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Brand Loyalty anyone?

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Just a random holiday downtime thought...

How much does brand loyalty play in everyone's purchasing patterns? I know that there are certain daily purchases that I have loyalty with... Dr. Pepper for lunch time beverage, Quaker Oats for breakfast oatmeal. But my daily consumption is otherwise unaffected.

Travel, I have my patterns of Southwest for flights, Hilton brand for lodging and National for rental cars, but the latter two were really more of a corporate directive. Southwest is definitely my own personal loyalty due to living in the hub city and enjoying friendly service regardless of lack of seat assignment/boarding process.

Anyone else notice they have subconscious loyalties or just habits of purchase?
 
I don't travel for work any more, but I still prefer staying at Starwood hotels. I have lifetime gold, which doesn't count for a while lot, so it's mostly just the familiarity with their hotels.

I guess jeans - all my jeans have been Lucky brand for the last 10+ years. They're really soft and comfortable, and I like that.

My wallet - it's essentially two pieces of metal with a hair band holding them together, but i absolutely love it - it's exactly what I want. So I'm on my second one, even though it's really hard to find.

And I guess I really only go to one movie theater - but that's more because of the assigned seating than real loyalty.

I'm sure there's others, but that's what I can think of for now.
 
I have almost no brand loyalty for any product; only one I can think of offhand is that, for pre-packaged cookie dough, I much prefer Nestlé's Tollhouse.
 
Delta/(Hilton,Marriott)/National
Polo/Reebok/
Nike for sports gear
Publix brand
 
All my strict loyalties are travel related. Southwest for air, Hyatt for hotel, MLife properties in Vegas. I rarely stray and only when the preferred brand is not an option. Other than that I am mostly loyal to whatever is cheapest or most convenient.
 
Marriott for sure. Costco's brand Kirkland is so good I find myself buying their stuff all the time. Bosch wiper blades. I guess I'm loyal to stuff that is good/works more than a particular brand.
 
Delta
National Car Rental
Cottonelle toilet paper
Coca Cola
Canidae dog food
Lemon Fresh Joy dish soap
Fiji bottled water
APC jeans
Gucci and Ferragamo loafers (though I wore Bass Weejuns for years and could revert if I had to)
Apple iPhone
I’ve got very specific “guys” for various not-everyday things, too: jewelry, Persian rugs, custom made furniture, commissioned art

There are probably more. I’m a quirky guy.
 
RunRonnieRun said:
Delta
National Car Rental
Cottonelle toilet paper
Coca Cola
Canidae dog food
Lemon Fresh Joy dish soap
Fiji bottled water
APC jeans
Gucci and Ferragamo loafers (though I wore Bass Weejuns for years and could revert if I had to)
Apple iPhone
I’ve got very specific “guys” for various not-everyday things, too: jewelry, Persian rugs, custom made furniture, commissioned art

There are probably more. I’m a quirky guy.
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Actually finding that I'm quirky too... like, laundry detergent (Tide Pods are amazing), TP (Charmin), dish soap (Dawn)... but the things I consume are cheap versions like Great Value (Wal-Mart for the riches that don't shop there) steamable veggies, any soup, etc.
 
Southwest, Hilton and Enterprise - A combination of convenience and loyalty programs.
Publix and Kirkland - Guaranteed to get a good product at a good price.
Ralph Lauren - Fit, style and quality.
Nike - I don't know why, but I currently own about 12-15 pairs. I guess I know what I'm getting.
 
Marriott
Delta
Diet Coke
Hunt's all natural ketchup. Yes it really is better than Heinz and routinely beats it in blind taste tests.
Columbia boat shoes
Levi's
 
For me coffee, soda, jeans but that may be about as far as I can see any type of brand loyalty when it comes to purchasing things.
 
RunRonnieRun said:
Strange things I’m NOT brand loyal to:

Golf balls
Athletic shoes
Ride share services
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The lack of loyalty to a specific golf ball is probably the most surprising thing I've seen in this thread. Most who've ever taken the game seriously were pretty strictly devoted to a particular ball.
 
SeaPA said:
The lack of loyalty to a specific golf ball is probably the most surprising thing I've seen in this thread. Most who've ever taken the game seriously were pretty strictly devoted to a particular ball.
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Right?

To me all of the high end balls perform about the same. Pro V1 vs TaylorMade TP vs Bridgestone B330 ... there isn’t a notable difference from one to the next. Any time I see one of the pro line on sale I stock up.
 
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DFSNOLE said:
Everyone I know who has tried Duke's is loyal to it. My wife is a Hellman's person and the brand of mayo isn't worth the fight.
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I agree about Duke’s. It’s my go to for standard American mayo. I also always have Kewpie on hand for the sweet Asian style. So I keep both stocked at all times.

As far as other brand loyalty, I’m 100% brand loyal to:

1) Heinz Ketchup. Don’t come near me with Hunts or generic %*%*.
2) Lea & Perrins Worcestershire. Don’t come near me with Heinz or generic %^%*.
3) iPhones. I had to have a high end Android for a short time when my iPhone got stolen at Six Flags New Jersey and I couldn’t get the discount, so I just bought a droid cheap at a pawn shop....it was terrible. Never again!

That’s all I can think of. Of course I have some preferences. I like Lenovo hybrid laptops, like iPads, like RC Cola, like Hyundai’s especially for the price/safety/reliability combo and a lot more. But I wouldn’t be brand loyal to them. But those three are nonnegotiable.
 
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GoNolesTX said:
Just a random holiday downtime thought...

How much does brand loyalty play in everyone's purchasing patterns? I know that there are certain daily purchases that I have loyalty with... Dr. Pepper for lunch time beverage, Quaker Oats for breakfast oatmeal. But my daily consumption is otherwise unaffected.

Travel, I have my patterns of Southwest for flights, Hilton brand for lodging and National for rental cars, but the latter two were really more of a corporate directive. Southwest is definitely my own personal loyalty due to living in the hub city and enjoying friendly service regardless of lack of seat assignment/boarding process.

Anyone else notice they have subconscious loyalties or just habits of purchase?
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United and Marriot. Always fly United. Will stay at a Four Seasons or Waldorf if there isn't a Ritz or JW in town. Otherwise, I have brands I repeatedly by but more of preference than loyalty. Like AG jeans or Ferragamo shoes. Don't care about the brand but they fit and are comfortable. I'm on my 3rd Benz so maybe there is some loyalty there as well.
 
RunRonnieRun said:
Hunts is garbage but that’s neither here nor there. Your post made me remember an important one: Duke’s Mayonnaise.
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We buy Dukes as well. I'm. It kidding about Hunts though. The All Natural Hunts beats Heinz hands down. The brand loyalty to Heinz is a pretty weird phenomenon as it really isn't that thick or good and most people don't really care that much anyway as it's pretty much a kids condiment only used on fries by most adults. McDonalds is doing just fine running through ketchup that isn't Heinz and I've never seen or heard of anyone ever complaining about off brand ketchup in any restaurant.
 
Oh just thought of another one I’m 100% loyal to. Peter Pan Peanut Butter. I can’t stand Jiff, Reeses, Skippy or any healthy organic brand. I want mine filled with the right amount of sugar, lard and chemicals.
 
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RunRonnieRun said:
Right?

To me all of the high end balls perform about the same. Pro V1 vs TaylorMade TP vs Bridgestone B330 ... there isn’t a notable difference from one to the next. Any time I see one of the pro line on sale I stock up.
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That's true nowadays - there are a lot more choices of high quality balls. When I was coming up, there really wasn't much comparable to the old balata Titleist, so every good ball striker played that ball (Maxfli did make a ball that was about as good, think it was the "Black Max") Then when Titleist came out with the ProV1, for a long time there wasn't much else close (again, I can only recall one ball that was close - I think it was made by Wilson but not certain of that; it held greens equally well, but wasn't as long).

But even with the better selection of comparable quality, most golfers are still pretty loyal to a particular brand.
 
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RunRonnieRun said:
Right?

To me all of the high end balls perform about the same. Pro V1 vs TaylorMade TP vs Bridgestone B330 ... there isn’t a notable difference from one to the next. Any time I see one of the pro line on sale I stock up.
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With you there. I don't play much these days, but I used to add Callaway to the mix as well. I buy whatever is available and priced best. No solid core balls and nothing shiny, I don't like glossy golf balls but other than that I'm not picky.


No other brand loyalty that I can think of, more of a value shopper than anything else.

Maybe Amazon for shopping because of next day or 2 day shipping with prime. I'll even pay a few pennies more so I don't have to go to the store. The older I get, the less I like going to the store.
 
SeaPA said:
That's true nowadays - there are a lot more choices of high quality balls. When I was coming up, there really wasn't much comparable to the old balata Titleist, so every good ball striker played that ball (Maxfli did make a ball that was about as good, think it was the "Black Max") Then when Titleist came out with the ProV1, for a long time there wasn't much else close (again, I can only recall one ball that was close - I think it was made by Wilson but not certain of that; it held greens equally well, but wasn't as long).

But even with the better selection of comparable quality, most golfers are still pretty loyal to a particular brand.
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Oh yeah. In high school and before it was Titleist or nothing. That started to change when Wilson introduced the SmartCore in the late 90s.
 
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Nolomite said:
This is the Locker Room - OF COURSE people are loyal to some brands, in some realm, but this is not a crowd to profess their loyalty unless they can score points doing so. Points are scored by championing obscure brands, unpopular mainstream brands, and brands in domains where branding is not terribly important.

Wanna see?
https://floridastate.forums.rivals....est-whiskey-whisky.182196/page-2#post-3423344
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Well, I'm loyal to my own brand of ketchup that I make from Icelandic greenhouse tomatoes, black vinegar from Jiangsu Province and red rock salt from the Khewra Salt Mine in northern Pakistan.
 
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Cars--General Motors
Sodas--Coke products
Groceries--Publix
Beer--Bud Heavy
Rum--Wicked Dolphin
Whiskey--Wild Turkey
Gas--Kroger
Fast Food--ChickfilA and Stake 'n' Shake
 
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