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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure why you'd go for daily groceries unless you had like a 6 person family min :) business is good bye I heard Sam's Cub is better for business shopping.

Costco has a few items highly worthy of the shopping experience.  Google them.

I think their parm cheese is imported from Italy direct.  Their wine selection is above average as their linens. They carry interesting seasonal items that are good to look at even if you don't get from them it's fun to shop there in a manner of speaking.  Their cinnamon is top shelf as olive oil for cooking.  Def toilet paper and cleaning supplies like detergent, Claritin, stuff in bulk to get.

You'd be surprised how good the Kirkland brand measures up to other house brands.  I'm not suggesting it's top shelf for everything but as someone who shops at Niemans, I like Costco :). You're not going to get unfortunately your flavors for everything you prefer like Goldfish unfortunately is only cheddar.  But I hear it's location/state dependent,  the CA ones are the bomb!

I'm not sure I'd join specifically for the shopping opportunity there but if you had some disposable income and time, it's not a horrible waste of money to consider. [/quote]

We have a family of 4 (2 teen girls who don’t eat that much) and I go once a week and buy at least 50% of our food there. My weekly list would look something like:

Milk
Eggs
Various berries
Romaine lettuce
Tomatoes and cucumbers
Bag of sweet peppers
Bananas
Brussels sprouts or asparagus
Replace whatever crunchy snack we might be out of 
A prepared meal (like stuffed peppers or steet tacos)
Bread or bagels when we are out 
Whatever oil/syrup/other pantry item we may be out of [/quote]

We go every 2-3 months or two and our list (also 2 teens) is:
Coffee
Sandwich bread
PB
Organic Strawberry Jam
Kerrygold Butter
Berries and/or Cherries 
Mini tomatos
Black beans (canned)
Tuna fish (canned) 
Canned marzano tomatos
Rao's sauce
That Italian made pasta
Organic ground beef
frozen marinated wild caught salmon
organic bean and rice burritos
Kirkland premium vanilla ice cream
Spinach and cheese ravioli (frozen)
Dried mango slices
Dried fruit bars for snacks
Rx bars
Organic baby spinach
Usually end up getting some sweet treat -- my favorite is the Kirkland chocolate covered almonds but the kids prefer the cookies from the bakery.  We can compromise on the enormous ferrer rocher or the bag of Ghiradelli squares.
Laundry detergent
Cascade thingies for dishwasher

Then these we get maybe once a year, or less:
Raisins
Ghiradelli Brownie mix
chocolate chips
Kirkland pesto
paper towels, TP, bleach wipes
pure maple syrup
real vanilla
winter gloves
long underwear
beach towels
Skechers
men's jeans, khakis, athletic track pants and shorts

Their prices on baby clothes and little kid's clothes are really good -- anyone with little kids can just get their wardrobe there cheaply and easily.

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