Costco Favorites?

zyxst

The bakery.

GottaBurnEmAll

I want us to switch to Costco so badly. We currently have a BJ's membership and they have stopped carrying so many things that we hardly get anything there anymore. Not only that, their prices aren't that great and it's better to get a lot of items at Target or Shop Rite. For some reason, the rest of the family keeps resisting the idea. The Costco is even closer to us!

I should show this thread to my husband and daughter, the two major objectors. Son is at an age where he doesn't care about anything that's not related to Pokemon.

SuzySunshine99

fittocycle wrote: »

Where is the superfood salad in Costco? I need to try this!

I buy organic eggs, organic chicken and ground beef, bison, Cabot sharp cheddar cheese (so much cheaper and better), Normandy frozen veggies, frozen fish, the superfoods protein powder for smoothies, oatmeal, walnuts, pecans, organic sugar, GF bread, organic tortilla chips, toilet paper, paper towels, etc.

It's in the refrigerated area with the raw vegetables. It's called Sweet Kale Salad and claims to "contain 7 superfoods!!" I get this every time I'm there and it's very good.

Pooshka2

Frozen Blueberries (I mix with 1/2 serving of Grape Nuts and F/F Greek Yogurt)
Unsalted Cashews (1/4 cup makes a great snack)
Whole Grain Bread (gotta have a sandwich now and again)
Brown Rice
Canned Mushrooms
Paper and cleaning products
Cereal: Cheerios, Grape Nuts
Skippy Peanut Butter (to go with the bread)
Boneless/Skinless chicken breast pieces
Vitamins
Canned Tuna
Canned Low-sodium SPAM*
Kraft Mac & Cheese*
Canned Pineapple Chunks (in own juice)
Can't get wine in our Costco (Utah)

*for the household member NOT needing to lose weight

Our household consists of two, so I don't get their fresh produce or dairy products, we can't eat them fast enough before they spoil. Our local grocery store has great deals on meats and seafood (tried swordfish a couple of weeks ago, and Alaskan salmon is frequently on sale), so we buy there.

SuzySunshine99

Hearts_2015 wrote: »

omakase619 wrote: »

If you're not buying Costco toilet paper you're doing it wrong.

And this bath wash.

@omakase619
um, is this Your cart? So let's talk about this world famous Costco toilet paper.. what makes it a 'must have' ? Curious as I've heard several of you bring it up.

I think it's just that the price is great, not that it's the most awesome toilet paper on the planet. But, it is good quality and a steal compared to other stores.

Tacklewasher

SuzySunshine99 wrote: »

fittocycle wrote: »

Where is the superfood salad in Costco? I need to try this!

I buy organic eggs, organic chicken and ground beef, bison, Cabot sharp cheddar cheese (so much cheaper and better), Normandy frozen veggies, frozen fish, the superfoods protein powder for smoothies, oatmeal, walnuts, pecans, organic sugar, GF bread, organic tortilla chips, toilet paper, paper towels, etc.

It's in the refrigerated area with the raw vegetables. It's called Sweet Kale Salad and claims to "contain 7 superfoods!!" I get this every time I'm there and it's very good.

As someone who hates most vegetables, this salad is really good.

catgerm

I've been hitting Costco weekly since eating better. I've realized part of my strategy is to stock up on produce and eat it all before it goes bad!

oceandaisies

I am in Canada and go weekly to every two weeks depending on what is on sale and if I am in town.

Things I always buy, some I stock up when on sale:

4L milk
Tide pods
Downy fabric softener
Toilet bowl cleaner 4 pk
Lysol wipes (used to get kirkland brand but they discontinued them)
Ziploc bags
Foodsaver bags
Frozen scallops (canadian ones)
Frozen Trident the ultimate fish sticks
Frozen Sum-m chicken mini spring rolls
Frozen Luvo tandoori chicken single serve meals 5pk (these are delicious, low sodium and 270 calories)
Butter
Yogurt, usually 2 pk kirkland brand greek but sometimes Liberte mediteranne 15 pk single serve
gt's kombucha gingerade 6 pk
Silver hills bread
Lettuce
Cara cara oranges
Cheese, all kinds of cheese! Usually watch the sales and buy whats on sale. Love the irish cheddar, blue, swiss, etc but also always get cheddar not the mozza its not good
Cereals - Cheerios, Nature's Path or Kirkland brand granola, mini wheats
Crackers - stoned wheat thins, crunchmaster rice crackers and sometimes whats on sale otherwise
Grapeseed oil
Olive oil
Canola oil
Jasmine rice
Pole & Line caught tuna
Solid tuna
Smoked oysters
Aveeno lotion
Lever 2000 soap
Vitamins - calcium w/mag, vitamin d, glucosamine/msm
Chicago mix popcorn - its deadly and delicious and I have to portion it out and only buy on sale
The simply bar protein bar
Detour simple protein bar
Some clothing, they sell some that are made in canada

Just to note, I would probably buy their meat but we buy our chickens and turkeys whole from friends who raise them and then cut up and vacuum seal, we bought a whole pastured pig from local farmer, buy our ground beef and rib steaks from local butcher, hunt and have deer meat, and fish so catch our own salmon, halibut, cod, crabs, etc and buy wild BC shrimp from the fisherman direct. We have our own chickens for eggs and will eventually expand to our own meat birds. We also have a large garden so grown most of our own.

*edited to add sensible portions veggie straws in single portion bags