Have a look at the back of any packet and you’ll see the ingredients are the same – wheat flour, calcium, iron, niacin and thiamin and raising agents (mainly sodium bicarbonate). Basic white bread is better than Warburtons - like eating cotton wool imo. Kantar pointed to a slight hit to industry sales in August because of poor weather knocking demand for seasonal products but said that despite the blip the sector was currently enjoying its best run of sales growth for four years. To save money every week, take a look at our supermarket deals round-up. Given the risks of unpleasantries like the treatment of chickens and concerns over salmonella, it’s not surprising most shoppers are willing to look for quality over price when buying eggs. Should I spend £1.45 on branded painkillers, or 19p at the supermarket? A 37g jar from Schwartz will set you back £1.65 – the equivalent of 44.59p per 10g – while a generic brand like Tesco’s own costs just 85p for 45g (just 19p per 10g). EC1Y 8AE, LOVEMONEY.COM LIMITED IS A REGISTERED COMPANY IN ENGLAND & Wales. I rarely buy brand name products. Take a store cupboard staple, self-raising flour, for example. 100% oat flakes. All bleach is basically made up of the same ingredients – Sodium Hypochlorite, non-ionic surfactants (or detergent to you and me) and perfume. For example, a packet of 16 Panadol Advance tablets costs £1.40 at Asda at the time of publishing. Group revenue rose by over 14% in the 13 weeks to 27 August. Shoppers are increasingly turning to supermarket own-brands as they bid to shield their grocery bills from rising prices. Do you know what the only ingredients are in standard table salt? I quite like the taste of the 50ish-pence 2litre bottle of Tesco Cola. I don't like unbranded soda... it tastes weird. The active ingredient, i.e. You need to be signed in for this feature, 36 Featherstone Street So there you have it. I worked with a guy who used to bring a 24-tin flat of Diet Coke to work. ©2020 Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. Make sure you don’t overpay on your supermarket shopping. For a healthy, filling breakfast you can’t go far wrong with porridge oats. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © lovemoney.com All rights reserved. Rise of the supermarket own brand No longer the poor relation, own-label foods are the rising stars of supermarket shopping. According to industry data from Nielsen, growth in the sale of own-brand goods rose at almost five times the rate of branded products during the 12 weeks to 9 September. Its chief executive, Tim Steiner, said: "Our industry-leading technology has continued to set the bar for customer service and satisfaction and we continue to grow sales at a rate significantly in excess of the average for our industry. There are, however, a number of products for which this isn’t the case. Salt (naturally) and the anti-caking agent Sodium Hexacyanoferrate II. But you can go wrong with the price, depending on which type you buy.

I am not a slave to any brands. If you’d like to join in, please sign in or register. Going to an Asian grocery store, or specialised supermarket aisle, could save you even more, as they often sell spices in larger packets. Registered in England. That means they have been approved as safe to use. But are there some branded food favourites you … Some own brand goods are identical to their branded counterparts in all but price.

i think you probably would not expect a cheaper own brand product to be as good as the branded, but then you pay less. In fact, when it comes to the products listed below, there is actually no difference between the well-known brand and the generic – except of course the price.