No Frills Vs. Name Brands

One day my son came to me and said, "mom can you start buying the real Cocoa puffs cereal? I just had some at my friends house and theirs taste much better" I was floored and shocked. I had been buying generic brand cereals for years up until that time and no one ever complained until that moment. I instanty turned into my mother who was frugal in a good way as she would always say, " When I buy the name brands I'm paying for whats outside of the boxes, and when I buy no frills brand cereals, I'm paying for whats inside of the boxes and both brands have the same things inside" she would always say this. And at that moment I found myself telling my son the same exact thing. He was a good sport about it though and just responded with a shrug of his shoulders. Well now that left me thinking and I came up with something to try that I still do til this very day. I went out and bought those plastic see-through food storage containers with the lids that have pourable spouts. I stored our cereals in them. This way there would be no boxes to compare to because truthfully speaking, all those sugery cereals taste the same when eaten. Several weeks went by and I heard no complaints and the cereal was still being eaten. I even watched my son go into the kitchen and make a huge bowl of the generic brand cocoa puffs. He ate every chocolate morsel and even turned the bowl up to his mouth and drank the milk, which totally proved my point.

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