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When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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Post by quercusa »

woobar wrote: post #91
distances wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Trader Joe's is Aldi's chain, right? Do you have Aldi too in addition?

Aldi owns Trader Joe's, but I wouldn't call them same chain. For instance, Kroger owns multiple chains with the store format, branding and products that differ a lot. From my experience the US Aldi (which is part of an Aldi Sud) is a dimlit, bottom of the barrel discounter with a small selection of basics. Where Trader Joe's is a quirky "Hawaiian-themed" specialty grocer with a good selection of the unique-to-US prod…

In the US NE, Aldi is replacing the old dark stores with nice new bright stores with good selections.

Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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Post by kiwijamo »

kradeelav wrote: post #74
theamk wrote: post #16

Unrelated to actual content: if you visit the site with ad-blocker on, it does not load. Instead, you just have this icon of the eye looking at you and blinking. And the eye will just blink until you turn ad-blocker off. I know the site is called "eye on design", but the associations of user tracking via ads and this blinking eye were amusing to me. Imagine having a blinking eye in the corner of each website for each…

That's odd.. may I ask which ad-blocker you were using? I visited it with both Privacy Badger & uBlock Origin running (on FF) and it loaded for me.

Loads just fine with uBlock Origin on FF.

Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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theamk wrote: post #16

Unrelated to actual content: if you visit the site with ad-blocker on, it does not load. Instead, you just have this icon of the eye looking at you and blinking. And the eye will just blink until you turn ad-blocker off. I know the site is called "eye on design", but the associations of user tracking via ads and this blinking eye were amusing to me. Imagine having a blinking eye in the corner of each website for each…

It loaded fine for me on Chrome with uBlock Origin and uMatrix.

Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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Post by kevindong »

For a while, Walmart had a brand called 'Price First'. As the name implies, it was their lowest end store brand. The label never had pictures. It was always just a blue label, with white text, and a yellow arrow pointing downwards. I was honestly a fan of those products for the pantry basics (e.g. flour, sugar, etc.) as I'm not an organic foods kind of person.

https://www.theshelbyreport.com/2014/10/30/the-art-of-pricin...

Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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Post by cambalache »

This is BS. I used to work for a gigantic consumer product company, I took a seminar more than 10 years ago and the generic chain brands were already identified as a big risk because of how good they were in all sense (including presentation) and how much cheaper they were. Nothing to do with big data.

Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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Post by irrational »

cambalache wrote: post #105

This is BS. I used to work for a gigantic consumer product company, I took a seminar more than 10 years ago and the generic chain brands were already identified as a big risk because of how good they were in all sense (including presentation) and how much cheaper they were. Nothing to do with big data.

(Seminar, seminary is a place of religious instruction).

Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

#107

Post by woobar »

quercusa wrote: post #101
woobar wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Aldi owns Trader Joe's, but I wouldn't call them same chain. For instance, Kroger owns multiple chains with the store format, branding and products that differ a lot. From my experience the US Aldi (which is part of an Aldi Sud) is a dimlit, bottom of the barrel discounter with a small selection of basics. Where Trader Joe's is a quirky "Hawaiian-themed" specialty grocer with a good selection of the unique-to-US prod…

In the US NE, Aldi is replacing the old dark stores with nice new bright stores with good selections.

This is a good trend. We have a few Lidl stores around, and they feel like a right combination of discounted/german stuff.

Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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Post by irrational »

CivBase wrote: post #95

Local supermarket chains reign supreme here in Iowa. There is nary a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods to be found. The generic brands offered by our local stores usually offer a greater variety of fresher food at a lower price compared to name brands. I also tend to like our supermarkets' generic packaging better. They use quality, color packaging, but the designs are usually understated and no-nonsense. It's like they're…

I don’t know if I could live somewhere without a Trader Joe’s. Though, I only buy the pound plus chocolate bars and chocolate treats there.

Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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Post by pstuart »

jerf wrote: post #65

I expect one aspect of this is that fancy printing has gotten dirt cheap. You're not saving much money anymore slapping the black CORN on a white can vs. a full color full spread. It's a lot easier for an attractive design to pay for itself since it's cheaper to print.

As documented in Repo Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9k09WPpNeo

Re: When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?

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Post by yosito »

kradeelav wrote: post #74
theamk wrote: post #16

Unrelated to actual content: if you visit the site with ad-blocker on, it does not load. Instead, you just have this icon of the eye looking at you and blinking. And the eye will just blink until you turn ad-blocker off. I know the site is called "eye on design", but the associations of user tracking via ads and this blinking eye were amusing to me. Imagine having a blinking eye in the corner of each website for each…

That's odd.. may I ask which ad-blocker you were using? I visited it with both Privacy Badger & uBlock Origin running (on FF) and it loaded for me.

I've got Firefox with strict privacy mode, uBlock Origin, uMatrix and Privacy Badger. I just got the eye and spent a couple of minutes tweaking settings until I gave up.
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