CR blind taste-tested dozens of grocery store favorites—from popcorn and hummus to coffee, cheddar cheese, and yogurt—to find the best-tasting, budget-friendly buys. See which products are worth adding to your cart!
Full list of store brand winners here:
I can vouch for the GV peanuts. I bought them once because they were out of my usual and they’ve been my go to for 3 years.
I have found Great Value to be surprisingluly tasty, but I worry about where it’s manufactured, the source of the ingredients, and the packaging.
The packaging is often without a “recycling stamp” to describe the plastic. Is it really food safe???
not to mention that store brands are generally slower to turn to shrinkflation than the name brands
Kellogg Raisin Bran, Post Raisin Bran, or Food Lion Raisin Bran. They all taste different. None are tastiest. But the store brand is definitely cheapest.