"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in
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>
> 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.).
>
> --
> Best
> Greg
>
Well then, I have never in my 35 years seen a generic product. Ever. We
have always been told generic is store brand. I will ask the manager of
Loblaws next time I am there if he considers the store brand "generic". I
am very curious. Maybe he is an idiot too.
So what you are saying, is even when the pharmacist says the generic drug is
cheaper, he means the "other" brand, as all drugs are named as well. KWIM?
According to you, he's wrong, I will tell him that next time.
Never seen a bomb shelter either. Don't know of anyone in Canada who has
one.
Never been in the Army so I don't know what government surplus looks like
either.
What a sheltered life I live, lol. Its all that shopping in high end
grocery stores that I do, lol.
Cookie