Rocket Science
Ziggy
dollars a year buying the heavily advertised (HA) brand products in the
grocery and department stores. There is nothing in the grocery store that
is rocket science. Many of the less advertised (LA) brands or store brands
are just as good or better as the HA brands. You are paying for the
brainwashing that many HA brand manufacturers put in their advertising
campaigns. It is not difficult to make shampoos, conditioners, cleaning
products and all those other products that can be found in your local
grocery or department store. Why are you paying 4+ dollars for baby shampoo
when you can buy the less advertised brand for half the money? Do you like
wasting money? If the name brand products are better why would companies be
spending billions of dollars in advertising? The answer is that they are
not better. They are trying to convince you that the high price they are
charging is some how justified by a better product. Even over the counter
drugs like aspirin can be bought for half the price of the HA brands. This
is a product that has been around for decades. The LA products are under
the same FDA regulations as the HA brands. Save a lot of money and don't
buy the over priced HA brands.
When you pay the higher price for the HA brands you are paying for the
ridiculous high salaries of the CEO's, private jets, golden parachutes and
for the billions spent on advertising.
Every time you go to the store you can save several dollars. Over time this
can amount to a significant amount of money.
Allan
"Ziggy" <Z...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I quite agree with you. Ziggy. I buy the store brands because they are
cheaper and work just as good as the expensive brands. I wish everyone could
see that. If they could then the expensive brands would have too come down
in price to compete.
Joel
>"Ziggy" <Z...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Most people don't realize that they spend hundreds or even thousands of
>> dollars a year buying the heavily advertised (HA) brand products in the
>> grocery and department stores. There is nothing in the grocery store that
>> is rocket science. Many of the less advertised (LA) brands or store brands
>> are just as good or better as the HA brands. You are paying for the
>> brainwashing that many HA brand manufacturers put in their advertising
>> campaigns.
>I quite agree with you. Ziggy. I buy the store brands because they are
>cheaper and work just as good as the expensive brands. I wish everyone could
>see that.
I've been shopping and cooking since leaving home nearly
35 years ago. I've had many occasions to try the cheaper store
or generic brands of many food items. More recently, I've had
the luxury to try many of the so-called "expensive" brands of
many packaged foods. In almost every case, the mainstream national
brands are better-- better flavor, better texture, better value
for my tastes.
A case in point is that last week I though it would be a
good idea to save 25 cents on pitted prunes by buying the store
brand rather than one of the national brands we normally purchase.
My wife (the consumer of prunes) asked that I not buy them again,
as they were small, dried out, and simply older tasting. It was
not worth saving 25 cents. Ditto the other foods I buy packaged--
corn, beans, tomatoes and tomato sauce, etc.
The bottom line is that just because *you* can't tell the
difference, or don;t value the higher quality, doesn't mean others
can't. Choice is good for those of us who care about what we eat,
as well as for those of you who don't.
--
Joel Plutchak
"New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any
other reason but because they are not already common." - John Locke