Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 12:22     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 12:16     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
Anonymous wrote: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.


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.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 11:48     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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


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 - Starbucks cheaper at Walmart
Real maple syrup - Cheaper at Aldie
Honey
Organic EVOO
Kirkland brand bacon - cheaper at aldie
Charmin TP (only when on sale)
Bounty paper towels (only when on sale)
Whichever cereal is on sale -Cheaper at walmart
Kirkland goat cheese
Prosciutto
Pork roast - cheaper at aldie
Whole chickens - cheaper at walmart
Rack of lamb
Ribs
Chicken Apple sausage - cheaper at Walmart
Frozen ravioli
All free and clear (when on sale)
Mach 3 razor blades
Women’s disposable razors
Tampons - much cheaper at walmart
Kirkland champagne
Shout or spray and wash, whichever they have at the time - much cheaper at walmart
Pine Sol
Swiffer cloths
Fabuloso - much cheaper at walmart
Toilet bowl cleaner
Chicken stock -cheaper at aldie
Himalayan salt - same as every where else
Sea salt - same everwhere
Cinnamon - same everywhere
Garlic powder - cheaper at walmart
Batteries
Pillows
Half and half
Heavy cream
Butter - cheaper at aldie
Milk
Eggs - cheaper at aldie
Cabot cheddar cheese - cheaper at walmart

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.



come on sheep - use your heads !
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 11:44     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote: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.


I need to know more about this story. How did they get in the store? Did they get past the membership card checkers??


They don't have guns. You just walk past them.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 11:44     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
Anonymous wrote: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.


We (without exaggeration) make up the cost of the annual membership on parmesan cheese alone. I have done the math.
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 11:39     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
Anonymous wrote: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.


I need to know more about this story. How did they get in the store? Did they get past the membership card checkers??
Anonymous
Post 01/08/2025 11:06     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
Anonymous wrote: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


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
Post 01/07/2025 22:19     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
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
Post 01/07/2025 21:23     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
Anonymous wrote: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 their basement to a food storage shed? Costco shopping is one pantry moth away from your worst nightmare

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.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 21:10     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
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
Post 01/07/2025 10:54     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
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
Post 01/07/2025 09:20     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
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
Post 01/07/2025 08:42     Subject: I am not cut out for Costco
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hate, hate Costco. Reminds me how gluttonous people have become. Who needs a gallon of cashews or a pallet of crappy processed croissants? And piles and piles of cheap poor quality clothes


That gallon of cashews lasts a looong time here.

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.
Anonymous
Post 01/07/2025 08:27     Subject: Re:I am not cut out for Costco
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Anonymous wrote:Just spend 20 minutes googling the things you buy at costco and compare to walmart and your local grocery store. Costco is more expensive than all other places for all things.


10000000%. years ago 20/20 or one of those news magazine shows did an entire show about this.

You pay more for the headache that is the costco experience.


Even if it was a slightly good deal I don't want to pay $3 for a lot more berries than I can eat and then throwing half of them away when they get moldy. I'll buy the smaller pack, spend less, and have no waste.


How big is your family? We only have 4 people and have no trouble eating 2lbs of strawberries.


Family of 5 but everyone has their favorite fruit. Not everyone likes raspberries or a crate of peaches for example. I've had bad experiences with Costco produce anyway so I don't need their 2lbs of sour strawberries.


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?


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
Post 01/07/2025 08:19     Subject: Re:I am not cut out for Costco
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Just spend 20 minutes googling the things you buy at costco and compare to walmart and your local grocery store. Costco is more expensive than all other places for all things.


10000000%. years ago 20/20 or one of those news magazine shows did an entire show about this.

You pay more for the headache that is the costco experience.


Even if it was a slightly good deal I don't want to pay $3 for a lot more berries than I can eat and then throwing half of them away when they get moldy. I'll buy the smaller pack, spend less, and have no waste.


How big is your family? We only have 4 people and have no trouble eating 2lbs of strawberries.


Family of 5 but everyone has their favorite fruit. Not everyone likes raspberries or a crate of peaches for example. I've had bad experiences with Costco produce anyway so I don't need their 2lbs of sour strawberries.


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?