"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
> 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.).

I think the original poster was talking about store brands and such rather
than true generics. When is the last time you saw generics in a supermarket?
The 1970s was the last time I remember. And does the government distribute
surplus food anymore (other than school lunch or other institutional
settings)? The last time I remember seeing that was in the 1960s, when my
retired grandfather used to get it. I thought distribution of government
surplus was replaced by food stamps decades ago. Even the food stamps are
gone now around here... the poor use government issued debit cards to buy
food. I see that frequently at my neighborhood supermarket, as there are
several public housing complexes in the immediate area.

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