What should I buy at Costco?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:nuts and jerky. good quality cheese and meats (I don't always spend less there but it's good quality). paper plates, toilet paper, diapers. Cold medicine.

You just need to make sure what you are buying will get used up. I tend to avoid much of the produce as it doesn't ripen or we can't use it up once it does (and I have a very large family). I do buy strawberries and avocados there.

We are a family of 4 (2 teens and their parents), and the produce is what I love. We do go through the strawberries, blueberries and raspberries in a week, and love having watermelon. We tried the avocados, but they went bad before we could keep up with eating them. I also love the fresh salsa.

We have a second fridge in our basemt where we store organic milk and the Greek yogurt among other things.

The produce I haven’t liked recently is - clementines, cantaloupes, pears, bananas. I feel like they are picked too soon and don’t ripen. Berries are good.
For easy meals, I really like the lime marinade flank steak, street tacos, salmon plus bagged kale salad and packaged tikka masala.

[Anonymous]

Toilet paper
Paper towels
Diapers
Wipes
Snacks for lunches
Some baking supplies
Meat
Sometimes a dessert
Hummus
Tortellini
La croix
Dish detergent
Laundry detergent
Vitamins
Kid pajamas
Towels
Holiday stuff

[Anonymous]

Ditto to most of the above (including no bananas). Also, tires, and recently travel (hotels and once hotel + airfare).

[Anonymous]

4 options pack of sliced cheese, bread (throw one loaf in the freezer), amazing croissants, pineapple sauce, milk, yogurt, organic apples, organic chicken and beef, organic veggies,

Non grocery: eye glasses and contacts, vacations, tires

[Anonymous]

Anything you can break up and freeze: meat, bread, pre-made lasagne, deli meat, bacon. And the Kirkland Vitamin Water.

[Anonymous]

Every. Single. Thing.

[Anonymous]

Advil/Tylenol


Dog beds and dog food if you have dogs

[Anonymous]

Gas station
Eye glasses and contacts
OTC meds
Diapers and wipes
Trash bags, toilet paper

[Anonymous]

Big sheet cakes for parties

[Anonymous]

Tires and auto
Mulch and yard stuff

If your Costco has these

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tires and auto
Mulch and yard stuff

If your Costco has these

Which ones have yard stuff?

[Anonymous]

Medjool dates
Laundry detergent
Dishwasher detergent
Gas
T.P., paper towels
Garbage bags
Kirkland hummus, multi-pack of individual servings

[Anonymous]

Travel services. We paid $300 for a European car rental that would have been twice that through rental company. It even included an extra driver, which would have pushed up the price more. For trip in US, it knocked a quarter off the Enterprise price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:nuts and jerky. good quality cheese and meats (I don't always spend less there but it's good quality). paper plates, toilet paper, diapers. Cold medicine.

You just need to make sure what you are buying will get used up. I tend to avoid much of the produce as it doesn't ripen or we can't use it up once it does (and I have a very large family). I do buy strawberries and avocados there.

We are a family of 4 (2 teens and their parents), and the produce is what I love. We do go through the strawberries, blueberries and raspberries in a week, and love having watermelon. We tried the avocados, but they went bad before we could keep up with eating them. I also love the fresh salsa.

We have a second fridge in our basemt where we store organic milk and the Greek yogurt among other things.

The produce I haven’t liked recently is - clementines, cantaloupes, pears, bananas. I feel like they are picked too soon and don’t ripen. Berries are good.
For easy meals, I really like the lime marinade flank steak, street tacos, salmon plus bagged kale salad and packaged tikka masala.

Yes, another person here who doesn't like the HUGE bags of green bananas. The bananas from safeway seem to ripen better.

[Anonymous]

Ha! What shouldn’t you buy at Costco?