Food & Drink

Home Brand vs Named Brand

Food & Drink

Posted by: looklively

19th Mar 2013 03:00pm

Are there brands that you used to buy that are no longer in your local supermarket? What do you think of all these 'home brands'? Are they just as good as the named brands, are they cheaper, or are you still hankering after something in particular that just seems to have disappeared from the shelves? Give us your opinion.

Bula Fiji
  • 29th Apr 2018 08:15am

I don't buy anything originating, or containing ingredients from China. Seriously, this is a country with no food standards that saw Formica put in baby formula. They are buying up huge quantities of our baby formula because even they don't want to risk feeding their precious children their own products. Why would you risk eating anything that comes from countries with poor to no food regulation, flown half way around the world creating pollution and exhausting non-renewable fossil fuels, just to save a few cents. Our farmers are amongst the best in the world and they and their families are part of our community. If I can't find a brand produced in Australia from Australian ingredients I buy something else entirely. Buying home brand products supports Coles and woolworths in gaining enormous market power that enables them to exploit our farmers. My motto is buy a quality Australian product at a price that allows all levels of the supply chain to benefit proportionally. Ultimately driving Australian farmers to the wall will make us all worse off


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