Store Brand Mayo [and other commodities]

[Phred]

This past weekend my in-laws were visiting- they had just come back
from an Alaskan cruise and had a few days before their flight back to
Phoenix. We decided to BBQ some burgers, and were out of mayo. My
husband offered to run to the grocery store, and came back with the
store brand mayo. Ugh! I asked him why, and he claims there is no
difference. We exchanged opinions on the matter, and I told him there
is no way it will be used by me! Am I nuts? I think there is a huge
difference- I only buy Best Foods or maybe Nalley's. Do any of you use
the store brand? I know mine is going to be returned!

I'd never bought mayo up until about 6 months ago, but you buggers in
RFC are always going on about it, so I thought I should give it a go.

Went to the local Coles supermarket and got a jar of Praise brand
mayo. It was *awful* -- smelt and tasted like rancid fat. (Not that
I tasted much of it. :)

Not to be deterred, I tried a small container of Kraft "egg mayo", and
that was okay; but, frankly, I'm pretty happy to return to my previous
mayo-free existence. :-)

On the general theme of store brand products, Coles here in Oz has
been running a campaign promoting their new "You'll Love Coles"
product lines. I tried their toilet paper and it was crap -- which
was pretty appropriate I suppose, but not much of an encouragement to
try their other lines. ;-)

It's always had me a bit puzzled how so many of those house brands are
so poor compared with "the real thing". I remember buying some
generic butterscotch lollies a few years back, thinking "What could
they do to stuff them up." Well, whatever it was, they did it! The
damn things were just so bland I only tried one and chucked the rest.

Cheers, Phred.

[JoeSpareBedroom]

Post by Phred
It's always had me a bit puzzled how so many of those house brands are
so poor compared with "the real thing".

The store you buy them at doesn't care enough to find better suppliers. It's
as simple as that.

[Janet B.]

Post by JoeSpareBedroom

Post by Phred
It's always had me a bit puzzled how so many of those house brands are
so poor compared with "the real thing".

The store you buy them at doesn't care enough to find better suppliers.
It's as simple as that.

Or even simpler, the store is boosting the bottom line by selling
cheaply-produced products under the house label.
Janet

[JoeSpareBedroom]

Post by Janet B.

Post by JoeSpareBedroom

Post by Phred
It's always had me a bit puzzled how so many of those house brands are
so poor compared with "the real thing".

The store you buy them at doesn't care enough to find better suppliers.
It's as simple as that.

Or even simpler, the store is boosting the bottom line by selling
cheaply-produced products under the house label.
Janet

That too. How unfortunate, though. Some (though not enough) stores can boost
the bottom line by charging a premium for products which customers expect to
pay more for. Ready to eat dinner items, for instance. This allows them to
keep the price down or the quality up for things like private label canned &
frozen goods. Wegman's does a great job with this.