Is too much choice an issue and how do you decide what to buy?

Posted by: looklively

22nd Mar 2017 11:05am

Coles and Woolies are following Aldi's lead and cutting the number of product lines they stock as a result of customers finding that too much choice is stressful. So what do you think? - How do you feel about having less choice in the supermarket? What would you do if your usual brand was no longer available? Would you prefer more or fewer brands to choose from? Does having too many brands to choose from make it harder to decide? When you are faced with a wide range of products to choose from, how you make your decision?

jjdrer

23rd Mar 2017 03:27pm

The generic brands are all manufactured by the big band name companies, not only groceries but other products too.
Prior to retiring I knew where some of the generic brands came from.
Some companies has changed their names ore been bought by others. e.g. Lifesavers, Hoadleys, Pascalls,were all separate companies. They have been taken over by others. Arnotts, Motteram, Menz were 3 separate companies. Now they are known as Arnotts Biscuits...unless that has changed since mid 2009. Soft Drinks there was Woodroofes, Schweppes(Cadbury took them over), Coca Cola (they have taken over some brands), Tarax. Golden Circle make some that are only sold in cans.
In smallgoods there was Bruces, Jacobs, Chapmans. Ihghams (they still exist) Bruces don't exist now. I think Chapmans may have taken over Jacobs.
Some brands have more salt/ carbohyrates (including sugar) than others. Some of the generic brands have less in them than the big names which is beneficial to us.
Some petfoods are sold under different brand names yet are sold to the Supermarkets and other outlets as one company manufacturer name

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