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What is a product that you won’t accept a generic alternative for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, if you insist on buying Advil instead of store brand ibuprofen. I mean, you’d be wasting your money in that example, but you do you

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[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

in Australia you can get store brand butter that is every bit as good because it comes from NewZeland where every cow is grassfed.

Such a massive money saver that Woolworths now tells you where it's produced, for a long time it was an open secret.

[–] RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago

And it’s probably fucking cheaper than exactly the same thing in New Zealand.