What own brand have you found that's just as good but astonishingly cheaper?

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On the way to work yesterday I needed to buy a tin of soup. We eat at work and I didn't want anything expensive. Plus I love soup. I popped into Morrisons daily and Heinz was £2.50 a tin. Morrisons own was £1. I bought their minestrone and it was lovely. Who is buying these expensive tins?

Have you bought anything own brand that's worth it? And as good as leading brands?

I always buy own brand things apart from baked beans.

Anything! I never buy brands, baffles me anyone does. It’s all the same product inside, just fancy packaging

Microwave rice. Branded - over a pound, Tesco own brand 65p, Tesco cheap own brand - 45p. The 45p one tastes like… rice. Also I probably have a very unsophisticated palate, but the cheapest mozzarella tastes exactly the same to me as the posh kind ( if it’s cooked).

@pastapestoparmesan yes I never buy expensive microwave rice. Usually Aldi.

M&S ketchup and baked beans

There's also a Yorkshire Waitrose in Willerby, just outside Hull.

Tesco/Asda version of special K red berry. Lidl version is awful though.

I've learned to ignore the uninformed ramblings of southerners who think that X, Y or Z doesn't exist in 'the north', because its not good for one's blood pressure and there's a certain kind of arrogant stupidity that's hard to fix.

Wait until they find out about Booths......

Back to the point of the thread, we got a surprisingly cheap jar of peanut butter in M&S the other day. DP is a 'has to be Sunpat, not own brand or any of those worthy sugar free versions' man (he does have his good points, honestly) but he declared that one perfectly fine, so in the words of Eat Well for Less, that's a swap we will keep (I think it was £1.70 for a jar that would be £3 if Sunpat).

@Bjorkdidit agree on both counts.

Aldi peanut butter is great.

@Bjorkdidit it was a northerner who said it.

I'm too far north for Waitrose but I'm in NE Scotland. I'd have to go 50 miles south to reach one.

There are 3 Waitroses within 8 miles of where I live - in Glasgow

Lacura Hot Cloth Cleanser is just as good as the Liz Earle version.

Co-op cornflakes are just as good as Kelloggs.

We use Aldi for caster sugar and other baking items as I find them a lot cheaper. Also shop at Aldi for double strength as Tesco started doing quadruple strength squash but my 18 year old was using the same amount.

Lidl nappies. They were the best brand we found. Soft, reliably kept leaks at bay and a steal at about £2.49 for 40. We went on holiday once and forgot to bring them. I ended up having to buy a pack of Pampers - I almost wept when I saw the price!

Aldi shortbread fingers. Better than fortnum and mason. (son bought the posh for Christmas, we went back to the former)

PSA: Aldi have changed their peanut butter. The new product is not the same. Go to Marks instead.

This made me laugh!

I'm amazed this is still going. Glad it is though. __

Aldi specially selected crisps
Far too nice. I may or may not have eaten 3 bags today and 2 as crisp sarnies 🙈

Lidl cashew and almond butter, lentil crisps

Love cashew butter, not always easy to find as more almond in Lidl

Farmfoods sell Nicky Elite, I buy Ocado toilet rolls, £3.75 for 9 or £6.50 for 2 packs.

Thanks @Nat6999

Lidl brownies from their help-yourself bakery stand - probably the best I've had in a long time.