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Which 'premium' brand will you not do without?

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  • Interesting. Maybe I have been depriving myself.
    "Mr. Quin smiled, and a stained glass panel behind him invested him for just a moment in a motley garment of coloured light..."
  • Diet Coke for me. I did try to save money and buy supermarket stuff but its horrible and this is my little treat so I don't mind paying a bit more.
  • Coca cola
    Ribena

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  • Cadbury's Dairy Milk
    and Pepsi Max

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  • ailuro2
    ailuro2 Posts: 7,540 Forumite
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    It has to be Organic Weetabix for me, I didn't used to mind the shops' own brand ones till I tried the Organic ones when they were on special offer - they taste like Weetabix used to when I was a kid rather than cardboard.;)

    Kellog's cornflakes, never found any that were anywhere near as nice.

    Cafe Direct coffee.

    We stopped buying HP sauce when they moved the production of it overseas ( but kept the houses of Parliament pic)

    My husband will not eat any other sliced white bread other than Warburtons.

    All of these, apart from the bread, are things we don't buy much of. I'm a great believer in using Martin's drop a level to try things - so going from HP sauce to Daddy's rather than the Asda basics range means it's more likely to be eaten / used.

    I still buy Fairy washing up liquid, but only because nothing else lasts as long for the money. I buy it when it's on special offer though.;)
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  • hoggle_2
    hoggle_2 Posts: 483 Forumite
    For me it has to be:
    coca cola
    heinz ketchup
    andrex loo roll
  • Middy
    Middy Posts: 5,394 Forumite
    Here are things I always buy branded:
    . Branston Baked Beans - Heinz is vile
    , Coffee. Either Carte Noir or Dowle Egberts
    . Beer
    . Marmite
    . Flash multi purpose cleaner

    Everything else is shop brand or branded, dep on offers.
  • i started at Iceland.. where do i go down, from there??!
    Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
    Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)
  • Sharon87
    Sharon87 Posts: 4,011 Forumite
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    Fairy
    Bold and Comfort for laundry - some others make me itch
    Heinz Ketchup - tried Sainsburys own but tasted like vinegar
    Free range eggs
    Doritos - other tortilla chips aren't the same
    Laughing Cow light cheesespread triangles - too delicious and low in fat
    I can't believe its not butter light

    Probably others, but cant think of what else. Usually try and buy branded products when on offer and stock up if possible
  • We don't have a lot to be honest.
    • Pure spread
    • Free range eggs but organic when possible (for fiance)
    • Coffee - we buy from Whittard. No other coffee will do :o (he has Santos and Java while I have the fairtrade and organic one)
    • Southern Comfort (fiance)
    The pure spread lasts ages for me anyway, my partner only gets eggs 1 or 2 times a month, the coffee gets bought in bulk to get a discount (we go through at least 2 cups each a day) and the Southern Comfort is when we can afford to buy it only. I believe they are the only things we buy 'premium' of.
    I am a vegan woman. My OH is a lovely omni guy :D
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