Anonymous
Post 06/03/2025 05:47     Subject: What is making Costco so expensive?
I wish I read this before I signed up last week
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2025 11:49     Subject: What is making Costco so expensive?
Costco is great for some things - gas, if you can stand waiting in line. Travel and rental cars. Some groceries. It's easy to get taken in by impulse items and run your bill up.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2025 11:47     Subject: Re:What is making Costco so expensive?
Anonymous wrote:It's always been more expensive than most grocery stores. Always.


Definitely not. Milk, for example, has gone up at Costco (now only 80 cents/gallon cheaper than Giant) but at one point was $1.10 cheaper.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2025 11:44     Subject: Re:What is making Costco so expensive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Like breakfast cereal, I do not buy pistachios anymore. Although I can afford to pay their price, I refuse to do so.

I also do not eat out at restaurants requiring a tip, and rarely eat out at all because almost $20 for a burger, fries, and a drink is not what I want to pay. Also, burgers have shrunk almost to the size of large biscuits so I am done eating out unless I have to.


I’ve stopped eating entirely because it’s too expensive to eat out, and I hate cooking.


Saying that makes you sound like a poor or a cheapass. Say that you practice 30-day water fasting every month.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2025 10:13     Subject: What is making Costco so expensive?
I love Duke's but there is no way I'm buying the jug at Costco.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2025 08:55     Subject: What is making Costco so expensive?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I quit Costco and now shop at Aldi and Mom's market, sometimes Safeway. Much cheaper bulk, non-perishables at Aldi.


If "Non-perishable" is all you want, cardboard is cheap. Aldi "non-perishables" are gross knockoffs.

Toilet paper, dishwasher detergent, organic dry pasta, Duke's mayo - there are fine options at Aldi that are cheaper than similar items at Costco or Safeway.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2025 08:49     Subject: Re:What is making Costco so expensive?
Anonymous wrote:It's always been more expensive than most grocery stores. Always.


Not my experience, at all. But I'm sure you have some numbers, no?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2025 08:48     Subject: Re:What is making Costco so expensive?
I haven't noticed any significant jump in prices at Costco, except for coffee (which I buy a lot of). A 3 lb can of Kirkland coffee was ~$13 a year or two ago. It's now $20.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2025 08:48     Subject: What is making Costco so expensive?
Anonymous wrote:I quit Costco and now shop at Aldi and Mom's market, sometimes Safeway. Much cheaper bulk, non-perishables at Aldi.


If "Non-perishable" is all you want, cardboard is cheap. Aldi "non-perishables" are gross knockoffs.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2025 08:47     Subject: Re:What is making Costco so expensive?
Anonymous wrote:It's always been more expensive than most grocery stores. Always.


Only for a few items that groceries stores underprice as loss leaders.
Anonymous
Post 06/01/2025 21:20     Subject: Re:What is making Costco so expensive?
It's always been more expensive than most grocery stores. Always.
Anonymous
Post 06/01/2025 21:09     Subject: What is making Costco so expensive?
We shop mostly at Aldi, Lidl, and Walmart. Costco is not always cheaper than those.
Anonymous
Post 06/01/2025 20:30     Subject: What is making Costco so expensive?
Anonymous wrote:You need to learn how the federal reserve works.


I am curious as to what OP thinks prices are like elsewhere.
Anonymous
Post 06/01/2025 20:27     Subject: What is making Costco so expensive?
Anonymous wrote:Prices were never going to go down after retailers saw that consumers were willing to pay more for the product.


Disagree. Prices have absolutely dropped at Costco. Even Clorox wipes go on their periodic sales now. I never expected those to be on a discount again.
Anonymous
Post 06/01/2025 19:37     Subject: What is making Costco so expensive?
Prices were never going to go down after retailers saw that consumers were willing to pay more for the product.