What brands are you completely loyal to?

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Me:

Ecover multi-purpose cleaner in a spray bottle thingy (for cleaning kitchen surfaces and table) - never use anything else.

Yorkshire Tea.

Persil washing powder.

Lurpak butter.

Anything else I will experiment with, but those are my constants.

durex
birds eye fish fingers
mellow birds

(normally used in that order)

Haven't seen you for ages.

I am amazed at the love for Lurpak, awful, awful stuff! In fact its the only butter my husband is not allowed to buy, it tastes odd

Sorry went off on a tangent there!

My list of branded essentials are:

Pampers nappies

Nivea lip balm

Heinz beans

Loreal's Touche Magique - I have awful dark circles and I find this is the best highlighter

Faith shoes - their boots last ages

Marigold stock

Alpen
Lurpak
Max Factor 2000 calorie mascara
Colemans English Mustard
Kellogs Cornflakes
Apple
John Lewis
Converse ox

Fairy Non-bio washing powder
Simple moisturiser, cleanser and shower gel
Tony & Guy shampoo and conditioner - my meagre student-nurse budget shouldn't really stretch to this but my hair just isn't as nice when using other products...
The North Face

This has made me realise how brand loyal we are! Ours are:
Illy coffee
Clipper tea
Belviour elderflower cordial
Weetabix Minis
Marigold swiss vegetable bouillon
Dr Oetker Vanilla Extract (for baking)
Hellman's mayonaise
Anchor butter (am a kiwi so country loyalty)
Heniz ketchup (when I can't get the kiwi Watties one)
Belazu smoked chilli jelly/harissa paste
St Dalfour jams (esp. Wild blueberry)
Sunpat peanut butter
Aveda pure shampoo and condidtioner
Simple shower gel
Olay moisturizer
Mac makeup
Ecover - washing up/laundry/toilet cleaner/multi surface spray
First Direct - fab bank, got my DH to change over

Just realised that we must be a marketeer's dream!

Converse
Tampax
Branston Pickle
Radox shower gel and bubble bath
Max Factor pressed powder
yorkshire Tea

And the cat will only do Iams.

vw
waitrose
colgate
john lewis
sacla
apple

pampers 18 years and counting

M&S for knickers - bras anywhere but always M&S for scants
Colgate
Bridgedale socks for DS
HEINZ beans
VW Golf
Bombay blue sapphire gin
Sure deodrant
Fiskars scissors

I will negotiate on just about anything else.

peroni beer

Tesco own brand
Sainsbury's basics
Inov8 running shoes
Riverford veg box
Don't think I'm very brand loyal, always looking for ways to get good quality for non- rip- off prices. Bargain shelf and bargain rail junky :)

I'm a bit of a brand tart, but I do have phases with stuff, so there was a long time of Clinique, then Elysambre, but now Boots No.7.

Love Waitrose/JL and Coop, but will tart to Sainsbury's/M&S where needs must. Try not to go near Tesco, ever.

Oh, Startrite.
Panasonic
Percol instant coffees (all sorts of ground)
Local fruit/veg/meat (boxscheme for last 9 years)
Ecover
Pinetum Quercus furniture
Lefroy Brooks taps...oh oh oh
M&S school clothes
Agatha Christie

Heinz tomato soup, and beans

Blue tub nivea cream for hands and neck.

Birdseye fish fingers

Flora, but for butter will go for on offer one as long as its unsalted

Branded cereals all round - for dd, not me, I don't eat cereal and she says she can taste the difference!

Schwartz spices, unless run out and nip to corner shop, then think why do I buy Schwartz, I can get so much more for my money? So may have to cancel that one!

Everything else, slave to offers, apart from Persil - brings my family dh and dd out in spots.

Amazed I haven't yet seen Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish on this list. It is wonderful stuff.

Agree 100% with the people who said
Maldon salt
Kerastase shampoo
Rose's lime cordial
ecover spray thingy
lenor (I like the white one which appears from time to time)
hotel chocolat
illy (good) / lavazza (good and slightly cheaper)
and lurpak...

Yes, maybe this thread is good for advertisers, but I think it also shows that it takes more than advertising to make a product a classic. I've never seen an ad for the first 3 items on my list.

Private Eye
Kelloggs Cornflakes
Heinz Baked Beans
First Direct
Tiptree Jam
Carte Noire Coffee
Aveeno Body products

Nothing

Hmm. I would have said John Lewis until they completely mucked up delivery of a new printer that I'd paid extra to have on a specified day. Not good. Now I'm very wary of anything I can't buy and then take out of the shop under my own steam.

Agree about First Direct, though - still very happy with them, years down the line.

I also love Lakeland and have had the occasional instance of things being damaged/not right in some way....they immediately say they'll send another and there's no need to return the original. No quibbles and always polite.

I too avoid Tesco at all times....not particularly because they're not up to standard; just because I loathe their mission to take over the world....

Anchor butter

heinz beans

aldi washing powder/tabs

fairy liquid

kellogs start/cornflakes

Tampax? get a mooncup, you will never buy tampons again!

"Love Waitrose/JL and Coop, but will tart to Sainsbury's/M&S where needs must. Try not to go near Tesco, ever."

Novusleaf are you me? :)

Hate the negative effect supermarkets have(especially Tesco) on local communities.

kikid
have read lots of threads about mooncups and it sounds totally revolting and very fiddly.
Each to her own, but just the various descriptions of getting the thing out have turned me right off.

Nestle, Greggs and fruitshoots