Are there any consumer products that you are always brand loyal to?
My wife and I use a lot of house brand products and grocery generics like HY Vee or Our family or IGA. Most generics seem to be the same as name brand and are cheaper and I usually cant tell the difference. Some things we do use brand name. My wife is a school trained chef, so on baking supplies and spices she chooses brand names like McCormick or Watkins.
My wife does prefer Butternut coffee but I can drink any brand, whatever is cheapest house brand ..Dollar general,Our Family. Hy Vee, whatever. as long as it has caffeine in it I don't care what brand it is. Wife and I do differ on toothpaste. I like regular old Colgate and she likes the regular Crest. Crest tend to make the roof of my mouth feel irritated. When kids were still home, they used Aquafresh,I guess they liked the stripes. She does prefer Cascade dishwasher soap, I dont know if it is any better than generic ,but bought some generic dish soap one time and she said it did not clean the dishes very well so I don't argue with her on that one.
I quite a bit of grilling and make my own rib rubs and sauces, but I am brand loyal to charcoal. When I do ribs or briskets I always use B&B charcoal because I have tried other brands and they just don't last long enough to finish them out. Cost a couple $ more,because it will burn for 4-5 hours low and slow. Now for simple grilling of burgers or brats any generic cheap charcoal will work and I will use house brand cheap charcoal for that. I guess I am brand loyal with charcoal and toothpaste.
My wife and I use a lot of house brand products and grocery generics like HY Vee or Our family or IGA. Most generics seem to be the same as name brand and are cheaper and I usually cant tell the difference. Some things we do use brand name. My wife is a school trained chef, so on baking supplies and spices she chooses brand names like McCormick or Watkins.
My wife does prefer Butternut coffee but I can drink any brand, whatever is cheapest house brand ..Dollar general,Our Family. Hy Vee, whatever. as long as it has caffeine in it I don't care what brand it is. Wife and I do differ on toothpaste. I like regular old Colgate and she likes the regular Crest. Crest tend to make the roof of my mouth feel irritated. When kids were still home, they used Aquafresh,I guess they liked the stripes. She does prefer Cascade dishwasher soap, I dont know if it is any better than generic ,but bought some generic dish soap one time and she said it did not clean the dishes very well so I don't argue with her on that one.
I quite a bit of grilling and make my own rib rubs and sauces, but I am brand loyal to charcoal. When I do ribs or briskets I always use B&B charcoal because I have tried other brands and they just don't last long enough to finish them out. Cost a couple $ more,because it will burn for 4-5 hours low and slow. Now for simple grilling of burgers or brats any generic cheap charcoal will work and I will use house brand cheap charcoal for that. I guess I am brand loyal with charcoal and toothpaste.