{"id":159,"date":"2019-12-02T13:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/shoppingonabudget\/?p=159"},"modified":"2019-12-01T21:45:43","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T21:45:43","slug":"name-brand%e2%80%8b-vs-store-off-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/shoppingonabudget\/2019\/12\/02\/name-brand%e2%80%8b-vs-store-off-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Name-brand\u200b vs. store (off) brand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People always ask, &#8220;is the store brand as good as the name brand?&#8221; Sometimes the answer is no, but honestly, a majority of the time it really it. It all depends on the type of products you&#8217;re buying, food, cleaning supplies, paper products, clothing, but I have some to notice that the store brand is just as good, if not better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/shoppingonabudget\/files\/2019\/12\/store-brand-vs-name-jpg_223052.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/shoppingonabudget\/files\/2019\/12\/store-brand-vs-name-jpg_223052.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/shoppingonabudget\/files\/2019\/12\/store-brand-vs-name-jpg_223052-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The main thing that attracts people to the store brand is that it&#8217;s cheaper. To me, when you buy name-brand, it seems like you&#8217;re just paying for the label, especially when it comes to clothing. Now I do like shopping at American Eagle, but that&#8217;s really the only big store I shop at. As you read in one of my previous posts, I enjoy shopping at <g class=\"gr_ gr_331 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"331\" data-gr-id=\"331\">Marshalls<\/g>. If I can get a nice pair of leggings for $20, I&#8217;m okay that the name-brand isn&#8217;t Lulu Lemon, Under Armor, or Athletica. As long as they aren&#8217;t see-<g class=\"gr_ gr_779 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"779\" data-gr-id=\"779\">throuhg<\/g>, I&#8217;m good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to name-brand food, yes sometimes they can be better, but not always. There are hundreds of YouTube videos of people comparing name-brand foods to off brands, and they tend to like the off brands more. I personally think that we were raised in a time that if you didn&#8217;t get the name-brand, you were weird and classified as &#8220;poor&#8221;. Today, I feel like things have changed. People buy off branded items for literally everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually, when I get chips or snacks, I like to get the name brand because I know I like it, but when it comes to bread, cheese, deli meat, I&#8217;ll buy the store brand every time. Now part of the reason is that it&#8217;s cheaper, but I also don&#8217;t notice a difference in the flavors. I&#8217;ve always wanted to do a taste test to come the 2, but have yet to do it. Maybe <g class=\"gr_ gr_313 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"313\" data-gr-id=\"313\">some day<\/g> when I can afford to buy multiple things at one, I&#8217;ll try it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People always ask, &#8220;is the store brand as good as the name brand?&#8221; Sometimes the answer is no, but honestly, a majority of the time it really it. 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