Smith, Tommy Hillifiger, even Christian Dior - chance'd be a fine thing!)

Marmite is the only item where I Accept No Substitutes. I really like this idea misspenny - how can we criticize teenagers for being blinded by expensive brands of trainers, etc., when we are often just as bad ?

re Colgate - Tescos Complete Care came top in a Which? report some months ago - I always buy it now and its only 60p ish for a large tube! I will try value deodorant just the once, but I do love my Dove cream deo - its just £2! :eek: