Comments on: Store Brand Soft Drinks: Great Taste, Stupid Names

By: obbop

obbop — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:18:01 +0000

Budget led to Sam’s Cola (diet) from Wally-Mart. At the time it was 50-cents for a BIG bottle.

Worsening economic conditions led to foregoing all soda.

Water is almost free when looked at a cost-per-glass basis.

Boring, though.

Splurged and bought the el cheapo Wally-Mart tea. 98 centavos for a BIG box.

Plop 6 bags into a gallon jug and let sit on the counter overnight. No sun needs to shine on the plastic jug, and that is likely better to reduce plasticy stuff from leaching into the water.

Transfer to another container to allow tea bag removal. Place pouring jug into fridge. Voila… “ice” tea even though I don’t use ice.

Plain or sweetened. That phony no-calorie sweetner is cheap but I minimize its use so as to not overload the body with too many weird chemicals; I’m still trying to shed accumulated lead and various weird stuff the old man brought home from the Lawrence Livermore Lab.

In the upper midwest many folks term soda as “pop.”
Weirdos.

No more soda for me. A needless expense. Perhaps save it for medicinal purposes when a series of burps and belches are of assistance in soothing an upset tummy. Or if you feel like being offensive to those offended by loud explosive noises eminating from the gut.

By: Axel

Axel — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:26:21 +0000

I drink Diet Faygo Twist and Diet Meijer Lem n’ Lime, both rip-offs of Diet 7-UP among other lemon-lime brands. One that was real stupid was Mountain Holler at Save-A-Lot! I hear there coming with very inexpensive American Fare (Kmart) soda, I am going to buy a ton that.

By: Dr Thirst Quencher

Dr Thirst Quencher — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:46:47 +0000

Nitpick: Sundrop isn’t a storebrand… Doesn’t it pre-date Mountain Dew?

By: Insomnia

Insomnia — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:00:21 +0000

Did you know that often times the generic brand is the same as the label brand only the store has asked to company to make the product for them. Its the exact same product with a different label and we pay more for it.

By: Hansen

Hansen — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:27:42 +0000

My absolute fav was Dr. Riffic! Nice post…very enjoyable.

By: Caldwell

Caldwell — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:35:55 +0000

I’ve always wanted to start a grocery chain just to have a product called Sgt. Pepper.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:28:04 +0000

tom, yeah, I guess they’re copies too, but they’re both more of “national” brands than, say, Mountain Holler.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:10:06 +0000

Real Canadian Superstore has

Dr. Smooth (for Dr. Pepper)

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:52:49 +0000

@s. jennifer rose

Anyone that produces Dr. Pepper can’t be a health professional.

I would hope.

By: Maria @ Financial-Tip

Maria @ Financial-Tip — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:51:35 +0000

We don’t drink soda but I had to laugh at all the Mountain Dew rip-off names that begin with “Mountain.” I think my favorite os “Mountian Lion.”

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:57:09 +0000

This reminds me of Mitch Hedberg’s sketch on how naming things has got to be the easiest job in the world. You just add “-er” to the end.

“What’s this do?”

“Keep sh!t fresh.”

“Then it’s a ‘fresher’…I’m going on break.”

I’m going to stick with water. Not sparkling water or any of that crap, just water.

By: s. jennifer rose

s. jennifer rose — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:57:51 +0000

@Chris
How do you know Mr. Pepper didn’t get his MD??

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:16:07 +0000

The best I’ve seen is Mr. Pepper, at a small gas station in Texas.

I guess it was from before he got his PhD.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:46:25 +0000

We don’t have this problem in the south. We just call everything Coke and be done with it.

By: tom

tom — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:10:00 +0000

you have Mountain Dew and Mello Yello as the “benchmark” soft drinks… same for Dr. P and Mr. Pibb… shouldn’t you say that Mello Yello and Mr. Pibb are just copies as well?