Favorite Costco buys?

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Anonymous wrote:Family of 3 (4 when DS is home from college) and I'm in Costco weekly. It's really replaced the grocery store for the most part for us.

Can't beat the cost of the rotisserie chicken. Get the instant mashed potatoes, some frozen mixed veggies, and you have an easy dinner. I also get the big pack of already-picked rotisserie chicken and use it to make chicken noodle soup, chicken pot pie, chicken alfredo. I freeze whatever I don't use after a few days.

And $10 for a huge pizza from the food court?

Gas prices are lower than any other gas station in my area.

Their chocolate tuxedo cake is delicious.

Fresh bread is great too. Just need to eat it before too long since there's no preservatives or artificial ingredients to keep it lasting two weeks.

Street tacos are another easy dinner.

My entire work-from-home wardrobe is now Costco. $20 sneakers!

Pay for it all on the Costco visa and you get a nice cash check every year.

And an amazingly easy return policy.

What percent cash back do you get? I'm currently using my bank visa card which gives me 1.5% cash back on all purchases. I wonder if the Costco card would be a better deal.

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The mayorga coffee is a great price.
We get most of our vitamins, allergy medicine, Tylenol, and I get all my wrinkle cream there (revlon, ROC, or strivectin).
Some is seasonal — their cherries are such a good price. The mangos as pretty good there.

[Anonymous]

Big bottle of Amlactin
Big bottle of 5000 IU vit D gummies
Fairlife protein shakes
Beecher’s world best Mac and cheese
Seasonal produce
Kirkland pesto

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Rao’s sauce
Mateo’s salsa

[Anonymous]

Rental car

Seriously save $200-$400 each rental.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Family of 3 (4 when DS is home from college) and I'm in Costco weekly. It's really replaced the grocery store for the most part for us.

Can't beat the cost of the rotisserie chicken. Get the instant mashed potatoes, some frozen mixed veggies, and you have an easy dinner. I also get the big pack of already-picked rotisserie chicken and use it to make chicken noodle soup, chicken pot pie, chicken alfredo. I freeze whatever I don't use after a few days.

And $10 for a huge pizza from the food court?

Gas prices are lower than any other gas station in my area.

Their chocolate tuxedo cake is delicious.

Fresh bread is great too. Just need to eat it before too long since there's no preservatives or artificial ingredients to keep it lasting two weeks.

Street tacos are another easy dinner.

My entire work-from-home wardrobe is now Costco. $20 sneakers!

Pay for it all on the Costco visa and you get a nice cash check every year.

And an amazingly easy return policy.

What percent cash back do you get? I'm currently using my bank visa card which gives me 1.5% cash back on all purchases. I wonder if the Costco card would be a better deal.

NP here. yes, citi cistco card pays 2%
I get 4% total - 2% from Exec membership, 2% from Costco citi card
I'm also in Costco every week/10 days (family of 5 with 3 teenage boys), exec memebrship pays for itself (it costs extra $60), we spend a lot there

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gave up on Costco years ago. So many better stores around that are much more convenient with great prices.

What made you click on this thread to answer the OP's question?

[Anonymous]

Crazy busy this year with school, work and kids sports. We now do Costco meals three days a week and then do leftovers on day 4, the takeout on day 5

Family favorites:
— cottage pie — about 17 bucks, 6-7 servings
— salmon — 4 servings, about 30 bucks
— chicken Alfredo, about 5 servings, about 18 bucks
—. Beef bulgogi, about four servings, about 20 bucks

All of these except for the beef need about about 30 mins or more in the oven.

Serve with some broccoli or bagged salad, with rice if needed

Kids eat lunch at school so it’s a pretty efficient and relatively affordable way of getting though the week.

Other Costco faves: the cream cheese tub. Milks. Eggs. Granola. Kind bars. Babibel cheeses. Detroit style pizzas

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Raspberries
Frozen stir fry veggies
Scope
Lysol wipes
Aluminum foil
Bottled water
$1.50 hotdog on the way out

[Anonymous]

We do most of our shopping at Costco. Here are some favorites beyond milk, eggs, meat, wine, paper towels.

Just Bare chicken nuggets - they do taste like chin FIL a
Frank gluten free bread which is actually pretty good
Bibigo frozen steamed dumplings
Bibigo rice that you microwave for 90 sec in the pantry aisle
Premium frozen stir fry vegetables
Rotisserie chicken
Tonkatsu ramen in the pantry aisle
Rice ramen

We really go for the less expensive coffee beans, paper and cleaning, milk, eggs, cheese, meat and wine.

For produce - only if you are planning on cooking and freezing dishes or feeding a large crowd. The only things that we can through in a week fresh are romaine lettuce, avocados, bananas and raspberries. The lemons do last in the fridge awhile.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does Costco deliver? We live in MoCo and I would join but our Costcos are terrible--too crowded and the parking lots are awful when we have gone. My SIL lives near one outside NYC and it's immaculate with a huge parking lot--I'd belong if we had something like that.

Yes, via Instacart (though I've never used it, b/c I live near one that's easy to deal with in person).

I’m in Moco and head to Costco every 2 weeks or so. Gaithersburg is the most crowded. Avoided it for 3 years and went there a few weeks ago on Saturday, most crowded in my life.

Wheaton is busy but not as bad. Beltsville is the best.

Sams Club is so relaxing, no crowds even on a Saturday. I do the scan and go with phone and no line for checkout.

Best Costco stuff is Amylu chicken sausage when on sale. Grass fed beef sausages. Precooked frozen bacon. Sliced cheeses are cheap.

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We’re in MoCo but drive to Fairfax costco. It’s just 10 minutes more away with better parking, better selection. Gaithersburg is the worst in terms of parking. Arlington is smaller. Don’t like the selection in Wheaton.

We get A2 milk, eggs, bottled water, san pellegrino sparkling water, whole wheat bread, kerrygold butter, cheese (mozzarella, pecorino romano, parmesan, other soft and hard cheeses), meat (we get the prime grade, very good quality for a good price), salmon, cod, and other fish, lobster, fruits (usually tastes very good with little spoilage, we get strawberries, mango, grapes, blueberries), pipito peppers, bell peppers, all sorts of household consumables (toilet paper, kitchen towels, detergent, soap, kids waterbottles), granola bars, spices, prosciutto, baklava (huge box=$10), holiday chocolates and other seasonal items,..

We cook almost every day (lots of high quality meals) and save a ton by shopping at Costco.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We do most of our shopping at Costco. Here are some favorites beyond milk, eggs, meat, wine, paper towels.

Just Bare chicken nuggets - they do taste like chin FIL a
Frank gluten free bread which is actually pretty good
Bibigo frozen steamed dumplings
Bibigo rice that you microwave for 90 sec in the pantry aisle
Premium frozen stir fry vegetables
Rotisserie chicken
Tonkatsu ramen in the pantry aisle
Rice ramen

We really go for the less expensive coffee beans, paper and cleaning, milk, eggs, cheese, meat and wine.

For produce - only if you are planning on cooking and freezing dishes or feeding a large crowd. The only things that we can through in a week fresh are romaine lettuce, avocados, bananas and raspberries. The lemons do last in the fridge awhile.

I buy lemons there and have my kids juice and zest them, then freeze. I am grateful every time I’m cooking and it saves me a few steps!

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We can get through a box of the peaches or nectarine s before they spoil. My kids love them, and the baby watermelons.

Maple syrup
EVOO Kirkland brand
Printer ink
When the large pork loins are on sale like they were 2 weeks ago, I buy 2 and cut them into smaller pork loins.
Fresh swordfish when they have it is amazing
Lego sets for Christmas gifts
Goat cheese
The large pack of prosciutto
Honey crisp apple cider when in season
Stoneybrook probiotic whole milk yogurt smoothies. My kids go through a pack of those a week and they are way less $$ at the costco.

Those are just random items, I also buy all sorts of other things there.

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Has anyone seen halibut at a Costco?