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Which 'premium' brand will you not do without?

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  • phunkles
    phunkles Posts: 1,711 Forumite
    Coca Cola
    Colgate toothpaste - max fresh with crystals or something
    Kenco Really Rich
    PG Tips
    CocoPops (dont even get me started on Smart Price fake cocopops)
    Heinz Tomato Sauce
    Sarsons Vinegar
    Skips/Quavers/Wotsits (Asdas own brand ewwww)
    Dove Deodorant
    and those razors with the shavingfoam block around the head sooooo much easier and practical
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    Like why are we here? And where do we go?And how come it's so hard?
    It's not always easy,And sometimes life can be deceiving,
    I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together
  • hayleythedaisy
    hayleythedaisy Posts: 1,692 Forumite
    Proper stuff -
    Yoghurts
    Shampoo
    Bread
    Free range eggs (although I do get the unsized ones that are in boxes of 9 or 15 and much cheaper)
    heinz ketchup
    weetabix
    flora
    coke
    toothpaste
    handwash
    tea/coffee
    meat (from butchers)
    cat food (not my choice!)


    I buy "fake"
    mayo and salad cream
    baked beans
    tuna
    ice cream
    fruit and fibre
    dried herbs
    milk
    flour/sugar
    fruit and nut chocolate
    bleach
    loo rolls
    showergel
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  • Vaila
    Vaila Posts: 6,301 Forumite
    i usually will substitute everything from brown sauce to tooth paste with the value or own brand option but i cant resist maldon sea salt and nescafe instant cappuccinos
  • book-lover_2
    book-lover_2 Posts: 14 Forumite
    Kenco Coffee. I've tried so many supermarket brands and none of them taste nice to me. So Kenco it is.
  • UnderPressure
    UnderPressure Posts: 3,204 Forumite
    Quite a bit really, I refus to buy cheap meat and chickens thats a no no same with cheap eggs have to be at least free range preferably organinc, not just because of the ethics they taste better :)

    Coca Cola or Pepsi cannot stand supermarkets own brand fizzy pop, always branded cleaning products and toiletries generally because they tend to be stronger, better at whay they are supposed to do and also you usually use less.

    Make our own bread and muffins miles better than any branded bread and even most supermarket own bakery offerings and more importantly a lot cheaper, Branston Beans nicer the Heinz I think, mmm mmmmm there loads might be easier to tell you what I WILL buy budget lol :)
    "You can measure a man's character by the choices he makes under pressure"
    Sir Winston Churchill
  • fluffypinksoda
    fluffypinksoda Posts: 26 Forumite
    Heinz ketchup & baked beans
    Tetley tea bags
  • jumpycheese1
    jumpycheese1 Posts: 4,300 Forumite
    Branston Baked Beans - everytime I go to Morrisons, they are on offer! At the mo they are buy 2 get 2 free.
    Beer - don't mind the odd supermarket French beer in 25cl bottles at a BBQ
    Coffee - Dowle Egberts or Carte Noire (and buy a few jars when on offer)
    Rivitas
    Cleaning products
    Coke Zero/Pepsi Max

    Practically everything else is shop own, unless its on offer!
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  • moomoo85
    moomoo85 Posts: 30 Forumite
    edited 7 September 2010 at 10:18PM
    Clover
    Warbutons bread
    John west tuna :)
    oh and kenco coffee x
    also yorkshire tea, hellmans mayonnaise,aquafresh toothpaste, weetabix and kellogs cornflakes, think thats it haha:)
  • kochi1
    kochi1 Posts: 268 Forumite
    Its Marmite, HP sauce, Fairy washing up liquid for me!
    At least the fish fingers are still frozen, that's what I keep telling myself (Truly Madly Deeply)


  • real1314
    real1314 Posts: 4,432 Forumite
    Gold Blend / Kenco really Rich
    HP
    Heinz Ketchup
    Coke / Pepsi (diet)
    Battered / Breaded Fish - go for ones with decent Fish content (some are as low as 50% - thick "breadcrumbs" / "batter" {aka Goo})
    Beer - decent bitter / lager
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