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Default Brand name vs generic


"Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> CookieChick wrote:
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > President's Choice.
>> > Some No Name stuff sucks. I have been on a Cream Cheese kick lately
>> > (on
>> > crackers with some red pepper jelly on top). I bought some No Name
>> > cream
>> > cheese
>> > a few weeks ago thinking that if it was as good as the Philadelphia
>> > Cream
>> > Cheese
>> > I would be saving about 30% on it. I was not impressed. The next week I
>> > came
>> > across a three pack of Philadelphia Cream cheese for $6 instead of the
>> > usually
>> > $3.27 per pack. It turned out to taste exactly the same as the no name
>> > stuff.
>> > Go figger.
>> >
>> >

>>
>> I totally agree with President's Choice. Most of their products (that I
>> have tried) are better than brand name.

>
> President's Choice IS a brand name... the brand is "President's
> Choice". duh
>


No. It is generic. It Loblaw's store brand. Duh, lol.

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