# Do poor people really want my food donations?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-poor-people-really-want-my-food-donations/341066>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-poor-people-really-want-my-food-donations/341066 "2006-01-22T03:54:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-poor-people-really-want-my-food-donations/341066/61 "2006-01-26T12:42:19Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> I’ve never found generics to be any less tasty than the name brand. SOME are, but not all of them.
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> How about tea bags? Surely everyone likes some hot tea and hot chocolate when it’s cold out.

I certainly never have objected to receiving generics. It was a real treat when there was some fancy-schmancy name brand, but the generic of just about everything is fine. I never took the tea bags, but instant hot chocolate was always welcome, especially by my kids.

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