Costco meat - better than grocery stores?

[Anonymous]

It's the same.

[Anonymous]

We always buy from Whole Foods (Prime, you can order it) or from Organic Butcher.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The best is at Wegmans or Giant. Costco is awful. Always tastes old or flavorless.

I shop at all of those places and it's simply not true.

yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I buy all of my meats at Costco. I think the quality is better than most grocery stores. I do not think it's any cheaper though.

We buy most meat at Costco but I noticed that all of the stores had quality issues post covid. From Giant, Costco, Harris Teater I've noticed chicken isn't butchered well and I often find small particles of bone. I have to check all the chicken carefully before cooking. I've seen oddly cut red meat too. I think the meat producers are still struggling with a loss of employees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never buy meat from Costco. A few years ago I noticed the meat started tasting off and never got better.

I buy meat from all of the places discussed here excluding any specialty butchers and Costco meat is not "off". That straight up bs.

[Anonymous]

Chop Shop
Balducci's Prime
Crowd Cow (on-line)

[Anonymous]

Costco for chicken, fillet mignon, lamb.

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Anonymous wrote:Another vote for Whole Foods meat counter. I actually did an experiment where I bought the same cut of beef at WF, another smaller organic meat counter and regular grocery store. WF was by far the better quality and taste. (No, I have no ties to WF.)

A friend gets her meat at Sam's Club, and that has been very good. But she has several kids with a son in high school sports, so they eat a lot more than we do.

I used to buy meat from the butcher counter at WF until a year or two ago. It’s weird - the ribeye is tough and meats are often gristly and stringy.

[Anonymous]

I buy most meat directly from a farmer.

When I can’t, I get chicken at WF and organic ground beef at Costco or Target.

[Anonymous]

I find the fish from Costco to be very low quality. Often it smells like ammonia.

[Anonymous]

Mom’s has great meat.

[Anonymous]

I found their organic ground beef to be way more greasy than from the grocery store.

Too bad as the price is good.

[Anonymous]

I’ve had good luck with Harris Teeter but not the ranchers reserve. For years I thought Costco was good quality but my last few roasts were disappointing. I spent a fortune on a standing rib roast at Christmas which was bad. I know it wasn’t me because I prepared it the way I always do.

[Anonymous]

Costco meat has no flavor. It's not cheaper per pound - not even close. I'm sticking to Wegmans!

[Anonymous]

Bj's sells verde farms grass fed beef and in small portions.