CookieChick wrote:

> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> >
> > 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.


You are wrong. Generics are not "branded" in any way, the packaging looks
like WWII surplus, all yellow and black and olive drab...check out an old
bomb shelter some time, you'll see perfect examples of generic packaging ;-)

Government surplus foodstuffs distributed via food programs (school lunch,
WIC, etc.) are a perfect example of this. Most are simply labelled with the
contents, e.g. "Cheese Food Product" or "Powdered Milk" or whatever...

President's Choice IS a brand and that brand is advertised AS such, just
like Green Giant or Progresso or Smucker's or Tim Horton's or whatever.
Generics are not branded at all except with the name of the contents and the
description of said contents as required by law (nutrition labelling, etc.).

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Best
Greg