things you should always buy generic

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...or store-brand, anyway. I've been doing a lot more shopping lately, and pinching pennies, and I'm discovering a lot of pennies that I should have been pinching all along. For instance: premium brand peanut butter is a scam. The difference between Skippy, Jif, and the Piggly Wiggly brand with the ugly label isn't just negligible, it's entirely nonexistent. We've been lied to. I suspect the same of mayonnaise. All you need to make mayonnaise is a beater. The ingredients do not and cannot vary. I'm going to test this theory later.

Any other products that you may as well skimp on?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

I once bought Albertson's (local grocer) brand peanut butter and it was v bad.

Don't buy generic dryer sheets, if you use dryer sheets. Windex is somehow better than other blue glass-cleaning liquids.

― Aaron A., Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

don't skimp on the toilet paper.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

No kidding, yo.

Maybe I'm jumping the gun. Maybe it's just that HEB has good peanut butter.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

If you're hardcore, you only buy beer that comes in cans with the word "BEER" on the side and nothing else. Sadly, I think this exists only in my imagination, and maybe in Repo Man.

― NA (Nick A.), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Did this here:

Saver Food

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

NOT CONDOMS!

― I'm a daddy now (nickalicious), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

i dunno man, i've had some pretty bad store brand mayo.

but drugs, for starters.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Black label Beer still exists.

― Dale the Titled (cprek), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

If you must buy white bread, don't expect to get anything special out of Wonder Bread.

― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Did this here:
Saver Food

Nice. All I need to know.

Sorry to double-post, but you know, with the search engine like it is and all, I hardly bother to search for anything. I'll only be disappointed.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I was going to mention the "BEER" They sold it when I was a kid.

And I enjoy my generic Norco pain reliever.

― Aaron A., Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Quite. I don't even know why I went looking for it myself. It was frivolous and wrong.

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

But unusually successful.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The concensus of both threads seems to be that I have not discovered any secret key to happy living, and should probably stick to name brand food.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I was going to post an eighties-era image--you know, the black and white ones--of generic-label pre-popped popcorn as a gag (cause they were the size of pillows), but I can't find any online.

― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo (cindigo), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

i just picked up the store brand claritin last night. it works 100%!

― kephm, Tuesday, 29 July 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Hookers.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The kind dressed all in white with black lettering that says "hooker" across their chests?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

If your city has an actual neighborhood called "Ghetto", check there.

― Aaron A., Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

They're next to the dudes selling little white vials with blue trim that read "Crack."

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

You can go generic in almost everything but peanut butter, dryer sheets, cat food, dishwasher soap, or rice.

Don't ask me how I know firsthand about the cat food.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Cats don't know shit.
You could feed 'em dog's throw up and they'd be happy.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:36 (twenty-two years ago)

If you find generic acetominophen tablets at the drug store, they're exactly the same as standard Tylenol.

I find though that generic Iced Tea mix (Key Food, I think) generally is a lot more bland than the other commercial grands. Except Tetley which I loathe. You need to use twice as much generic iced tea mix to get the good ol' concentrated sugariness of 4C brand.

― Jasmine U. (Jasmine U.), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, Horace, my cats are a bit more picky. I tried the ultra cheap brand once and will never make that mistake again. Horrible kitty puke party followed!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I feed my cat's the most expensive, high quality food money can buy. It saves you in vet bills down the line, truly.

Kenan, HEB brand (Hill County Fare? right) is actually really good. the HEB Cola tastes just like real Coke.

Dryer sheets I"ll do but use a couple at a time. Sugar, natch. hmm, what else, dish soap. Sandwich baggies. Tortilla chips (HEB brand tortilla chips come in the shape of TX, hoorah!), and pantiliners.

― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

this is overdone, but Horrible Kitty Puke Party needs to be the official title of something. Even if it's a new GBV song.

― Aaron A., Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

My cat does eat lint though...

My kitties blah ti blah ti blah. My cat blah ti blah ti blah. They are so cute. And so on...

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, Horace, my cats are a bit more picky. I tried the ultra cheap brand once and will never make that mistake again. Horrible kitty puke
party followed!
It wasn't because they didn't like the food. It was because they sensed an opportunity to torture you. No doubt they were tuned in to your nervousness as you tried to feed them bargain-bin din-din, and then they exploited that.
Cats are cunning, they only WANT you to think they're picky.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

You can go generic in almost everything but peanut butter, dryer sheets, cat food, dishwasher soap, or rice.

I eat store brand rice all the time, and I haven't noticed any difference.

this is overdone, but Horrible Kitty Puke Party needs to be the official title of something. Even if it's a new GBV song.

Nah, it should be Japanese.

― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo (cindigo), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

http://giganticmag.com/images/webcam%20015.jpg

(I have busted out the old webcam.)

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Unexpected cat photo alert!

Cute, Kenan.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

My cat is real picky, he like takes his food dish and dumps it over and gets all fucking pissy about every little thing. He only likes to eat ice cream.

― Ally (mlescaut), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Generic drugs are exactly the same as their name-brand equivalents. Which angers pharmaceutical companies into making commercials about how you should buy brand-name drugs.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 21:01 (twenty-two years ago)

nine years pass...

New ILX generic product recommendations plz. These here are musty smelling.

― Aimless, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 03:12 (thirteen years ago)

Our local chain has recently started pushing a completely reasonable Greek yogurt, at a savings of thirty cents per cup under chobani.

― how's life, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:05 (thirteen years ago)

Horsemeat obv.

― Le petit chat est mort (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:06 (thirteen years ago)

Search: peanut butter, herbs and spices,nuts, microwave popcorn.

Deatroy:Potato rolls.

― how's life, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:12 (thirteen years ago)

Xp: Ihave a fierce brand loyalty to Nestle Haunch.

― how's life, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:16 (thirteen years ago)

Search: cheese blocks
Destroy: cheese slices, which always get all weird and crumbly and stick together

― how's life, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:21 (thirteen years ago)

shampoo
pasta

― crimson hexagon sonned (clouds), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 12:25 (thirteen years ago)

never shampoo.

― Ballboy to Afghanistan (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 12:26 (thirteen years ago)

eh, i don't have that much hair anyway

― crimson hexagon sonned (clouds), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 12:33 (thirteen years ago)

Tesco headnshoulders ripoff 4 lyfe

chopped tomatos

― lance armstrong will have been delighted (darraghmac), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 12:36 (thirteen years ago)

socks
underwear
sheets

furniture
screwdrivers

acetominophen
ibuprofen

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 12:50 (thirteen years ago)

how generic in terms of underwear? even the cheapo stuff at Kmart is like Hanes or whatever.

― how's life, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 12:52 (thirteen years ago)

plain t-shirts when they fit correctly make every man like this

http://the100.ru/images/lovers/id1507/lover-marlon-brando-lovers-4328.jpg

don't buy generic socks!

― kiubonaco (wolves lacan), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:50 (thirteen years ago)

*look

― kiubonaco (wolves lacan), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:50 (thirteen years ago)

getting them cheap and still fitting well is tough (if you dont look like brando or equivalent)

― lance armstrong will have been delighted (darraghmac), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:52 (thirteen years ago)

You can go generic in almost everything but peanut butter, dryer sheets, cat food, dishwasher soap, or rice.

I'd always bought generic b/c I figured the mechanical erosion of the super-hot water did most of the cleaning, but then I bought expensive name-brand MEGA ULTRA UBER soap and it actually made ALL of my dishes clean on the first wash.

― Je55e, Friday, 1 March 2013 20:27 (thirteen years ago)

Recently in the US, detergent companies had to remove phosphates from their products, which happened right at the time I moved into my first apartment w/ a dishwasher, so I thought that dishwashers just weren't perfect. When I read about the change in formula and I got some Trisodium Phosphate from Home Depot to add to the detergent and it was a major difference. But that name-brand stuff doesn't need fish-decimating additives.

I've got a lot to say re dishwasher soap, apparently.

― Je55e, Friday, 1 March 2013 20:31 (thirteen years ago)

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