what brands won't you give up?

davetrousers

I won't give up any brands that advertise a lot.

Because they advertise a lot they must be good quality.

1carminestocky

davetrousers wrote: »

I won't give up any brands that advertise a lot.

Because they advertise a lot they must be good quality.

LOL. I like it! :beer:

skiTTish

Aquafresh iso toothpase but it lasts for ever so is reaally low cost anyway.
Branded wash powder
Walkers Crips
Kellogs cornflakes and crispies
Bath power ,it really does work like nothing else
Branded shampoo/conditioner and deodorant too
Think thats about it ...tbh besides the above ,our trolly usually looks like a sea of smarprice at the mo ....( getting a real kick out of economising and managing to ferret away over a grand a month !!

nic_nac_

Baxters Beetroot, i've tried all supermarket own makes but nothing compares to Baxters.
Heinz Tomato Soup.
Bold Washing Detergent preferebly, will use other brand names but this is my favourite, have tried Lidl soap powder it's absoloutley rubbish, doesn't get stains out of kids clothes at 40 degree wash.
Apart from that i'm quite happy with supermarkets own brands of most things.:)

Confuzzled

1carminestocky wrote: »

My kids used to insist on Heinz ketchup. My suspicion was they tasted mainly with their eyes so we decided to decant Sainsburys basics ketchup into the Heinz squeezy bottle unbeknownst to them. Did they notice a difference? Did they heck! It's a fifth of the price and contains 67% LESS salt. I urge you to try a blind taste test with this and Heinz. My kids eat prodigious amounts of this. Annual saving? £80! On ketchup!!

i was a very loyal heinz ketchup connisseur however the price was really putting me off. unfortunately i simply couldn't find another ketchup that was sweet and tangy and actually tastes of tomatoes. i kept trying the cheap brands (95% of what i buy is value brands so i'm not a brand snob by any stretch of the imagination!) but the cheap ones just did horribly.

but, one day it occurred to me to do with ketchup what i do with generic/store brand medicines... basically in the past with medicine i've always compared the ingredient list, not just whats in it but what order its in (highest amount first and so on) this has always made it easy to find a cheaper alternative of medicine so i thought let's try it with ketchup

so after studying the heinz bottle i realised it's got two things that many cheap ketchups dont' have 1. it's got 153g (last time i checked) of tomatoes per 100g of product 2. sugar is listed before vinegar.

so now when i'm deciding if i should buy a cheaper version of ketchup i look for a higher percentage of tomatoes per gram then the actual weight of product AND i make sure that sugar is always listed first. using this method i have consistently been able to find suitable alternatives. mind you i do still love heinz when i can get it but for the most part i've noticed only slight differences in brands that have at least 130g of tomato per 100 grams and sugar first... in fact one day i found a brand that had 163g/100g!

this has also helped me to completely avoid buying any ketchup from aldi's at all, i simply don't add it to my list if i'm goign there. last two times i checked they had one that had just 63g/100g and even worse one was only 17g/100g :eek: i can only imagine how awful that one must taste!

i guess the point i'm making here is perhaps if you become a bit of a food detective and figure out what it is about the name brand you love so much you can use that as a guide for what to look for in cheaper alternatives

jamespir

andyrules wrote: »

After that there are certain brands I avoid (the new Tesco 'discount' one particularly), but find own brands fine.

may i ask why you dont like the tesco discount brands

yorkygal

Were sticklers for Heinz baked beans, Hellmans mayo, Kingsmill wholemeal bread (which is permanently on offer at Iceland), decent brand wash tablets, Baxters beetroot (others seem too vinegary), decent loo roll

We have down-branded quite a lot ie on gravy granules, fabric conditioner, washing up liquid, cheese, shampoo, bath/shower gel etc

Id love to know how to get stains out of my nephews school t-shirts ive tried alsorts :mad:

freakyogre

Herbal Essences - although I have tried loads of different shampoo and conditioner and the only one that I find as good is Morrisons own. Luckily we had one open near here last week, so I may have to stock up on theirs. I do tend to use a cheaper shampoo and conditioner if i'm staying at home that day though.

Sanex roll on deodorant - always buy it when it's on offer. All others leave white marks and spray makes me sneeze.

Charlie red bodyspray - tried own brands and they don't last as long. I used one from Asda and think I sprayed it too close to my skin as had a reaction which looked like i'd been bitten by a giant bug!!

Nescafe coffee - I can count the number of cups of coffee I drink in a year on both hands (tea fan), but when I do fancy a cup, it has to be Nescafe.

That's about it! Some foods I actually prefer own brands like salad cream and ketchup as I find Heinz stuff really vinegary.

irish_eyes_r_smiling

branston beans
carte noire coffee
washing powder
fairy liquid
soap & shampoo
toilet roll ( god dam them cheapo rolls!! )
kerrygold or country life butter
kelloggs cereal

quite shameful i know but u can definatly taste/ feel the difference in certain things

davetrousers

1carminestocky wrote: »

LOL. I like it! :beer:

Lost on so many it seems!