# In-Store Brands **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 7, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587 "2013-10-07T14:38:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/1 "2013-10-07T14:38:14Z")
If all you were allowed to shop for were in-store brands of food, which one store would you shop at? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/2 "2013-10-07T14:42:00Z")
Costco ETA: Do the Kirkland co-branded national brands count? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/3 "2013-10-07T14:43:03Z")
Difficult question to answer, since most of us are served by regional or local grocery store chains that may or may not share brands. US/nationally, we can only answer in terms of the national stores like WallyMart, Costco, Sam’s, BJs etc. Is that what you meant? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/4 "2013-10-07T14:46:46Z")
Easy: Trader Joe’s. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/5 "2013-10-07T14:56:23Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Costco > > ETA: Do the Kirkland co-branded national brands count? I would have to say yes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/6 "2013-10-07T14:57:24Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Difficult question to answer, since most of us are served by regional or local grocery store chains that may or may not share brands. > > US/nationally, we can only answer in terms of the national stores like WallyMart, Costco, Sam’s, BJs etc. Is that what you meant? Local/regional chains count, too. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/7 "2013-10-07T15:03:35Z")
On my current budget? I’d love to say Trader Joe’s but there’s no way I could afford it (and their overall selection can’t compete with a large supermarket). I primarily shop at Publix and could easily switch to pure generic if I, for whatever reason, had to. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/8 "2013-10-07T15:11:47Z")
I do most of my shopping at Aldi, which is all house brands anyway. Though there are a few things you just can’t get there… ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/9 "2013-10-07T15:48:54Z")
Publix in-store brands win a special prize for having a pun on every product. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/10 "2013-10-07T16:13:41Z")
Like Chronos, I also shop at Aldi. Sometimes not getting what you need’s a pain, but generally it works for us. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/11 "2013-10-07T16:15:03Z")
I think I would have to go with Trader Joe’s, too. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/12 "2013-10-07T16:48:40Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > Publix in-store brands win a special prize for having a pun on every product. Affiliated Foods started doing that with their Shurfine brands recently. The best one I’ve seen so far is ‘Shake Your Bon Bons.’ on the sweetened condensed milk. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/13 "2013-10-07T17:46:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > On my current budget? I’d love to say Trader Joe’s but there’s no way I could afford it (and their overall selection can’t compete with a large supermarket). This, except that my take is that you can only get components for yuppie-foodie meals for two at TJ’s. General grocery shopping is almost impossible unless you’re willing to make a lot of high-end substitutions,and putting together a larger meal than California Cuisine for two will break your wallet. Never really understood the appeal, even as a foodie/cook/amateur chef. I just don’t need pointlessly exotic foods and half-prepared items. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/14 "2013-10-07T17:50:03Z")
Wegman’s - Store brand labelling is outstanding. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/15 "2013-10-07T18:25:09Z")
Target has Archer Farms, and I’ve never had one of those products that wasn’t excellent. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/16 "2013-10-07T18:25:24Z")
I’m kind of surprised no one said Whole Foods. They’re store branded stuff is very good, but I admit it’s quite pricy. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/17 "2013-10-07T19:11:23Z")
President’s Choice (found at Zehrs and No Frills.) …but not their Blue Menu products, those are gross. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/18 "2013-10-07T20:50:06Z")
Newman confessed to buying store brand wax beans in “Seinfeld”-that was on Kramer’s "Merve Griffin"show revival. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/19 "2013-10-07T21:55:46Z")
Raley’s/Bel Air ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/20 "2013-10-07T22:09:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I think I would have to go with Trader Joe’s, too. Make that three. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587.md?page=2)