Consumer Reports: Try Generic Brand Foods

They frequently beat brand names on taste
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 8, 2010 5:11 PM CDT
Consumer Reports : Try Generic Brand Foods
Brand names often aren't worth it, a new study stays.   (Shutterstock)

Consumer Reports offers some age-old advice the next time you're cruising the grocery aisle: Don't pay for the brand name. It recently sampled 21 food products and found that generic brands beat or tied the brand-name version in taste on 14 of them. Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, for instance, lost to Food Lion's Lotsa Noodles, while America's Choice hot dogs outdid Oscar Mayer. Bonus: A family that spends $100 a week on groceries will save $1,500 a year by buying generic. More details here and at SlashFood.
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