CookieChick wrote:
> "Gregory Morrow"
> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote in
> message ink.net...
> >
> > 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.

Hmm, 35 is a baby. I have shoes much older than you.