On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:49:08 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:16:24 -0700 (PDT), Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
>
>> On Aug 17, 5:45*pm, "Kody" > wrote:
>>> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
>>> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
>>> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
>>> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
>>> couple of areas I would think.
>>>
>>> *- Kody
>>
>> I'm brand loyal to certain things:
>> Cottonelle bathroom tissue
>> Heinz Ketchup
>> Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast coffee
>
>(cover your eyes, coffee connoisseurs) i had given up making coffee at home
>for about ten years, but i find i like the Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast
>coffee. but i confess i first bought it because it was cheap.
>
>your pal,
>blake



whatever you like is the right one

On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:45:05 -1000, pure kona wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:49:08 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:16:24 -0700 (PDT), Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
>>
>>> On Aug 17, 5:45*pm, "Kody" > wrote:
>>>> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
>>>> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
>>>> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
>>>> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
>>>> couple of areas I would think.
>>>>
>>>> *- Kody
>>>
>>> I'm brand loyal to certain things:
>>> Cottonelle bathroom tissue
>>> Heinz Ketchup
>>> Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast coffee
>>
>>(cover your eyes, coffee connoisseurs) i had given up making coffee at home
>>for about ten years, but i find i like the Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast
>>coffee. but i confess i first bought it because it was cheap.
>>
>>your pal,
>>blake
>
> whatever you like is the right one

i should try the high-priced spread at least once. but i know i won't go
as far as roasting and grinding my own beans.

maybe i'll get a small amount of roasted kona beans to grind at the store.
i think they have such. i'll have to overcome sticker shock.

your pal,
blake

blake wrote on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:21:38 -0400:

>> On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:49:08 -0400, blake murphy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:16:24 -0700 (PDT), Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Aug 17, 5:45 pm, "Kody" > wrote:
>>>>> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be
>>>>> Folgers coffee and Tide laundry detergent and many other
>>>>> examples but I came to the realization the other day that
>>>>> my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists in
>>>>> the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and
>>>>> cigarettes would be a couple of areas I would think.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Kody
>>>>
>>>> I'm brand loyal to certain things:
>>>> Cottonelle bathroom tissue
>>>> Heinz Ketchup
>>>> Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast coffee
>>>
>>> (cover your eyes, coffee connoisseurs) i had given up making
>>> coffee at home for about ten years, but i find i like the
>>> Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast coffee. but i confess i first
>>> bought it because it was cheap.
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> blake
>>
>> whatever you like is the right one

> i should try the high-priced spread at least once. but i know
> i won't go as far as roasting and grinding my own beans.

> maybe i'll get a small amount of roasted kona beans to grind
> at the store. i think they have such. i'll have to overcome
> sticker shock.

I've been grinding my own beans for 20 years. Currently, I use a little
Cuisenart and it's no real trouble to grind them for 40 seconds to
produce the amount needed for my Mr. Coffee automatic brewer. I like to
vary the beans that I use, both type and degree of roast. More often
than not I buy them at Trader Joes and I have treated myself to Kona
once in a while. I've had Jamaica Blue Mountain but, good tho' it is,
I've never bought it for myself. I usually keep the unground beans in
the freezer and it's not necessary to defrost them before grinding.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:21:38 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:45:05 -1000, pure kona wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:49:08 -0400, blake murphy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:16:24 -0700 (PDT), Catmandy (Sheryl) wrote:
>
>i should try the high-priced spread at least once. but i know i won't go
>as far as roasting and grinding my own beans.
>
>maybe i'll get a small amount of roasted kona beans to grind at the store.
>i think they have such. i'll have to overcome sticker shock.
>
>your pal,
>blake
Try it from a farmer who freshly roasts and it ought to cost less
too

aloha,
Cea

blake murphy wrote:
>
> (cover your eyes, coffee connoisseurs) i had given up making coffee at home
> for about ten years, but i find i like the Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast
> coffee. but i confess i first bought it because it was cheap.

Consumer survets tend to rank Chock Full O Nuts and Eight O'Clock as the
best canned coffee brands, Carabou and Dunkin Donuts as the best drip
coffee from chains.

We now have a Keurig so we get K-cups. I get an assortment but my
tastes run to bold, cark and bitter. I like Jet Fuel and Black Tiger
from Coffee People. Nuclear powered beans.

Doug Freyburger wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
>> (cover your eyes, coffee connoisseurs) i had given up making coffee at home
>> for about ten years, but i find i like the Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast
>> coffee. but i confess i first bought it because it was cheap.
>
> Consumer survets tend to rank Chock Full O Nuts and Eight O'Clock as the
> best canned coffee brands, Carabou and Dunkin Donuts as the best drip
> coffee from chains.
>
> We now have a Keurig so we get K-cups. I get an assortment but my
> tastes run to bold, cark and bitter. I like Jet Fuel and Black Tiger
> from Coffee People. Nuclear powered beans.

I like bold but not bitter. My favorites, at least those one can
get locally, are Dark Magic, Sumatran Reserve, and sometimes
Friedrich's French Roast or Tully's House Blend. I always make
the smallest cup (on my machine, I think that is 6 oz; on the most
expensive machine, you can get 4 oz) and then use a lot of milk.

--
Jean B.

On Aug 20, 8:45*pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
> Doug Freyburger wrote:
> > blake murphy wrote:
> >> (cover your eyes, coffee connoisseurs) i had given up making coffee at home
> >> for about ten years, but i find i like the Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast
> >> coffee. *but i confess i first bought it because it was cheap.
>
> > Consumer survets tend to rank Chock Full O Nuts and Eight O'Clock as the
> > best canned coffee brands, Carabou and Dunkin Donuts as the best drip
> > coffee from chains.
>
> > We now have a Keurig so we get K-cups. *I get an assortment but my
> > tastes run to bold, cark and bitter. *I like Jet Fuel and Black Tiger
> > from Coffee People. *Nuclear powered beans.
>
> I like bold but not bitter. *My favorites, at least those one can
> get locally, are Dark Magic, Sumatran Reserve, and sometimes
> Friedrich's French Roast or Tully's House Blend. *I always make
> the smallest cup (on my machine, I think that is 6 oz; on the most
> expensive machine, you can get 4 oz) and then use a lot of milk.
>
> --
> Jean B.

I like bold but not bitter coffee, too. That's why I'm a Chock Full
o'Nuts NY Roast fan. It's got tons of flavor but it's not bitter. I
am very low tech when it comes to coffee. I have a 4 cup Mr Coffee
machine with a timer. I fill my travel mug with room for milk, which I
drink in the car while commuting. The rest of the pot is what I drink
at home while I'm getting ready. If I used a Keurig machine, I'd have
to run the machine 2 or 3 times to get the same qty of coffee.

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:18:42 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
> wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>>
>> (cover your eyes, coffee connoisseurs) i had given up making coffee at home
>> for about ten years, but i find i like the Chock Full O Nuts NY Roast
>> coffee. but i confess i first bought it because it was cheap.
>
>Consumer survets tend to rank Chock Full O Nuts and Eight O'Clock as the
>best canned coffee brands, Carabou and Dunkin Donuts as the best drip
>coffee from chains.
>
>We now have a Keurig so we get K-cups. I get an assortment but my
>tastes run to bold, cark and bitter. I like Jet Fuel and Black Tiger
>from Coffee People. Nuclear powered beans.

chains? when you get it straight away.

aloha,
Cea

On 8/20/2010 4:18 PM, Doug Freyburger wrote:
> Consumer survets tend to rank Chock Full O Nuts and Eight O'Clock as the
> best canned coffee brands, Carabou and Dunkin Donuts as the best drip
> coffee from chains.
>
> We now have a Keurig so we get K-cups. I get an assortment but my
> tastes run to bold, cark and bitter. I like Jet Fuel and Black Tiger
> from Coffee People. Nuclear powered beans.

When I drank coffee, I enjoyed the caffeine. The darker the roast, the
less the caffeine, so I drank mild, or Breakfast Blend.

Becca

On Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:24:35 -0500, Ema Nymton wrote:

> On 8/20/2010 4:18 PM, Doug Freyburger wrote:
>> Consumer survets tend to rank Chock Full O Nuts and Eight O'Clock as the
>> best canned coffee brands, Carabou and Dunkin Donuts as the best drip
>> coffee from chains.
>>
>> We now have a Keurig so we get K-cups. I get an assortment but my
>> tastes run to bold, cark and bitter. I like Jet Fuel and Black Tiger
>> from Coffee People. Nuclear powered beans.
>
> When I drank coffee, I enjoyed the caffeine. The darker the roast, the
> less the caffeine, so I drank mild, or Breakfast Blend.
>
> Becca

never heard that. one-and-a-half cups of the o'nuts NY roast seems to wake
me up pretty well.

your pal,
blake

On Aug 17, 2:45 pm, "Kody" > wrote:
> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
> couple of areas I would think.

Isn't branding covered in every Marketing 101 course? There is no
real limit as to where it can apply. -aem

"aem" > wrote in message
...
> On Aug 17, 2:45 pm, "Kody" > wrote:
>> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee
>> and
>> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the
>> realization
>> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it
>> exists
>> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would
>> be a
>> couple of areas I would think.
>
> Isn't branding covered in every Marketing 101 course? There is no
> real limit as to where it can apply. -aem
>
It is covered in every Marketing 101 course, I guess my point is that with
the proliferation of store brands and additional choices combined with a
more astute price awareness that brand loyalty is dropping. I would also
hypothesize that in some cases the brands themselves have changed over time,
certainly this applies to automobiles and what used to be a quality product
has degraded. I appreciate everybody's insight though!

Kody wrote:

> It is covered in every Marketing 101 course, I guess my point is that with
> the proliferation of store brands and additional choices combined with a
> more astute price awareness that brand loyalty is dropping. I would also
> hypothesize that in some cases the brands themselves have changed over time,
> certainly this applies to automobiles and what used to be a quality product
> has degraded. I appreciate everybody's insight though!


The brands have indeed changed. For instance, the recipe for Grapenuts
changed in Canada, but the American version was not changed. There used
to be canneries in every small town where there there were fruit and
vegetables grown and each produced their own brand. The small canneries
gradually shut down or were bought out by the bigger brands. and the
remaining canneries process foods under a number of labels. The canned
fruit or vegetables that you buy may have one of several major company
labels or be a store brand and all come from the same cannery.

On Aug 18, 7:18*am, Dave Smith > wrote:
> Kody wrote:
> > It is covered in every Marketing 101 course, I guess my point is that with
> > the proliferation of store brands and additional choices combined with a
> > more astute price awareness that brand loyalty is dropping. I would also
> > hypothesize that in some cases the brands themselves have changed over time,
> > certainly this applies to automobiles and what used to be a quality product
> > has degraded. I appreciate everybody's insight though!
>
> The brands have indeed changed. For instance, *the recipe for Grapenuts
> changed in Canada, but the American version was not changed. *

Kaopectate changed radically in the US (it's basically liquid Pepto-
Bismol now) but apparently remains the same in Canada.

Kody wrote:

> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers
> coffee and Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I
> came to the realization the other day that my brand loyalty is very
> weak. I suspect that it exists in the general public but I'm not
> sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a couple of areas I would
> think.

I'm loyal to Mae Ploy Sweet Chili Sauce.


--
Dan Goodman
"I have always depended on the kindness of stranglers."
Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Expire
Journal dsgood.dreamwidth.org (livejournal.com, insanejournal.com)

On 8/17/2010 11:00 PM, Dan Goodman wrote:
> Kody wrote:
>
>> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers
>> coffee and Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I
>> came to the realization the other day that my brand loyalty is very
>> weak. I suspect that it exists in the general public but I'm not
>> sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a couple of areas I would
>> think.
>
> I'm loyal to Mae Ploy Sweet Chili Sauce.

OMG, I *LOVE* that stuff. I use it on everything!

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:00:59 -0500, Dan Goodman wrote:

> Kody wrote:
>
>> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers
>> coffee and Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I
>> came to the realization the other day that my brand loyalty is very
>> weak. I suspect that it exists in the general public but I'm not
>> sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a couple of areas I would
>> think.
>
> I'm loyal to Mae Ploy Sweet Chili Sauce.

it tastes good and is priced damned attractively.

your pal,
blake

"Kody" > wrote in message
...
> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee
> and Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the
> realization the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect
> that it exists in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and
> cigarettes would be a couple of areas I would think.
>
> - Kody
>

Yes and no.
I'm all for trying different brands on some things, but a few I don't vary.

As for beer I buy about 50% Moosehead, 15% Molson, but the rest are all
different just to try other brands.
I always have Bombay Sapphire but I always have one or two other gins at the
same time

Skippy peanut butter
Heinz ketchup
If we buy white bread it is Pepperidge Farms.



I buy a variety of loose teas, mostly Ceylon or Kenya. I buy a variety of
cheeses, but always have Cabot extra sharp in the house.

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:20:15 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
> wrote:

> Skippy peanut butter

Oh, yeah. You reminded me... Jif is the brand I buy.

--

Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.

On Aug 17, 9:44*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:20:15 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
>
> > wrote:
> > Skippy peanut butter
>
> Oh, yeah. *You reminded me... Jif is the brand I buy.
>
> --
>
> Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.

Lot's of sugar in Jif.

On Aug 18, 9:20*am, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> On Aug 17, 9:44*pm, sf > wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:20:15 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
>
> > > wrote:
> > > Skippy peanut butter
>
> > Oh, yeah. *You reminded me... Jif is the brand I buy.
>
> > --
>
> > Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.
>
> Lot's of sugar in Jif.

Yeah if I wanted a spread made from vegetable oil and sugar, I'd buy
Nutella.

On Aug 18, 9:23*am, spamtrap1888 > wrote:
> On Aug 18, 9:20*am, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>
> > On Aug 17, 9:44*pm, sf > wrote:
>
> > > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:20:15 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > Skippy peanut butter
>
> > > Oh, yeah. *You reminded me... Jif is the brand I buy.
>
> > > --
>
> > > Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.
>
> > Lot's of sugar in Jif.
>
> Yeah if I wanted a spread made from vegetable oil and sugar, I'd buy
> Nutella.

Adams Natural Chunky is just peanuts....that's it. Damn, I love it on
toast or English muffins with some honey.

spamtrap1888 wrote:
> On Aug 18, 9:20 am, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>> On Aug 17, 9:44 pm, sf > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:20:15 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"
>>
>>> > wrote:
>>>> Skippy peanut butter
>>
>>> Oh, yeah. You reminded me... Jif is the brand I buy.

>> Lot's of sugar in Jif.

> Yeah if I wanted a spread made from vegetable oil and sugar, I'd buy
> Nutella.

Well, I saw the ads and I'm going with Nutella as a health food.

nancy

l, not -l wrote:
> On 18-Aug-2010, "Nancy Young" > wrote:

>> Well, I saw the ads and I'm going with Nutella as a health food.

> I'll not comment on whether Nutella is a healthfood; however, I must
> say it is a darn tasty alternative to peanut butter. The chocolate
> and hazelnut make a dynamite combination.

I love the stuff, and I can blame that on rfc ... I'd never heard of it
until this group. I hardly ever have it, just once in a blue moon, when
I get a hankering. Of course, being that I saw it in Costco, I now have
2 large jars of it. For the time being. Heh.

I also have almond butter that I found at Costco. Ingredients: Almonds.
I use that in place of peanut butter sometimes.

nancy

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:20:15 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> "Kody" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee
>> and Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the
>> realization the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect
>> that it exists in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and
>> cigarettes would be a couple of areas I would think.
>>
>> - Kody
>>
>
> Yes and no.
> I'm all for trying different brands on some things, but a few I don't vary.
>
> As for beer I buy about 50% Moosehead, 15% Molson, but the rest are all
> different just to try other brands.
> I always have Bombay Sapphire but I always have one or two other gins at the
> same time
>
> Skippy peanut butter
> Heinz ketchup
> If we buy white bread it is Pepperidge Farms.
>
> I buy a variety of loose teas, mostly Ceylon or Kenya. I buy a variety of
> cheeses, but always have Cabot extra sharp in the house.

like the cabot extra sharp, too.

your pal,
blake

Kody wrote:
> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
> couple of areas I would think.

I am brand loyal for certain things but mainly because I have tried
other brands in the same price range and have found them inferior.




--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:48:24 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>
> I am brand loyal for certain things but mainly because I have tried
> other brands in the same price range and have found them inferior.

I like what I like for the very reason others say they dislike them.
I like Tabasco because of the vinegary undertone, I like Heinz because
it's thick and has a complex flavor and I like Jif because it is
peanutty and doesn't stick to my mouth.

--

Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.

On Aug 17, 5:45*pm, "Kody" > wrote:
> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
> couple of areas I would think.

I'm very brand loyal. It save a lot of time (which is valuable to me)
when I
can just grab what I need from the store shelf.

I tried generic Cheerios once. They were nasty, tasting more of wheat
than oats. I ended up throwing them away, which was no cost savings
at all.

Cindy Hamilton

"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
On Aug 17, 5:45 pm, "Kody" > wrote:
> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee
> and
> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the
> realization
> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be
> a
> couple of areas I would think.

I'm very brand loyal. It save a lot of time (which is valuable to me)
when I
can just grab what I need from the store shelf.

I tried generic Cheerios once. They were nasty, tasting more of wheat
than oats. I ended up throwing them away, which was no cost savings
at all.

Cindy Hamilton


I buy the store brand "Cheerios" all the time. But if you don't like them,
don't throw them away. Toss them out on the driveway or the patio. The
birds will eat them, no waste

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> I buy the store brand "Cheerios" all the time. But if you don't like
> them, don't throw them away. Toss them out on the driveway or the
> patio. The birds will eat them, no waste
>

I buy a store brand of Shreddies that are justt as good as Nabsico, and
their Frosted Flakes are IMO much better than Kelloggs.

On Aug 18, 5:50*am, Cindy Hamilton >
wrote:
> On Aug 17, 5:45*pm, "Kody" > wrote:
>
> > Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
> > Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
> > the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
> > in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
> > couple of areas I would think.
>
> I'm very brand loyal. *It save a lot of time (which is valuable to me)
> when I
> can just grab what I need from the store shelf.
>
> I tried generic Cheerios once. *They were nasty, tasting more of wheat
> than oats. *I ended up throwing them away, which was no cost savings
> at all.
>

The best Raisin Bran I ever had was a store brand made by Ralston
Purina. The chain shut down and something happened to Ralston Purina,
so I don't know if it's still out there or not.

l, not -l wrote:

> Cream cheese is the same way; I much prefer most store-brands to
> Philadelphia. Many years ago, there was a local brand, Raskas, that was
> excellent and my favorite. Over the years, Raskas grew into the largest
> store-brand cream cheese maker in the country and Raskas brand cream cheese
> can no longer be found here (STL). However, any houre-brand I buy is
> likely to be the same cream cheese I enjoyed under the Raskas label.

I have cream cheese with hot red pepper jelly almost every night so we
go through a lot of cream cheese. I buy store brands and Philadelphia. I
can't tell the difference, except for the price.

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:25:57 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> I buy store brands and Philadelphia. I can't tell the difference, except for the price.

The store brands are probably packaged by Philadelphia anyway. In
any case, I'm hooked on their *whipped* (NOT "soft") cream cheese.


--

Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.

On Aug 18, 8:15*am, "l, not -l" > wrote:

>
> Cream cheese is the same way; I much prefer most store-brands to
> Philadelphia. *Many years ago, there was a local brand, Raskas, that was
> excellent and my favorite. *Over the years, Raskas grew into the largest
> store-brand cream cheese maker in the country and Raskas brand cream cheese
> can no longer be found here (STL). *However, *any houre-brand I buy is
> likely to be the same cream cheese I enjoyed under the Raskas label.

If you have a Cash and Carry or Smart and Final restaurant supply
store anywhere near you, they carry Raskas cream cheese.
It will come in a larger size, however.

On 8/17/2010 5:45 PM, Kody wrote:
> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
> couple of areas I would think.
>
> - Kody

Well, I guess you could say I'm loyal to certain brands,
but it's more a matter of always buying the best quality.
In some cases I just take it on faith that it is the best
and use it because I've always used it and my mother used
it and my grandmother, etc. (Tide for instance. But have
been tempted to switch lately due to the ridiculously high
price. Luckily DG still has it at a reasonable price.
Also Domino sugar, Crisco shortening, Nestles chocolate
chips, etc.)

But other things I buy because they're the best. I've
occasionally tried others and they are not nearly as good.
(Birdseye frozen veggies, DelMonte canned veggies, etc.)

Some things I used to be loyal to I've dumped because
they have changed something so that I didn't like them
anymore, or they got way too expensive. If I'm able to
find a generic product that is equal in quality (sometimes
better!) I will switch. But they have to do something
egregious to force me to consider switching. (In recent
years Bounty paper towels - switched due to ugly designs
on the towels to Viva and actually like them better, Scott
tp - switched due to price to Dollar General and like it better,
Joy dishwashing detergent - switched due to change in formula
to Palmolive and it's okay. Yeast - used to always buy Fleischman's
but it got way too expensive so I switched to Red Star which is
acceptable.)

Some things I buy a couple of different equal quality
brands but have always stuck to those. (Gold Medal/
Pillsbury flour for example. Although will buy other
brands of specialty flours when necessary.)

Basically, I'm not loyal to a brand just because that's
what I've always used. I'm loyal to a brand because it's
the best quality and will switch if forced to by the lowering
of the quality or raising the price too high.

Kate




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Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

Duke's mayo
Heinz ketchup

Tara

In article >,
"Kody" > wrote:

> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
> couple of areas I would think.

I am a big fan of Heinz Ketchup and many other Heinz products. For
non-food, I won't spend a dime on a computer unless it is made by Apple.

On Aug 19, 4:13*pm, Stan Horwitz > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> *"Kody" > wrote:
> > Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
> > Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
> > the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
> > in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
> > couple of areas I would think.
>
> I am a big fan of Heinz Ketchup and many other Heinz products. For
> non-food, I won't spend a dime on a computer unless it is made by Apple.

==
Apples are made in the Orient as are most computers today.
==

Kody wrote:
>
> Does brand loyalty exist? I know growing up it had to be Folgers coffee and
> Tide laundry detergent and many other examples but I came to the realization
> the other day that my brand loyalty is very weak. I suspect that it exists
> in the general public but I'm not sure where, beer and cigarettes would be a
> couple of areas I would think.
>
> - Kody

No brand loyalty here. There are specific brands of specific products I
routinely use, based on previous personal comparisons indicating that
they were the best quality, however this is not brand loyalty. Should
one of those specific brand products slip in quality I'll reassess all
the competitors, and just because I buy a particular product in brand X
doesn't mean I'll buy a different product from the same brand.

On Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:23:20 -0500, "Pete C." >
wrote:

> No brand loyalty here. There are specific brands of specific products I
> routinely use, based on previous personal comparisons indicating that
> they were the best quality, however this is not brand loyalty. Should
> one of those specific brand products slip in quality I'll reassess all
> the competitors, and just because I buy a particular product in brand X
> doesn't mean I'll buy a different product from the same brand.

Oh, don't get all technical and high brow on us. Either you do or you
don't buy the same item over and over again. If you are a repeat
customer with only an occasional foray to check if there isn't
something you like better, you're brand loyal. No shame in that.

Nobody is blindly brand loyal anymore... except maybe some Fox viewers
to the GOP.

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Carrot cake counts as a serving of vegetables.