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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Every vending machine in the Federal Bureau of Control.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Man I need to play that game again. Pumped for 2

It's so great. It's like the entire game was conceived on an acid trip by a paranoid old tinfoil hat hippie.

[–] Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I can’t seem to find any evidence online but there did used to be a supermarket in the UK in the 80s/90s called ‘No Frills’ and all their products were also just black and white packaging.

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The UK never had a No Frills. The No Frills chain started in Toronto, Ontario in 1978 and originally had the black and white packaging before switching to the. yellow and black. No Frills is a major grocery store chain in Canada, though it is owned by the Loblaws who suck balls.

In the 1990s, the chain Kwik Save launched a No Frills brand, offering cheaper generic products, an idea that has since been taken up by all of the major supermarket chains

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwik_Save

[–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Now I want pickles

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

This existed (well the products anyway) in the 80s.

https://youtu.be/_mHEZkBdRkI

[–] doyun@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

In Korea there's a brand called No Brand. I like shopping there cause they have a few good deals and western snacks that don't get stocked in normal markets.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Who remember the "NoName" floppies and cd roms?

Quite awful quality IIRC.

[–] haroldfinch@feddit.nl -1 points 6 days ago

In Gilead they called it "Fish & Loaves":

[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 123 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What is this, the Oldest House?

[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 78 points 1 week ago (8 children)

YES A CONTROL REFERENCE IN THE WILD HELL YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks of reminding me of the awesome premise of the Oldest House.

"Better not bring any unnecessary cultural artifacts into the reality shifting place, so that whatever is in here doesn't have anything to latch onto."

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[–] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 106 points 1 week ago (15 children)

The reason they said Canada is because we have a brand here called No Name in yellow packaging doing that exact thing. It’s Loblaw’s store brand.

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mandatory fuck Loblaws and Weston Galen. Fuck Jim Pattison too while we're at it.

[–] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

YEAH!! WOOHOO!

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was going to say doesn't this already exist in Canada? LoL

Also isn't Loblaw's unbelievably horrible? Like even more evil than Walmart?

[–] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don’t know that they’re more evil than Walmart. I think that’s probably not right but I don’t know enough to say for sure. They’ve just kinda, taken over. I’ll put it this way, I much prefer Atlantic Superstore (Loblaws) to Walmart (which I won’t even set foot in)

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They’ve just kinda, taken over.

That's called a monopoly.

[–] darksiderbun@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago

😅It is, isn’t it!

Though I will say smaller groceries and type-specific groceries are aliving, thriving, and cheaper here in Nova Scotia

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago

There was a UK brand that do the same thing although it is black text on a white background and they do have a thin blue line as well, for extra excitement.

It's incredibly cheap stuff and not quality at all, but I suppose it is good if you want to save money. I do enjoy that a bottle of their vodka is just labelled "alcohol".

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 43 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Once upon a time in England we had “No Frills” which was basically exactly that

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

remember when Tesco products were white packages with blue stripes?

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Now they dress it up with fake farm and deli names. "Creamfields", "Hearty Food Co", "Boswell Farms". I am not fooled!

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (3 children)

When I was poor and unemployed in the distant past, I sustained myself on Tesco value pasta at 13p a bag.

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[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If you grew up poor in America this is what government issued food stuffs looked like. They realized having this stuff was humiliating to the people that needed it and replaced it completely with snap cards you can use to buy whatever. Government cheese and peanut butter and milk were big staples.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's a beer made in New Zealand, by garage project, called Beer. The cans look very similar to those products.

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