Kirkland signature wine and spirits (and tons of other Kirkland brand stuff). Not necessary better, but it’s so much cheaper and so close to quality that it’s a bit brainer to buy it over more expensive stuff. Plus,on a lot of instances the Kirkland signature is made by big companies and rebranded as Kirkland.
I agree. But I can’t upvote your comment because I can’t figure our how to do it in Memmy. Swipe left downvotes it. Swipe right to comment. Touching the up and down arrows does nothing. But Kirkland stuff is great.
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Kirkland is at the very least competitive for pretty much everything really.
Cries in Texan
Fucking forreal I passed through Texas to pick up a friend from DFW and stopped at a few Costco’s looking for some vodka, I thought I was just in shitty counties but nope! Chuck Testa!
nope! Chuck Testa!
It’s an old meme, but it checks out.
I haven’t been to Costco in Texas, what’s wrong with them?
There is a law in Texas where a publicly traded company can’t sell their own name brand liquor, so Costco can’t sell Kirkland liquor. Wine is fine, but no spirits.
Wow, that’s so stupid. Wonder which politician that regulation benefited.
The state of freedom, and we don’t even have the freedom to choose to buy liquor on Sundays. We have such dumb alcohol laws here. We’re not as bad as Utah, but it’s still so bad.
Kirkland diapers, wipes are an immense value for parents too. And good Lord do I love me some Kirkland branded booze.
Basically anything Kirkland signature branded, including medicines sold over the counter. Compare Kirkland signature ibuprofen count + cost vs brand name in store sometime. The difference is staggering.
Kroger Nutter Butters. Aside from just tasting better, the packaging is also way less flimsy. (Plus, resealable!)
Pretty much any store-brand toothpaste is probably going to be a lot cheaper than “branded” products, and will have the required amount of fluoride within it to keep your teeth healthy which is far and away the most important ingredient in any toothpaste. The entire toothpaste industry is mostly all marketing.
I will say that as someone with sensitive teeth, Sensodyne actually is legit though.
I pay the extra bucks for European Sensodyne because it has Novamin in it.
Novamin is like magic, and there is no reason it should have been taken off the shelves in the US (I suspect it’s heavy lobbying by the American Dental Association and the Teeth Fae People). Novamin binds and helps remineralize your teeth, very helpful for sensitivity and in conjuction with fluoride can get into the subsurface and helps actually repair the teeth.
Nice try, but I refuse to use any toothpaste that isn’t 3D and HD.
In that case, I’m selling some overclocked toothpaste if you’re interested. Kinda pricy though.
Aldi hand cream, 70p a bottle, does the same as Neutrogena at £3-4
The 90s Piggly Wiggly brand of cola with the red, orange and yellow stripes on the label.
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Great Value Ranch Corn Chips are superior to Cool Ranch Doritos. Actually, quite a bit of GV stuff is as good if not better than the name brand they are knocking off. Not all of it, though.
Kirkland Hotdogs are superior to Ballpark (but I mean, that’s incredibly easy since ballparks suck) and I think are more comparable to a Nathan’s or Hebrew National; although those last two are still better than Costco’s signature dog.
Clover Valley (Dollar General brand) has the best fig newtons and cake snacks around. Way more flavorful and moist than the name brands Hostess or Little Debbie. Also their pop tarts.
+1 for Kirkland
Kirkland Signature products in general are just as good or better than the name brands because they usually are the name brand stuff.
Their batteries are Duracell, their bagged coffee is roasted by Starbucks, their diapers are Huggies, their canned tuna is Bumblebee, etc.
Kirkland hot dogs are an oddity, though. They used to be Hebrew National, but they got too expensive to be selling for 1.50 at the food court, so Costco bought an old Hebrew National meat plant in California and makes their own hot dogs now.
If you raise the price of the hot dogs I’ll fucking kill you.
I love that ideal LoL…
If you live in the UK, Lidl’s in-house cola brand, Freeway, is better than Pepsi or Coca-Cola, IMHO.
Aldi has Frosted Mini-wheats that keep don’t get as soggy and hold on to the frosting longer.
Aldi generics overall tbh
except baby wipes, theirs are lousy
Agreed, Aldi’s stuff rarely worse than equivalent products, and some I prefer more than the name brand. Only things I balk at are fake cheese flavored things and canned goods from their German themed store brand.
Aldi’s brand of bagels is better than Thomas for me and are about half the price. There’s something that tastes oddly “sugary” about Thomas bagels in comparison.
To be fair, Thomas’ bagels are about as bad as bagels get. It’s not hard to beat one of those.
Open carrying a Thomas’ bagel is actually a crime in the state of New York.
Trader Joe’s employee reporting in: (cries in non-unionized) Aldi’s bagels are so much better than ours it ain’t even close to a fair fight
Member’s Mark nicotine gum, original flavor. Juicy Fruitish flavor and stellar consistency/quality.
Hashbrowns - McCain is tasteless in comparison
You know those Irwin quick clamps that are very popular, blue and yellow quick release clamps. I have a bunch of them and they’re fine.
I also have a bunch of “craftright” clamps. Same thing, but the clamping force feels so much higher, the Irwin clamps are what I use if I’ve run out of my cheap knockoff clamps
- Almost all paper goods, specifically Kirkland brand.
- Canned veggies are all the same as well, so whatever’s cheapest
- most dried herbs and spices
- staples like flour, butter, sugar, oil, etc. they are basic and as long as you are getting the kind you need (like AP flour or dark brown sugar) there isn’t any room for differences that the average consumer could notice anyways
Have you not experienced Kerrygold butter? Because there is definitely a difference! Everything else checks out though.
I see you
If you make bread you can tell a difference between brands of flour, and the more expensive stuff is usually noticably better.
I have heard that Canadian flour is better than American, so maybe that’s why, but I’ve never noticed a difference in flour brands. I’ve been baking bread for years and did it as a full time job for two years.
As a fountain pen user and fan of stationery, I can assure you not all paper is created equal. For me it’s 100% worth paying for the good stuff.
Paper goods meaning napkins, paper plates (mostly for food prep), paper towels, etc. agreed 100% on actual paper for writing.
Canned veggies
I feel like the generic branded ones have more nasty looking pieces in them
There’s also a noticeable difference with some beans. Cheap ones are tough and taste almost stale, while nicer ones are creamier and more flavourful.
Great Value Fudgicles
Real fudgicles just taste weird at this point.
