What to buy at Costco?
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Anonymous
| whether you want bulk convenience foods or bulk ingredients for home cooking, they have what you need. I get the 12lbs of King Arthur flour, mega bags of artisanal dried beans, vanilla, maple syrup, and so on. If I have to send in a pre-packaged snack to my kids' school, they have great options. |
Anonymous
NO but they comingle in their Wherehouse 
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Anonymous
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First of all, do you gave the storage space.
We are family of 6 but dropped ours. I didn’t love it and storing such large quantities was a pain |
Anonymous
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Storage space is important. Here are my frequent purchases, focused on food:
- milk! - eggs (we use a lot of eggs, and having 24 at a time works well for us) - packs of ground turkey, chicken breasts, chicken thighs, flank steak - crab-stuffed salmon; my kids love it - frozen burgers - cereal - often used spices like taco seasoning and cinnamon - special occasion meat, like their beef filet - bulk mac & cheese or cans of food we use a lot (black beans) - condiments - ketchup/mustard/relish package - big boxes of granola bars or other snacks; these were great back in the days of bringing snacks to soccer games, etc - the individually packaged avocado mash thingys - pre-cooked Indian food - vitamin water, seltzer waters, etc - wine/beer non-food - batteries - paper towels & toilet paper - razor blades - laundry detergent - sometimes toiletries Things I used to buy but have learned better: - most produce, especially berries -- they go bad too quickly for us, the quantities are too much, and take up way too much space in the fridge |
Anonymous
The pp is acting like the coffins already have people in them, lol. We tend to buy: Canned goods Olive oil OTC allergy meds (super money saver) Shampoo Bread Some clothing Paper products Cleaning products Glasses (but don't expect much individual customer service, they are usually too busy) |
Anonymous
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Only 4 of us but with two growing kids we go through a lot of stuff! We shop at Costco for a lot of stuff (we are vegetarian). We have two full size fridges which is a must.
Milk Eggs Bread (Use one freeze the other loaf) English muffins Greek yogurt, plain as well as flavored cups Fruit - organic berries, frozen berries, apples, oranges, lemons, champagne mangoes Butter - Store brand unsalted for baking, salted Kerrygold for the table Maple Syrup Honey Kodiak Cakes pancake mix Oats Quinoa Flour Sugar Canned tomatoes Cauliflower rice Veggies - big bag of spinach, avocados, colored peppers, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli florets, mushrooms, onions year round. More seasonal: bag of sweet potatoes, bag of Italian eggplant San Pellegrino Peanut butter Almond butter Pre-packaged snacks for kids Pharmacy - contact lens solution Aveeno Eucerin & Aquaphor for my kid with eczema Children's vitamins & allergy tablets All this plus gas. The things we don't buy at Costco are ones we don't get through much of. Also not spices, rice, lentils - we get those at Indian/ Asian store. |
Anonymous
| Croissants and wine |
Anonymous
Am I the only one that hates the containers the gallon milk comes in? I won't buy it there because of it. |
Anonymous
| Also, I've taken to picking up dinner on the day I do my Costco run (pizza, one of the refrigerated heatable things) because dealing with that big a shopping trip destroys my will, and it's nice to have something easy that night. Especially with a new baby! |
Anonymous
PP who hates the milk, they modified the spout ever so slightly so it's not hard to pour anymore. My husband used to hate Costco milk for that reason, but is fine with it now. |
Anonymous
Why? You can put all the groceries in the coffin for the ride home. |