Foods /drinks you wouldn't buy the cheap version

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The only one for me would be own brand cola

Full sugar coke
marmite XO
flaky sea salt (maldon or Cornish)

anything goes apart from that

Lurpak, coke / Pepsi….think that’s it!

Coke/Pepsi
Crunchy Nut cornflakes and Cheerios

Irish tea is stronger, it contains a higher blend of assam.
It’s why we bring tea on holidays, the risk of weak tea…

I drink diet coke
I went out this evening and ordered it, only to get the dreaded response "is Pepsi OK?"

I said yes...but it really isn't ok

Twinings Everyday teabags and Nescafé Azera Americano coffee.

Heinz ketchup/baked beans
cola has got to be Coca Cola
I tried Tesco value crisps and they were vile
only Betty Crocker brownie mix will do
Wouldn’t buy own brand cereals as they never taste right.

Coca-Cola
hellmans mayo
heinz beans
yorkshire tea
Lurpak

Diet coke
lurpak - tried a few others and could tell the difference.
tilda basmati to cook myself. I now like vetee about as much as tilda for pouches and the size is right for 1.
cheap range not good value for can tomatoes but I can’t taste difference with sweetcorn or canned fish. So look for marine stewardship for the fish.

Lidl biscuits and chocolate are horrific compared to even other supermarket brand biscuits and choc. Like cardboard, very artificial flavours.

PG Tips (recently had Tetleys as a substitute in a supermarket delivery, and both DP and I hated that - I was surprised how strongly we felt)
Branston's baked beans (I know a lot of people like Heinz, but I find those too sweet)

Surprised to see cola mentioned so often - for me diet cola from Sainsbury is perfectly fine and about a quarter of the price of Coke or Pepsi.

Supermarket beer is worm drench, and should be avoided at all costs.

Chocolate, dh once brought back Tesco or tesco value chocolate and I wanted to cry 😆
used to be Heinz beans for years and years but I’ve recently moved over to Branson beans

Heinz salad cream
Yorkshire tea
Heinz baked beans
Coke

Garlic. Cheap, white garlic is usually imported from China who have very dodgy regulations regarding chemicals used to fertilise soil and spray crops. Personally I opt for Spanish garlic (and tight EU regulations!) instead

Meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy. With animal products you get what you pay for, both in terms of quality and welfare standards.

Honey. Made the mistake of reading into the counterfeit honey trade and a lot of the cheaper stuff (which isn’t really that cheap.. Rowse for example) is simply sugar syrup mixed with the lowest quality honey that money can buy, imported from across the globe.

Cola. Coke only!

Vegetables. They have to be fresh. With the exception of sweetcorn, spinach and peas, frozen/canned veg is awful.

I'm really fussy about chips in whatever form. Always has to he mccains. Most other things I'm not generally fussy on and can be supermarket brand.

We have two butters. Anchor is for cooking, and lovely salt crystal stuff from the local butcher is for eating on things like crumpets. I've had to stop DP wasting it in a pan...

Eeek @rosanna19 The thought of battery hens' eggs is abhorrent. May have to think this one over.

Mayonnaise
Coca cola
Eggs
Sausages

Kelloggs cornflakes
Some branded crisps (e.g. Walkers Paprika and BBQ hula hoops)
Mentos sweets
Cadbury chocolate
Diet Coke

Branston beans
Fevertree tonic...nothing comes close to it
Lurpak...I dont like 'sweet cream' butters but prefer lactic ones
Jason sourdough sliced loaf- makes fab toast