These are well-known products from an established company that presumably offers top-notch quality when compared to other offerings.
But premium brands tend to establish themselves through marketing more than actual performance.
Those store brands are big money, and grocery chains are investing heavily in them.
For these products, paying extra for a premium brandisa waste of time.
Here are the products you should never bother paying a premium for.
HDMIcables
These days, HDMI cables are as essential to modern life as coffee and oxygen.
Must be betteritsgold,after all.
Must be goodits got goldin it, after all.
Gasoline
Gasoline is gasoline, regardless of where you buy it.
That means youre always better off comparison shopping for the lowest price per gallon or valuing convenience over branding.
Milk
Like gasoline, milk is … milk.
There are different varieties (whole, skim, etc.)
Milk is generally produced at large regional dairies, and then packaged into different brands and shipped to stores.
Go ahead and buy the cheapest milk you could find.
You dont want to serve someone cut-rate baked goods, right?
Well, nobut the brand of your ingredients doesnt make a difference there.
If you serve a bad cupcake, its because of your baking, not your generic ingredients.
Spices
Take a moment to contemplate salt.
Fundamental to civilization, salt is simply sodium chloride.
Its abundant and necessary to our health.
There are different kinds of salt, but salt is so basic theres simply zero difference between brands.
Its all just sodium chloride.
You wont notice any difference because thereisntany difference.
The one aspect of your bleach purchasing decision that might make a difference is the packaging.
But the stuff inside the bottle?
Water
Ah, branded water: The greatest scam ever perpetrated on mankind.
If youre just buying water, however, it doesnt matter what kind you buy.
That doesnt mean mineral water isnecessary, but youre not crazy if you choose to drink it.
In that case, brand does matter a little, as different mineral waters have different formulations.
Sunscreen
Sunscreen is a classic product thatseemslike you get what you pay for.
Thats because most folks arent aware that theFood and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates sunscreens like a drug.
That means that all sunscreens meet the same standardsand they basically use all the same ingredients.
In fact, most store-brand sunscreens perform as well as their name-brand counterparts.
Youre allowed to have your brand preferences, of course.
