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How often do you buy generics/store brands?
I was thinking about this while in the shower yesterday (truthfully) because the only body wash my SO and I have been able to find that we both like is the Kroger store brand, unscented. It is identical to the Dove body wash except for one thing--it doesn't use tallow (an animal product) as a possibility in its formulation, whereas the Dove does. Since my SO is veggie, tallow is a no go, and I'm okay with using the store brand for body wash, considering I rinse it off my body.
However, there are other things I refuse to buy store brand--like macaroni and cheese in a box. It HAS to be Kraft Dinner macaroni and cheese. I will not settle for anything less. Oh, I tried the generics and the store brands, but they're just not as good. The cheese sauce doesn't come together as well as it does with KD. And I absolutely will not ever buy soda that is a store brand. They can't achieve the same flavor profile as the brand names do, and I find their efforts to mimic it kind of gross.
Thinking about it, I like to give store brands a chance--who doesn't want to save some money?--but it does end up being a kind of trial and error thing as I figure out which products store brands are good for. Take ibuprofen--I buy the generic Kroger ibuprofen. Same with doxylamine succinate, the sleep aid we sometimes like to use. However, I do also buy Excedrin, a brand name, mostly because their formulation isn't available in generics.
So how about you? What do you buy that is a store brand or generic? What factors in to your decision to choose a store brand over a major brand? Are there some things that you always buy in the store brand? Are there some things you refuse to buy in a store brand?
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