# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/21 "2013-10-07T23:24:06Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Raley’s/Bel Air I’d second that if I hadn’t moved outside their region. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/22 "2013-10-08T05:09:46Z")
No opinion, but one of the two main free mass-distributed dailies in NYC (AM or Metro, forget which) rates the block of the Trader Joe’s on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn to be the very best in the city for dumpster diving. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/23 "2013-10-08T06:17:29Z")
Can foreigners play? If so then Waitrose. Really pricey but gorgeous national supermarket chain in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/24 "2013-10-08T08:12:03Z")
Yeah, here’s another vote for Trader Joe’s. I’ve probably been eating 75% their product recently. My wife loves the place. I can’t really argue, their contract brewed beer is even pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/25 "2013-10-08T08:59:38Z")
If I could afford it, Trader Joe’s. On my current budget, Aldi. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/26 "2013-10-08T19:13:56Z")
Hyvee is solid. Archer Farms (Target) is slightly above average. Great Value (Wal-mart) is blech. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/27 "2013-10-08T20:18:33Z")
I shop at Wal-Mart and would put their Great Value brand up against the name brands any day. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587/28 "2013-10-09T14:52:35Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > Publix in-store brands win a special prize for having a pun on every product. I would shop at Publix because I find all of their store brands to be comparable in quality and priced very low. But I’m especially fond of the art on the [label for the “party nuts.”](http://static.caloriecount.about.com/images/medium/publix-peanuts-party-salted-52532.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-store-brands/670587.md?page=1)