If There Is A Store Brand Option, It's Store Brand

I’ll give store brand a chance first but for some items I believe name brand is higher quality or has a proprietary ingredient or process that’s just different. For example, I always buy name brand sodas.

The dollar store is also a good spot to pick up cheap snacks. There’s a line called Brim’s. I would love to do a taste test against the name competitors.

 

Uh…do a news.google.com search for Great Value Brand

 

Clover valley sriracha tastes just like the old Huy Fong -- it's the only one I've had that's even close.

 

If I wanted to, I could eat an entire package in one day.

 

H-E-B >>> name brands.

 

i consume whatever mom chooses, but i can attest to some dope store brand items

 

The question is"
Did their quality rise
or
did the name brand's quality went down?

Rocket River

 

Kroger brands >>>>> HEB brands. Fight me.

I will say that this is my all time favorite diet soda. So much better and cheaper than 7Up.

Spoiler

 

Top shelf for TP

 

Actually, the first question should probably be “who makes the store brand?” In a lot of cases, they’re made by a national brand. They sometimes give it away when there are food recalls where both brands of a product are recalled at the same time for some reason. It’s also why a Kroger brand product may taste like an Aldi product - they’re probably made by the same company. For example, I remember reading once that whoever makes Blue Bunny ice cream also makes ice cream for WalMart’s Great Value brand.

 

Not all store brands are created equal. Some are very good, like Kroger and HEB.

 

Except for Almond Breeze Unsweetened Original almond milk. Not even close.

HEB's ground turkey is also inferior to Kroger's.

For the record, HEB is my #1 and my family teases me about my loyalty.

 

I like V8 juice, but it's loaded with salt. V8's low-sodium juice tastes terrible.

So I tried every store brand of low-sodium V8-like veggie juice (HEB, Kroger, Great Value) and....

believe it or not, Great Value's low-sodium V8-like juice tastes the best, by far. I drink it every day with breakfast. Would recommend.

 

Store brand did not get better. Everything else got worse. You have companies chasing margin and private equity ruining everything to thank for it. GOOD LUCK

 

Grill some chicken (cut it into chunks), saute some diced onion and garlic, open a can of artichoke hearts, open a jar of HEB pesto (either the green, traditional; or the red, sun dried tomato). Diced black olives work, if you like them.

boil some spiral pasta, mix and enjoy

It's just as good cold as it is warm.

 

I admire the cut of your jib,sir. I help people sell to PE a lot, and I’m worried about where all that’s headed

 

Theres no such thing as good cold pasta, you pyscho.

 

Kirkland Brand checking in. All day at costco. I have to buy in bulk to offset the higher prices since Covid.