Generic items are often the same manufacturer as the name brands just with different taste in some cases. You can see from the packaging, item weight, nutritional contents / RDAs, and ingredients.
OTC meds like Tylenol and Advil are totally fine with the store brand. Rx generics are allowed to be within +/- 5% potency which sounds a little scary buy my PharmD friends say it's nothing to worry about. Often the molecule for the meds is made from the name brand pharma company with the original patent and sent to the generic company where they make their own pill with different fillers.
That's what I think of when you say generics instead of store brands. Thank god those days are over. Most store brands are pretty good.Depends on what it is. But it sounds like many are lumping together generics with store brands. I specifically remember when one local supermarket started selling a group of literal generics in the early 80s. The all came from a single distributor that used plain yellow labels.
With medications - absolutely no problem. Ibuprofen is ibuprofen. There's almost nothing gained from using name-brand medications when there's a generic equivalent. If I need a decongestant, I'll buy the cheapest store brand or nonbrand. At Costco they've got some that actually says Perrigo on it, which is one of the largest makers of generic meds in the country. If I buy them as store brands, the blister packs typically state who the manufacturer is, like LNK or Perrigo.
With prepared foods - that's a very different thing since flavor profiles can be very distinct. But store branded food can be pretty good sometimes, like what I can find at Trader Joe's. There are also certain things that make no or little difference like cooking oil, but somehow people still pay a price premium for something with a neutral flavor that isn't terribly different. There are also certain foods that are essentially commodities like dried beans or frozen vegetables. I've found frozen vegetables from a no-name brand that seem to be fine compared to Birdseye or Green Giant branded. They all come from growers cooperatives anyways.
Yep,I remember the Hebrew national /polish dog days. They also used to have those giant pretzels many years ago. I'm not complaining for $1.50.I remember reading some old discussions by someone who railed on Costco going away from kosher hot dogs sold at their food courts. The history seems to be that they started off with Hebrew National but I recall they switched (at least in my region) to Sinai Kosher. And I really miss their Polish sausages. But they went to in-house manufacturing to save on money and stopped selling Polish sausages. But still - my kids absolutely loves that hot dog.
Why did Costco discontinue the Polish Dog?
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I also remember my local (pre-merger) Price Club. That actually had a hot dog cart outside with a large Vienna Beef banner against the wall. But they still had loss leader prices.
2022-2023 happened . Nothing is cheap anymore unfortunately.
If you eat Pop Tarts / Toaster Pastries ..... then buying the Great Value ones from WM is truly a value and taste better than the Pop Tarts brand .
A lot of ingredients come from China. My company use a global supply chain and almost nothing comes from the USA. Glass vials used to be made in the USA but they moved production to Mexico. I've been around the world to inspect our suppliers. Almost all of them do a great job.
