Tuesday, July 3, 2007

TipidTip # 24 - Go for the store brand.


When I go grocery shopping, I take time to choose between any three (to ten!) variants of an item -- like tissue paper, plastic cups, sugar, cooking oil etc. And almost all the time, I go for the store brand as it's undeniably the cheapest.

In Makro, there is Aro.
In SM, there's SM Bonus.
In Rustan's Supermarket, there's Sure Buy.
In Robinsons Supermarket, there's Supersavers.
In Uniwide Sales Warehouse Club, there's President's Preference.
In Ever Gotesco, there's Ever Savers.

There's a P2-P10 savings for most food items. I think quality's okay. It's not as if I would notice which sugar brand is the better one as they will all taste sweet to me. :)

Add it all up and it would make a huge difference.

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