Why hasn't anyone told me that Canada has a line of products that are literally minimalism defined? Where the fuck did this come from and why don't we have the same here?

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Anonymous Fri Jul 24 01:44:44 2015 No.6710599 [Reply] [Original]

Why hasn't anyone told me that Canada has a line of products that are literally minimalism defined? Where the fuck did this come from and why don't we have the same here?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 01:49:06 2015 No.6710606 >red wine called red sounds interesting...

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 01:49:44 2015 No.6710608 >>6710599 It's cheap. Socialist hellholes like Canada have to cut costs and quality in order to stay competitive.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 01:50:38 2015 No.6710611 >>6710599 No Name makes some quality food stuffs. It beats the hell out of other store brands except for some Safeway Select stuff.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 01:53:25 2015 No.6710614 File: 537 KB, 897x681, generic.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] That's actually how all generic store brands used to look like.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 01:53:46 2015 No.6710615 File: 12 KB, 448x296, winecheese.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] In Australia you can buy wines with no actual labels. We call them cleanskins.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 01:54:56 2015 No.6710617 Its pretty nifty especially canned goods since as soon as you open your pantry its easy to tell what cans are which

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:00:40 2015 No.6710631 You do have the same. It's just the generic brand of a line of supermarkets/groceries.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:02:41 2015 No.6710635 File: 8 KB, 259x194, beer.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6710631 Our generics are getting fancier for some reason. I don't think you can find them this plain anymore.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:04:43 2015 No.6710638 >>6710635 What does it matter how minimalist the labeling is? It's still just low quality, low price stuff.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:05:20 2015 No.6710641 >>6710638 Because that's what OP is asking about?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:07:26 2015 No.6710645 >>6710599 it's hip

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:07:26 2015 No.6710646 >>6710638 A lot of generic brand stuff is identical to name brand. I think it was kraft salad dressing is exactly the same as this noname stuff made in the same plant, just with a different label.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:08:31 2015 No.6710649 >>6710641 You seem to enjoy putting question marks on sentences that aren't questions?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:09:44 2015 No.6710650 >>6710649 Because I'm answering a question with a questioning tone?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:15:39 2015 No.6710657 >>6710606 That's actually vinegar. Also, I buy a lot of No Name brand stuff cause it really is just like their name brand equivalent except costs 2/3 of the price. Almost all of my canned produce is No Name.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:42:07 2015 No.6710682 Based superstore

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:53:55 2015 No.6710705

>>6710635
Lol, I remember when the generics used to look like that. I loved going down that aisle as a kid, because it made me laugh so hard.
BEER
TOILET PAPER
CORN
GRAPE JELLY
COLA

I loved it. White background and black bold lettering just stating what's in the container. So practical, but so funny at the same time.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 02:56:10 2015 No.6710710 File: 198 KB, 1024x698, 3358039577_cc0f894f7b_b.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6710705

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 03:01:51 2015 No.6710720 >>6710710 lol >PINK DISHWASHING LIQUID >ELBOWS >TODDLER DIAPERS fucking love it.

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 03:01:52 2015 No.6710721
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>>6710631
This

In France (and EU I guess) we have a brand like pic related that makes everything from batteries to grated cheese.

Last time I checked their veterinary code on foods, they were made in the same facilities than the supermarket's brand equivalent product.

Now, being made in the same plant doesn't mean they always use the same ingredients, or same quality grade of ingredients, but sometimes when you compare the contents and nutritional values they're copy paste of the generic brands.

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 03:07:49 2015 No.6710730

>>6710608
This.

Socialist hellholes like Canada have a culture that does not emphasize the importance of the opinions of "the masses". They don't all go out and buy whatever their psychologically streamlined tv ads tell them to.

Or maybe they do, I've never actually been to Canada.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 05:56:23 2015 No.6710959 >>6710615 I thought that was what "goon" wines where.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 05:58:21 2015 No.6710966 File: 233 KB, 1024x1537, euro-shopper-commodity-products-euro-shopper-package-redesign-1024-39374.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] :-DDDDDD Ebin

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 06:02:15 2015 No.6710973 File: 107 KB, 900x478, Ja-Produkte-viele.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6710721 West Germany

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 06:03:26 2015 No.6710976 File: 14 KB, 400x400, 1436873674816.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6710973 >JA!

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 06:09:10 2015 No.6710989 >>6710976 There's also a generic brand called "Jeden Tag" (literally "every day"). I'm still sad that the brand doesn't sell alcohol. JEDEN TAG KORN!

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 06:22:41 2015 No.6711011 >>6710959 Goon is cheap sweet wine in a cask like fruity lexia or fruity gordo. Golden oak makes the best goon, I remember from my bong-rat days

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 06:49:59 2015 No.6711050 >>6710635 I wouldn't drink this. It makes me feel sad just looking at it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:01:02 2015 No.6711061 >>6710650 Question marks don't work like that you worthless retard.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:04:27 2015 No.6711062 >>6710966 ES enertsi trink :D:D:D:D::D:D kiips juu koink

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:06:12 2015 No.6711065 >>6710638 why is the quality lower than brand ware?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:07:53 2015 No.6711067 Minimalist labeling is becoming the new way to stick out because everything else is just so grandiose and over the top

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:07:54 2015 No.6711068 >>6711061 They're trying their best? Please don't be mean?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:08:25 2015 No.6711069 >>6710973 JA! Frühstückskorn für einen gelungenen Start in einen erfolgreichen Tag.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:10:17 2015 No.6711073 >>6711050 and that's why marketing is an industry.

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:12:04 2015 No.6711076

>>6710730
no name brand just buys surplus products from suppliers in bulk and puts them under no name. A lot of the time the fish or tomato sauce you buy from no name is available on the same aisle less than a foot away for twice the price with a fancier label.

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>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:32:46 2015 No.6711103 File: 296 KB, 740x435, C__Data_Users_DefApps_AppData_INTERNETEXPLORER_Temp_Saved Images_brand_identity.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711067

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:47:55 2015 No.6711116 >>6711090 >2% abv So this is beer for children?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:52:57 2015 No.6711120 >>6710959 Goon is branded, just cheap and nasty These cleanskins are more of a gamble, sometimes you actually get a decent wine that was debranded for various commercial reasons Other times though you get the scraps that weren't good enough to brand

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:53:10 2015 No.6711122 canadian here. i have always had a soft spot for no name. shit is beautiful.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 07:57:03 2015 No.6711127 File: 36 KB, 600x396, Walmart-Price-FIrst-front.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6710599 Welcome to over a year ago

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:02:20 2015 No.6711135 >>6711127 I find it odd that they have two generic store brands: Price First and Great Value.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:05:53 2015 No.6711140 >>6711135 for the people who are too broke to afford the generic brand

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:11:00 2015 No.6711148 >>6711090 What's the point

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:13:45 2015 No.6711156
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>>6710599
groceries in canada are still more expensive than the usa because our dollar is weak now and our food administration sets standards much higher than the us.

in order to offset that you could buy that rebranded no name brand stuff but the USA still has cheaper groceries.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:17:08 2015 No.6711159 >>6711156 >our food administration sets standards much higher than the us. Doesn't stop thousands of Canadians crossing the border to stock up on American food.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:28:48 2015 No.6711172 File: 84 KB, 600x408, 127205-Gt7zeP_MH3FwmYp9yHjrXg[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Switzerland. They even sell T-shirts now but more for people to wear ironically because it's become somewhat of a "cult" brand.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:38:46 2015 No.6711182 >>6710973 god i miss rewe so badly

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:40:42 2015 No.6711189 >>6711159 The low loony does. Tourism here in maine is in a lump because Canadians aren't at our rocky ass beaches celebrating the right to bare their hairy. Québécois arms.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:42:13 2015 No.6711193 >>6711189 I live in Washington and see Canadians everywhere at our grocery stores daily. Most Canadians who come here drive down specifically to buy food and gas.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 08:52:29 2015 No.6711215 >>6711193 Your portion of Canada is a little more densely populated then our part. So the .25$ difference effects us more. The have to drive,bus,catamaran over longer distances. So I'm not surprised you still tons.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 09:23:08 2015 No.6711272 >>6711069 gibt es leider nicht mehr- die letzte flasche ist in dortmund über die kasse gegangen...

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 09:30:24 2015 No.6711277

>>6711172
I remember an article from some years ago that I ran into just last summer where they tested the relative qualities of various pasta brands sold throughout the country and Migros' was the second worst, IIRC, with Aldi's regular brand being the shittiest of the bunch. The rated the quality by amount of durum used in production and how much residual pesticide there still is in the packaged food itself.
Can't remember what earned the highest marks, though.
Let me see if I can find the article still.

Also
>nobody cares about the bündnerromanisch :-(
I've never actually met one, but my mother used to tell me about them all the time because in the 80s and early 90s, I didn't understand that there were these weird people who speak backwards Italian and who wanted to separate from the confederation.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 09:45:29 2015 No.6711292 >>6711277 What do you put in pasta aside from durum?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 10:30:34 2015 No.6711344 >>6711292 Plain flour. Some pasta is made from a mix of plain and semolina/durum flours. Some very, very low quality pasta is made from plain flour only and is dyed yellow. I've only bought one brand like that. It was imported from Jordan. Fuck Jordan.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:36:39 2015 No.6711484 The No Name brand is actually pretty much awful.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:40:53 2015 No.6711493 File: 286 KB, 326x509, 1431489668241.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711090 >2% For absolutely what purpose? >Here, anon! Drink three of these and it's the equivalent of one regular beer!

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:44:16 2015 No.6711502 >>6711344 Talk about low quality. You can even find 100% semolina pasta at the dollar store here.

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:45:56 2015 No.6711508

>>6710614
although it's still just marketing. "no fancy labels, we pass the savings on to you!"
Like it costs extra money to print a normal store-brand label that looks vaguely like the product it mimics.
Yes, you have to pay a guy to do the design, in that it has to be a job duty. But if you really don't care, he can bang that out between sweeping the floor. So really, it's marketing saying "we cost less!"

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:47:33 2015 No.6711511 File: 69 KB, 716x467, pickle lmao.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >white white >red red

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:47:45 2015 No.6711514 >>6711193 Well that's because people living in Metro Vancouver area have money, and taking a trip to Washington for Trader Joe's isn't too much of a big deal.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:50:23 2015 No.6711518 >>6710966 aw man their chocolate is pretty tasty

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:50:43 2015 No.6711520

>>6711508
Well of course even generics need marketing. Until recently, store brands actually had the reputation of being some of the shittiest things you can buy. I think it actually changed with Costco and their Kirkland brand. Not only was it comparable but in some case, it might even be better.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:51:25 2015 No.6711521 >>6711148 >for the taste, obviously, you fuckwit

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:53:06 2015 No.6711525 I like it. I want carrots not fucking orange dirt rockets.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:55:25 2015 No.6711529 >>6711520 No Name used to have regular advertising on TV, comparing shopping cart prices. I think Wal-Mart ended up doing a similar ad campaign.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:56:33 2015 No.6711530 >>6711135 Never seen price first in Missouri, only great value. If you already cannot afford the store brand why would you need some shit like mayo and mustard? Store brand off brand is just going too deep.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 11:56:36 2015 No.6711531 File: 86 KB, 400x355, image_small-0[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Sweden

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:01:12 2015 No.6711546 >>6710966 >paprika crips What the fuck - give me some

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:02:14 2015 No.6711549 >>6711521 You think Tesco beer is going to taste good?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:03:07 2015 No.6711550 File: 73 KB, 500x350, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711090 >2%

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:03:33 2015 No.6711553

>>6711530
I've seen it but according to Wiki, it's a individual store decision to carry Price First or not. I was honestly confused the first time I saw it since it was a brand I've never heard of and true to the name, it was the cheapest item there. Everything just felt so...cheap (crooked labels and whatnot), that I wasn't comfortable buying their food stuffs so I just decided to buy the name brand.

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:12:28 2015 No.6711579

>>6711502
Things are generally more expensive in Switzerland.

Though the CHF and the USD are about equal, Swiss prices are generally higher than American prices. For example, a burger from a chain place in Switzerland costs about 14Fr. That's just the burger. No fries. No drink.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:15:06 2015 No.6711585 >>6711502 The only plain flour noodles I can buy here are Chinese style and they're a lot more expensive than the semolina ones. And Spätzle but those contain eggs

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:16:25 2015 No.6711590 File: 42 KB, 400x400, Lorenz-Crunchips-Paprika-175g-6-2oz_main-1[1].jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711546 is that not common where you live?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:19:03 2015 No.6711595 File: 36 KB, 360x360, L5586771.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711590 Those look tasty, they aren't available in Canada, though.

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:27:02 2015 No.6711608

>>6711067
You legitimately have no real opinion or experience to contribute to the thread, you have no idea what's going on, you probably haven't read very much of the thread, so you recycle sarcasm to post, because you want in.

Damn, so original. Such substance. Please shut the fuck up.

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:27:39 2015 No.6711610

>>6711585
Switzerland has semolina spätzle (grießmehl chnöpfli) that are made with semolina flour, plain flour and egg yolks but those are pretty costly. Many people make them at home because they're so easy to do. In the south, where're they're most common, they're called "passatelli," which is confusing because in Italy, 'passatelli' are made with breadcrumbs rather than flour or semolina, so they're basically bread dumplings.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:29:45 2015 No.6711615 File: 56 KB, 500x500, 0002840003427_500X500.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711590 They're not very common. Although, in Burgerland, we do have spicy chips.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:35:20 2015 No.6711627 >>6711531 > TOALET PAPPER

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:37:06 2015 No.6711631 >>6711579 Funny thing is they're actually imported from Italy. I would've thought it would cheaper for you guys being closer and all. Very strange.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 12:38:56 2015 No.6711635 >>6711615 Strange considering red bell pepper is the most common flavour besides plain salted in central europe.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 13:13:58 2015 No.6711707 >>6711590 It says paprika but it has a bell pepper. Why?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 13:22:43 2015 No.6711719 >>6711707 That's what paprika is, bro. Dried & powdered red bell pepper.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 13:24:17 2015 No.6711722 File: 92 KB, 465x996, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711719 I was thinking of cayenne. Thanks buddy

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 14:40:01 2015 No.6711881 >>6711193 You mean the "Canadians" who come down to raid your milk section?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 15:03:20 2015 No.6711951 >>6711881 Fuck them. They turn Costco into China Town.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 15:18:57 2015 No.6711985 File: 27 KB, 314x437, Chinks.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711951 I was thinking of the Indians, I didn't know the yellow merchants did it too.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 15:32:42 2015 No.6712016 The No-Name bbq sauce is GOAT. And it only costs like 1.50$.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 15:36:41 2015 No.6712031 >>6712016 It's only $0.99 where I am.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 15:41:14 2015 No.6712040 >>6710710 >GENERIC RED KIDNEY BEANS heh

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 17:14:23 2015 No.6712375 >>6710710 We DHARMA now

Anonymous Fri Jul 24 17:40:44 2015 No.6712445
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Waitrose Essentials are by far the funniest own brand label over here, with Tesco "suspicious asterisk" Finest* coming in a close second.

>Saints preserve me Archibald, for a moment there I thought we were to be denied our daily choux.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 17:43:34 2015 No.6712451 File: 81 KB, 500x667, parm.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6712445 >Bring the parmesan forthwith, and make sure it's DOP! We're not having another pasta debacle in this house.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 18:13:38 2015 No.6712480 File: 103 KB, 500x667, smoked salmon.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6712451 >I simply can't have the Cholmondeleys over for tea without smoked salmon.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 18:16:15 2015 No.6712489 File: 69 KB, 640x640, focaccia.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6712480 >This will provide the perfect segue to mentioning our new summer home.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 18:17:16 2015 No.6712492 File: 68 KB, 309x463, candle.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6712489 >Don't forget the ambience, you know dear Tilly gets the vapours.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 23:36:20 2015 No.6713407 File: 45 KB, 500x333, psp1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] superstore noname is GOAT tier

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 23:39:15 2015 No.6713419 >>6710599 You say minimalist. I say it looks like something out of a dystopian novel.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 23:45:48 2015 No.6713443 File: 1.97 MB, 480x270, Splat-at-at-at-at-at-at-atoon.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6713407 >buying milk in cartons >in the year 2015

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 23:53:23 2015 No.6713465 >>6710721 I tried those and the Delhaize generic chocolates/speculoos. They actually weren't bad. >>6710966 also these

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 24 23:59:22 2015 No.6713474 File: 589 KB, 230x524, ALK.2073 Rakija Medovaca od nase zemlje 0.5L,Stara Rakija doo.jpg.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Here they even sell generic store brand fruit brandy

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 00:00:26 2015 No.6713476 >>6713474 oh wait this particular one is a kind of mead actually they sell that too I suppose

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 00:13:35 2015 No.6713514 >>6713443 Are you canadian? Do you prefer your milk in bags? Do you think being a decent cook means you have to be a pretentious little bitch? Are you just a faggot? >probably

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 00:16:03 2015 No.6713520 File: 71 KB, 640x480, VcmsAKR.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6713514 It was just a joke

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 00:44:54 2015 No.6713583 >>6713514 >bags >cartons Do you people not have jugs

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 00:54:10 2015 No.6713597 File: 23 KB, 357x480, milk1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6713583 The bag goes in a pitcher.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 00:59:37 2015 No.6713614 >>6713597 I prefer having a sealed lid

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 04:45:03 2015 No.6713913 >>6710599 >America doesn't have "No Name" brand (?) ???

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 04:46:03 2015 No.6713915 >>6713614 >not using a chip-clip

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 04:49:35 2015 No.6713921 File: 209 KB, 1063x1600, pcmac.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6710730 Best no name product

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 04:51:43 2015 No.6713924 File: 128 KB, 420x420, 2450917.jpg.thumb.420.420.margin.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6713921 >not choco soda

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 04:54:59 2015 No.6713929 >>6713924 wtf, I've never seen that I want it. They must not sell it in Alberta.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 04:57:16 2015 No.6713930 >>6713921 My shelves are never not stocked with this. It is a legitimately good Kraft Dinner esque product. >>6713924 This is good for mix but yohoo is much better for a general drink

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 04:59:33 2015 No.6713935 >>6713929 They sold it in BC like 2 years ago but it was discontinued quickly.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 04:59:39 2015 No.6713936 >>6713930 wait, you know of a Canadian product, yet you mention yoohoo which isn't sold here ...

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 05:01:38 2015 No.6713938 >>6713936 Yeah, there's an import shop down the street from my place that sells it as well as every variety of vanilla/cherry/diet/zero/coke, cherry 7up, strawberry crush, mountaindew etc

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 05:06:38 2015 No.6713943 >>6713938 Oh man Manzanita Sol, do any of you have this as a common locally sold product? I'm jealous if so. My import shop sells it and it is the BEST soda. Manzanita Sol.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 05:13:02 2015 No.6713946 >>6713921 I don't eat any other Mac and cheese, this shit is excellent.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 05:16:27 2015 No.6713947 >>6713921 The only good KD.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 05:35:05 2015 No.6713972 >>6711172 >>6711172 Even swiss budget things are expensive

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 05:36:09 2015 No.6713975 >>6711531 >>6711531 >Budget Caviar

Anonymous Sat Jul 25 06:32:46 2015 No.6714011

>>6710599
Because they're a bunch of commies, Capitalist countries like the US have a massive choice of brands created by the free market that rules itself (or by an oligopoly of the market that puts out different brands of what is basically the same product in order to give the consumer the illusion that he somehow has a choice in his life)

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 06:55:53 2015 No.6714029 >>6711090 Christ imagine how much liquid you'd need to consume to actually get drunk

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 10:42:23 2015 No.6714388 >>6713921 Pur sex. When I'm feeling particularly inspired I'll throw a can of tuna in there

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 10:58:42 2015 No.6714420 File: 13 KB, 872x469, sprudoball.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711531 >snabb kaffe >socker kaka

Anonymous Sat Jul 25 11:14:29 2015 No.6714455

>>6714420
I speak Deutschbag and understand about 80% of the vocabulary of most other Deutschbag-descended languages, so I'm gonna take a crack at this.
I can only guess what 'snabb' means (I would assume that it's cognate with 'snap' as in 'in a snap/instant' so 'snabb kaffee' might mean 'instant coffee') but the second item is obviously sugarcake.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 11:14:33 2015 No.6714456 >>6711608 Why are you so mad, he made a good point and its definitely a trend the markets are following.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 11:16:35 2015 No.6714463 >>6714455 Or cake sugar, now that I think about it, as in confectioner's sugar IE sugar meant for cake-making.

Anonymous Sat Jul 25 11:40:56 2015 No.6714518
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>Grow up poor as fuck.
>Mom saved money by buying the generics
>Older now with a good career and a pathological hatred of generic brands
>Still feel guilty buying Kellogg's Corn Flakes and not the generic.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 11:47:37 2015 No.6714530 >>6714518 My dad is like that too from growing up poor. I have learned to judge food by two things. Calorie content/g of food and ingredients.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 11:58:24 2015 No.6714551 >>6710599 No Name is just cheap, decent quality stuff. It's all made by name brand manufacturers and just relabelled and sold cheaper.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 12:11:51 2015 No.6714584 >>6711090 Low abv beer for dindin, what's not to like. The duty on them is crazy low as well, you can get a 4-pack for something like £1.20 last time I checked.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 12:28:49 2015 No.6714642 >>6713921 PC Brand isn't no name

Anonymous Sat Jul 25 12:34:18 2015 No.6714657

>>6714642
This.

At one time PC was a discount brand, then they became a regular brand, then they became a premium brand.

You can still find products from PC that fill all three criteria, and it's all incredibly good stuff.. PC is pretty much the best brand we have because of that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 12:46:16 2015 No.6714699 File: 118 KB, 543x907, tesco.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6711090 That design is terrible. It's better to have one large image than a bunch of tiny ones.

Anonymous Sat Jul 25 14:04:16 2015 No.6714896

>>6710614
>>6711508

My uncle used to own a supermarket and showed me how this works. It's not the printing of the label, it's really in marketing and trademarks that costs money.

Sometimes, and it does depend on the supermarket, the brand label stuff is the exact same as the supermarket's own label stuff and there's no reason to just make a generic looking fallout shelter looking label either.

Again it depends on the supermarket and who's doing it, but it's likely the exact same stuff packed in the same plants with the same cans but just having different labels. It would actually cost a lot more to do a different production run just to use a different label but having inferior content.

That applies to a lot of stuff but not everything, it really depends on the specific company.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 14:13:46 2015 No.6714918 >>6714896 ... Licensing of patented processes also costs a bundle. That's why printing labels really costs no differnece in the actual printing, the same printing presses are used.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 19:53:57 2015 No.6715722 >>6711531 We havent had those since the 80's though.

Anonymous Sat Jul 25 20:43:24 2015 No.6715845
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Package designer here, willing to answer any questions people have about package design.

These minimally designed labels are fun to see, and usually happen in cycles. Packaging gets more complex visually as companies compete with each other, and somebody (oftentimes the main store) will swoop in with a totally clean one that stands out compared to the rest.

My favorite stuff tends to be the minimally designed packaging, but not so far that it is just color + text. It can be surprisingly difficult to keep it minimal, but good looking.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 20:54:47 2015 No.6715874 >>6715845 How much guidance (in terms of documentation or sample files) do you get with the required stuff like ingredient lists and nutrition information? That stuff always seemed a bit haphazard to me.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 21:04:39 2015 No.6715897 >>6711135 it's just like Superstore that has No Name and President's Choice not sure why the difference

Anonymous Sat Jul 25 21:05:58 2015 No.6715904

>>6715874

Great question.

It depends largely on the client. Larger clients stick to the FDA approved labeling for fear of having to recall should somebody get confused by it later. Much smaller companies (think food co-ops, local products and farmers markets) can usually get away with less rigid labeling.

It also depends on the product, which is why you don't see nutritional labeling on things like some beers, food prepared in stores or things people may prepare themselves in store (think peanut butter making machine or self serve areas).

TL;DR It varies a lot based on the product and size of the company making it, but generally gets more strict the larger you get.

We did a package for lemonade once that was just water, sugar and lemons. The name of the product was "Water, Sugar and Lemons" and we managed to get away with that and the fluid ounces, nothing else.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 21:06:58 2015 No.6715910 >>6715897 No Name isn't Superstore exclusive, you'll find it at Food Basics and other stores not owned by Loblaws. PC is Loblaws' brand.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 21:54:13 2015 No.6716017 >>6711590 I live in Mongolia and these are even available.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 25 22:20:19 2015 No.6716080 >>6715904 Cheers, that's interesting. >"Water, Sugar and Lemons" and we managed to get away with that and the fluid ounces, nothing else. Noice.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 02:15:58 2015 No.6716648 File: 270 KB, 576x312, mstea.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Which one's sexier?

>>	Borneo Sun Jul 26 02:17:41 2015 No.6716651 >>6716648 M&S 100% they have such nice elegant packaging

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 02:19:12 2015 No.6716656 >>6716651 Both are M&S. The one on the left was used for a long time and only changed to the one on the right a few years ago.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 02:22:42 2015 No.6716663 File: 387 KB, 720x458, dgsdgsdgsdsgsdg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] straya reporting in

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 02:27:01 2015 No.6716669 >>6710599 Pretentious hipster bullshit: the wine Inb4 hipster rage

>>	Borneo Sun Jul 26 03:25:07 2015 No.6716809 >>6716656 the one on the right in that case, i disapprove of pictures of biscuits on a box that doesn't contain biscuits at any rate, it is the principle of the thing

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 03:35:46 2015 No.6716825 >>6716669 I can literally think of nothing less pretentious than something as unassuming and simple as a bottle of red wine simply labeled "red wine",

Anonymous Sun Jul 26 03:44:08 2015 No.6716837

>>6710705
>White background and black bold lettering just stating what's in the container. So practical, but so funny at the same time.

I know what you mean. I don't know where my father-in-law gets his cat food, but it's just this 40 pound white bag in the garage with "CAT FOOD" written on it in block capitals. Shit made me laugh out loud first time I saw it.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 03:51:44 2015 No.6716856 >>6716825 In after hipster rage >I-IF ITS MINIMALIST IT CANT BE PRETENTIOIS

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 03:55:15 2015 No.6716867 >>6710608 cheap? motherfucker, that's PRESIDENT'S CHOICE. the fucking president drinks that.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 03:56:45 2015 No.6716870 >>6713921 Hnnnng fuck yes.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 03:57:56 2015 No.6716875 >>6714657 Yeah, I remember back when it had shitty products, but they've seriously upped their game. They have so much good shit these days.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 04:19:19 2015 No.6716911 >>6714455 snabb means fast but you're right that it's instant coffee.

Anonymous Sun Jul 26 04:29:20 2015 No.6716936

>>6716856

I swear to God, co/ck/s use the word "pretentious/hipster" so much that it basically means nothing.

> Well plated, high effort dish
Hurr le pretentious hipster shit
> Decidedly simple presentation of a basic food item
Hurr le pretentious hipster shit
> Food made with trendy or foreign ingredient
Hurr le pretentious hipster shit
> Generic grocery brand with generic product names
Hurr le pretentious hipster shit

I swear to God it's what fucking retards that can't think of a real criticism say when they want to contradict someone/something but are too fucking stupid to actually make a real point.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 04:36:16 2015 No.6716956 >>6710615 we get that shit imported here in new zealand bottom shelf shit, I drink it all the time

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 04:44:07 2015 No.6716972 >>6710599 >all that money on yellow coloured ink Goodness, now that is some FANCY labelling! The generic food I have is just black and white!

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 04:45:06 2015 No.6716975 File: 261 KB, 300x306, 1437541376284.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] No name>Safeway select>our compliments>great value at least here in canada

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 05:14:48 2015 No.6717029 Honestly No Name tends to be more expensive that Presidents Choice, or even name brands, and is usually bland crap. I like most house brands but "No Name" is just a shitty name brand now.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 06:25:08 2015 No.6717106 >>6710973 Noice, they make food only?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 06:26:15 2015 No.6717110 >>6710989 Tous les jours as in >>6710721 means "every day". Is the logo the same?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 06:36:14 2015 No.6717123 >>6717106 Do you consider toilet paper and soap food?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 07:34:04 2015 No.6717224 >>6717123 OK you made me look at the pic again, I still don't see TP or soap... But since I don't understand if you are trying to make fun of me or really inform me they also make TP and soap, I'll just wait for your next post to decide.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 07:36:50 2015 No.6717226 >>6716669 No Name has had the same simple yellow labels for like 35 years you faggot. This is a hipster label.

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Anonymous Sun Jul 26 09:51:33 2015 No.6717548

>>6716911
I speak German and Alemannic natively and English fluently as well as Dutch and Danish with some effort, so I understand enough of all other Germanic languages excepting Icelandic and Faroese to read wikipedia articles in those languages. I definitely think 'snabb' and 'snap' are cognates, then, if you use it to mean 'fast' in Swedish.
Was I right about the sugarcake/cake sugar? At first, I thought it was a ready-mix for making sugarcakes but then, thinking about it, thought it's more likely that it's icing/confectioner's sugar used to top cakes and making icings.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 13:19:11 2015 No.6718217 >>6717224 They label all sorts of everyday goods.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 13:22:24 2015 No.6718220 >>6716669 >pretentious >hipster these words don't mean anything lad

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 13:44:10 2015 No.6718299 >>6713597 Canadians are fucking pretend man I refuse to believe the Great North is populated by anything other than a moose population

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 14:10:04 2015 No.6718403 >>6715897 PC is more of a higher end quality line of products

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 15:23:27 2015 No.6718628 >>6716669 >I have no idea what I'm talking about

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 15:31:40 2015 No.6718653 >>6716669 unsupervised children being allowed on the internet: the post in during everyone who isn't 13 years old is a hipsters

Anonymous Sun Jul 26 15:54:31 2015 No.6718729
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>>6717548

sockerkaka is definitely a "sugarcake", pic related. I also haven't heard anyone call confectioner's sugar sockerkaka.

I'm 90% sure it's a ready-made mix.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 15:59:37 2015 No.6718748 >>6711531 What shape do they sell vanilla ice (Vaniljglass) in?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 16:05:39 2015 No.6718779 >>6718729 Ah. Well then. I second guessed myself about it because I've never heard of anything called a sugarcake. That cake you posted looks like what I'd call a buttercake. Pretty good and quite simple to make.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 17:21:40 2015 No.6719035 >>6718748 If'n I'm not mistaken, that's ice cream, not literally ice. The Swedes probably got the pronunciation, but not the spelling, from French (glace).

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 17:25:38 2015 No.6719045 >>6719035 What's confusing me is that it looks like it's wrapped or in a paper box. I'm used to ice cream being in some sort of plastic container.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 17:28:37 2015 No.6719057 >>6719045 Cheaper brands are packaged in carton which is itself wrapped in plastic. Once the plastic is opened, the ice cream goes off quickly due to both freezer burn and absorption of freezer odours.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 26 21:17:50 2015 No.6719688 >>6713419 Dystopian is only having minimalistic, utilitarian options. Minimalism by itself is voluntary.

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