Redditors Reveal The Brands Much Cheaper Than Expensive Originals

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satirequeen
May 18, 2020 2:30 PM EDT

Going to a supermarket and being faced with hundreds of options can be overwhelming. Knowing whether to go with a well-known branded product, or a cheaper knockoff isn't always easy because no one wants to sacrifice quality. But sometimes, the products are exactly the same and the only difference is the labeling. So, how do you know when this is the case? An AskReddit thread asking people to share their tips on when it's best to buy name brands might help you get a better idea of where you could be saving the bucks.

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    Text - moby323 18.3k points 20 days ago You guys should see the stuff we deal with in the medical field. I wanted to get a mesh metal glove to protect myself when using a saw during autopsies. Our medical supplier, Fisher Scientific, sold the hospital a "medical grade" chain mail glove for $300. They forgot to take the Bass Pro Shops tag off. It was a $12 glove for cleaning fish.
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    Text - asaltybrunette 8.9k points · 20 days ago Costco Kirkland brand is often white labeled brand name items
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    Text - Sisinator 4.8k points · 20 days ago Aquarium nerds will know this one - silicone. Aquariums are usually held together with silicone, and silicone is just 100% silicone so generally predictable product no matter who makes it. EXCEPT, many brands for kitchen and bathroom sealing have added chemicals to keep mildew from growing on the cured silicone. This is a big no-no for aquariums (basically poison that would kill your aquarium pets). So you gotta read the ingredients and information care
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    Text - 2DayoldoilPaint 20.3k points · 20 days ago O S ZzQuil is at least a 200% markup from Benadryl. The only active ingredient in ZzzQuil is 25mg of diphenhydramine, where's Benadryl is also 25mg of diphenhydramine.
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    Text - Groovychick1978 23.7k points 20 days ago · edited 20 days ago I used to work food packaging for Kroger. Roasted peanuts, dry oatmeal flavored or unflavored, cereal, chips. When we changed from store-brand to branded item, we would stop the line and change the box and the package. The food is the exact same. Exact.
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    Text - mactroneng 7.0k points 20 days ago - edited 20 days ago I worked in a frozen waffle/pancake factory once and the only difference between the name brand and off brand frozen waffles and pancakes was a little metal arm flipping back and forth to ensure every other waffle/pancake of the same bakery/freezer line made it to the name brand packaging line or off brand packaging line.
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    Text - Xarathox 1.1k points · 20 days ago Duracell and Walgreens brand batteries are the same. Source: I used to work for Duracell.
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    Text - 100percent_right_now 1.1k points · 20 days ago Dasani water is just bottled tap water. Most bottled water is, really. In the UK they tried to release Dasani and news that it was just bottled tap spread quick. The release failed miserably. Despite that, and the revelation that most of the waters in the store are this way, other bottled water sells fine.
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    Text - Cleverusername18 1.5k points 20 days ago Pinter paper. I used to work in a factory that cut the paper down to size. We would load up the packaging material for say Staples, do our run of that then switch packaging to the generic packaging without switching the bulk paper out. The plain white package holds literally the same as Staples brand but the brand name is expensive
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    Text - justsomelady_3 6.7k points · 20 days ago · edited 20 days ago 32 Supermarket spices cost twice as much for a third of the amount when compared to packets in shops for ethnic minorities. I grew up black in a very South Asian community, so the idea of paying 2.50 for a tiny bottle of Schwartz when a full bag is .89...just, no.
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    Text - JPLSIO 94 points · 20 days ago Car batteries. Same car battery from Maserati quattroporte can be found in some Fiats for 4 price
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    Text - ThisIsCody_ 272 points · 20 days ago Milk. I was in a WalMart looking at milk and an old man stopped me. He said he retired from the dairy industry. He told me the same milk plant, from the same cows, fills different colored cartons, from the same batch. He tapped his nose and winked and said, "it's all the same shit."
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    Text - wolfadeus 323 points · 20 days ago My grandfather owned a textiles company and he sold the exact same shirts to Walmart to be sold for <$10 and to Polo to be sold for >$60
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    Text - jasonologyo9 87 points 20 days ago I work for an eyeglass distributor. Almost all designer eyeglasses are made from just a handful of manufacturers that also make the no-name cheap ones. The only manufacturing difference between the $20 frames and lenses and the $1000 ones is the label put on at the end.
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    Text - shitted_on_em 22 points 20 days ago Candles. I used to work at a candle factory that made brand name candles and generic. Only difference was the label. Same wax, same wick, same jar, half price.
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