Savvy Grocery Shoppers Seek Out “Dupes” Of More Expensive Brands. ... The black-and-white, block-lettered “generic” groceries of old came with a stigma of being cheap and inferior.

A 45-year-old Tennessee woman had a novel excuse when she was arrested on Sunday for trying to use crude, counterfeit dollar bills at a local grocery store — blaming her actions on U.S ...