Groceries- Do you buy the generic?

• Big Red Monster

  I buy alot of store brand groceries.
  
  Most of it is the same product, just under the store brand name.
• Swamp Fox

  We use many generic products but we also have some things that we won't buy generic. It's not a quality problem or a safety problem, it comes down to a taste issue. (as in food!!)
• BlueDevil11

  

  We buy a lot of generic products.
• darbypitcher22

  

  I don't guy generics, idk why but for some reason I just cant
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Will never buy generic toothpaste (only CREST), Peanut butter (only JIF), Trash bags, Chips, Soda, Pickles (only CLAUSSEN), Laundry Detergent (TIDE).
  
  Sometimes name brand stuff purchased on sale with a coupon is cheaper than generic anyway.
• se-alum

  

  Never go generic on the following:
  
  Toilet Paper- Charmin
  Paper Towels- Bounty
  Mayo- Hellmans
  PB- JIF
  Pop- Diet Mtn. Dew
  Trash Bags- Hefty
• krambman

  

  Apple wrote: I have no problem shopping at Aldi, which is basically entirely "generic" products. Everything I get is considerably cheaper in price and comparable in taste to many name brands and Kroger brands, though I do go to Kroger and other stores for some things. I got turned on to Aldi's from an intern at work (a vegetabletarian) who said they had a really good produce section, so I decided to check it out and it's true. Angel is also a big fan of Aldi's. I would guess I saved close to $15-$20 just this week shopping there.

  The thing with Aldi and really most generic brands is that they are often made by the same people who make the name brands, so you're essentially getting the same exact thing packaged under a different name, so it's cheaper. I've found the one place you have to be careful with generics is over-the-counter drugs because they are often cheaper, but they also often have less of the active ingredients, which means you end up taking more and it costs you the same.
• Big Red Monster

  I know that at Kroger, most of the store brand items are national brand, just under the kroger label.
• rookie_j70

  

  Aldi's is where it's at. It all tastes the same to me. But, the only things I buy name brand are beer and toilet paper, you know the essesntials
• Laley23

  

  Generic for shit that doesnt matter. But most my food and my TP/toiletries are not ever going to be generic.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  I figured toilet paper would be a popular "no generics" sentiment. Same here, we also don't buy generics for trash bags (too many bad incidents with non-brands) and OTC drugs (price differential isn't that great + doctor's recommendations).