Food Theory: Yes, The Knock Off Is BETTER!

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Channel: The Food Theorists

Views: 6,889,038

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Id: 23e4PhF9e30

Length: 14min 33sec (873 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 30 2021

Reddit Comments

[u/VgArmin]

I've worked in manufacturing where the only difference between products is literally the packaging. I thought some people have shown Aldi generics are the exact same as some national brands, just with different packaging?

[u/birddit]

Generic food products first appeared here in the late 70s for about 1/2 price. Our family started buying them right away. We decided to try every product in generic form that we would normally buy a name brand. It was a fun experiment eating something then deciding as a family whether it measured up or not. Very few generics failed the test. I have been buying mostly generics for 40 years now, and Aldi is by far my favorite store!

[u/MuffinPuff]

He hit the nail on the head about millennials, I absolutely go out of my way to avoid name brands. I try to avoid them like the plague because I just fucking H.A.T.E. US advertising and marketing, I hate it down to my blood and soul.

I hate that national brands get away with shitty marketing tactics and suffocating their competition just because they're a multi-billion dollar company, using its influence to manipulate shoppers.

I hate how advertising and marketing aggressively attacks targets children to the point where THEY are the most brand loyal demographic out of the bunch.

This is why I love Aldi. I love Netflix. I love any platform that separates me from ads, marketing and the insidious power of conglomerate brands.

[u/Rockandroar]

Thanks for sharing this! That was a great watch.