I like the idea of brand loyalty—the process of developing a solid product and satisfying customers and maintaining quality over time so those customers stick with you. I am loyal to some brands of things and will not veer off course unless these brands change and become disappointing instead of fulfilling. That happens sometimes. In the interest of updating product lines or following trends, companies have discontinued some of my favorite things. Here are a few of my favorite things that are still available:
I'm not a big chip eater, but I am loyal to Terra Sweet Potato Chips. Eat them.
I buy Green & Black's organic chocolate in various flavors depending on my mood when I'm standing in the candy aisle. Two of my favorites are Maya Gold and Hazelnut and Current. Try them all, and choose your favorites.
I can barely stand going in or walking past a Bath & Body Works store because the collective scents are overwhelming, but they sell a wonderful shower soap called Breathe. It has a delicate scent that doesn't stay with you throughout the day so you walk around smelling of artificial cucumber or fake peaches. Plug your nose and buy it.
My hair is made of bird feathers mostly, so I use Alterna hemp modeling clay to make it look like it belongs to a human being. This also has a mild scent along with a wonderful texture. While it isn't cheap, it lasts quite awhile if you use it properly. If you have bird hair, too, you'll love what this can do for the feathers.
Paper towels are indispensable in my house, and the only brand allowed through the door is Bounty, and preferably Select-A-Size, and preferably white. Buy these in bulk.
I am a pencil person. Pens make me nervous, especially because my handwriting is sloppy and becoming more so as I age. The best pencils ever are Papermate mechanical pencils, the yellow ones with the red eraser so you feel like you're holding a traditional No. 2 pencil from school days. Buy a pack.
I buy Dawn dish soap and Irish Spring bar soap and Orville Redenbacher's Tender White popcorn. Our soda is Diet Pepsi, and our butter is Land-O-Lakes. My toothpaste is Crest, and my deodorant comes from Secret. My face wash is St. Ives Apricot Cleanser. I like Pepperidge Farm cookies and Pacific Natural Foods organic broth.
It may sound rigid to have a sense of brand loyalty, but I like quality. I like dependable products so I know I don't have to use twice as many paper towels as should be necessary or twice as much dish soap to scrub the pots. I like to reward good work by spending my money on the resulting good product. If you slop together something schlocky with little effort to perfect its flavor or texture or durability, then I'm not likely to bother with you or what you're selling. It's naive, I know, but I like to think I'm making an investment in quality work and ingenuity. I'm just one of millions of consumers out there, but buying a good bag of chips is my way of supporting the cause.
What are some of your favorite things?
I'm not a big chip eater, but I am loyal to Terra Sweet Potato Chips. Eat them.
I buy Green & Black's organic chocolate in various flavors depending on my mood when I'm standing in the candy aisle. Two of my favorites are Maya Gold and Hazelnut and Current. Try them all, and choose your favorites.
I can barely stand going in or walking past a Bath & Body Works store because the collective scents are overwhelming, but they sell a wonderful shower soap called Breathe. It has a delicate scent that doesn't stay with you throughout the day so you walk around smelling of artificial cucumber or fake peaches. Plug your nose and buy it.
My hair is made of bird feathers mostly, so I use Alterna hemp modeling clay to make it look like it belongs to a human being. This also has a mild scent along with a wonderful texture. While it isn't cheap, it lasts quite awhile if you use it properly. If you have bird hair, too, you'll love what this can do for the feathers.
Paper towels are indispensable in my house, and the only brand allowed through the door is Bounty, and preferably Select-A-Size, and preferably white. Buy these in bulk.
I am a pencil person. Pens make me nervous, especially because my handwriting is sloppy and becoming more so as I age. The best pencils ever are Papermate mechanical pencils, the yellow ones with the red eraser so you feel like you're holding a traditional No. 2 pencil from school days. Buy a pack.I buy Dawn dish soap and Irish Spring bar soap and Orville Redenbacher's Tender White popcorn. Our soda is Diet Pepsi, and our butter is Land-O-Lakes. My toothpaste is Crest, and my deodorant comes from Secret. My face wash is St. Ives Apricot Cleanser. I like Pepperidge Farm cookies and Pacific Natural Foods organic broth.
It may sound rigid to have a sense of brand loyalty, but I like quality. I like dependable products so I know I don't have to use twice as many paper towels as should be necessary or twice as much dish soap to scrub the pots. I like to reward good work by spending my money on the resulting good product. If you slop together something schlocky with little effort to perfect its flavor or texture or durability, then I'm not likely to bother with you or what you're selling. It's naive, I know, but I like to think I'm making an investment in quality work and ingenuity. I'm just one of millions of consumers out there, but buying a good bag of chips is my way of supporting the cause.
What are some of your favorite things?
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I'm with you on the Green and Black's and the Bounty, but I'm going to have to do my own version of this to reply more fully.
I also am loyal to Tom's of Maine toothpaste,Paul Mitchell's tea tree shampoo, Tazo passion tea and any Amy's frozen foods-if you have to eat them, these are the best.
Quality is always best, but sometimes it's not possible. If your purse is limited, it's no good going home with a Parker pen and no food. Sometimes necessity can force us to buy a biro instead!
We use Macleans toothpaste, Sorbent loo paper, Pantene shampoo, Twinings English Breakfast tea and Nescafe coffee for instant and Vittorio for filtered. We use raw sugar from Bundaberg in Queensland or for me, Hermesetas sweeteners. For body products I use Body Shop Papaya because I adore the smell. Soap is Palmolive naturals or Dove. We eat Arnotts biscuits and Rosella sauces and chutneys. I use Philadelphia cream cheese and Tasmanian smoked salmon. Butter is an Australian brand - Dairy Soft - it is mostly butter but softened with a bit with canola oil. Not so good for the cholesterol but tastes good. For writing instruments, I usually take the handouts from the chemist or doctor or whoever because they are given to them by the sales reps. I like them because they have a rubber grip and with increasing arthritis, it is easier for me to write. As a former architectural student I do like those pencils though, provided that the lead is a soft graphite so that it flows easily. Other than that, give me a 2B pencil any day.
What fun, Robyn. Thanks for this. Sorry it is a bit jumbled but I had two cats trying to help me type it!
- Coke Classic (kosher for Passover formula is even better - it's made with cane sugar, not that high fructose corn syrup crap)
- Heinz Ketchup
- Quaker Old Fashioned Oats
- Smart Foods White Cheddar Popcorn
- Land o Lakes butter
- Stonyfield Farms yogurt
- Daisy sour cream
- Philadelphia cream cheese
- Tone soap
- Olay Complete for Sensitive Skin
- Colgate Total toothpaste
- Scott bath tissue
- Puffs facial tissue
- Viva paper towels - white only
- local, independent pizza - no chain pizza-like substance
- handmade boiled, then baked bagels - no packaged/frozen round breadlike facsimiles
But think I should have been born with a silver spoon in my mouth as if faced with goods without a price on....expensive or cheap, I always choose the first... oh dear is that where the boys get it from!!!!!!
After the divorce, I went back to my old job with the Senator and focussed on politics, speechwriting mainly, until I was forced to retire, on medical grounds, in 2006. I had a fascinating, intellectually stimulating working life and I can't complain but there are times when I read about your activities - cooking, music, motherhood and so many other accomplishments and just shake my head at how much you achieve in your life. My property takes so much work that with a (mild) disability, just getting dinner on the table is sometimes too much for me. On the other hand, perhaps I'm just lazy or spend too much time on the computer! Sorry about the book Robyn but some questions beg a reply of sorts ...