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Which 'premium' brand will you not do without?

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  • Fiasco55
    Fiasco55 Posts: 1,347 Forumite
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    I also have a few.

    Walkers Baked Crisps
    HP Sauce
    Hellman’s Mayonnaise
    Heinz Tomato Ketchup
    Coke Zero
    Doritos Cool
    Kleenex Man Size Tissues

    I have tried other cheaper alternatives and been disappointed so I wait until what I want is on offer to stock up.
    No buying toiletries Graduated May 2017
    Decluttered 2016 2469 items, 2017 1580 items :j
    2018 3060 items
    Sealed Pot Challenge No 038
  • vicki+1
    vicki+1 Posts: 737 Forumite
    Fairy liquid, i think the cheap stuff is a false economy as you need to use more.
    Pepsi max - a very nasty and expensice addiction of mine !
  • cagsd
    cagsd Posts: 7,664 Forumite
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    vicki+1 wrote: »
    Fairy liquid, i think the cheap stuff is a false economy as you need to use more.
    Pepsi max - a very nasty and expensice addiction of mine !

    Oh yes I forgot, I only use Fairy Clean & Care washing up liquid as I find anything else a false economy. However I do always stock up whenever it's on offer!
  • rubyrara
    rubyrara Posts: 55 Forumite
    Marmite - supermarket ones just don't taste right. And no Vegemite either!
  • Blackpool_Saver is female, and does not live in Blackpool

  • Mainly tesco brand or value but we have to have heinz soups, beans and spaghetti.

    Have tried all different cordials but we only like robinsons.

    Tea and coffee is tetley and kenco.

    We stock up on these when the offers are on
    Mum, wife and dinnerlady!
  • eco
    eco Posts: 1,147 Forumite
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    Southern Comfort can't live without it.
  • fairy3
    fairy3 Posts: 511 Forumite
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    Fairy washing up liquid
    Lurpak
    Domestos
    M&S pitta bread
    Free range eggs

    Otherwise a complete non brand tart!
    January 2020 Grocery challenge £119.45/£200 :)
    February 2020 Grocery challenge £195.22 /£200
    March 2020 - gone to pot...
    April 2020 - £339.45/£200
    May 2020 - £194.99/£300
  • jenniewb
    jenniewb Posts: 12,843 Forumite
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    • Schwepps diet lemonade.
    • Coconut milk (by kara) the only fake milk I can drink without gagging!
    • Soup by Waitrose (in tins) just somehow 10 times better then any other supermarket brand.
    • Ainsley Harriot cup-a-soup Hot and Spicy, the ONLY cup a soup without milk added!
    • Pink Lady apples.
    • Leave-in products by Kerastase (ok strictly speaking bought for me but I will never substitute for a cheap brand as IME they don't do anything helpful.)
    • Pepsi Max
    • Will not buy 'reformed' ham/chicken/turkey.
    • Free Range eggs.
  • Sequeena
    Sequeena Posts: 4,728 Forumite
    I also won't compromise on tea. I drink so little of the stuff that I don't see why I should have value when I do. I'm a Twinings fan :)
    Wife and mother :j
    Grocery budget
    April week 1 - £42.78 | week 2 - £53.05
    24lbs in 12 weeks 15/24
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