I am not cut out for Costco
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Anonymous
If a certain fruit doesn’t look good, I pick something else. But my family eats whatever fruits I bring home because that’s how they were raised. You buy individual fruits for each person? |
Anonymous
We make a lot of smoothies and throw a lot of random fruits in. But not everyone wants to eat raspberries out of the palm of their hand. Look Costco lover, while the strawberries may "look good" they are actually sour and hard. If you haven't had real fresh strawberries you probably don't know the difference. |
Anonymous
And elsewhere. Costco sells half the world’s cashews. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/dining/costco.html#:~:text=(Costco%20sells%20half%20the%20world's,like%20Nike%20and%20Coca%2DCola.&text=For%20all%20its%20success%2C%20the%20company%20is%20not%20well%20understood. |
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Dh loves costco, but I am not a huge fan. I'm the person in our household who is the minimizer/throw-away person, and we probably end up tossing about 20% of what we buy - because it passes the best buy dates (dairy in the short term, everything else can be years later).
When my mom joined in the 80s (Price Club!) it was mostly asian families buying for their small businesses and restaurants. Now we live in Florida, and it's 80% retirees. And they are cutthroat as hell, to get to the front of lines, push ahead of you, etc. And it cracks me up slash irritates me, because I see these AARP-members acting insane to buy 80 rolls of toilet paper and 2 gallons of cashews, and they're likely to die before they even get through it all. |
Anonymous
| I used to love Costco when we lived near the one in the Fairfax part of Alexandria right off of route 1. I could be there in under 10 minutes and I used it as my primary grocery store. I was so happy when it opened because Springfield was a trek and Pentagon City’s parking lot is a level of hell Dante didn’t even contemplate. Then we moved and are equidistant to DC and Pentagon City, but that means it’s roughly 35 minutes to either one (and I refuse to go to Pentagon City anyway) so I only go every 6-8 weeks and find it so overwhelming that I should probably just give it up. |
Anonymous
| My question is where are you all putting this stuff? We have a normal size panty. Does everyone have giant deep freezers and/or converted there basement to a food storage shed? Costco shopping is one pantry moth away from your worst nightmare |
Anonymous
I’m the PP who returns stuff the next day of my DH buys it and we don’t need it. I don’t have a pantry but I have a fridge and shelves in the basement. |
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Anyone there tonight? From X-
SNATCH & GRAB W/12 DYSON VACUUM CLEANERS TAKEN: Costco 10900 Bl. of Baltimore Ave. Beltsville, MD. @PGPDNews on scene investigating an incident with multiple individuals walking into the store and taking atleast 12 vacuum cleaners and fleeing the store. |
Anonymous
We have a stand alone freezer in the basement. I don’t buy many pantry staples from Costco because I one, don’t have the space, and two, could never use 50lbs of flour or beans or whatever before it went bad. Stuff I buy at Costco: Kirkland brand k cups Real maple syrup Honey Organic EVOO Kirkland brand bacon Charmin TP (only when on sale) Bounty paper towels (only when on sale) Whichever cereal is on sale Kirkland goat cheese Prosciutto Pork roast Whole chickens Rack of lamb Ribs Chicken Apple sausage Frozen ravioli All free and clear (when on sale) Mach 3 razor blades Women’s disposable razors Tampons Kirkland champagne Shout or spray and wash, whichever they have at the time Pine Sol Swiffer cloths Fabuloso Toilet bowl cleaner Chicken stock Himalayan salt Sea salt Cinnamon Garlic powder Batteries Pillows Half and half Heavy cream Butter Milk Eggs Cabot cheddar cheese If we are having a party, I’d get chips, flats of soda, water, beer, and juice, crackers, cheeses, and probably the meat for whatever I’m cooking. |
Anonymous
I need to know more about this story. How did they get in the store? Did they get past the membership card checkers?? |
Anonymous
We (without exaggeration) make up the cost of the annual membership on parmesan cheese alone. I have done the math. |
business is good bye I heard Sam's Cub is better for business shopping.
Anonymous
They don't have guns. You just walk past them. |
Anonymous
come on sheep - use your heads ! |
Anonymous
About 10 years or so ago, there was a smash and grab at the Pentagon City Costco but the stupid thieves tried escaping in a car that was in the lot - and of course, that lot is a mess. So, they got stuck and easily nabbed by the cops. Much laughing and joking by the media and public ensued. |
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Kirkland house brand - no joke.
I am ultra picky and appreciate top shelf. Kirkland is impressively good. Like, they don't have to be that good and actually are. Costco is a good business. You may not like it, but you should respect it. That's why there's a zillion people there all the time. Some places are not worthy - Costco is not that place. It may not work for you personally but for what it is, it's damn good. |