"Generic" items that you buy

[Thump]

What are some generic brand items that you purchase to save $$$$?

Multi-vitamins
Certain cereals (Frosted Mini wheats and grape nuts from Kroger)
Triscuits and Wheat thins (From Meijer only)
Peanut butter
Jam
Deli meats
Paremsan Cheese
Ice cream
Pasta
Potato Chips

I'm sure there are more I am missing but that is it for now.

 

[knapplc]

Depends on what I'm cooking. If it's an ingredient I buy the generic brand a lot. Beans, nuts, cheese, whatever. But if it's something that's a primary part of the meal like the meat, the pasta, the cheese, the bread, then I pretty much always buy top quality.

I buy generic wine (Trader Joe's two-buck chuck) to cook with, but I'll buy a nice wine to drink.

Basically, it all comes down to taste and quality. If the generic delivers the same taste/quality as a name-brand, I'll buy the generic, every time.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Just a few off the top of my head:

Shaving creme
Ketchup
Processed cheese food
Paper towels
Toilet paper
Saline solution
Bread
Dishwashing detergent

 

[Jake]

Paremsan cheese, shaving creme...WTF, guys?

BTW, Kroger isn't everywhere. It's extremely regional these days.

 

[Taosman]

In other regions Kroger is Smith's. Kroger/Smith's has pretty much the whole country covered. (discounted gas!!!!!)

FYI
The Kroger Co. operates grocery retail stores under the following banners:

• Supermarkets - Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, Smith's, King Soopers, Fry's, QFC, City Market, Owen's, Jay C, Pay Less, Baker's, Gerbes, Scott's Food & Pharmacy
• Multi-department stores - Fred Meyer
• Dillons Marketplace, Fry's Marketplace, Kroger Marketplace, Smith's Marketplace
• Price-impact warehouse stores - Food 4 Less, Foods Co