Foods /drinks you wouldn't buy the cheap version

[OneUmberJoker]

The only one for me would be own brand cola

Hellmans mayonnaise. Can't think of any others, but that's not negotiable in this house.

Barry’s Tea

Meat.

Loads actually. The only thing I would buy the cheapest of is veg and ice. Oh and I love cheap instant noodles.

HP brown sauce
Coca Cola full sugar

Has to be Pepsi Max here too, cheap coke is shit

My husband eats a lot of baked beans and he insists on Heinz, he’s tried others but reckons none come anywhere near

Oh, another one, Bird's-eye fish fingers. I tried Youngs and the fish was all mushed up, not flaky. It's a no from me. My fish finger sandwich deserves better.

Yes to only buying real coke.

I don't think there's many if any other brands I have strict loyalty to. I would always go for own brand where possible.

I guess dried pasta. The really cheap stuff is grim. Like the most budget supermarket own brand. But I don't really buy pasta that much except the filled fresh ones. I prefer the 'posher' versions of those.

disaronno or baileys

I was a strictly Heinz ketchup girl, then tried the M&S one and I converted!

For me it's proper diet coke & lurpack.

Heinz ketchup
Coca Cola
Chocolate - has to be cadburys for me
Yorkshire Tea

Gin, tonic (always fevertree) teabags (Yorkshire), chocolate; cheap chocolate is GRIM!

Hellman's Mayonnaise
Chocolate; Lidl dark choc with hazelnuts.

Bisto Best Gravy

Kenco decaf coffee
Heinz salad cream
kellogs frosties
Branstons baked beans
Robinsons squash
KP dry roasted peanuts
Walkers crisps
Bournville dark chocolate
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There’s a whole lot more too!!

Coca cola is a given. There is just no substitute.

Other than that, in our house it’s Yorkshire tea, HP Sauce & Frank Cooper’s marmalade.

My number one is meals with meat in such as cheap sausages 🤢

I made a mistake of reading an article about “extruded meat” once. I don’t think I ever recovered from it!

Yorkshire tea

Maille Dijon Mustard
Kikommen Soy Sauce
La Chinata Smoked Paprika
Seasoned Pioneers Ras-el hanout
Neuhaus Pralines

Budget baked beans give me the ick.

Gosh realised how unfussy I am. Happy to eat own brand mayo, ketchup, cola, butter etc etc.

my main thing is it has to be good orange juice with bits, would never drink the from concentrate. Also don’t like cheap tomatoes, like the tastier on the vine ones

Heinz ketchup, Hellman’s mayonnaise,Coke, Cadbury’s chocolate, Yorkshire teabags, Twinings herbal teabags, Nescafé instant coffee, Birds Eye fishfingers, Alpen, Jordan’s granola, Rose’s lime cordial, Walker’s crisps, Uncle Ben’s microwaveable rice. Lots of branded preferences once I started to think about it!

Eggs. I will only buy high welfare free range, or ones from my local farm shop.

Heinz Ketchup.
Hellmans Mayo.
Weirdly I'm ok with own-brand salad cream.
Branston beans.
Nicer tinned tomatos. Can be supermarket brand but not the value version as its too watery.
Yorkshire tea.
Tilda microwave rice. Own brands come out all sticky and lumpy.

Meat, chicken, fish, eggs, milk, butter, rice, and frozen vegetables all have to be the best quality for us. I try to buy in season fresh fruit and vegetables.

Usually happy with own brand but either DH or I insist on the following:

Real coca cola / cherry coke (not diet so it's a weekend treat for us)
Heinz tomato ketchup and baked beans
Birds Eye fish fingers
Nespresso pods from Nespresso (I don't drink coffee at all but DH has tried I think every cheaper alternative both in stores and online and they don't match up for him)
Cadbury's or Galaxy chocolate (I don't usually like the posh stuff or the cheaper options)