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Default Brand name vs generic

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

> "Marie" > wrote in message
> > )
> > I know people who will only eat Sunbeam
> > bread and for some reason, things like that **** me off. Brand snob
> > indeed.
> > Well then don't whine to me about your financial problems!

>
> Sunbeam is barely better than Wonder. I eat home made, good bakery bread, or
> if I do buy packaged, it is Pepperidge Farms. No, I'm not a snob, but most
> white breads are really crap.


LOL Preferring something , anything, to Wonderbread is not being a food snob. I
was raised on home made bread and have an a bakery in town where I can buy
excellent Italian bread. I keep some sliced whole wheat in the freezer to make
sandwiches and as an emergency bread supply. I get the stuff from the grocery
store bakery or a better quality manufactured bread.
Hell would freeze over before I ever bought Wonderbread, and I don't care how
much cheaper it is. It isn't bread.


> Sam's cola is as good as Coke, but I've not found any that compete with
> Pepsi, my favorite cola.


I rarely drink colas, but my preference is Pepsi.

> Ginger Ale, I happen to like the store brand as
> much or more than the big names. Generic is fine for many things, but some
> brand names really are better. If I can't have the brand I want, I'd rather
> not have any. The brand I want may be a generic or store brand too.


My wife claims that the store brand / generic soda water is not as good as
Canada Dry or Schwepps. I am not crazy about their flavoured soda pops, but I
really can't tell any difference with Soda water.