What don't you skimp on?

[cactusdog]

I've just brushed my teeth and used listerine. I think it's expensive for a mouth wash but I will never buy a cheaper one as I think it is very effective.
Very boring I know, but makes me wonder about others.

Tea
Meat
Knitwear
Crisps
Ketchup
Tinned tomatoes
Mustard
Pickle

The show Eat Well for Less changes my view on a lot of branded items. I become less rigid and open to try other brands.

I have always suspected the expensive shoes for DCs is a marketing ploy .... mine hate their fitted ones and always preferred flimsy supermarket brand ones. Now they are older and live in (branded) trainers.

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@Nomoreilove

Don’t understand why people like Heinz ketchup so much. M&S ketchup tastes so much better and is less than a pound. I dare anyone to try a supermarket version and see.

I'm a Tesco ketchup girl myself .

@OhTheRoses

I agree about the Lurpak *@jingsmahbucket*.

Oh thank goodness. For all that people rave about it, I thought I was taking crazy pills or something!

Underwear;

Shoes;

Bath towels.

Lurpack

Yorkshire Tea

Skincare

Sunglasses - we like rayban (hot country and wear daily most the year)

Nice bread

Body wash (aveeno - v sensitive skin in our house)

Chocolate

@Laiste Are you me? 😏

I have 3 grown up kids....I dont think i bought Clarks shoes for any of them...as someone upthread said just very good marketing.

Meat and dairy. As much for welfare reasons / guilt as for taste.

Shoes. Even if I have to get secondhand, I won't wear or make my kids wear shit shoes. I have crap feet though, so need decent footwear .

Oh and I also don't get Heinz ketchup! Dh has a thing about it and also Heinz baked beans. I swear he must have been indoctrinated at some point by Heinz evil masterminds .

On butter, I like Kerrygold, or Golden Cow if I'm in Ireland, but don't mind supermarket own brand.

@cactusdog Totally agree. ( looks at D's 5 😀😁)

Dog food
Tea bags - I only drink a few cups a week so I want to enjoy them.
Baked beans - Branstons, not Heinz.
Moisturiser - not overly expensive but my skin is awful so paying for the stuff that works for me is 100% worth it.
Mattress
Pillows

Furniture - we've had cheap furniture for years and are now in the process of replacing it with decent stuff. Most is second hand for environmental reasons but it's still not cheap.

President butter
Cheese
Fevertree tonic
Haagen Dazs icecream
Dermalogica skincare

Heinz ketchup to me tastes more tomatoey. Own brand ones have a more vinegar like taste. I'm not fussed as I hardly ever use it but I do prefer the taste of Heinz

• Wine. I would rather have a nice bottle occasionally than lots of cheap bottles.

• Kids shoes. They were always barefoot when smaller, and no Geox or Startrite.

• childcare. We went without foreign holidays to pay for a nursery that we loved and felt was the best fit for our children.

Wrapping paper
Bin Bags
Toilet roll
Kitchen roll
Washing up liquid
Butter
Meat
Coffee

Tights and stockings.

Running shoes
Tea bags
Toilet roll

Clothes & shoes. Can’t bear buying things that don’t last, especially shoes - worked in a ward where all the young girls went through a pair of Primark shoes a month and constantly complained that their feet hurt!

Perfume
Tea bags
Clark’s shoes for kids
Jeans
Make up
Toilet roll
Bin bags
Also the Kids coats

Cheese - volume not type
Loo roll
Kitchen roll
Holiday's - this is a big one for us
Water bottles - has to be Chilly's
Tupperware

Animal products. I buy milk, eggs etc. from a local farm. They are more expensive, but i know how the animals are kept.

Make up, cheap ones make my skin dry. Also i make sure they are animal friendly brands.

Toothpaste and mouthwash (I use brands recommended by the dental hospital for my gum issues). I also don't generally like cheap tea.

Bras and sports bras
Running shoes
Hair conditioner
Bedding
Yorkshire tea
Meat (eat less often, but better quality and higher welfare)
Eggs
Oat milk
Viakal
Polish
Hand soap
Cleaning cloths - cheap onea fall apart.

I have favourite brands but they are not necessarily the most expensive. I like Moser Roth chocolate from Aldi, for example. I like Hermes perfumes but also rate Fragonard, which are pretty affordable in M & S. I wouldn't buy cheap or expensive hair dye because I make my own from foodstuffs which works out very inexpensively. I prefer to cut my own hair with help from DH. But I do have favourite brands in lots of products.