On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 5:28:32 PM UTC-6, graham wrote:
> "Bryan" > wrote in message
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> > Anyone have store brands that they buy that are as good as, or better than
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> > pricier national brands? Essential Everyday hot breakfast sausage,
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> > available at SuperValu stores is one.
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> > http://caloriecount.about.com/calori...ausage-i295222
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> > The folks who gave it an F can get prison F'd with a broomstick handle.
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> > --Bryan
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> There IS a difference between pricier national brands and store brands -
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> just check out canned salmon. The no-name cans will contain several pieces
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> that obviously came from closer to the tail. Nutritionally, there's
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> probably no difference but National Brands reserve the choice grades.
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> I worked in a canning factory during a couple of uni summer vacations when
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> peas were being harvested. These went out under the well-known UK factory
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> brand. They also re-constituted dry peas. The cans prepared for chain of
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> shops owned by the same company had a proportion of these reconstituted peas
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> with the fresh ones. The line prepared for Woolco had a significantly larger
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> proportion of the cheaper stuff.
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> Nutritionally there was little or no difference.

SuperValu's Essential Everyday Romano is real sheep cheese-- http://www.shopwell.com/essential-ev...d/p/4130300879
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> Graham

--Bryan