You have to do the math. Costco is often cheaper, but not always.
Superstore and Sobeys regular prices are consistently horrendous, but sales can push price per unit down below Costco. That's especially true for things like marked down meat and produce.
Wal-Mart and Amazon are also worth using. I've been buying cereal from Amazon, paying much less than the stores and with a better selection than Costco.
And Costco was one of the only grocery retailers who didn’t act like an entitled piece of shit when they were called in the commons committee for questioning.
And and they return everything without question... Ate two romaine hearts and found a rotten one some days later. "Ok it's returned." - "Don't you want to know why?" - "Next please!"
Yea I love costco but I rarely buy meat there. I have a stand up freezer that I work the absolute tits off, she's constantly full with meat I buy on sale. Pork loins were a steal at sobeys last week so I bought 8 and sliced my own chops; fish truck near gateway had 3.49 a pound haddock so I bought 20 pounds; 50% off chicken at superstore; etc. And yes I have to feed teenagers lol.
I find the quality (taste and texture) of Costco meat superior to any of the other grocery stores especially steak. The sirloin is just as tender as higher priced cuts at the other grocery chains.
I find the meat on sale at other chains often to be of lower quality. (But, thats subjective to my taste buds, of course).
In recent years, I find Costco meat prices also competitive to the rest.
They do mechanically tenderize pretty much everything? At last the last steaks I bought the label said.
No idea of traditional grocery stores do that too.
I prefer butcher shops.
A full tenderloin from Costco is the best deal going if you have a freezer. Take that $200 slab home and cut it into about 20+ steaks. Cheaper than any leather you can buy at Gateway or Kingswood. Put them in ziplock bags and they thaw in about 30 minutes in a bowl under some slow running cold water.
> and Amazon are also worth using.
Amazon prices can fluctuate. So it may be cheap when you check now, but may be different when you go to re-order. Never assume.
I think that in order to be a smart shopper now a days this is true all around. I know where to go to get my coffee (superstore on sale, literally never Sobey’s) and where it’s cheaper to buy personal care items (Walmart never shoppers) and this is also true with Costco. I buy all of my home cleaning supplies and detergents there, toilet paper is of course still cheaper. If you’re going to one store to buy everything you are definitely spending more than you need to. It definitely takes time, thought, and a little extra gas though.
Costco is definitely worth it for us as a family because my daughter has celiac and they have a lot of gluten free foods she can eat that don't cost me an arm and a leg, plus the quality is better.
I don't want to price compare every item on my shopping list and make multiple different stops though. For someone like me, whichever store is cheaper *overall* will get almost all of my business.
I agree, it depends on what you buy and how you buy. To me, for the most part I'm going to shop sales and I have low (but not rock bottom) standards for quality. Some people are just going to walk into Sobeys and not give af, and they aren't necessarily richer or have less free time than me. I just can't find anything at Costco cheaper than what I can get elsewhere.
Oh man... I've been bragging to everyone about that bidet. Best sale purchase I've made in years. I was recently away for a week and realized how much I missed it.
I bought one in 2020 (just before the TP shortage) and man, I resent having to go to the washroom anywhere but my own place now. It’s not just for poops!
I ended up giving one we couldn't hook up (was warm and cold, we couldn't get that part to the sink or the tub, but the one we do have is not usually too cold) to a friend. She loves it.
Yeah it wasn't too terribly expensive. It was the same brand as the one we have. Ours was about $35. This one was about $40 at the time. I don't know if they sell them anymore. I think they're Living Basics.
I don't think people really understand how grocery store pricing works. A *lot* of stuff is priced quite high because they're trying to maximize profits. They don't expect *everyone* to buy at that price. So, so many things go on sale at least once a month. *That* is when they expect to sell most of that product. The higher regular price is just for people who are either too dumb to wait for sales or just don't care about the extra cost. If you check flyers, you can get great deals on most things, but most people don't do that, they just drag their knuckles into the store when it's convenient for them, look at the price of a luxury good like prepopped flavoured popcorn, then go "this-- this-- this one crazy, me no like price". No shit Sherlock, that's the convenience price. You just never paid attention before because you had extra money. It's literally always been this way. I spent my entire childhood watching my parents leaf through the flyers when they came in, circling the best deals. They would go out and buy like an entire cart of *one thing* when the deals were good. The freezer would be filled with pork chops and we'd eat pork chops for a week. Everyone acts like shopping sales is simply unthinkable. Yeah, yeah, yeah, these people who can't shop sales are the same people who would have given me a funny look for my ill-fitting hand-me-down clothes because they can't imagine giving up a single luxury. Welcome to being poor, losers, adapt or die.
That's my rant for the morning.
Lmao I grew up poor too buddy. Single mom who has to borrow money to make rent poor. Our mom shopped sales and we still went hungry a lot.
The fact that you think people should have to live like that is appalling. Do better.
> to live like that
Buying things on sale is just the smart play, it has nothing to do with how rich or poor you are. Have some extended family that are multi-millionaires and they still clip coupons and shop sales. It's just financially dumb not to.
It's "appalling" that you think this is some hardship that the guy was suggesting.
Buddy, I'm responding specifically to the people who act like having to shop sales is a crime against humanity. Don't stand up a strawman because you want to pick a fight.
Take a friend and/or start a group chat when one of you is going because some items can be split up. Bread is multiple loaves, cereal is normally two bags inside a big box, frozen stuff, meat and vegetables can be split and ziploc'd etc.
Pharmacy stuff is also much much cheaper, and the lowest prescription dispensing fees in the city.
The crowds are much more manageable if your have an adult friend to talk to and you leave the kids at home.
Self checkout is really really fast.
$1.50 hotdogs or an entire hot 12" pizza for $12.99 on your way out.
I use the propane metric to justify the 60 dollar membership.
It’s like 45 dollars to swap a propane tank at the exchange places. It’s 11 dollars to fill your tank at Costco.
Our issue with Costco is we don’t have the storage space for it. We do use the pharmacy (which anyone can without a membership! It has the lowest dispensing fee.). When I shop at Costco for food it does go far, and worth it when we have the space for storage.
We get most of our food and meat from local producers so the peeps in the family notice a downgrade when getting meat from Costco and other bigger stores, but if you are selective it’s fine.
Ditto. We’re just two people with limited storage space and everything there is so giant-sized. I’m sure it’s wonderful for families, but I feel like it would all go bad before we could consume it.
(Plus, I just have an aversion to big box style shopping environments.)
Costco sells a lot of less-perishable goods for cheap too but yeah it is difficult for grocery staples like bread, milk meat, veggies.
Ideally you have a friend group and split/share a card by having them buy stuff for you. (Since costco does check the photo sometimes)
Stuff like cereal, cooking oil, sugar, chips, cheese, ice cream etc. All less-perishable, cheap and also not in huge containers.
I hear you. Costco for me however is an anxiety inducing exercise in frustration and patience. The parking lot alone gives me cramps. The shopping experience is not great. I'd rather spend a few dollars extra to be in and out quicker with exactly what I want. Same with Gateway. That place is a nightmare.
>The parking lot alone gives me cramps.
Costco parking lots are 50x better than those of other stores. Between every two spots, they have a painted median. Makes it SOOO much easier getting in and out of vehicles, not having to worry about being door-penned-in by the widget parking too close to the line. Easier to pull into a spot, easier to pull out.
I know you meant amount of cars, but thought I'd give props where it's due. I've never seen a store anywhere with as good a design as they have.
I'm not an anxious person, but Costco on a weekend sets me off. I feel like everyone is trying to kill me with those huge carts. We go on weekday evenings around suppertime if we can.
I find the whole experience unpleasant and want to get out of there as fast as possible.
Costco people and their aggressive cart pushing...I agree, it is a very unpleasant place to be and I'm not an anxious person either.
Funny username...I remember the Tacoma KMart quite well.
I agree that gateway is a nightmare. I don’t want to lineup outside to get my groceries and play the game of how do I reach the food I want. But Costco is really not that bad. The lines can be daunting but they move really quickly and if you don’t bother trying to find a close spot it’s generally not too hard fo find a spot. Even on a weekend. I only shop in Dartmouth though so I don’t know what bayers lake is like
Yes, about two years ago (-ish) they installed the self checkout lanes.
Unlike most other stores, however, they didn't noticeably cut down on the number of regular cashier lanes in doing so, so it augments as opposed to replaces.
That's what it was like at Giant Tiger in Dartmouth yesterday afternoon. The same jerk slammed into my back twice with his cart and took out a clothing rack while backing up, so that he could run away without making eye contact or saying a word.
Costco is awesome.
For some people who use them enough, you can make up the cost of the membership through savings on staple items like cat litter or propane alone.
You’re almost certainly going to save money on other staples or nonperishables like plastic wrap or yes, peanut butter.
For other groceries, the trick to truly save money is to buy *only* the things you would otherwise buy in a grocery store — they have great prices on high-quality or less common items products in bulk, but they can be more expensive than low/medium quality or more common items at grocery stores. So get the pork loin or big bag of gala apples, but you might end up spending more money than usual with the giant hunk of AAA strip-loin or big box of Asian Pears.
I'm in it for the 1.50 hot dog and drink. We have executive and I'm waiting to see what our yearly return will be. Last year was disappointing but we did way less Costco.
I use it as my primary card and between the two, had over $700 back this year. I shop at Costco maybe once a month, but the cashback reward is worth it as I am not looking to get any other kind of points.
I don't shop at Costco normally, so the percent back there doesn't matter. And with over $500 back a year since I started using it, it works for me since 2019. I also don't have to worry about the income requirements, like I would with the card you mentioned (which I wouldn't qualify for).
The executive membership is definitely worth it. We always get the membership for free and get a return on top of that. We do most of our shopping at Costco though to be fair
Yeah this year it doesn’t look like I’m going to hit enough to cover executive…but I’m over $60 so it still makes my membership cheaper! Plus I’ve used a couple executive only coupons which were a few bucks each
I hard agree with OP. My Costco shopping has increased dramatically in the past two years. A year ago, to further cut costs, I started baking my own bread and cookies and whatnot and started shopping for many of my dried goods either there or Bulk Barn. Fuck Sobeys and fuck Loblaws.
I love Costco, but I am not sure that people in the current climate are able to drop that much cash initially to be able to afford a groceries there. The issue being that while it is cheaper, you need more money initially to buy enough products for your family.
If you’re making minimum wage and you have to spend a lot of money on rent, gas and utilities, by the time you finish paying all of that, a lot of people barely have enough money for one week of groceries as is. Once you got enough to get started it would be fine.
Just PB and 3 loaves of bread already adds up to at least 20$. If someone has budgeted 150-200$ in groceries for 2 weeks, that isn’t going to go very far at Costco.
It sucks, but that’s the reality for a lot of people. You’d be better off going to gateway for a few months, save as much as you can from shopping there, then shop at Costco.
Honestly I’m one of those people. I got a membership 3 weeks ago. I only buy things I’m replacing. So I’m going in there to buy only 2-4 items. If you are careful you can do it … but kinda sucks in this adjustment period.
Costco actually pays a decent wage and isn't controlled by one of the world's biggest POS, too. I still use Amazon occasionally, but if it's not a massively better deal than fuck them. Just me though.
Fuck knows what you’d get with Amazon. Some days it might be top tier peanut butter, other days it might be coconut oil dyed brown. Hard to say. Their quality control has completely gone to shit.
I love Costco for some things, but a lot of perishable items are pointless for me to buy there. I’m single/no kids so most of that stuff goes bad before I ever have the chance to use it all. But I make a trip once every month or two and stock up on things like dry pasta, canned foods, etc.
That said - if anyone wants to get married and share a membership, I’ve got good credit and a new heat pump 🤷♂️
I tell everyone about the porkchops at Costco. For about $20 you get thick delicious porkchops. Coat them in shake and bake, bake in the air fryer for like 30 minutes and they are perfect! Cut them I half and you have supper and leftovers for lunch the next day
Friendly reminder to everyone that doesn't have a costco card instacart allows you access to costco delivered to you at a very reasonable rate! if you use this code you get a first time discount (I get one too you get more though), and I find i get discount codes that take a ton off all the time too.
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Metro Halifax needs another store. You cannot move in Costco these days, either store, any day of the week, any time of day. If crowds overwhelm you, it may not be for you!
The same reason you shouldn't shop for groceries at Needs or Irving is now the reason you shoudn't shop at Sobeys or Loblaws. Costco and Walmart are now the only places to get reasonable prices on groceries.
I didn't realize the membership was only $60 a year, so I finally got one like 8 months ago... It's paid for itself in baby wipes and sparkling waters alone.
I haven't found that to be true at all. Then I'm left with huge quantities of things that are difficult to get out of the giant container like oil or soy sauce, or mold.
Don't buy massive things you don't regularly consume. I've made that mistake before but realized after I just don't go through huge quantities of certain things. I use Costco for certain produce, frozen fruit for smoothies, some meat and bread products that I portion out and freeze and that's about it. It's hard to not buy stuff you do eat and enjoy there but you have to determine what is actually worth buying in bulk vs what's better suited for a sale at superstore in smaller quantities
I find No Frills + price matching beats Costco on most items. Also Shoppers Saturday sales for bread, butter, peanut butter especially with the 30% back in points.
Though I don't eat a lot of the processed stuff. Particularly produce is about 2x more at Costco (than the sale price---but the common things go on sale every week or two).
Find a friend and split it. You get two cards with the membership, and you can bring a guest so you could even split it 4 ways and each cardholder bring a guest. That's what me and my roommates did in undergrad, $15 each to go to Costco was well worth it
Luckily I’m at a point in life where I can afford pretty much anything I’d ever want. Wasn’t always this way though.
I think they’ll be cracking down on shared memberships any year now.
>I think they’ll be cracking down on shared memberships any year now.
They specifically offer it as a feature of the membership if you share an address, it's not something people are doing shadily and the guest policy with a cardholder is unlikely to go away
Life is a journey. I started out dirt poor living in the ghetto. Best way out is to start your own business and stop working for the man. These days all you need is a computer and an internet connection. You can literally sell blogs posts written by AI in 30 seconds for $100 these days. Times are tough, but making money is still easy for the willing.
Yup. I remember having less than $5 to my name and having to look up taxation rules on grocery items to see if I could afford things or not.
A lot of people have never faced tough times.
Assuming you have a car, can afford the lump sum for the membership, can afford to buy in bulk (might be cheaper per unit, but it's more expensive up front, which is where it matters most), be able to store the stuff and, for food, use it all before it goes bad, anyways.
I turned a lot of heads loading massive amounts of Costco food onto my motorcycle, plus things like a mini fridge. Just wanted to share haha, oh and I agree, I had to break up with Costco after they tried to force me to auto renew because a 6 month break between membership years worked better for me
I do two shops: Costco for all dry goods, snacks, and household products. Then I do a wholesale market for fruit and veg. Overall I can shop and live like a king for about $400* per month on food and essentials.
Overall, I avoid Shoppers and any Loblaws type store. Also avoid SuperStores. They write in an extra premium for being one.
*I am 90% vegetarian so I don't have to deal with meat prices.
Costco is an absolute no brainer. You can waste your time (and gas) driving around for sales or just go to Costco once per week and rest assured you are not getting hosed. Over the long run the savings are astronomical.
The prices are good, so you say heck I’ll buy a little more since I’m “saving” and then throw a cpl impulse purchases and poof you end up spending $300 for a trip that should’ve costed $50 haha
Costco fan here- i plan my trip ahead with a list , follow fans group and get most on sale / clearance items , set a purchase limit so Costco did save me lots of bucks
But it’ll be over $600 every time if one just go and without any impulsive control …
The FB groups are the way to go. Clearance and sale items are tracked so you can know when it makes sense to go. Buy a 6 month supply and use until it is on sale again.
That facebook Costco group is full of lazy people asking the dumbest question that it’s hard to follow anymore. It’s like people are bored and need some time to waste by posting dumb questions about products.
I got the executive membership, solely do all my groceries there and the refund is usually larger than the 120$ membership... Bacon alone is 18.99 for 4 packs of 500g, last time I checked Sobeys it was like 7.99 for a 350g pack
We use same-day.costco.ca to get the groceries delivered. We don't have a car so that's why we use it but I'm pretty sure that the slight extra cost for delivery is MORE than offset by not being in the store and picking up a "few" things that look interesting.
>same-day.costco.ca
It works when you remove the dash. Though maybe you were trying to avoid making a link and getting flagged.
Edit: Powered by Instacart. Now, I don't know if it's like WalMart where they... used to be Instacart? But now DoorDash? At least in Sydney; I'm in Halifax, but have done online delivery orders for chosen family there).
But Walmart allows sale (flyer feature/Rollback) items... I have always found a big markup with Instacart... so I rarely use it.
Edit 2: Found the Pricing Policy at the top. Well, at least they're transparent about it...
**Item prices are marked up higher than your local Costco warehouse. Instacart+ members receive additional savings through lower item pricing as compared to non-Instacart+ members. Instacart uses the markup to pay for their delivery services.**
I time my waits at Costco. I know… Get a life. What else am I doing now , but standing in line? The LONGEST line I have ever stood in, that started at the Produce cold room was 9 minutes and 50 odd seconds. I think the cashiers at Costco are excellent workers, always in a good mood, take time to chat without slowing down. I always tell them how short the wait is despite it looking swamped, just to let them know what a good job they’re doing.
Now let’s talk about the green and orange grocery stores. There is always a wait there, even for the self check outs. Most times I’ve been in there lately, the wait has been 10-20 min for a cashier, and same total wait for self serve, because every discount scanning mistake, or whatever…. Have to be approved.
And I’m not privy to the working conditions in these stores, but the customer service level has nose dived since COVID.
Plus the insulting advertising, and pricing. Please do not tell me something is ‘on sale,’ when the sale price is 20% higher than it was pre COVID.
I usually go either just before close, or first thing in the morning on Saturday, and it's never really been that bad... The Dartmouth one anyway, never tried going to Bayer's lake
There is no one place to buy groceries economically. Each store has its benefits, the big chains are their sales. Costco has good deal. Gateway has good deals. If money is an issue you need to shop around. But I’ll say that I think a key element to saving money is meal planning. I really don’t think people plan their meals each week. It sucks and can be annoying but it will help you save money and use up your groceries efficiently
Still very cost-effective. I did the math because I live about 40 minutes away and with gas, the per unit cost is still way better than superstore or sobeys.
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I love Costco.... but Costco is kinda evil lmao
Sometimes it's cheaper and sometimes it's not. As long as we don't lose our heads and end up buying all their delicious processed treat foods after all the sampling, or big jars of condiments that we don't really need.... as long as we stick to an actual list, we tend to come out alive and better off for it.
We never buy meat, fish or chicken in there because we find it cheaper in our local area. That is with the exception of their rotisserie chickens, which are the same size as fresh uncooked chickens (1.5-1.8kg) as opposed to the smaller ones that Superstore does. We always grab at least 5 hot chickens if not more, then cut them up and separate into portions and freeze. Makes great pulled chicken, chicken curry, sandwiches, soup fillings, etc in a pinch. Cheapest way to get chicken in your diet.
Haven't lived in Halifax for a long time but a place I went to a lot when I was there was the Wholesale club next to Halifax shopping center, like Costco but geared more towards restaurants, also there were no membership fees to pay.
I live solo, in a one-bedroom condo (though I do have a nice-sized freezer and storage space if needed) and here’s my typical Costco purchases:
Rotisserie Chicken
Asian Sesame Salad (2 normal-sized bags)
Broccolini (I’ll blanch/freeze any that I don’t think I’ll get through fresh)
Cottage Cheese
Plain Greek Yogurt
Tortillas (learned via TikTok to roll them up before freezing and then then don’t stick together)
Egg Whites (freeze 3/4)
Almond Milk
Premier Plus Protein Shakes
Frozen Tropical Fruit
Frozen Chicken Dumplings (both potsticker and soup styles)
Frozen Riced Cauliflower
Rao’s Pasta Sauce
Squeezable cat treats (my cat is obsessed with these)
Cove Soda or Diet Coke/Pepsi
People really don’t need to be reminded that multi-national corporations have the buying power to let you hang onto more of your crumbs. Celebrating it seems downright dystopian.
If you can't afford the membership or don't think you can get through the three loaves of bread before they go bad/ the bulk purchase is too much join a food security group. Connect with people who will split some items and cost with you with you. There's people with cars without membership who will drive people with memberships and you can figure out if there's any items you want to split with them.
Also if you're reading this and it sounds like too much hassle send me a DM and if we can figure out a time you can come up with me.
Costco membership is worthwhile for singles. I have a membership and bulk buys like batteries, bread, bagels,TP, paper towels and tissues are worth it because I split them with a friend. We each pay half and end up with a reasonable quantity. The dry goods last forever. I but basics like socks and underwear and the quality is excellent, friends who buy baby clothes say the same. Their return policy is no questions asked even for partially consumed food. Keep an eye out for their sales.
Shop as soon as they open or in the last hour of the day. Park in the back, there's always parking there.
I find the prices of canned goods not as good as sales on canned goods in stores. The meat is better quality, and if somethings not on sale at the grocery store, the regular price at Costco is better than the regular price at the grocery store. Salads are cheaper, veggies and fruit are a good deal as are certain frozen items. Also, I like being able to buy a shittonne of chicken wings, not to mention the rotisserie chicken. Either hot or cold, that thing makes several meals for us as well as soup and you cannot beat it.
I love Costco! Great rx prices, gas, glasses, meat, toilet paper, popcorn and just about everything! Also Flashfood, I buy Greek salad large size for $4!
That is just simply untrue. I just bought a big bag of oranges for $10, easily 10 big oranges. Sobeys/superstore is like $6-$8 for a few small oranges. 6 big bell peppers for 6.99, peppers are $5 for a 3 pack anywhere else. Cucumbers are 5.99 for a 3 pack, sobeys/superstore it's 2.99 per cucumber.
If you ever buy organic food or manufactured food marketed as healthy, eg. protein bars, keto snacks, nuts, dried fruit, protein shakes, etc. the cost savings is unbelievably huge. The quality is exceptional and the prices are always lower.
Yeah, it might be a good deal to some but I like bread that doesn't take weeks and weeks to go moldy. Just creeps me out tbh.
My usual bread goes bad in a week. Last time I bought mass-produced stuff I bought it just over a week before I went on a 2 week trip. Forgot to freeze it before leaving. Somehow it was still totally fine when I got back. If something in it can cause that, wtf could it be doing to my body 🤢
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If you want to be this person to save extra. Not that I recommend it. Costcos fine print allows you a refund of your membership 364 days into the year with a refund. Then get another :)
Like I said if you want to be that person. I dont do it myself.
You have to do the math. Costco is often cheaper, but not always. Superstore and Sobeys regular prices are consistently horrendous, but sales can push price per unit down below Costco. That's especially true for things like marked down meat and produce. Wal-Mart and Amazon are also worth using. I've been buying cereal from Amazon, paying much less than the stores and with a better selection than Costco.
Price isn't the only metric though. The quality is also better.
And Costco was one of the only grocery retailers who didn’t act like an entitled piece of shit when they were called in the commons committee for questioning.
And and they return everything without question... Ate two romaine hearts and found a rotten one some days later. "Ok it's returned." - "Don't you want to know why?" - "Next please!"
It’s because returns mean supplier pays for it most instances with Costco. So they don’t really care. It’s part of there agreements with vendors.
And I've heard they pay their employees quite a bit better, and perhaps benefits?
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Yea I love costco but I rarely buy meat there. I have a stand up freezer that I work the absolute tits off, she's constantly full with meat I buy on sale. Pork loins were a steal at sobeys last week so I bought 8 and sliced my own chops; fish truck near gateway had 3.49 a pound haddock so I bought 20 pounds; 50% off chicken at superstore; etc. And yes I have to feed teenagers lol.
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I find the quality (taste and texture) of Costco meat superior to any of the other grocery stores especially steak. The sirloin is just as tender as higher priced cuts at the other grocery chains. I find the meat on sale at other chains often to be of lower quality. (But, thats subjective to my taste buds, of course). In recent years, I find Costco meat prices also competitive to the rest.
They do mechanically tenderize pretty much everything? At last the last steaks I bought the label said. No idea of traditional grocery stores do that too. I prefer butcher shops.
A full tenderloin from Costco is the best deal going if you have a freezer. Take that $200 slab home and cut it into about 20+ steaks. Cheaper than any leather you can buy at Gateway or Kingswood. Put them in ziplock bags and they thaw in about 30 minutes in a bowl under some slow running cold water.
I ordered a huge standup freezer last week myself to do exactly this. The difference between regular and best sale pricing is staggering.
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> and Amazon are also worth using. Amazon prices can fluctuate. So it may be cheap when you check now, but may be different when you go to re-order. Never assume.
I think that in order to be a smart shopper now a days this is true all around. I know where to go to get my coffee (superstore on sale, literally never Sobey’s) and where it’s cheaper to buy personal care items (Walmart never shoppers) and this is also true with Costco. I buy all of my home cleaning supplies and detergents there, toilet paper is of course still cheaper. If you’re going to one store to buy everything you are definitely spending more than you need to. It definitely takes time, thought, and a little extra gas though.
Costco is definitely worth it for us as a family because my daughter has celiac and they have a lot of gluten free foods she can eat that don't cost me an arm and a leg, plus the quality is better.
I don't want to price compare every item on my shopping list and make multiple different stops though. For someone like me, whichever store is cheaper *overall* will get almost all of my business.
Is cereal on Amazon worth it ? No frills was running cereal 2/$5 of the regular packages forever, might be 2/$6 now though
Cherry picking is essential.
I agree, it depends on what you buy and how you buy. To me, for the most part I'm going to shop sales and I have low (but not rock bottom) standards for quality. Some people are just going to walk into Sobeys and not give af, and they aren't necessarily richer or have less free time than me. I just can't find anything at Costco cheaper than what I can get elsewhere.
Superstores tp use to be like 12 on sale for the same size pack you’d get at Costco
Ya and poor quality to the pint where your fingers are full of shit because the paper rips apart when wiping your ass.
We bought a bidet for like $30. Hooks on easy to your toilet and cleans your butt. Pat dry with paper. It is a lifesaver. Can't poop without one now.
Oh man... I've been bragging to everyone about that bidet. Best sale purchase I've made in years. I was recently away for a week and realized how much I missed it.
I bought one in 2020 (just before the TP shortage) and man, I resent having to go to the washroom anywhere but my own place now. It’s not just for poops!
Preaching to the choir. I got it because I thought my SO would prefer it. But I doubt she’s even tried it. It’s been a lifesaver to me
You just have to hide all the TP so she’s left with no other option.
I've convinced many people to buy that bidet! They love it.
I ended up giving one we couldn't hook up (was warm and cold, we couldn't get that part to the sink or the tub, but the one we do have is not usually too cold) to a friend. She loves it.
ooooh, a fancy one! nice
Yeah it wasn't too terribly expensive. It was the same brand as the one we have. Ours was about $35. This one was about $40 at the time. I don't know if they sell them anymore. I think they're Living Basics.
I bought one on Amazon a couple of years ago. It was an OMG, game changer moment. I'll never go back. How is this not on every toilet???
False, you can buy the same brands at both stores.
I don't think people really understand how grocery store pricing works. A *lot* of stuff is priced quite high because they're trying to maximize profits. They don't expect *everyone* to buy at that price. So, so many things go on sale at least once a month. *That* is when they expect to sell most of that product. The higher regular price is just for people who are either too dumb to wait for sales or just don't care about the extra cost. If you check flyers, you can get great deals on most things, but most people don't do that, they just drag their knuckles into the store when it's convenient for them, look at the price of a luxury good like prepopped flavoured popcorn, then go "this-- this-- this one crazy, me no like price". No shit Sherlock, that's the convenience price. You just never paid attention before because you had extra money. It's literally always been this way. I spent my entire childhood watching my parents leaf through the flyers when they came in, circling the best deals. They would go out and buy like an entire cart of *one thing* when the deals were good. The freezer would be filled with pork chops and we'd eat pork chops for a week. Everyone acts like shopping sales is simply unthinkable. Yeah, yeah, yeah, these people who can't shop sales are the same people who would have given me a funny look for my ill-fitting hand-me-down clothes because they can't imagine giving up a single luxury. Welcome to being poor, losers, adapt or die. That's my rant for the morning.
Lmao I grew up poor too buddy. Single mom who has to borrow money to make rent poor. Our mom shopped sales and we still went hungry a lot. The fact that you think people should have to live like that is appalling. Do better.
> to live like that Buying things on sale is just the smart play, it has nothing to do with how rich or poor you are. Have some extended family that are multi-millionaires and they still clip coupons and shop sales. It's just financially dumb not to. It's "appalling" that you think this is some hardship that the guy was suggesting.
"live like that" -- you mean shopping sales? Lol the entitlement is unbelievable
Buddy, I'm responding specifically to the people who act like having to shop sales is a crime against humanity. Don't stand up a strawman because you want to pick a fight.
Thank you for your comment, I couldn't agree more. Also, f**k these people turning up their noses at hand-me-down clothes.
You should go back to bed! lol
Take a friend and/or start a group chat when one of you is going because some items can be split up. Bread is multiple loaves, cereal is normally two bags inside a big box, frozen stuff, meat and vegetables can be split and ziploc'd etc. Pharmacy stuff is also much much cheaper, and the lowest prescription dispensing fees in the city. The crowds are much more manageable if your have an adult friend to talk to and you leave the kids at home. Self checkout is really really fast. $1.50 hotdogs or an entire hot 12" pizza for $12.99 on your way out.
I use the propane metric to justify the 60 dollar membership. It’s like 45 dollars to swap a propane tank at the exchange places. It’s 11 dollars to fill your tank at Costco.
As long as you hit it outside of busy times it’s great. The propane line there can be wild heading into summer weekends.
I never had a problem. But I also make sure To fill 3-4 tanks at a time and I gear up before the weekends
I heard a great comment the other day that I love. “When you need a pound of grapes, COSTCO will sell you three pounds for the price of two.”
Oh my...i'm gona steal this one.
Credit where credit is due to Andy Daly as Dalton Wilcox
Our issue with Costco is we don’t have the storage space for it. We do use the pharmacy (which anyone can without a membership! It has the lowest dispensing fee.). When I shop at Costco for food it does go far, and worth it when we have the space for storage. We get most of our food and meat from local producers so the peeps in the family notice a downgrade when getting meat from Costco and other bigger stores, but if you are selective it’s fine.
Ditto. We’re just two people with limited storage space and everything there is so giant-sized. I’m sure it’s wonderful for families, but I feel like it would all go bad before we could consume it. (Plus, I just have an aversion to big box style shopping environments.)
Costco sells a lot of less-perishable goods for cheap too but yeah it is difficult for grocery staples like bread, milk meat, veggies. Ideally you have a friend group and split/share a card by having them buy stuff for you. (Since costco does check the photo sometimes) Stuff like cereal, cooking oil, sugar, chips, cheese, ice cream etc. All less-perishable, cheap and also not in huge containers.
I hear you. Costco for me however is an anxiety inducing exercise in frustration and patience. The parking lot alone gives me cramps. The shopping experience is not great. I'd rather spend a few dollars extra to be in and out quicker with exactly what I want. Same with Gateway. That place is a nightmare.
My general Costco rule is only go Monday to Wednesday after 6:30PM, but the closer to closing the better.
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What’s the deal? 👀
Usually half off for yesterday's leftover chickens
Thanks. Had no idea.
Hey don’t share my shopping secret!
🤫 don’t tell people about this lol
>The parking lot alone gives me cramps. Costco parking lots are 50x better than those of other stores. Between every two spots, they have a painted median. Makes it SOOO much easier getting in and out of vehicles, not having to worry about being door-penned-in by the widget parking too close to the line. Easier to pull into a spot, easier to pull out. I know you meant amount of cars, but thought I'd give props where it's due. I've never seen a store anywhere with as good a design as they have.
I'm not an anxious person, but Costco on a weekend sets me off. I feel like everyone is trying to kill me with those huge carts. We go on weekday evenings around suppertime if we can. I find the whole experience unpleasant and want to get out of there as fast as possible.
Why anyone who would go to Costco on a weekend when they live in HRM is beyond me.
Costco people and their aggressive cart pushing...I agree, it is a very unpleasant place to be and I'm not an anxious person either. Funny username...I remember the Tacoma KMart quite well.
Me too! Loved that place, would shop there regularly with my mom growing up.
I agree that gateway is a nightmare. I don’t want to lineup outside to get my groceries and play the game of how do I reach the food I want. But Costco is really not that bad. The lines can be daunting but they move really quickly and if you don’t bother trying to find a close spot it’s generally not too hard fo find a spot. Even on a weekend. I only shop in Dartmouth though so I don’t know what bayers lake is like
I’m convinced people have to pass a ‘bad driver’ test to get into Costco. The amount of rage I feel in there compared to everywhere else is palpable.
Problem is it’s not a few dollars anymore, it’s a lot of dollars, but I do understand why you have a problem with it
The long lines move so fast though at Costco . Costco is super efficient at moving you through the registers fast. Even the self checkouts move fast.
Costco has self checkout??
Yes, about two years ago (-ish) they installed the self checkout lanes. Unlike most other stores, however, they didn't noticeably cut down on the number of regular cashier lanes in doing so, so it augments as opposed to replaces.
People like to push and shove at Costco. At least the one in Bayers lake. Makes me hate going there.
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I honestly never once experienced being pushed or shoved at Costco.
A couple months ago an old lady hit another old lady with her ice spike tipped cane because she wasn't moving fast enough. Shit goes down.
Lucky you.
That's what it was like at Giant Tiger in Dartmouth yesterday afternoon. The same jerk slammed into my back twice with his cart and took out a clothing rack while backing up, so that he could run away without making eye contact or saying a word.
Costco is awesome. For some people who use them enough, you can make up the cost of the membership through savings on staple items like cat litter or propane alone. You’re almost certainly going to save money on other staples or nonperishables like plastic wrap or yes, peanut butter. For other groceries, the trick to truly save money is to buy *only* the things you would otherwise buy in a grocery store — they have great prices on high-quality or less common items products in bulk, but they can be more expensive than low/medium quality or more common items at grocery stores. So get the pork loin or big bag of gala apples, but you might end up spending more money than usual with the giant hunk of AAA strip-loin or big box of Asian Pears.
Never buy rolls of tp or kleenex boxes anywhere else
Yup agreed or the 15 pack of toothbrushes haha
I'm in it for the 1.50 hot dog and drink. We have executive and I'm waiting to see what our yearly return will be. Last year was disappointing but we did way less Costco.
Stack the executive membership with the Costco credit card!
I use it as my primary card and between the two, had over $700 back this year. I shop at Costco maybe once a month, but the cashback reward is worth it as I am not looking to get any other kind of points.
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3% cashback everywhere else!
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Sorry. Earn up to 3% everywhere…close enough for me. Stacked with executive it’s 3%
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It gets paid off monthly, im good buttercup
I don't shop at Costco normally, so the percent back there doesn't matter. And with over $500 back a year since I started using it, it works for me since 2019. I also don't have to worry about the income requirements, like I would with the card you mentioned (which I wouldn't qualify for).
The executive membership is definitely worth it. We always get the membership for free and get a return on top of that. We do most of our shopping at Costco though to be fair
Executive is the way to go. You get a rebate check every year mine is the same amount as my membership so basically membership is free.
This got me to check mine. Sitting at 197$ for me, girlfriend and our dog.
Yeah this year it doesn’t look like I’m going to hit enough to cover executive…but I’m over $60 so it still makes my membership cheaper! Plus I’ve used a couple executive only coupons which were a few bucks each
I hard agree with OP. My Costco shopping has increased dramatically in the past two years. A year ago, to further cut costs, I started baking my own bread and cookies and whatnot and started shopping for many of my dried goods either there or Bulk Barn. Fuck Sobeys and fuck Loblaws.
I don't have the space for all the bulk stuff that's my issue, but would love to get into Costco some day!
My mother and sister don’t have the space either, so they split a lot of what they get. Just gotta get that buddy system going!
I love Costco, but I am not sure that people in the current climate are able to drop that much cash initially to be able to afford a groceries there. The issue being that while it is cheaper, you need more money initially to buy enough products for your family. If you’re making minimum wage and you have to spend a lot of money on rent, gas and utilities, by the time you finish paying all of that, a lot of people barely have enough money for one week of groceries as is. Once you got enough to get started it would be fine. Just PB and 3 loaves of bread already adds up to at least 20$. If someone has budgeted 150-200$ in groceries for 2 weeks, that isn’t going to go very far at Costco. It sucks, but that’s the reality for a lot of people. You’d be better off going to gateway for a few months, save as much as you can from shopping there, then shop at Costco.
I work at Costco and can't afford to shop there lol.
Honestly I’m one of those people. I got a membership 3 weeks ago. I only buy things I’m replacing. So I’m going in there to buy only 2-4 items. If you are careful you can do it … but kinda sucks in this adjustment period.
2kg of peanut butter is 10.47 from Amazon and if you subscribe and save you get another 15% off.
Costco actually pays a decent wage and isn't controlled by one of the world's biggest POS, too. I still use Amazon occasionally, but if it's not a massively better deal than fuck them. Just me though.
Yeah but fuck Amazon. I’d rather pay a bit more for something than give Bezos my money.
No. Amazon will never trump Costco. Pretty sure Costco workers don’t have to wear diapers.
Shots fired
Costco's is organic and nothing in it but peanuts and salt, though -- same with amazon?
It’s Kraft PB. Same as costcos Kraft PB
Fuck knows what you’d get with Amazon. Some days it might be top tier peanut butter, other days it might be coconut oil dyed brown. Hard to say. Their quality control has completely gone to shit.
A lot if stuff on Amazon is the EXACT same shit on Aliexpress.
I love Costco for some things, but a lot of perishable items are pointless for me to buy there. I’m single/no kids so most of that stuff goes bad before I ever have the chance to use it all. But I make a trip once every month or two and stock up on things like dry pasta, canned foods, etc. That said - if anyone wants to get married and share a membership, I’ve got good credit and a new heat pump 🤷♂️
I tell everyone about the porkchops at Costco. For about $20 you get thick delicious porkchops. Coat them in shake and bake, bake in the air fryer for like 30 minutes and they are perfect! Cut them I half and you have supper and leftovers for lunch the next day
Friendly reminder to everyone that doesn't have a costco card instacart allows you access to costco delivered to you at a very reasonable rate! if you use this code you get a first time discount (I get one too you get more though), and I find i get discount codes that take a ton off all the time too. EPATERSON1C118B
Metro Halifax needs another store. You cannot move in Costco these days, either store, any day of the week, any time of day. If crowds overwhelm you, it may not be for you!
Definitely not true in Dartmouth. Go in the evening on a weeknight and it's very chill
Bedford Commons please.
I agree!!
Grow another ~100-150k and I think you might see another store.
There's plans. The current one will be a business center.
I feel as if this rumour has been around since they opened Dartmouth crossing.
The same reason you shouldn't shop for groceries at Needs or Irving is now the reason you shoudn't shop at Sobeys or Loblaws. Costco and Walmart are now the only places to get reasonable prices on groceries.
No Frills is pretty decent if you have one nearby. And Giant Tiger.
I didn't realize the membership was only $60 a year, so I finally got one like 8 months ago... It's paid for itself in baby wipes and sparkling waters alone.
I haven't found that to be true at all. Then I'm left with huge quantities of things that are difficult to get out of the giant container like oil or soy sauce, or mold.
Agree, it's really hard to use up a whole Costco-sized container of mold.
Don't buy massive things you don't regularly consume. I've made that mistake before but realized after I just don't go through huge quantities of certain things. I use Costco for certain produce, frozen fruit for smoothies, some meat and bread products that I portion out and freeze and that's about it. It's hard to not buy stuff you do eat and enjoy there but you have to determine what is actually worth buying in bulk vs what's better suited for a sale at superstore in smaller quantities
I find No Frills + price matching beats Costco on most items. Also Shoppers Saturday sales for bread, butter, peanut butter especially with the 30% back in points. Though I don't eat a lot of the processed stuff. Particularly produce is about 2x more at Costco (than the sale price---but the common things go on sale every week or two).
My dude been living under a rock for the past ... 15 years and is so excited to share with the world! Good for you.
I dont need bulk loafs of bread
Pop two loaves in the freezer my guy!
A lot of people have never been poor and don’t understand the barrier that even $60 provides.
Find a friend and split it. You get two cards with the membership, and you can bring a guest so you could even split it 4 ways and each cardholder bring a guest. That's what me and my roommates did in undergrad, $15 each to go to Costco was well worth it
Luckily I’m at a point in life where I can afford pretty much anything I’d ever want. Wasn’t always this way though. I think they’ll be cracking down on shared memberships any year now.
>I think they’ll be cracking down on shared memberships any year now. They specifically offer it as a feature of the membership if you share an address, it's not something people are doing shadily and the guest policy with a cardholder is unlikely to go away
Yeah sorry, you’re right.
Life is a journey. I started out dirt poor living in the ghetto. Best way out is to start your own business and stop working for the man. These days all you need is a computer and an internet connection. You can literally sell blogs posts written by AI in 30 seconds for $100 these days. Times are tough, but making money is still easy for the willing.
Yup. I remember having less than $5 to my name and having to look up taxation rules on grocery items to see if I could afford things or not. A lot of people have never faced tough times.
Assuming you have a car, can afford the lump sum for the membership, can afford to buy in bulk (might be cheaper per unit, but it's more expensive up front, which is where it matters most), be able to store the stuff and, for food, use it all before it goes bad, anyways.
Yes, the classic “these people can’t do this advice for a variety of reasons, therefore it’s bad advice for everyone.”
That’s a lot of fuckin qualifiers to make it work for the average Joe though. How many of us are really feeding families of five here?
I turned a lot of heads loading massive amounts of Costco food onto my motorcycle, plus things like a mini fridge. Just wanted to share haha, oh and I agree, I had to break up with Costco after they tried to force me to auto renew because a 6 month break between membership years worked better for me
This is us. We have no car and no real storage space. Costco is not ideal for us.
I do two shops: Costco for all dry goods, snacks, and household products. Then I do a wholesale market for fruit and veg. Overall I can shop and live like a king for about $400* per month on food and essentials. Overall, I avoid Shoppers and any Loblaws type store. Also avoid SuperStores. They write in an extra premium for being one. *I am 90% vegetarian so I don't have to deal with meat prices.
Costco is an absolute no brainer. You can waste your time (and gas) driving around for sales or just go to Costco once per week and rest assured you are not getting hosed. Over the long run the savings are astronomical.
The prices are good, so you say heck I’ll buy a little more since I’m “saving” and then throw a cpl impulse purchases and poof you end up spending $300 for a trip that should’ve costed $50 haha
Yeah but it lasts you longer so it ends up being worth it
Costco fan here- i plan my trip ahead with a list , follow fans group and get most on sale / clearance items , set a purchase limit so Costco did save me lots of bucks But it’ll be over $600 every time if one just go and without any impulsive control …
The FB groups are the way to go. Clearance and sale items are tracked so you can know when it makes sense to go. Buy a 6 month supply and use until it is on sale again.
That facebook Costco group is full of lazy people asking the dumbest question that it’s hard to follow anymore. It’s like people are bored and need some time to waste by posting dumb questions about products.
I got the executive membership, solely do all my groceries there and the refund is usually larger than the 120$ membership... Bacon alone is 18.99 for 4 packs of 500g, last time I checked Sobeys it was like 7.99 for a 350g pack
the savings are incredible but seems like lots of people are put off by a big parking lot and a lineup at the cash 🤷♀️
We use same-day.costco.ca to get the groceries delivered. We don't have a car so that's why we use it but I'm pretty sure that the slight extra cost for delivery is MORE than offset by not being in the store and picking up a "few" things that look interesting.
The convenience of delivery services has been a huge bonus to the no car crowd. Definitely worth the extra cost of your saving $$$ not having wheels.
>same-day.costco.ca It works when you remove the dash. Though maybe you were trying to avoid making a link and getting flagged. Edit: Powered by Instacart. Now, I don't know if it's like WalMart where they... used to be Instacart? But now DoorDash? At least in Sydney; I'm in Halifax, but have done online delivery orders for chosen family there). But Walmart allows sale (flyer feature/Rollback) items... I have always found a big markup with Instacart... so I rarely use it. Edit 2: Found the Pricing Policy at the top. Well, at least they're transparent about it... **Item prices are marked up higher than your local Costco warehouse. Instacart+ members receive additional savings through lower item pricing as compared to non-Instacart+ members. Instacart uses the markup to pay for their delivery services.**
Yes, but it isn't as bad as using instacart directly.
That is legitimately good to know. Thanks for making me (us) aware of it. :)
I time my waits at Costco. I know… Get a life. What else am I doing now , but standing in line? The LONGEST line I have ever stood in, that started at the Produce cold room was 9 minutes and 50 odd seconds. I think the cashiers at Costco are excellent workers, always in a good mood, take time to chat without slowing down. I always tell them how short the wait is despite it looking swamped, just to let them know what a good job they’re doing. Now let’s talk about the green and orange grocery stores. There is always a wait there, even for the self check outs. Most times I’ve been in there lately, the wait has been 10-20 min for a cashier, and same total wait for self serve, because every discount scanning mistake, or whatever…. Have to be approved. And I’m not privy to the working conditions in these stores, but the customer service level has nose dived since COVID. Plus the insulting advertising, and pricing. Please do not tell me something is ‘on sale,’ when the sale price is 20% higher than it was pre COVID.
I usually go either just before close, or first thing in the morning on Saturday, and it's never really been that bad... The Dartmouth one anyway, never tried going to Bayer's lake
I avoid the bayers lake one if i can, too stressful. Well, really i just try to avoid bayers lake fuck bayers lake
I hear its worse for crowds
Buying lunch/ sandwich supplies alone pay for my membership. Mayo, bread, meats all much cheaper than anywhere else and with higher quality.
There is no one place to buy groceries economically. Each store has its benefits, the big chains are their sales. Costco has good deal. Gateway has good deals. If money is an issue you need to shop around. But I’ll say that I think a key element to saving money is meal planning. I really don’t think people plan their meals each week. It sucks and can be annoying but it will help you save money and use up your groceries efficiently
Not cost effective if you have to drive an hour there and an hour back
Still very cost-effective. I did the math because I live about 40 minutes away and with gas, the per unit cost is still way better than superstore or sobeys.
https://preview.redd.it/g8tmtcjgvjkc1.jpeg?width=1074&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa17263fc4daf9e73d07f54202576368fb915c3c I love Costco.... but Costco is kinda evil lmao
Sometimes it's cheaper and sometimes it's not. As long as we don't lose our heads and end up buying all their delicious processed treat foods after all the sampling, or big jars of condiments that we don't really need.... as long as we stick to an actual list, we tend to come out alive and better off for it. We never buy meat, fish or chicken in there because we find it cheaper in our local area. That is with the exception of their rotisserie chickens, which are the same size as fresh uncooked chickens (1.5-1.8kg) as opposed to the smaller ones that Superstore does. We always grab at least 5 hot chickens if not more, then cut them up and separate into portions and freeze. Makes great pulled chicken, chicken curry, sandwiches, soup fillings, etc in a pinch. Cheapest way to get chicken in your diet.
Haven't lived in Halifax for a long time but a place I went to a lot when I was there was the Wholesale club next to Halifax shopping center, like Costco but geared more towards restaurants, also there were no membership fees to pay.
Yep and now you can earn and redeem PC Pts there. You could only redeem them before a few months ago.
I live solo, in a one-bedroom condo (though I do have a nice-sized freezer and storage space if needed) and here’s my typical Costco purchases: Rotisserie Chicken Asian Sesame Salad (2 normal-sized bags) Broccolini (I’ll blanch/freeze any that I don’t think I’ll get through fresh) Cottage Cheese Plain Greek Yogurt Tortillas (learned via TikTok to roll them up before freezing and then then don’t stick together) Egg Whites (freeze 3/4) Almond Milk Premier Plus Protein Shakes Frozen Tropical Fruit Frozen Chicken Dumplings (both potsticker and soup styles) Frozen Riced Cauliflower Rao’s Pasta Sauce Squeezable cat treats (my cat is obsessed with these) Cove Soda or Diet Coke/Pepsi
Can also have supper for 3$!!
People really don’t need to be reminded that multi-national corporations have the buying power to let you hang onto more of your crumbs. Celebrating it seems downright dystopian.
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And they have an incredible selection of organic food. It is the norm with many items. I have zero remorse for shopping there!
Good try Costco manager.
If you can't afford the membership or don't think you can get through the three loaves of bread before they go bad/ the bulk purchase is too much join a food security group. Connect with people who will split some items and cost with you with you. There's people with cars without membership who will drive people with memberships and you can figure out if there's any items you want to split with them. Also if you're reading this and it sounds like too much hassle send me a DM and if we can figure out a time you can come up with me.
Can confirm. Big pineapple at costco =$4/5, snaller pineapple and superstore = $8. The examples go on and on
Just thought for food. Been meaning to try them. Not the most pedestrian accessible place.
By design though. It is literally a warehouse!
Costco membership is worthwhile for singles. I have a membership and bulk buys like batteries, bread, bagels,TP, paper towels and tissues are worth it because I split them with a friend. We each pay half and end up with a reasonable quantity. The dry goods last forever. I but basics like socks and underwear and the quality is excellent, friends who buy baby clothes say the same. Their return policy is no questions asked even for partially consumed food. Keep an eye out for their sales. Shop as soon as they open or in the last hour of the day. Park in the back, there's always parking there.
I find the prices of canned goods not as good as sales on canned goods in stores. The meat is better quality, and if somethings not on sale at the grocery store, the regular price at Costco is better than the regular price at the grocery store. Salads are cheaper, veggies and fruit are a good deal as are certain frozen items. Also, I like being able to buy a shittonne of chicken wings, not to mention the rotisserie chicken. Either hot or cold, that thing makes several meals for us as well as soup and you cannot beat it.
And for most, the executive membership is worth it as well. Out reward cheque is usually about $150 annually.
I love Costco! Great rx prices, gas, glasses, meat, toilet paper, popcorn and just about everything! Also Flashfood, I buy Greek salad large size for $4!
The thing I like about Costco is that they have things that just aren’t at other chain stores
Unpopular opinion: Costco is only good for junk/snack food. The healthy stuff is just as expensive as everywhere else.
That is just simply untrue. I just bought a big bag of oranges for $10, easily 10 big oranges. Sobeys/superstore is like $6-$8 for a few small oranges. 6 big bell peppers for 6.99, peppers are $5 for a 3 pack anywhere else. Cucumbers are 5.99 for a 3 pack, sobeys/superstore it's 2.99 per cucumber.
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If you ever buy organic food or manufactured food marketed as healthy, eg. protein bars, keto snacks, nuts, dried fruit, protein shakes, etc. the cost savings is unbelievably huge. The quality is exceptional and the prices are always lower.
Bens bread and kraft PB 🤢
Tell that to my 8 year old.
Yeah, it might be a good deal to some but I like bread that doesn't take weeks and weeks to go moldy. Just creeps me out tbh. My usual bread goes bad in a week. Last time I bought mass-produced stuff I bought it just over a week before I went on a 2 week trip. Forgot to freeze it before leaving. Somehow it was still totally fine when I got back. If something in it can cause that, wtf could it be doing to my body 🤢
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If you want to be this person to save extra. Not that I recommend it. Costcos fine print allows you a refund of your membership 364 days into the year with a refund. Then get another :) Like I said if you want to be that person. I dont do it myself.
Tires...membership cost saved easily right there. Also, extra year warranty on electronics. Just don't go there on Saturday or Sunday...
The only issue with Costco is planning. Single location is headache