RE: name brand food plots
Greg, I feel like Spurrier - smirking/grimmacing/ all that....about now. haha
I think it depends on what you want to happen. It seems a lot of the commercialized mixes provide a LOT of great stuff (i've used all of em) but I suspect, depending on what you want, you can achieve it for a lot less money at your local farmers supply or a similar outlet.
To answer your question: yes, i like em, enthusiastically.
Can you do better (price wise?)....probably.
Good luck.