The Costco Thread
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Yeah I typically try to go on Monday or Tuesday. Leave work a little early and swing through and it's not bad. Tried going on a Saturday afternoon once and I will never ever do that again
My first job out of college was in the Short North. Was a cool little neighborhood.
The Costco Irish butter that's spreadable. Just a couple of ingredients and it's good.
They were $5.99 to 6.99 dollars for 6 of them and you had to purchase 2 boxes of them, you could not purchase just one box of six, only two boxes of six. So this price is cheaper, because they have gotten rid of the rule you have to buy two boxes of eight.
Well this is a day I thought I would never see someone on CF complaining about BJs.
Short North is cool, but it’s blown up. You probably wouldn’t even recognize it anymore. Pretty gentrified, but still has some grit to it.
Paper products (Paper towels, tp, Clorox wipes, trash bags, etc)
Bottled Water
Drinks for kids (Gatorade, Sunny D)
Milk
Used to get formula, diapers and wipes
Toothpaste, mouthwash, shampoo, body wash
Batteries
Chicken breasts, wings, and the pre-packaged chicken for air fryer
The frozen shaved steak for Phillies (we use it to make quesadillas)
Frozen fruit for smoothies
Plain white bath and hand towels
Snacks in the summer for camping
Coffee K cups
We live an hour outside Des Moines and typically have to go on Sunday. Too many people to browse. We usually hustle through the store, get what we need, and get out.
Things I don't buy at Costco:
Kirkland bacon sucks
I can usually buy booze cheaper at Wall to Wall across the street. I used to love the Kirkland Canadian whiskey, but I swear they changed the formulation a couple years ago and cheapened it up. Gives me a headache now.
Bottled Water
Drinks for kids (Gatorade, Sunny D)
Milk
Used to get formula, diapers and wipes
Toothpaste, mouthwash, shampoo, body wash
Batteries
Chicken breasts, wings, and the pre-packaged chicken for air fryer
The frozen shaved steak for Phillies (we use it to make quesadillas)
Frozen fruit for smoothies
Plain white bath and hand towels
Snacks in the summer for camping
Coffee K cups
We live an hour outside Des Moines and typically have to go on Sunday. Too many people to browse. We usually hustle through the store, get what we need, and get out.
Things I don't buy at Costco:
Kirkland bacon sucks
I can usually buy booze cheaper at Wall to Wall across the street. I used to love the Kirkland Canadian whiskey, but I swear they changed the formulation a couple years ago and cheapened it up. Gives me a headache now.
Best pre-cooked bacon there is. Shhh, don't let too much word out on that.
Really like their chunky guacamole - single serve portions in cups. Good stuff
Year, maybe 2 ago, they had Lumpia in the refrigerated section that were to die for out of the air fryer. However they were only a short run, but I always check on my trips back.
Also, my wife recently bought a WooZoo fan. Small, ball/globe shaped to use for a room. Have since bought 2 more as gifts & many houseguests have really liked it.
Can't go wrong in the wine section nor the liquor/spirits either.
My parents were stuck with just BJs until a Costco opened ten minutes from their house. I took my mom there when we visited and she said it was way better than BJs.
The oblivious people shopping there though. Today I was at the Ankeny one and a guy kept stopping and leaving his cart in the middle of the aisle to walk to a different part of the aisle to get something. Me and the people behind him kept getting stuck. The third time it happened I “gently” rammed his cart out of the way so we could all pass. He didn’t even look at us as we went by him.
Outside of copious amounts of alcohol, I just never saw much of anything I would need in bulk.
I personally spend less than $50 there just for items like coffee, etc. I'm usually the person with two things standing in line with people that have full carts.
I live like 10 minutes from one so that probably factors in since a trip there isn't one big swoop of things.
Buy clothes there
Croissants
Booze
Kirkland lightly breaded chicken nuggets
Milk
Butter
Taylor farms Mediterranean salad kits
Paper products
Probiotics
Frozen broccoli
Meat, chicken thighs, breast, wings, briskets, pork butts, brats, Canadian bacon.
Cheese
Snacks
Coffee
Amongst so much other stuff there. Oh yeah fuel too!
Croissants
Booze
Kirkland lightly breaded chicken nuggets
Milk
Butter
Taylor farms Mediterranean salad kits
Paper products
Probiotics
Frozen broccoli
Meat, chicken thighs, breast, wings, briskets, pork butts, brats, Canadian bacon.
Cheese
Snacks
Coffee
Amongst so much other stuff there. Oh yeah fuel too!
Been a member for years, how about you, since you know nothing about how much things cost in their stores or that they switched the muffins, before when you had to purchase 2 packs, they would not sell you one. We go down to the one in Ankeny every month or so, before that we went to the one in W. Des Moines.
