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Default Brand name vs generic


OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article .com>,
> "Sheldon" > wrote:
>
> > sarah bennett wrote:
> > > Switch wrote:
> > > > Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>On Mon 06 Feb 2006 07:08:10p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Switch?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>>Generic sux
> > > >>
> > > >>Obviously, just your opinion!
> > > >>
> > > >>I've found that most generic products are at least as good as brand names.
> > > >>Some are even better.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > name one
> > > >
> > > > please, name one
> > > >
> > >
> > > the "sebree" iodized salt is just as granulated and salty as morton's.

> >
> > Salt is not a food, salt is necessary to life like air and water, but
> > they're are not foods. Camparing generic salt to the big name brands
> > is like comparing generic drug store items to the big name brands...
> > you gonna tell me that Rite Aid rubbing alcohol is different from
> > Johnson & Johnson's... there's no difference in these types of products
> > but they are not foods.
> >
> > But with foods the name brands are superior, not necessarilly
> > nutritionally but in all other respects, such as taste, texture,
> > appearance... even the packaging is better, better packaging means
> > easier opening and better resealability, means less spoilage. There is
> > no way some $1.99/lb "Deli" cold cuts are better than say Boar's Head.,
> > not unless you have TIAD.
> >
> > Sheldon
> >

>
> Maybe not Boars head, but generic lunch meat is every bit as good as,
> say, Oscar Meyer. ;-)


Oscar Meyer IS generic... in fact it's the lowest of the low.
Ahahahahahahahahaha. . . .

Sheldon