How much brand name stuff is in your house??

[Nemoandthefishes]

Just wondering as last night it struck me that even though I dont think I particularly buy brand name stuff..most of the things we have from deodarant to tinned spaghetti to toothpaste is some brand or other.

colgate/milk teeth, dove deodrant and soap, diet coke, heinz tins, pantene hair shampoo; rest is shop own brand.

Telly is Goodmans, freeview box is Sony, dvd/vcr is something else (not sure which)

Think that's about it

For food & toiletries - as opposed to larger goods - it's probably about 50:50.

Looroll, kitchen roll, washing powder, bleach, bathroom cleaner, window cleaner etc - all shop's own. Ditto basics like flour, sugar, rice, pasta, spices, fuit juice, tinned tomatoes, bread, butter ..... I just don't see the point in buying branded sugar or flour as there's no difference in taste and a large difference in price.

oh, er, 30 tonnes

what kind of a question is this?

Just about everything. Except the backed beans. They are Sainsburys

Ah I love my beans with a bit of backing!

Ditto catsmother though, approx half-and-half.

food wise, unless you could tesco as a bramd we only have heinz beans and heinz ketchup.

Tetley teabags too at mo but they were on offer!

We seem to have mostly samsung electricals for some reason (TV and camcorder and mobiles!)

I'm sure we have lots of things with some brand or other.

all the supermarkets are brands, though, aren't they, otherwise why would they advertise?

eg M&S have spent millions on getting that catch phrase and the sexy adverts into people's minds; Asda has the patting the pocket thing; they are all designed to make you feel good about that store and trust it, and hence get you into it.

I can hardly think of anything apart from clothes which is not branded. Lots of them I am oblivious to, eg I have no idea who made the paper in the photocopier, but in the business world it may be a hard-fought matter of name recognition.

Ooo, Fio, what has Xenia been saying now?

cappucino I just wondered it seemed every where I turned I was met by some brand name or other and am wondering how it infiltrated into our lives iykwim.

Fio whats been said now?

everything is a brand tho - even Tesco Value

it is aiming itself at customers with particular needs eg Tesco Finest for poncey tesco shoppers and Value beans for budget ones

I will often avoid supermarket own brand stuff.

I read "Shopped" by Joanna Blythman which was her assessment of the power of supermarkets in the UK. Suffice to say she is not a fan.

Own brands are just some company's goods being sold with different packaging for a lower price. She told some shocking tales (assuming true, of course) of big supermarket treatment of suppliers.

Any of the brands I have are generally random - e.g. if Andrex is on offer it is probably cheaper than supermarket so we get that. We are not loyal to particular brands. I boycott one or 2 but won't start a tangent on that.

Sensidyne toothpaste.

Tresemme hair stuf (v thick hair, V big bottles, often on 2 for 1 and it's decent)

Catsan cat litter

Rightguard deodorant.

Surf wash liquid.

Rocks organic squash ...

I think that's about it!

Well...a lot of our food i think. couldnt think of it all straight off!