Comments on: My Store-Brand vs. Name-Brand Blind Taste-Test Experiment

By: Len Penzo

Len Penzo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:44:59 +0000

Very interesting, Billy! I am going to have to check that out next time I go to the store. You would think, though, that the added sugar would add to the cost and make the store-brand less competitive. I wonder why that isn’t the case?

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:27:42 +0000

There’s a big problem with buying store-brand – while it’s cheaper, and often tastes fine, it’s often packed with added salt and sugar. Take a look at the breakfast cereals next time you’re in the store, I guarantee that 9 times out of 10 the store brand will have more salt, more added sugar, and often more saturated fat than the big brand alternatives! What really annoys me though is when the store brand “healthy option” version still has more sugar/fat/salt than the “regular” branded version – people pick up the healthy option one without carefully reading the label, and are basically being lied to!!
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Issac Maez — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:21:10 +0000

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Dawna Constantine — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:32:06 +0000

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By: Len Penzo

Len Penzo — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:48:12 +0000

Hey, wait a minute! Why should I take your word for it when you misspell your own name? Hello! Whatever happened to “‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’, unless sounded as ‘a’ as in neighbor and weigh?”

In the US, the term “a savings of” is accepted practice – nobody, and I mean NOBODY, says “a saving of 40 percent.”

Here is just one of a bajillion examples that I found in an article in the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/business/30milk.html

And yes, I know, Sheila, “bajillion” isn’t a real word.

By: Sheila Wilson

Sheila Wilson — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:59:52 +0000

It’s not “savings”!!! For the luvva pete, it is A saving. As in, A saving of 40%.

Savings are what you have in the bank.

By: Jennifer Y.

Jennifer Y. — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:53:58 +0000

Nice experiment! I have very few brand loyalties, many times the generic/store brand is just fine.

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