Your favourite brands

Little Tykes toys to stand the test of time
Fisher Price for hours of fun-filled learning
Cadbury chocolate just because
Lindt chocolate truffles for Christmastime
M&S for quality everyday
Kerrygold butter for the decadence
Galtee Rashers because no fried egg should be without one
Fairy liquid - has no equal
Philosophy body products because I work hard
Yankee candle - as above
Steiff bears to celebrate, cuddle and cherish
Christopher Radko to decorate the tree
After Eights for after dinner
Rolo chocolate caramels
Ralph Lauren handbags and tops
Laura Ashley cushions and curtains
Lexington bedlinen for bedtime luxury - we deserve it

Josef Siebel

Jo Malone
Josef Siegel shoes
Birkenstock sandals
Sea salt
Nomads
Sainsbury's ( miss it as we do not have one within a reasonable distance)
Carluccios
Skyr yogurt
Lidl frozen berries

Elemis, Lancome and Gatineau
And Yankee

Nealsyard
White Company
Woman&Home magazine
Marmite
Vegemite
Manchester marmalade
Aldi's Malbec?
Tkmaax
Nag Champa incense
Green& Black chocolate

Sketchers shoes
Clinique
Tesco
Fenwicks
M&S
First Direct
Porsche
Twinnings Decaf
Tick tock red bush tea
McVities dark choc digestive
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Liz Earle skincare and fragrances
Cotton Traders - their products fit me!
Hotter Shoes - comfortable and worth the price
Lidl and Aldi for real chocolate
Aveda shampoos, but now realise they are not cruelty free
Dunelm - a cheaper alternative to Lakeland and good for household textiles
Waitrose for anything I can't find in Aldi

Just want to be sure that the 'real' Jo Malone is alive and kicking and has re-branded as 'Jo loves' and has a lovely little boutique shop in the Victoria area of London. Bet she kicks herself daily that she gave up the name when she sold the original business. I go to her because she is the genius behind it all.

Can I throw Boden into the mix. Their styles are excellent, as is their customer service.

Uniqlo for jeans, tea shirts and casual clothes
Alpro for non dairy yoghurt and plant milks
Felix for the only cat food my cat will eat( she turns her nose up at the really expensive organic stuff)

Lakeland is overpriced for just about everything, you can buy just about everything they sell online for much less.

TK Maxx just an oversized jumble sale. IMO..

Favourites.

Aldi for everything except fruit and veg which seems to go off very quickly.

Sketchers Go walk trainers

M&S food .. but only occasionally now because it's very expensive.

Miele Cat & Dog Vacuum cleaner

Amazon for ease of use and vast choices

Tool Station for ease of use , choice and fast deliveries.

Apple Mac

Savers for being cheaper than Boots.

Pearces farm shops for excellent meat and breads and superb cafes

O'Keefes Hand Cream, Magic in a tube

Another fan of L’Occitane handcream
Bare Minerals Make-up
Aldi Lacura Caviar Face and Hand cream
Also their Moser dark chocolate with sea salt and white chocolate Madagascan bars
Clark’s Shoes
Wilko’s certainly more then replaces WoolworthsIMHP.

and L'Occitane handcream

Dorset Tea
TK Maxx for soaps and handbags (our branch is quite organised)
Clarins moisturiser
Clinique stubby blusher

Lakeland
Seasalt
John Lewis
Varca shoes and espadrilles
Skyr yoghourt
Lindt chocolate
Royce bras
Apple iPad and iPod
Good Housekeeping magazine
Phase Eight
Issy Myake perfume
Stella and Dot necklaces

Like most of you I have my favourites but the one brand I would miss more than any other is apple ?. I really love my iPad

I have a soft spot for Clarks, Boden, Jo Malone, Max Factor mascara, M & S meal deals and those TK Maxx Italian soaps. I used to have a GAP habit, until our local store closed.

I don't really have brand favourites but some I don't like are

Lakeland (expensive, better off in Wilko)
Waitrose (checkouts are slow because the staff talk too much)
John Lewis (smug staff and customers)
TKMaxx (jumble sale)
WHSmith (dim lighting, hard to find what you want, won't give a bag even if you buy 6 paperbacks. I know it's the law but it makes me very cross.)

Actually, those are shops rather than brands, I suppose, but I feel better for the rant.

I do like Marmite!

Marmite.

About the only branded good I possess.

I absolutely love Lakelands too. They have the most amazing shop in Ipswich, Suffolk. It is set in an Ancient house, where the rooms are still intact and the original fireplaces and the old wooden staircases are still in situ.
It is a complete joy to wander around.

9/ Oh and I nearly forgot Morrisons also especialy for online shopping.
as they are the best.

There products are not taken off the shop floor. They have warehouses around the country. You know when you go online whether you will get the item or not as it says if it is in or out of stock online.

They also do from a pound delivery and do pre paid deliver passes for 6 months or a year which you can use as much as you want

1/ Lakeland for kitchenware.
2/ Jane Iredale, Charlotte Tilbury, Estee Lauder and Mii makeup
3/ Dermalogica and Elemis skin care
4/ Dermalogica primer
5/ Opium original and Opium black perfume
6/ Clothing: Joe Brown's, TK Max, Lindy Bop, Dotty & Dolly, Vivienne Westwood
7/ Shoes and accessories: Pavers, Office, Accessorize. Cath Kitsons for bags and Claires
8/ I also buy fairy, persil and comfort in catering size packs on eBay as it works out alot cheaper to buy in bulk. I also buy tea and coffee in the same way

Yorkshire teabags
Iceland quinoa and bean mix
Moshulu (found these shoes last year]
Clarks (old favorites)
Clothes can all sorts.
Most other brands can be interchangeable for me , a decent coffee or chocolate. A variety o& perfumes and make up brands.

I like John Lewis and M&S underwear. I love Lurpak and find that Tesco own brand Butterpak is fairly close and quite a bit cheaper.
For puss I'd say that Sanicat cat-litter is superior, sorry to lower the tone.
Pandora jewellery is also lovely.

There must be something wrong with me.
I don't really have favourite brands - apart from the soap pwder. Asda non-bio. I am very sensitive to all sorts and have endless rasheds if anything is perfumed, etc. it is the only soap powder that I can use.
I will shop wherever DH takes me, at the moment it is Sainsbury's - so I get my clothes as well as food there.
I have a soft spot for IKEA although we don't have one near us, and all I do is childishly drool over the catalogues...