Are you a slave to name brands when you shop or do you buy generic?

We all know that corporations pay exorbitant amounts of money advertising their products. People, in general, fall for it and pay inflated prices for name brands under the assumed premise that they are “better”.

This assumption isn’t completely true. Generics have gotten much better in the last 20 years and in most cases, are just as good, if not better, than name brands.

Are you a name brand shopper or do you see through the hype and buy generic?

I’m referring to food and over the counter medicine.

Example: A bottle of 200 regular Advil(ibuprofen)costs $14.96

A twin pack of 200 generic ibuprofen costs $4.00