Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🎆🎇🍻 Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month agoWas it really that bad? I recognise the packaging but I’m a bit young to fully remember the food
No, it wasn’t in most cases, nor was Jewel if you recall that. Our family would go to Jewel first for cheap stuff like canned toms and beans, then to other places for stuff the difference was apparent in.
Jewel catfood is possibly the origin of my aversion to most fish
I think most of the aversion was just stigma - shopping at the cheap stores meant you were poor. The products were pretty much the same as any home brand product.
Jewel and Franklins were basically Aldi, except Aldi has copied the look of more expensive packaging and somehow convinced everyone that shopping at the cheap store is something to be proud of rather than being shameful. A combination of clever marketing and societal change.
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Probably not. But it’s not a literal “These fireworks are from Franklins” it’s just the implication. Franklins was a budget shopping centre in comparison to Woolies or Coles.
Where those guys would sell the name brand stuff, the draw of going to Franklins was for cheaper no-name brand (Franklins brand!)
Like Black & Gold or Savings. You knew you were eating the knock-off Tim Tams.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I know! Fireworks definitely weren’t sold there. It’s simply shorthand for ‘bargain bin crap’.
I just do remember the packaging of the No Frills brand food but not what it tasted like. If it was bad
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
It’s not necessarily bad. But back in the day there was an obvious discrepancy between home brands and name brands.
The chocolate didn’t taste quite right, the wafers tasted like 90% cardboard instead of 60%, the orange juice seemed to be a lot more pulp.
There was good reason it was cheaper, you knew you weren’t eating Arnott’s biscuits.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 month ago
The jelly lollies were pretty awful. We used to buy some cheap snacks at Franklins before the half price sessions at the Cinema over the road and whilst it was great to be able to stretch your precious pocket money a bit further they were definitely nowhere near as good as the more exoensive brands. The basic cooking staples were all much the same though.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I used to buy film for my camera there. It was dirt cheap, like about $2-$3, and it was comparable in quality to any other film. Not quite as good as Kodak or Fuji, but not totally shit. It enables this impoverished MF to have a hobby lol.