What products do you buy with brand name loyalty?

[RamblingRose]

For me:


Hellmann's mayonnaise

Jif peanut butter (I'm a choosy mother)

Scott toilet paper (the non-fluffy kind which is supposed to be good for septic tanks)

Cascade Platinum dishwasher detergent (my stepdad got me hooked)

Dawn dish soap

Lea & Perrins worcestershire sauce

Mission flour tortillas

Kingsford charcoal

Maxwell House half caffeine coffee

Aveda hair styling products


Now back to my online shopping



*It's nice not to have to worry about the news 24/7

[Scrivener7]

1. Lavazza coffee.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I see Dawn dish detergent on your list

That’s about all I can think of where I have brand loyalty.

Oddly enough, I prefer albacore tuna from ALDI, which is by definition ‘generic.’ The name brands of albacore tuna resemble cat food.

[multigraincracker]

8. Me too, and I order

the 90 roll box of Scott tp. I had just ordered the 90 roll box about a month before the shortage.

I do like the Meijer brand Greek Yogurt.

[EYESORE 9001]

9. I'll give that a try

I don’t have a Meijer in my locale, but one is being built as we speak.

[multigraincracker]

11. They send me coupon for

just the items I usually buy there.

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. Had to think for a minute

Mayorga Cuban Roast Coffee

JFG Mayo

Kingsford Charcoal

Dawn dish detergent

Rachael Ray Nutrish dry cat food

Fancy Feast canned cat food

Heinz Ketchup and Chili Sauce

[RamblingRose]

6. Fancy Feast is like crack for cats!! Kroger carries something similar so they get that one n/t

[Ocelot II]

19. I bought some Nutrish cat food, and it bombed.

My own cat wouldn't eat it. I tried giving it to a hungry stray whom I feed often and he wouldn't eat it either.

[Jilly_in_VA]

24. My girls prefer it

they will eat a WalMart knockoff of Blue Wilderness but I got some highly recommended stuff from Chewy.com and even the raccoons and possums turned up their noses at it and I had to throw it out and go back to the Rachael Ray. They prefer the salmon but will eat the chicken if Chewy is out of salmon.

[Ocelot II]

33. The stray cat doesn't like Blue Wilderness, either. He likes Fancy Feast.

So that's what he gets.

Picky little buggers, aren't they?

[Binkie The Clown]

4. Nothing. I buy generic and bulk. Oh wait, there is one thing: Nabisco Honey Maid Graham Crackers.

Generic Grahams are just gross.

[underpants]

5. Mega-colon blow powder

[NJCher]

17. Ahem

TMI

[smirkymonkey]

30. Oh yeah, this stuff...

[underpants]

31. 👆🤪

[jimfields33]

7. Mine are some off the top of my head as follows:

Dawn
Tide
Clorox
Downey
Miracle whip
Kraft cheese and any Kraft salad dressing
Diet Coke from Coca Cola (too addicted to stop)
Wonder bread
Frito lay snacks
Heinz ketchup (absolutely no other brand…I’ve tried. No good)
Prego meat Sauce in jar
Nathan’s hot dogs


I guess others but those are the majors

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. Gillette shaving gel.

I was thinking about that the other day. I would that free sample given to me in my college freshman dorm paid off for the company.

[RamblingRose]

12. So far Dawn is hands dawn the winner

[ProfessorGAC]

56. Note About Dawn

It actually is a superior product.
It has a higher concentration of active ingredients, especially the surfactants that effectively micellize fatty/oily soils, and the mild secondary surfactants that cause lesser skin drying.
It works better simply because there's a higher % of good stuff in there. Same good stuff; more of it.
I've seen data from efficacy reports and only Palmolive liquid comes close.
So, if you're a brand loyal Dawn user, at least you're getting your money's worth.

[yellowdogintexas]

60. A tank truck full of salad oil crashed on the interstate in Cincy

P & G sent over a spray truck full of Dawn and it took the grease right up.

It is used to remove oil from birds.

Back when Palmolive first brought out their green dish soap, every home in our little town received a sample. Soon after nearly every woman in town had peeling hands. Not painful just weird. Must have been our well water?

[ProfessorGAC]

61. Maybe

The newer variants of Palmolive have a much higher amount of a high foaming, but weaker, secondary surfactant that is FAR milder on the skin.
That's been true for quite a long time.
The earliest version had a higher fraction of alkyl sulfates, as opposed to alkylethoxy sulfates. Alkylated sulfates are used very sparingly in personal care cleaning formulas because its dermal drying effect has been known for decades.
And, believe it or not, the original Palmolive green was less harsh on the hands than most of the comparable dish liquids at the time.
But, it's much milder now, and has been since at least the turn of the century.
Dawn actually isn't measurably milder, but it is quantitatively more effective.

[LastDemocratInSC]

13. Honda cars and Dell computers.

[Jilly_in_VA]

25. Honda cars

and Mac computers.

[LastDemocratInSC]

28. Infidel!

I used to tell my friends that our family had its share of black sheep: One of my brothers is a Republican and the other one is a Mac user.

I've always admired the Mac hardware but it's always been true that my opportunities as a software developer are more lucrative in the Windows world.

[Basic LA]

14. Chock Full O Nuts

"It's That Heavenly Coffee."

[Freddie]

15. Heinz ketchup

Fancy Feast (insisted upon by my furry overlords)
Coke (other soda flavors in store brand is fine but no-name cola is awful)
Gain detergent and dishwashing liquid, Finish dishwasher pods. I live in hard water land and cheap detergent does not work here.
Paul Newman Organic coffee pods
Pampers 360 Fit for my granddaughter age 2.5 who will hopefully be potty trained soon.

[davsand]

16. There are a few things I buy specific brands.

Duke's Mayonaise is one. It used to be Hellman's, but once I experienced Duke's there was no other I will buy regularly. I'm too lazy to make my own.

Other brand loyalties that I will not deviate from inclusde:

Puffs Plus Lotion, Cascade Platinum dishwasher tabs, Gulden's Spicy Brown mustard, Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning, and Watkins Vanilla. I was raised to be a devoted American car buyer with a heavy preference for GM. I still am.



Laura

[RamblingRose]

43. I have a friend that loves Slap Ya Mama. I haven't seen it in the stores here. I use Tony Cachere's

One container will last me awhile so I don't buy it often.

[XanaDUer2]

54. I'm a Duke girl, too nt

[chia]

18. Oil of Olay Age-Defying bar soap, it has a really mild and pleasant scent and lathers nicely

Joy dish soap
Finish Powerball Quantum for the dishwasher. I got a sample with my dishwasher and was hooked.
Original Windex
Weiman's Stainless Steel wipes for the kitchen appliances
José's whole bean coffee from Costco (grocery store name is Don Francisco)
Kraft mayo
Trader Joe's sparkling water

[hlthe2b]

20. A lot less than I once did. I will try a store brand ONCE. If it is comparable, I'll keep buying.

I do still buy Dawn dish detergent and I'm a bit picky about coffee (I MADE myself suffer through a Costo-sized jar of Folger's black silk because, well, I don't like throwing things out, but even iced, yuck).

Facial moisturizers, sunscreen, makeup-- I do buy the same brands continually.

Dogfood (never the premium $$$, but I stay with the same one that has a good record for recalls, compositionally balanced and recommended-- and my dog likes).

Frankly, COVID-19 had me trying lots of generic products because those were the only ones available. I found that few products make that much difference. So, a "penny saved" ...

[Polly Hennessey]

21. Ok, here goes.

Cottonelle TP
Lay’s Simply Potato Chips
Nabisco’s Ginger Snaps
Simply Lemonade
Crystal Small Curd Cottage Cheese
Viva or Bounty paper towels
Shout color blocker sheets

[SamKnause]

22. Hellmann's mayo.

Jiffy smooth peanut butter.

Blue Bonnet stick margarine.

Hershey's syrup.

Original Ranch Dressing.

Ajax dish soap.

Clorox bleach.

Kellogg's Pop Tarts.

Dollar General premium toilet paper.

Meow Mix dry cat food.

McDaniel's coffee.

[Sneederbunk]

23. Binford Tools.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

26. Hellmann's mayo for me.

I can't think of anything else, except that I always buy Kroger Colombian coffee. That's probably not a "brand" since Kroger usually just slaps their label on other brands before selling the stuff at a discount. I've never found the brand that they're using for that particular coffee, though. Tried several Colombian coffee brands over the years, and the cheap Kroger is still my favorite. I don't even try the others anymore.

I received Scott TP as a substitute months ago, during a pick-up order, and I definitely don't like it! When blowing my nose with it, I have to fold it over a few times just to avoid blasting holes through that thin stuff! Plus I'm using much more of it, afraid of it otherwise tearing while doing the other business with it. And I don't like the expensive and super-fluffy TP either. Just generic and thin TP for me, but it needs to be thicker than Scott's!

[djm5971]

27. I always buy

anything from ACME!

other than that,
Jif Peanut Butter
Nabisco Honey Maid Grahams
Premium saltimes
Heinz ketchup
Tide
Bounce dryer sheets

[NNadir]

29. Kellogg's Special K Vanilla and Almond cereal. Other than that, nothing. n/t.

[smirkymonkey]

32. Hellmann's Mayo...

Scott toilet paper
Puffs tissues
Dawn dishwashing liquid
Q-Tips
Gulden's brown mustard
Clorox cleaning products (wipes, spray bleach, etc.)
Sabra hummus & guacamole
Stacy's Pita Chips
Finn Crisp crispbread
Tate's Bake Shop cookies
Crest toothpaste
Oral-B toothbrushes/floss
Claussen's pickles

Most other things I will go with what's on sale or what looks good. I don't buy a lot of packaged stuff, but when I do it's usually Whole Foods 365 brand which is actually really cheap. They have the best jar sauce and it's only about $2.95 for a large jar.

[Kali]

44. oh yeah

real q-tips!

[Ocelot II]

34. Oil of Olay

Dawn dish soap
Fancy Feast for the spoiled stray cat I feed
Hellman's mayonnaise
Costco store brand TP and paper towels
Claussen's dill pickles
Nueske's bacon
Bombay Sapphire gin

[IcyPeas]

35. I also like Aveda hair products....

Sensodyne toothpaste
Tide
dawn
Cascade (I tried the store brand and it really did not measure up)
Aleens tacky glue

Allegro coffee (whole foods)
Melitta coffee filters
Horizon Milk
Haagen Dazs ice cream
De Cecco's pasta
Rao's Arriabiata Sauce

Hewlett Packard ink cartridges

store brand: toilet paper, paper towels, batteries.

[Ohio Joe]

36. Lets see...

Not a lot...

Cholula Sauce hot sauce
Hellmanns mayo
Arm & Hammer baking soda
Rice A Roni
Sabrett's Hot Dogs and Onion Sauce

I think that is about it.

[3catwoman3]

37. Puffs Plus tissues.

Crest toothpaste
Regular Windex
Irish Spring bar soap
Arm and Hammer baking soda
Stoned Wheat Thins crackers
Origins Night-A-Mins moisturizer - it smells so good I wish I could eat it
Mike’s Hard Lemonade - original flavor
Kerry Gold butter - used to be Land ‘o Lakes (my mom grew up in Minnesota

[Mr.Bill]

38. Quite a few.

Peete's coffee
Alpo Little Bites dog biscuits
Jim Beam bourbon
Dawn dishwashing liquid
Dial Basics bar soap
Mobil 1 synthetic oil
Bush'es baked beans
Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce

And many more.

[JCMach1]

39. Head and Shoulders, Dawn, 8 O'Clock, Q Tips, Odoban

[Paladin]

40. Couldn't agree with you more re Lea & Perrins.

Other brands taste like dish water by comparison. Bloody Mary fans, take note.

[femmocrat]

41. Fun topic! Mine:

Heinz ketchup (being from Pittsburgh)
Dawn
Duke’s mayonnaise
Angel Soft (although it’s owned by Koch, sorry)
Sweet Baby Ray’s sauces
Philosophy products
A La Maison handsoap
Bath and Body Works shower gel
SprayWay window cleaner (the best)
Knorr side dishes (used to be Lipton I think)
I’m sure there are more... that’s all I can think of right now.

[Kali]

42. rosa venus bar soap (white)

now available in the US!

Wellness pet foods
el pato jalapeño salsa
and sort of opposite of a brand name - safeway cheap red label tp and paper towels, vari-size on those.
cottage cheese has to be Shamrock
Kitchen Basics broth (especially chicken), if not homemade
Bush's baked beans
Juanita's big can of hominy (more for size can than brand)
Trader Joe's tart cherry juice in the tall bottle, when I can get it
c and w frozen vegs
Oscar Meyer beef hot dogs and beef boloney
mostly Folgers coffee unless store brand is on super sale
I do buy Heinz ketchup and French's yellow mustard, but that is because I order it in bulk containers on line. oh yeah kraft mayo too.

that is about all I can think of, don't really buy a lot of branded products, or care about brands if they are branded. price is usually the factor in most cases.

[Niagara]

45. Right off the top of my head:

3M products: automotive, command hooks, lint removers

Cascade dishwasher detergent

Cottonelle T.P.

Eight O'Clock Arabica Coffee

Neutrogena facial products

Nivea Products. I apply Nivea men's aftershave balm as a primer before applying my makeup

Palmolive liquid dish detergent

Twinings Tea

RainX products: windshield wipers, rain repellent

Turtle Wax products: cleaners, tar and bug remover (which also removes pine tree sap on vehicle paint) seal and coats, and compounds

[RamblingRose]

46. Boar's Head pickles (used to buy only Claussen) n/t

[ironflange]

47. We have a few, let's see. . .

Dawn
Blue Buffalo and Friskies
Diet Coke (her) and Coke Zero (me) though I'm less fussy
Purex TP
Miss Vickie's chips
Finish Quantum
Miracle Whip
Tide
Bounce
Classico pasta sauce
LG kitchen appliances - we're moving into a new place

[Leith]

48. Only a few of them

Kikkoman soy sauce

Puffs tissues

Charmin Ultra-soft TP

Chapstick

[Niagara]

49. I turned a Kikkoman soy sauce bottle into a hummingbird feeder.

Unfortunately, paper wasps have also found the feeder and now the hummingbirds are having a difficult time getting their food.

[Owl]

50. I have the same top 5!

[Earth-shine]

51. For three decades, I used to buy Duracell batteries and then ...

https://talk.dallasmakerspace.org/t/beware-of-duracell-battery-leakage/2865

No Duracells ever now. I don't care if they fixed them.

[Glorfindel]

52. Dove soap (it's great for aged skin)

Dawn dish detergent
Crunchy Cheetos (not the puffy ones)

Everything else, generic or store brands are fine.

[XanaDUer2]

55. I love me some crunchy Cheetos nt

[XanaDUer2]

53. bounty or brawny paper towels

Nescafe coffee

Bagged salad, usually

Ivory soap

Activa yogurt

[malthaussen]

57. Well, I'll tell ya, Old Spice Aftershave was one answer...

... but then the bright boys changed the formula, and it doesn't smell anything like it used to. Sales have gone up, though, so they made the right decision for the company -- seems the rising generation doesn't want to smell like Grandpa.

-- Mal

[Upthevibe]

58. RamblingRsaose.....

I can name three that I can't use (due to triggering childhood trauma):
Ivory soap, Tide and Cheer detergent, Crest toothpaste (not meaning at all to say anything against those products -it's my issue).

What I really need to use:

Aveeno moisturizing lotion
Colgate toothpaste
Dial soap

There are probably others that I can't think about right now.

[yellowdogintexas]

59. Our lists are very similar. Here are my substitutions and additions

Hellmann's mayonnaise

Jif peanut butter (I'm a choosy mother)
(Costco twin pack - we love our Jif PB)

Scott toilet paper (the non-fluffy kind which is supposed to be good for septic tanks) Charmin which is very soft and is not Koch product


Cascade Platinum dishwasher detergent (my stepdad got me hooked)

Dawn dish soap

Lea & Perrins worcestershire sauce
(is there any other kind?)

Mission flour tortillas

Kingsford charcoal
We have an electric grill so no charcoal here

Maxwell House half caffeine coffee .
Mild roast blends, usually from Winco

Aveda hair styling products
Nioxin for hair

Additions:

Clinique

Kirkland canned chicken breast (Costco)
Kirkland fresh packed chicken breast (also Costco)

Famous Dave's Signature Spicy Pickles

Dave's Killer Bread

Luzianne giant teabags for making iced tea

Colonial Pure Cane Sugar

Ro-Tel (No gathering in Texas is complete without it )

I can't believe I left off Yucateca Habanero Hot Sauce and
Topo Chico sparkling water.