I got $1400 back for last year, but that covers gas for a thirty mile a day commute, a new set of tires, a computer, booking a hotel to attend a funeral, food for a family of nine, and 80% of the year’s clothing/gift purchases.

We go to COSTCO a lot. Everything from prescription eye glasses to groceries, meds to cleaning supplies, electronics to tires, furniture to garden supplies, clothes to books, flooring to faucets, passport photos to frozen foods, appetizers to deli products, flowers to face cream. We have also bought diamonds at Costco as well as vacation packages.

Costco is the first place we look at when we have to make any purchase.

That's a lot of unnecessary crap.

Usually about $400 each time at Costco for a family of four and we go about twice a month. Also supplement at Trader Joes and have Hello Fresh1!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend about $50-$75 a week at Sam’s Club. This is to buy certain groceries because the quality is superior. We supplement with Safeway and spend a total of $700-800 a month for our family of three. We also enjoy having larger amounts of toilet paper and paper towels on hand so we don’t have to buy them frequently.

Can you tell me what you buy there? We are new sam's club members and with rising food costs everywhere I am having a hard time figuring out what is actually a deal and what isn't.

I meant to add that the trick is not buying things you do not need. You must simply buy things that you will use during the week. No impulse purchases. Most people find that difficult and end up not saving money but I believe that is not a problem for me. You have to be a little careful not to buy things that are packaged too big for your family to use.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend about $50-$75 a week at Sam’s Club. This is to buy certain groceries because the quality is superior. We supplement with Safeway and spend a total of $700-800 a month for our family of three. We also enjoy having larger amounts of toilet paper and paper towels on hand so we don’t have to buy them frequently.

Can you tell me what you buy there? We are new sam's club members and with rising food costs everywhere I am having a hard time figuring out what is actually a deal and what isn't.

Standard items I buy from Sam’s Club are:
Milk
Apples
Berries
Whatever fruit is in season, right now mangoes
Vegetables like asparagus, spinach, brussels sprouts, broccoli
Trash bags
Toilet paper
Paper towels
Raisin Bran
Bread — we freeze one loaf for later in the week

Definitely set up scan and go and scan everything as he put it into your cart. Then you can simply walk out the store and not wait any lines.

Anonymous wrote:I spend about $50-$75 a week at Sam’s Club. This is to buy certain groceries because the quality is superior. We supplement with Safeway and spend a total of $700-800 a month for our family of three. We also enjoy having larger amounts of toilet paper and paper towels on hand so we don’t have to buy them frequently.

Can you tell me what you buy there? We are new sam's club members and with rising food costs everywhere I am having a hard time figuring out what is actually a deal and what isn't.

I would be hard pressed to spend more than $250 at Costco on food but we are a family of 3 and don't eat much meat. I buy fruit because we eat a lot of fruit and some veggies (the 3 Bibb lettuces and bags of cukes and peppers, yes...5 lbs of carrots and 20 onions, no) and staples we like (drinks, some snacks, some freezer stuff, maybe one baked good or prepared food if we have the bandwidth for it) but that's about all we can handle!

I spend about $50-$75 a week at Sam’s Club. This is to buy certain groceries because the quality is superior. We supplement with Safeway and spend a total of $700-800 a month for our family of three. We also enjoy having larger amounts of toilet paper and paper towels on hand so we don’t have to buy them frequently.

Family of 3 adults and 3 kids. We spend about $600 every three weeks. All groceries and sometimes extra stuff. Huge money saver for us.

Anonymous wrote:No, my gf has 4 kids and goes to Costco 1-2/x a month and says she spends 1k+ each time. This is on top of grocery shopping at local supermarkets too. Teenagers eat a lot.

They don't have to. Please don't raise obese teens.

We buy 90% of our groceries from Costco and rarely eat out. We also get glasses, prescriptions, car tires, all our OTC meds, pet food and other supplies there. We usually get 200 or so back.

I would assume it’s more than just groceries. I have a huge family and can’t hit that. But likely she made some furniture or appliance purchases or something besides groceries. And then, yes I can see it.

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Anonymous wrote:A Facebook group had a mom that said she gets 300 back with her premium membership at Costco, which at 2 percent back comes out to 15k a year or 1,250 spent per month. She said she also shops at Sam's but didn't disclose those numbers.
Does this sound insane to anyone else?

You also get 4% on gas and 3% on travel expenditure (airfare, hotel, car rental, restaurants, tickets). We spend around $300 per month at costco.

I get about $700 on the card each year + $120 or so in executive rewards.

And Prime card with Chase gets me about $700 per year as well. 5% of purchases at Amazon, Whole Foods.

Anonymous wrote:A Facebook group had a mom that said she gets 300 back with her premium membership at Costco, which at 2 percent back comes out to 15k a year or 1,250 spent per month. She said she also shops at Sam's but didn't disclose those numbers.
Does this sound insane to anyone else?

You also get 4% on gas and 3% on travel expenditure (airfare, hotel, car rental, restaurants, tickets). We spend around $300 per month at costco.

I get about $700 on the card each year + $120 or so in executive rewards.