The dreaded nameless products

Loblaws and its affiliated stores have been selling "no name" products for quite some time now.  They're generally cheaper than their brand-name equivalents, and the quality is variable — sometimes it's pretty much the same product as the brand-name stuff but in plainer packaging.  Sometimes, not so much.

Lately, it's seemed to me that many of the "no name" products I've bought have been of much lower quality than they used to be.  For some things I'm fussy about quality — for durable items, I will almost invariably buy something that will last and work trouble-free, and I'm willing to pay extra for something that won't have to be repaired or replaced for a long time.  Other things, not so much.  I don't have much taste for really cheap crappy chocolate any more, but I don't have the palate to appreciate the finest-quality chocolate: I like it, but I'm happy with cheaper decent-quality chocolate.  But a lot of the "no name" items don't meet even fairly low standards.

( More grumbling lies beneath... )