President’s Choice has its well-deserved reputation from the days when Dave Nichol was the CEO. A true gourmand, he traveled the world in search of interesting foods and most famously inspired the President’s Choice brand of international sauces. But President’s Choice (or “PC” for short) became an iconic brand for many other food products renowned for their superiority. Nichol once said that there was no PC product that he would not be proud to have in his own home.
Nichol left the company in 1985 but the legend lives on, and I still regard many PC products as superior to national brands (my favourite fish & chips. for example, is PC beer-battered haddock with PC tartar sauce – and “No Name” malt vinegar – the lower grade – but there is no PC malt vinegar because it makes no difference, so I’m fine with it.).
I can’t really comment about Walmart as I rarely shop there, but I’ve heard second-hand that some of their store-brand food products are surprisingly good.