For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you

  • HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Milk. Great Value’s brand just tastes so darned awful for some reason I can’t place. I live in the midwest, and Prairie Farms is pretty common as a brand here.

    There are some others, many dairy products now that I think about it, but there’s also some medicines like Mucinex which I prefer to use over generic brands. I’m otherwise not very picky.

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      Here in the South the store brands are coming from the same processor as the ones that cost 3x. Check the codes by the date that are used for traceability.

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      You’re right. The dual-action 12-hour Mucinex is far superior to the slow 12-hour generics, but it’s quite a bit more expensive.