"Bill" > wrote in message
> On the other hand, if you are in the grocery store and you select the
> "housebrand" as an equal to a "namebrand" product you may be
> disappointed. There is no assumption that the housebrand dish
> detergent is formulated the same as the namebrand and they can "water
> down" the house brand to make more profits!

This is true, but sometimes the house brand is actually better than the name
brand. You do have to read labels and sometimes take a little risk to find
out.