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LogDog75

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12. I like off brand cereal
Sun May 18, 2025, 11:11 PM
May 18

I rarely by General Mills, Post, or Kellogg cereals. Instead,I buy Ralston Tasteoos (Cheerios) and Raisin Bran cereals. The military commissary has their own brand of Honey Nut Cheerios under their Freedom’s Choice label. Both off brands taste good, nearly as good as the name brand, but they cost much. Less.

Back inn the 70s, one of the political science course I took the instructor said just about any product you buy in a supermarket is made by three companies. He then challenged us to name more than brands for a supermarket item and I don’t think we’re could. He then told us most of. The store label products are made by one of three companies that make that product.

I buy Costco’s Kirkland’s brand Aller-etc which is generic Zyrtec. Zyrtec 10mg for 120 tables costs $41 and 365 tablets of 10mg. Aller-etc costs $15 at Costco. For most over-the-counter drugs, if you compare the labels of the brand name and store or off-brand drugs, you’ll see the store or off-brand labels will cost less. The same goes goes with prescriptions but you should ask your doctor if a generic is available.

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