I like the 500-count precut aluminum foil sheets. It beats the traditional roll and tear foil, and the precut sheets last forever. Walmart used to carry a similar pack, but it only had 50 sheets, and I haven't seen it sold since before the pandemic.

Other than that, and my big box of tampons, I could honestly live without Costco.

The meals are pre made but not precooked — don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.

Tonkotsu ramen in the dry aisle
Refrigerated tonkotsu miso ramen (seasonal I think)
Refrigerated yaki udon (also seasonal)
Korean crispy soy chicken
Precooked bacon
Chicken and cheese burritos
Precooked Bibigo rice
Fancy fish sticks
Butter
Sour cream
Baguettes in the bakery
Sliced sandwich turkey
Italian sausage ravioli
Rotisserie chicken
Meatloaf and mashed potatoes
Rao’s sauce
Natural peanut butter
Maple syrup
Better than Bouillon-chicken and beef
Food court cheese pizza
Chicken bakes-for DH
Beef brisket-DH smokes it
Beer
Wine
Diet Coke/Pepsi

People who say its low quality are NOT in the know. Costco is premium and a good value. Its also plenty of the national brands, so IDK what you are talking about. Here are our standards:

organic milk
Eggs
Bananas
Berries (when in season)
Bagged Salad: Mediterrarnean Mix and also Avocado Crunch are favorites here
Bakery: sandwich bread - Daves and another one. Also good baguette.
Cookies: we like the black and whites and Palmiers
Cheese - Parmesean wedge, fresh mozerella, Feta and the
Deli meat turkey, procuitto, Smoked Salmon, Whitefish Salad
Bella Vitano cant be beat. Brick cheddar in the black wax.
Meat: organic chicken breast and also the 2 pack of whole organic birds, Prime NY Strip
Yogurt - case pack of chobani fruit flavors, Kirkland plain greek yogurt (its big. )
Vanilla beans (seasonal)
Vanilla extract
olive oil, avocado oil
Giradelli brownie mix
Advil, vitamins, and allergy medicine
Tampax
dove soap
La Mer cream
razors
If you have teens like I do, good rotation of sweat pants & sweatshirts at great prices / brands they want
If you have little ones, half the store is for christmas toys right now
when needed, we have purchased small appliances and mattresses, sheets and towels there. great quality and return policy.
costco has never let me down.

Siete gluten free tortillas
Manchego
Rao tomato sauce
Olive oil
Walnuts
Pecans
Almonds
Watermelon in summer
Grapefruit in winter

Eyeglasses
Socks
Gloves
Long underwear

Costco chicken pot pie is fantastic. The shepherd’s pie is pretty good too.

Least favorite, their chocolate bars in the deli.

Most of my purchases are basics that I know I’ll use and like to keep in stock.

The 8 packs of canned diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, green beans, black beans, chicken and beef broth, oatmeal, olive oil, the 3-4 packs of pasta, peanut butter, ketchup, mustard.

Butter, shredded cheese that I freeze, frozen veggies, frozen fruit for smoothies, frozen entrees that DH likes for lunch.

Kirkland coffee Keuric pods, paper goods, cleaning and laundry supplies.

Very little meat. We get a quarter side of grass fed beef from a local farm, and I stock up on chicken and pork at Fresh Thyme’s fairly regular sale prices on chicken and pork.

Tylenol, sinus meds, vitamins.

Occasional big purchases (TV, laptop). Holiday or family get together stuff like cheeses and crackers, appetizers, wine, liquor.

I go every 2-3 months or so as my stock-up items start getting low. Just started getting my gas there this past year as prices rose.

coconut water, either the kirkland or the coconut juice.
grapes
aedelis sausage

I love Costco, here are my must buys:

1. Just Bare chicken tenders, omg so good
2. Frozen skinless boneless salmon filets, we eat these at least 1x per week
3. Peeled deveined frozen shrimp
4. Frozen stir fry veggies
5. The bibigo steamed dumplings
6. Prosciutto
7. The massive pork shoulders, I divide into 3-4 chunks and freeze
8. Giant tubs of Utz pretzels
9. Giant bags of tortilla chips
10. Beer, wine, hard seltzer, Spindrift
11. A rotisserie chicken
12. Bread, hamburger buns, tortillas... Huge bags but I stick half in the freezer
13. Big packages of Annie's Mac and cheese, cans of black beans, all my pantry staples
14. I'm iffy on the produce because it has to be something we'll eat quickly enough, but the bag of broccoli is enough for my family for one dinner, and the flats of honeycrisp apples last long enough for us to eat them all
15. The muffins
16. This is weird but I get myself a shrimp cocktail every time. It's my guilty pleasure

Anonymous wrote:Crazy busy this year with school, work and kids sports. We now do Costco meals three days a week and then do leftovers on day 4, the takeout on day 5

Family favorites:
— cottage pie — about 17 bucks, 6-7 servings
— salmon — 4 servings, about 30 bucks
— chicken Alfredo, about 5 servings, about 18 bucks
—. Beef bulgogi, about four servings, about 20 bucks

All of these except for the beef need about about 30 mins or more in the oven.

Serve with some broccoli or bagged salad, with rice if needed

Kids eat lunch at school so it’s a pretty efficient and relatively affordable way of getting though the week.

Other Costco faves: the cream cheese tub. Milks. Eggs. Granola. Kind bars. Babibel cheeses. Detroit style pizzas

So except for the salmon, these are pre made costco meals? I am hoping not..

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Family of 3 (4 when DS is home from college) and I'm in Costco weekly. It's really replaced the grocery store for the most part for us.

Can't beat the cost of the rotisserie chicken. Get the instant mashed potatoes, some frozen mixed veggies, and you have an easy dinner. I also get the big pack of already-picked rotisserie chicken and use it to make chicken noodle soup, chicken pot pie, chicken alfredo. I freeze whatever I don't use after a few days.

And $10 for a huge pizza from the food court?

Gas prices are lower than any other gas station in my area.

Their chocolate tuxedo cake is delicious.

Fresh bread is great too. Just need to eat it before too long since there's no preservatives or artificial ingredients to keep it lasting two weeks.

Street tacos are another easy dinner.

My entire work-from-home wardrobe is now Costco. $20 sneakers!

Pay for it all on the Costco visa and you get a nice cash check every year.

And an amazingly easy return policy.

What percent cash back do you get? I'm currently using my bank visa card which gives me 1.5% cash back on all purchases. I wonder if the Costco card would be a better deal.

It varies: https://www.citi.com/credit-cards/citi-costco-anywhere-visa-credit-card

But for Costco gas, 4% for first $7K. And for Costco purchases, 2%.

Just rejoined and we are a small family

toilet paper
paper towels
trash bags
some of the clothing
Fairlife protein drinks - I am not joking when I say we rejoined for the purpose of purchasing these we drink so many

we will buy some holiday items there as well

Anonymous wrote:We do most of our shopping at Costco. Here are some favorites beyond milk, eggs, meat, wine, paper towels.

Just Bare chicken nuggets - they do taste like chin FIL a
Frank gluten free bread which is actually pretty good
Bibigo frozen steamed dumplings
Bibigo rice that you microwave for 90 sec in the pantry aisle
Premium frozen stir fry vegetables
Rotisserie chicken
Tonkatsu ramen in the pantry aisle
Rice ramen

We really go for the less expensive coffee beans, paper and cleaning, milk, eggs, cheese, meat and wine.

For produce - only if you are planning on cooking and freezing dishes or feeding a large crowd. The only things that we can through in a week fresh are romaine lettuce, avocados, bananas and raspberries. The lemons do last in the fridge awhile.

Particularly when cooked in an air fryer.

Best price for Miller Lite
Wife gets wine
Kirkland Brand Napkins
Kirkland batteries
Base layer clothing
Running gloves
Water Bottles
Steaks
Bratwurst
Rotisserie Chicken
Pre-Pulled Rotisserie Chicken
Cucumbers
Avocados
Organic Berries
Organic Spinach
Brussels Sprouts
Broccoli
Milk
Eggs
Paper Towels
Toilet Paper
Kirkland Sparkling Water
Chicken Fingers
Nuggets
Bacon
Polly-O Cheese Sticks
Frozen berries
Yogurt
Gatorade
Soup
Olives
Chick Peas
Olive Oil
Beef Jerky
Popcorn
Protein Powder
Allergy Medicine