Sunday, June 15, 2008

Name brands vs. generic store ones

I can't believe I haven't covered this in all my discussions on supermarket savings. In the escalating reporting done on how to save money on groceries, the "genius" idea to go generic has come up more and more. But you know what? Fuck that. If you're smart, you can totally have a name brand collection of food and household products...all bought at a drastically reduced price. Yet again, i'm mystified at the public's stupidity...and the media's, for that matter. Just yesterday, I stood and watched a woman buy BLAH ShopRite brand pasta for more than a dollar...while right next to it was Ronzoni on sale for 77 cents a box. I RARELY buy generic. Here's what I buy generic...milk, eggs, vinegar, tissues, toilet paper, paper towels, bacon bits, cooking spray. Yup, I think that's it. Oh, wait, vacuum bags. You know, ALL the shit for which there's ZERO difference between name brand and Piece O'Shit Generic. And please don't wax snobbishly about how only a Charmin product has the finesse to touch your asshole. I'd wipe mine with a bag of leaves if they sold them, they were reasonably thick, and they were priced right. I HAVE bitched before about Dipshit buying super thin toilet paper, but you can definitely find a generic thick brand that your hand won't go through. So, yeah, fuck the generic brands...they DO taste worse than the name brands. You can't fool ME with a blindfolded taste test. Simply buy name brands on sale and use coupons. It's still that damn simple.

3 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

You're kidding me...right? "Name brands vs. generic store ones"...this is blog-worthy? You are soooo much "smarter" than the rest of us after this piece! Yeah guy!

5:27 AM PDT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think the "Anonymous" comment-maker needs to "come out of the closet" his/herself. Obviously you are not an "anonymous" reader of this blog, but someone who has a personal connection as well as an agenda.

If the blog bugs you so much, simply do not read it. You lambaste this blog and blogger himself as being pointless, but yet you spend the time to read the blog and then to craft your eloquent "attacks". Sounds somewhat hipocritical.

-Lance

7:24 AM PDT  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, I was turned on to this blog by someone who knows Gary...told to check-it-out more or less.

I don't really know Gary personally other than what I continue to read about here, but I do find the writing compelling enough to “at times” comment on. My line of work "could" compliment an avenue that this Gary might be looking towards, but every time I think he's making a breakthrough he shits-it-up with whining and complaining about such nominal crap.

Hypocritical...(check your spelling son)...possibly...

Devil’s advocate...DEFINITELY!

If you impartially wish to leave well enough alone...that’s fine with me. Otherwise, take the constructive criticism to the next level and really "try" to enlighten us a bit!

9:52 AM PDT  

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