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Generic vs storebrand needs to be handled on a case vs case basis because "coming from the same place" ignores manufacturing specifications. Sometimes store brand is better. Trader Joes and Costco maintain internal specifications contract manufactures have to meet, and in exchange they get better shelf space for their own product at Aldi's or Costco, or maintain a portfolio of storebrand stuff that some they take a wash on in order to bring in the money on a few valuable ones. Sometimes store brand is the exact same. Occasionally the manufacturer will approach the chain to get permission to make the storebrand for them, same product, different packaging, but sold for cheaper to capture the cheap market. Sometimes store brand is the stuff they made on Monday or Friday or didn't quite pass a non-critical aspect quality, so repeat purchase might be peaky or it might be the stuff that looks like a butt but tastes fine.
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I can do most store brand stuff that's not pasta or crackers. Pasta can be ok if the amount of durum to semolina is the same as the store brand, but I've been burned (or in the case of pasta, congealed into a starchy mess) too many times and dried pasta is pretty loving cheap anyways.
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Sorry, I'm a snob and you'll pry my DOP San Marzano whole tomatoes from my cold dead fingers
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bringmyfishback posted:Now listen up, children, Imma tell you some poo poo: I meant that I was sure some of the bacon/maple stuff was okay, and that I like the store brand stuff; those things were meant to be separate  I almost always buy store brand things, but thanks for a good post! We are moving soon and will be a bit closer to wegmans on the bus line so we'll actually be able to buy (store brand) frozen vegetables there without them melting, along with other things, and I love trader joes, too.
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:I like PC Mac and Cheese but it's a pain the rear end to get the display resolution just right on a widescreen monitor. But the mods you can install are good. I like to add sauteed spinach and heirloom tomatoes because for someone who eats boxed mac and cheese I am pretty pretentious.  
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Apr 13, 2016 20:02
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Zipperelli. posted:I'm legitimately sad for you, that you could be so wrong. It's quite obvious that you've never been to the southern United States and/or never heard of Publix. Also from Upstate New York. We don't have Publix around here, never been in one before in my life. Had to Google it to figure out what the hell it really is. They seem like..faaaairly similar chains. Does Publix have the weird cult following that Wegman's does because holy gently caress, Upstate New Yorkers LOVE Wegman's.
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Apr 14, 2016 02:00
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TINY T-REX ARMS posted:Does Publix have the weird cult following that Wegman's does because holy gently caress, Upstate New Yorkers LOVE Wegman's. Some random guy on an internet forum decided out of nowhere to tell somebody how much he pities them for not knowing how super great Publix is.
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TINY T-REX ARMS posted:Also from Upstate New York. We don't have Publix around here, never been in one before in my life. Had to Google it to figure out what the hell it really is. I have found that, where I experienced Publix, in the southeast, people love it because the stores are new and clean compared to their alternatives. When all you've had is a Baker's or a Food World (and a Piggly Wiggly for the riff-raff), Publix rolls in all first-world-looking and everyone goes nuts. Oh my god, they serve hot soup at the deli! Oh my god, somebody is mopping the floor! I have to wear shoes here?! Where's the spitoon?! This place is classy!
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Hold your horses motherfucker. Piggly Wiggly is a real goddamned thing? Holy poo poo. Pictured below: blueberry muffin soup
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Apr 14, 2016 02:24
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Piggly Wiggly was like the first labeled-items-on-shelves supermarket ever. Like actually revolutionary.
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I totally thought those were pop-culture myths or something. The name is ridiculous.
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:I have found that, where I experienced Publix, in the southeast, people love it because the stores are new and clean compared to their alternatives. When all you've had is a Baker's or a Food World (and a Piggly Wiggly for the riff-raff), Publix rolls in all first-world-looking and everyone goes nuts. Oh my god, they serve hot soup at the deli! Oh my god, somebody is mopping the floor! I have to wear shoes here?! Where's the spitoon?! This place is classy! Some Publix's also have higher end and organic products, as well as fresh meat counters that actually serve nice meats. Scathach posted:I totally thought those were pop-culture myths or something. The name is ridiculous. "Nature's potato, the Potato."
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I fear what Man's potato is.
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Scathach posted:I totally thought those were pop-culture myths or something. The name is ridiculous. That kids all like "Spoon that fudge bitch, yeah spoon that fudge"
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zedprime posted:Generic vs storebrand needs to be handled on a case vs case basis Yep. Some things are the same, some things are different but you don't care, some things you want the consistently good quality of the name brand.
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Scathach posted:I totally thought those were pop-culture myths or something. The name is ridiculous. I wish I could have snorted, wallowed and rolled in a sows trough of chocolatey potato when I was a kid
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Apr 14, 2016 04:12
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The people who work at Publix are creepily friendly and helpful. Every time I turn around, there is some smiley person trying to hand me samples or trying to help me find something. I guess it's nice, but I don't want to be social while I shop. Be accessible, but not up my butt all of the time. First world problems.
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LoveMeDead posted:The people who work at Publix are creepily friendly and helpful. Every time I turn around, there is some smiley person trying to hand me samples or trying to help me find something. I guess it's nice, but I don't want to be social while I shop. Be accessible, but not up my butt all of the time. It's largely a loss prevention tactic. They don't want to be that friendly either.
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Scathach posted:I totally thought those were pop-culture myths or something. The name is ridiculous. "Fudge Nugglets" "The Sow Trough"
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Look at all you motherfuckers who are from Not Texas and haven't experienced the glory of HEB.  (everything else about Texas pretty much sucks but HEB is the best grocery store ever and has like 3-4 house brands, all of which are great, even the super-value one for the most part. Also they pay pretty well and don't treat their employees like subhumans so I don't feel bad giving them my money)
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TheKennedys posted:Look at all you motherfuckers who are from Not Texas and haven't experienced the glory of HEB. HEB is a quandary in that if it were a real success it would be sam's club but worse x 1000. Its only strengths are that it is a disorganized lovely mess and sensible mexicans shop there, driving and sustaining the produce section, the only ikea-maze-like area worth a glance.
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:HEB is a quandary in that if it were a real success it would be sam's club but worse x 1000. Its only strengths are that it is a disorganized lovely mess and sensible mexicans shop there, driving and sustaining the produce section, the only ikea-maze-like area worth a glance. gently caress Sam's Club. It's owned by Walmart and Walmart is full of poo poo. They treat their employees badly and their "raising everyone to $10/hr" meant that a ton of people-- me included-- got pay decreases so everyone on the bottom only made $10 and the press reported happy bullshit. Walmart is the worst loving place to work, followed quickly by Target.
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Having shopped at both Wegmans and Publix, I can assure you that Wegmans reigns supreme But enough if this upscale chatter... who here is a dollar store food shopper?
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Apr 14, 2016 05:09
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Not dollar store, but Big Lots loving owns for food.
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Zipperelli. posted:I'm legitimately sad for you, that you could be so wrong. It's quite obvious that you've never been to the southern United States and/or never heard of Publix. I've been to Publix and it's pretty good, don't get me wrong, but it would be sublime if if it were 1. Wegman's, and 2. Not located in the South. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I didn't mean to start a derail. Let's post more abominations! 
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Thesaurus posted:Having shopped at both Wegmans and Publix, I can assure you that Wegmans reigns supreme <embarassedly raises hand while thousand-yard-staring in another direction>
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Thesaurus posted:Having shopped at both Wegmans and Publix, I can assure you that Wegmans reigns supreme I used to be head cashier at a dollar store. It was kind of depressing seeing the grocery shopping there - our biggest sellers were 2/$1 mac & cheese, 4/$1 ramen, and no-name Spam-type meat. So much sodium. 
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https://twitter.com/kreeeger/status/720394373507092480 https://twitter.com/weeaboo/status/705904715863891970
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Publix is Harris Teeter is Ingles is Wegmans(presumably, only one of those I haven't been in). They all do the same thing. Lots of awesome store brand *and* name brand stuff as well as fresh deli/produce/meat/seafood/whatever.
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The only generic cereal I've ever had problems with has been Cheerios. The generic stuff looks and tastes like they added extra air to make it puffier.
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Anyone else of the opinion that store brand Frosted Flakes are better than the Kelloggs kind, if mostly cause Kelloggs under frosts theirs these days to the point where they lose all flavor with 30 seconds of milk touching them
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drrockso20 posted:Anyone else of the opinion that store brand Frosted Flakes are better than the Kelloggs kind, if mostly cause Kelloggs under frosts theirs these days to the point where they lose all flavor with 30 seconds of milk touching them Who would choose to eat any kind of Frosted Flakes when mini wheats are a thing?
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RandomPauI posted:The only generic cereal I've ever had problems with has been Cheerios. The generic stuff looks and tastes like they added extra air to make it puffier. Most generic cereals are made by the Malt O Meal people. Actually, if you've ever eaten cereal in somewhere like a buffet, hospital or hotel you probably also got cereal from MOM Brands because they supply most of the food service industry with generic cereal. Anyways their style of Cheerios is very puffy and crispy, very different from actual cheerios.
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SC Bracer posted:
My new roommate brought the mac and cheese one when he moved in and I mocked him relentlessly. He used it once and it gave the mac and cheese really shiny appearance and it apparently had an odd aftertaste, possibly because he didn't wash it first. I do most of the cooking in the house, surprisingly Aesop Poprock has a new favorite as of 09:49 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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Number 1 Sexy Dad posted:HEB is a quandary in that if it were a real success it would be sam's club but worse x 1000. Its only strengths are that it is a disorganized lovely mess and sensible mexicans shop there, driving and sustaining the produce section, the only ikea-maze-like area worth a glance. I don't know why kind of trash HEBs you've been in but they're by far the best around here, great selection and also not apparently organized by blind idiots like yours are.
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Scathach posted:I totally thought those were pop-culture myths or something. The name is ridiculous. The natural goodness of nature's potato, the Potato. 
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Picnic Princess posted:I fear what Man's potato is. e: 
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chitoryu12 posted:Some Publix's also have higher end and organic products, as well as fresh meat counters that actually serve nice meats.
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Scathach posted:Hold your horses motherfucker. Piggly Wiggly is a real goddamned thing? Holy poo poo. The last holdout in Memphis is now a CashSaver, which is a "cost plus" grocery store. So everything looks delightfully cheap on the shelves, then they add 10% and then tax on top of that at the register. still ends up being cheaper for most things and plus they've got a growler bar thing now TheKennedys posted:Look at all you motherfuckers who are from Not Texas and haven't experienced the glory of HEB.
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RandomPauI posted:The only generic cereal I've ever had problems with has been Cheerios. The generic stuff looks and tastes like they added extra air to make it puffier.
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