[mbhunter]

Very interesting!

But it's not the packaging that makes one product taste better than the other. It's the ingredients and processing that go into the product. It is conclusive only if the products are identical, except for the packaging.

I would expect that the name-brand product would taste better in some cases. Then, the results would go against what you're trying to prove!

A friend of mine got a comment from his daughter about why all of the cans of Chef Boyardee were dented. (He bought them at a discount grocery store for about half the price of what the supermarket charged.) His response, "Well, sweetheart, this is the only way you're getting them, because I'm not paying full price for them!"

Unless the kids want to pay the grocery bill for the cartoon characters, shouldn't you have the final say anyway?