Great Value Ranch Corn Chips are superior to Cool Ranch Doritos. Actually, quite a bit of GV stuff is as good if not better than the name brand they are knocking off. Not all of it, though.
Kirkland Hotdogs are superior to Ballpark (but I mean, that’s incredibly easy since ballparks suck) and I think are more comparable to a Nathan’s or Hebrew National; although those last two are still better than Costco’s signature dog.
Clover Valley (Dollar General brand) has the best fig newtons and cake snacks around. Way more flavorful and moist than the name brands Hostess or Little Debbie. Also their pop tarts.
Toast 'em Pop-Ups (a pop tarts generic) had an apple flavor that I miss to this day.
+1 for Kirkland
Kirkland Signature products in general are just as good or better than the name brands because they usually are the name brand stuff.
Their batteries are Duracell, their bagged coffee is roasted by Starbucks, their diapers are Huggies, their canned tuna is Bumblebee, etc.
Kirkland hot dogs are an oddity, though. They used to be Hebrew National, but they got too expensive to be selling for 1.50 at the food court, so Costco bought an old Hebrew National meat plant in California and makes their own hot dogs now.
If you raise the price of the hot dogs I’ll fucking kill you.
I love that ideal LoL…
Costco dogs helped get me through college, I tell ya
walmart thick and creamy mac and cheese > kraft all day every day fuck you fight me.
Well Food Lion deluxe mac and cheese is absolute garbage. You’ve been warned.
Kraft is utter garbage so that one’s not really surprising.
If you live in the UK, Lidl’s in-house cola brand, Freeway, is better than Pepsi or Coca-Cola, IMHO.
Member’s Mark nicotine gum, original flavor. Juicy Fruitish flavor and stellar consistency/quality.
Kroger Nutter Butters. Aside from just tasting better, the packaging is also way less flimsy. (Plus, resealable!)
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Nice try, but I refuse to use any toothpaste that isn’t 3D and HD.
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I will say that as someone with sensitive teeth, Sensodyne actually is legit though.
I pay the extra bucks for European Sensodyne because it has Novamin in it.
Novamin is like magic, and there is no reason it should have been taken off the shelves in the US (I suspect it’s heavy lobbying by the American Dental Association and the Teeth Fae People). Novamin binds and helps remineralize your teeth, very helpful for sensitivity and in conjuction with fluoride can get into the subsurface and helps actually repair the teeth.
I don’t have sensitive teeth, but Sensodyne is one of the very few that doesn’t try to make it “taste good” or whatever. Most toothpaste remind me of people who use half a bottle of perfume when going out.
Okay, I might not have sensitive teeth, but compared to the average person I seem to have a sensitive nose and tongue :D
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Aldi has Frosted Mini-wheats that keep don’t get as soggy and hold on to the frosting longer.
Aldi generics overall tbh
except baby wipes, theirs are lousy
Agreed, Aldi’s stuff rarely worse than equivalent products, and some I prefer more than the name brand. Only things I balk at are fake cheese flavored things and canned goods from their German themed store brand.
Hashbrowns - McCain is tasteless in comparison
Drumsticks- those chocolate dipped ice cream cones with the nuts on top. The generic in my experience usually has way more nuts, sometimes more ice cream, and more caramel filling.
Aldi hand cream, 70p a bottle, does the same as Neutrogena at £3-4
The 90s Piggly Wiggly brand of cola with the red, orange and yellow stripes on the label.
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Basically anything Kirkland signature branded, including medicines sold over the counter. Compare Kirkland signature ibuprofen count + cost vs brand name in store sometime. The difference is staggering.
Family Dollar brand (Kidgets, IIRC?) diapers and baby wipes
Aldi fudge-stripe cookies
Centrella “Magic Stars” rainbow cereal
There’s this white cheddar flavour mac and cheese and the store brand where I am is much better than the Kraft version.
There might be a bit of nostalgia though for me as it was one of the go-to “quick and easy” meals my mom would make for us as a kid.
In Canada, Loblaws has a no name brand kd called deluxe white cheddar that is hands down the best Mac and cheese, Kraft white cheese always comes out bland and watery no matter how little milk I add.
It’s as expensive as Kraft though, I think? Or barely any cheaper. President’s Choice stuff is sometimes more expensive than name brands, too.
I honestly couldn’t tell you my girlfriend does all the superstore shopping, I think shoppers has it slightly cheaper if you can find it. I also don’t mind paying 20 extra cents for superior Mac and cheese.
Pretty sure PC is cheaper when it’s on discount, but I haven’t paid attention to it in ages.
That’s literally the brand I was referring to, haha. I haven’t actually bought it in a while though, since for several years the closest Loblaws store was too far away.
I’m now closer to one, but still haven’t picked any up. Haven’t timed any of my visits with when it’s on discount, and otherwise it’s around the same price as KD. Haven’t been eating much of that sort of food anyways.
Check out shoppers of its closer, the one near my house doesn’t have it in stock ever but they do stock it.
Yeah I really only eat it like once a month when I feel like being lazy and I don’t have to cook for anyone but myself. Lived off this stuff through uni though.
DM house brand interdental brushes over the super expensive TePe ones.
