Are you picky about ketchup?

I get organic. Don't care about the brand.

Store brands are very often the self-same product as branded goods, made in the same factory from identical ingredients. It's one way that the producers can keep their machines running at optimal efficiency (it would be inefficient to just produce as much as Heinz or whoever can sell - better to package the surplus differently and sell it to Walmart or whoever as an 'own brand'.

Ketchup is one thing I hardly ever use. I keep it on hand for the kids when they come to eat and they've never complained about what brand I give them. So, no, I am not picky! And it wouldn't matter to me what brand it was, for the price I would have bought it.

To me, there are certain things that really don't matter when it comes to brand. Ketchup is one of them. Now, if I were in a dirty store with expired merchandise, I wouldn't buy the generic brand. But Walmart's Great Value line is perfectly good. So if it were their ketchup, mustard, or something similar, I would much rather save the money and buy the generic, than buy a more expensive brand that has a taste not that dissimilar. I also buy Great Value trash bags and spaghetti noodles. The bags are just as good as Hefty or Glad. They have the odor control option now, so it's pretty much the same thing. And noodles, are noodles! Unless I'm supposed to buy something in particular like spinach noodles (which are very good), I don't care! I mean, they are noodles! I'm really going to pay two bucks more for something that is made out of the same stuff?

Not really. I am picky about some stuff, where I think quality makes a difference, but ketchup is not one of those things!

I'm actually okay with any kind of ketchup as long as they aren't hot and spicy. Though the only time I get picky with ketchup is when Heinz turns watery. I hate it.

I'm not picky about ketchup brands. If I saw that sale on GV ketchup for the price you mentioned, I'd be snapping those up right away. I've bought that brand and it tastes fine to me. Granted, I don't use much ketchup but, for the few things that I do, it's been fine. It kind of irks me that people imply that we are not "particular" about what we buy if we don't buy national brands... I shop really carefully and I do try out more economical products. If they stand up to the quality I expect, I will buy them again... if not, I will keep looking. Being frugal and shopping carefully certainly doesn't mean not being "particular" about anything. I call it being "smart"...

i dont care. i always buy the store brand. i think it is just as good.

I'm with you, ketchup is ketchup (unless it has corn starch/oil in it) and really, I only want it on fat french fries or to make red sauce...

eh..ketchup is pretty much ketchup.generic is usually fine. somethings i do want the name brand,but that's not one of them.

I love bargains, lol. I would have bought it, maybe more than one. I use the store brand ketchup where i shop all the time. I like it just fine. Alot of time u are just paying for the brand name like u do w/clothes etc. Happy weekend to u.

I prefer Heinz, but I'll eat most. Some seem a little too tart for my taste. And the ketchup at the theater I worked at used to be sent to us already expired and was chunky. It was disgusting. But I'll eat most ketchup that's still good, anyway.

No, ketchup is ketchup to me....I usually go for the cheapest, we go through that and ranch like theres no tomorrow in this house so it has to be cheap. I know there are people that rant on about how it has to be Heinz or made with real tomatoes but those are also the crazies that are paying $3 for a bottle and to me that is nuts!!

Honestly, it's been years since I've had ketchup. Although the idea of it is healthy (tomatoes!), rarely do I find the actual condiment living up to that. Most have high fructose corn syrup or some other form of added sugar, so if I were to buy it, I'd only get organic. I'm not going to poison myself with the cheap stuff. In general though, I am not picky about store brand versus name brand. I look at the ingredients, not the hype around the name or packaging of the item.

I totally agree with you on the ketchup thing, they are all pretty much the same, but in some things I have to have the name brand because I don't like the store brand. For example, cream of mushroom soup has to be campbells. I don't like any other brand. But when it comes to tomato soup or vegetable soup...noname brand is fine, and so is ketchup. And the price difference can be a lot like in your situation. I also feel the same about the price of barbeque sauce. Some brands are so expensive and then the noname brand is so cheap...and to me they taste the same. I think some people are snobby and they wouldn't ever use no name brands but to me, the cheapier...the better... Cheers my friend, Chris

We buy whatever is on sale, as long as it's like you put it "plain jane ketchup" and if it's marked down because it's about to expire we usually don't get it, unless we're just getting one bottle. Ketchup goes fast here because my husband loves it, and I am fond of it too when we have Chicken Fries!

This is actually really funny that this has come up because I asked the question the other day about whether people would accept less quality for a lesser price. Surprisingly there were a lot of people in that discussion that said that there were a lot of things that they would settle on but they had to have one certain brand of ketchup. For me, however, that isn't something that I am picky about, my kids will eat it all.

I don't usually care too much about brands unless I'm using coupons. Ketchup is something that I would never care about the brand. I agree, ketchup is ketchup, just like mustard is mustard. I don't know that I would even be able to tell a difference between brands.

Yes. Ever since I was a kid I've been finicky about what I eat. My favorite ketchup is Heinz. But it really doesn't matter that much since I don't do things like pour ketchup on french fries. So if you baked a meatloaf with any brand of ketchup and invited me over, I'd most probably love your meatloaf. But when I make meat loaf, I only use Heinz catsup.

it depends. first i will try the ones with lower prices since I'm used to the ones that are branded [my relatives loves to cook and doesn't want quantity but QUALITY TASTE] i have tried to use a Mayonnaise with a store brand and I didn't like it so i have to go back to my old brand which is really expensive but tasty. i tried a sweet and spicy sauce with a store brand and i liked it. so now i use although if i need to buy in another store i have buy the ones that are in my taste. it really depends if it will suite your tastebuds. for me its more of that than anything else. though it wouldn't hurt to try new things right?