Posted on 04/21/2020 4:32:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway
You haven't begun to see all of these off-brands and how badly they rip-off big-name companies.
We all have our preference for food brands, this is an undeniable fact. When we're out food shopping, we buy what we know and what we like. From our go-to brand of chips to those snacks that we can't seem to resist when we see them in the aisle, they are our guilty pleasures.
However, we all know that feeling of seeing that weird, knock off-brand that is usually half of the cost. There is an endless supply of them. All of the grocery stores have their own kind and they are always a blatant copy of our favorites. In fact, there are probably so many that you haven't even begun to see all of them and how bad they rip-off big-name companies. Some of them are so obvious that it's hilarious. We have compiled this list of the ones that made us actually laugh out loud, let's take a look.
15 Jay's Chips, The Fake Lays You Probably Never Heard Of Jay's chips original fake lays The people who came up with this brand of potato chips did not even attempt to hide who they were taking their name from. All they did was change the first letter and called it a day. That is some pretty lazy work if you ask us.
14 Why Buy Fruit Loops When You Can Have Fruit Rings? Fruit Rings fake fruit loops boxesvia Reddit Fruit Rings, you have to hand it to this grocery store. They took the fruit and switched out the loop for a more friendly ring. We don't know what a dragon has to do with fruity cereal, but then again, what does a toucan have to do with it?
13 I Can't Believe It's Not Fake, But This Brand Is Real Butter it's not rip off brandvia FunnyJunk We are not even sure that the wording on this brand makes sense. Butter It's Not? Is that even grammatically correct? FredMeyer, you should be ashamed of yourself. We can't believe you did this to our favorite fake butter.
12 Hamburger Helper's Less Liked Cousin Is Out There Panburger Helper fake hamburger helpervia Reddit Behold, folks, Panburger Partner in all of its glory. This is clearly Hamburger Helper's cousin that nobody likes. Why would you want a partner when you could have a much better helper. We don't know about you, but we will stick with our Hamburger, thank you very much.
11 Dr. Bob's Degree Is Definitely From A Fake School Dr. Bob rip off Dr. Pepper sodavia Reddit We were never really sure where Dr. Pepper got his doctorate, but we always trusted it because it tasted so good. Dr. Bob, though, he definitely got his degree from a fake online school where you probably just pay for a piece of paper.
10 They Could've Thought Of A Better Name For This One Creme Betweens package fake oreosvia Reddit We know what you are thinking, and we are thinking the same thing. Oreos is not the best name for a chocolate cookie, but there is no question that it is better than Creme Betweens. There is not much more to say about this one.
9 Who Ever Came Up With This Should Be Fired Fake Nutella brand Nut Mastervia Reddit Come on, really? The meeting for naming this one must have been canceled and they just went with the first one they got. The person who came up with Nut Master either has no sense of humor or really got one past the higher-ups! Either way, they should probably be fired.
8 Tired Of Gatorade? Try Out This Rip Off Brand Energade the fake Gatorade brandvia Reddit We all know the less liked Gatorade brand Powerade. We all buy it from time to time if there is none of the other ones. Have you ever heard of Energade, though? We're gonna steer very clear from this one. Stick with the alligator.
7 Ever Wanted Some More Mint In Your Thin Mints? Thick Mints package on shelfvia Reddit The girl scouts are probably searching for the people who came up with this one. It's one thing to take thin mints from those poor little girls, but the people who created thick mints might have even improved upon their product! Who doesn't want more cookie?
6 The Stealing Can't Get Any More Obvious Than This H&H box rip off M&Msvia Reddit These people didn't even bother to change the mascot for this rip-off of M&Ms! They just elongated the body and gave it some seriously big teeth. What is up with that point on the top too? Is that supposed to be hair? Just give me the original, please.
5 You're Not You When You're Hungry, Grab A Snipers Snipers fake Snickers hang holdingvia Reddit Snipers, Snickers, what's the difference? Probably a lot, to be honest. Naming a candy after a weapon probably wasn't the best move either. Also, the package is pretty much identical. These people really are not creative geniuses, are they?
4 Spain Runs On Duffin, The Fake Dunkin' Duffing Dagels storefront in Spainvia Sandy Goes To Spain If you are ever in Spain and are missing that reliable cup of coffee from Dunkin', you can stop off at this place and grab one. We can't really say if it is anywhere near as good as the original, but it's worth a shot. Or, maybe just go to a local place. It's probably better.
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3 The Offspring Of Gold Fish Is Probably Not As Good Fake Gold Fish box of guppiesvia Reddit If you ever wondered what a baby goldfish tasted like, here is your chance. Introducing cheddar cheese Guppies, the offspring of our favorite cracker that you probably never even knew you wanted. They even have zero grams of trans fat, what more could you ask for?
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2 Behold, The Fake Doritos No One Asked For Fake bag of Doritos nacho cheesevia Reddit If you take your snack foods as seriously as we do, then you are probably as mad as we are at this one. How dare they, you just don't mess around with Doritos! They are one of the greatest chips that have ever been created. Throw these in the trash!
Nut Master? lol
Overseas, fake Communist Chinese Saltines are sold. Didn’t read the package. F-ing nasty and no taste.
I meant to say that those were two different companies and that Nabisco(?) stole the idea to create Oreo’s.
And no artificial food coloring. I prefer Clancy’s snack foods. But when I brought home a multipack of chips from Walmart, my 9 year old was on cloud nine, “you bought name brand chips that aren’t Clancy’s?!?!”
Did ya see Take It, with the 4 Fingers? Sick!
It seems like it wasn’t that long ago, but of course, my childhood is lost in the dim mists of antiquity now...
Jays potato chips, originally Japps, changed after Pearl Harbor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jays_Foods
Yep. I win bets knowing that little nugget. I used to sell hardware to the Jays factory in Chicago.
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Butter It’s Not
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Yoda’s favorite it is.
Anyone remember Tatoes? They were made by the Frito company till they bought out Lays.
No such product as Dr. Pepper. It doesn't exist.
Maybe they were thinking of Dr Pepper and fat fingered their keyboard.
Clancy's is an Aldi store brand. Try slumming over to the poor side of town sometime. Bring a quarter for the buggy. The chips are pretty good. The yogurt isn't. The baked beans were also bad, but last time I was there, they were stocking Bush's.
You pay them to go away afterwards...You don't want to hear from them; that's the point!
...so misunderstood (the good Dr, that is....)
Go check out the reviews of sugar free Gummy Bears on Amazon. You will literally be rolling on the floor.
Why is “Reddit” randomly placed throughout?
This has been going on forever.
In the 1890’s C.W.Post spent time at the Battle Creek Sanitarium run by Dr John Kellogg. Dr Kellogg served the patients several varieties of granola produced in the sanitarium kitchen.
Working in the kitchen one day Post copied several recipes from W K Kelloggs desk.
When post checked out of the sanitarium he took with him the recipes for Post Postum, Grape Nuts and Post Toasties.
As John Kellogg owned the sanitarium he forbade W K from producing and retailing any of their cereals. For several years Post had the cereal market to himself until W K Kellogg took his brother to court and won the rights to the recipes and the Kellogg name.
Before modern refrigeration meat had to be bought daily and could still taste terrible by meal time. People used all manner of sauces and toppings to mask the taste of the “off” meat.
Enter the twice failed H J Heinz.
The first successful Heinz product was a tomato catsup.
Heinz had quite the problem with people attempting to copy everything from his product to his logo.
As most glass bottles of the day were dark, because clear glass was more expensive, and ingredient labeling was farcical at best. Consumers had no idea what they were buying.
That didn’t set well with Heinz. He demanded top quality and stringent sanitation in his operation.
To set his product apart from all others he put his product in the more expensive clear bottles and bought out every clear bottle of that size in the country.
Henry Heinz was instrumental in getting the first food sanitary and labeling laws passed.
I’ve never seen these.
Take-it?
I remember Hydrox cookies.
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