Do you all buy store brands?

[rosarugosa]

We buy store brands much of the time. We'll almost always give them a try, and if unsatisfactory, we'll go with the name brand. However, the store brand is usually just fine.
My sister has a friend who grew up really poor, and it's interesting to me that he scorns store brands completely, and seems to consider it almost a point of pride that he only eats Welch's grape jelly, Skippy peanut butter, etc. He is still very poor, and this attitude probably doesn't help matters any.

[Klunick]

We buy store brands much of the time. We'll almost always give them a try, and if unsatisfactory, we'll go with the name brand. However, the store brand is usually just fine.
My sister has a friend who grew up really poor, and it's interesting to me that he scorns store brands completely, and seems to consider it almost a point of pride that he only eats Welch's grape jelly, Skippy peanut butter, etc. He is still very poor, and this attitude probably doesn't help matters any.

We switched to buying mostly store brands years ago when grocery prices rose. My oldest got very upset when I first brought home Dr Bob instead of Dr Pepper or Giant brand cheese instead of Kraft cheese. Finding some of his friends' parents were also buying store brand items help his attitude a lot. I guess he thought his friends would think he was poor if they saw him drinking store brand soda. What is funny is that we are not struggling financially at all. We are very frugal and switching to store brands from name brands is just another way we get to keep our money so to speak. We are trying to teach our boys that you don't need the "latest and greatest" things if something cheaper priced works just as well.

[early morning]

We shop mostly at Aldi and Trader Joe's so we eat mostly those store brands. My taste buds are budget-friendly, lol. That said, I don't care for Aldi's Oat or Almond milk, which is used mostly for lattes and cooking - but love the TJ's brand of the same. I like both of their cheeses, overall. But I will splurge on high end chocolate and ice creams, often locally produced, and specific cheeses.

[hana]

We switched to buying mostly store brands years ago when grocery prices rose. My oldest got very upset when I first brought home Dr Bob instead of Dr Pepper or Giant brand cheese instead of Kraft cheese. Finding some of his friends' parents were also buying store brand items help his attitude a lot. I guess he thought his friends would think he was poor if they saw him drinking store brand soda. What is funny is that we are not struggling financially at all. We are very frugal and switching to store brands from name brands is just another way we get to keep our money so to speak. We are trying to teach our boys that you don't need the "latest and greatest" things if something cheaper priced works just as well.

I like Dr Bob more than Dr. Pepper.

We pretty much buy the store brand over the brand name with a few exceptions. I buy Philadelphia cream cheese since it's a texture thing and the store brand goes moldy quicker. Brand name sandwich bags and freezer bags. The store brand is thinner and falls apart easily. I would have to double bag everything to keep it secure, and there goes the savings. Husband grew up on a dairy farm so he's picky about dairy, so I follow his lead there.