House Brands That Help Shrink Your Grocery Bill

Looking for an easy way to cut your grocery bill.  Buying house brands or generics can be the answer.

These days most groceries and grocery/retail centers carry house and generic brands.  On many items, the taste is comparable to brand names and the regular cost is lower.  Products that I have consistently found to be good when buying  house brands are:

• Pasta-from Spaghetti to Macaroni Noodles, I have not been disappointed.
• Canned Beans-Black Beans, Black-Eyed Peas, Cannellini Beans, Great Northern Beans, Kidneys Beans, and more.
• Other Canned Vegetables-Artichokes, Carrots, Corn, Mushrooms, Sweet Potatoes, etc. . .
• Canned Fruit-Cherries,Fruit Cocktail, Mandarin Oranges, Mangoes,Peaches, and Pineapples are all quite tasty and you can’t tell the difference from brand name.
• All-Purpose Flour
• White and Brown Sugar
• Corn Starch
• Baking Soda
• Condensed Sweetened Milk
• Evaporated Milk
• Condensed Soups for Cooking– Cream of Celery, Cream of Chicken,  and Cream of Mushroom.

Two product categories that I have found to be more hit or miss on house brands are condiments such as mayonnaise and ketchup and cereals.  I suspect because specific tastes and texture preferences really matter in these categories.

Overall though I have found house brands and generics to be  a win on comparable taste and cost saving on many product purchases.