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For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you

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[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Used to be Heinz but now they've replaced tomato with more brown sugar or something so it tastes bland.

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[–] almightyGreek@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] Steak@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

VH soy sauce over store brand. Has to be. VH is king, store brand is so bad it doesn't even count as soy sauce, and I'm a broke dude who buys store brand everything possible. Also mini-wheats, store brand mini wheats are terrible. Other store brand cereals are good but with mini-wheats they dropped the ball.

[–] JoeyJoJoJuniour@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You misspelled Kikkoman. Lol

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[–] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Hair and skincare, especially since it's not even more expensive if I buy from a local store that sells those products in bulk.

I usually actually prefer the local knockoffs, it's usually better and uses locally sourced ingredients. Like soft drinks from the US taste sickeningly sweet and I really don't like them but there are plenty of locally made soft drinks that are great.

[–] Smeagol666@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Peanut butter. Generic peanut butter is downright nasty. Skippy or Jiff for me.

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