/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11446789
The pharmacy is cheaper than anywhere else.

>>11446789
c h i c k e n
b a k e

>>11446843
You don't need a membership to buy food from their cafeteria.

>>11446789
The rotisserie chickens are a loss leader so buy one every trip. Use the breasts in salads or with pasta. Broil the wings, legs and thighs in the oven with some old bay seasoning. Freeze the carcass and make stock once you have 3 or 4 saved up. Amazing value. Easily 5-6 meals worth of food for ~$5

>>11446889
OP just asked what good shit they have. He didn't specify that he only wanted to hear about stuff you need a membership for.

>>11446889
why is there always this fucking guy just pay the $50 or whatever

$5 rotisserie chicken - see above post about usefulness of that.
Old fashioned carving ham - easily enough to cut into quarters and freeze so that's like two months worth of ham.
Two pack of thick cut bacon (Hemplers, I think. Don't get the 4 pack of Kirkland Signature it's paper thin and pretty disppointing.
80oz jar of Adam's natural peanut butter for $8.99
10lbs box of Quaker oats
Case of canned diced tomatoes
Case of canned tomato paste
Either an 8 pack of spaghetti or the variety pasta pack
The No-Salt seasoning mix (really easy way to punch up soups & sauces)
Big ass jar of dried tomatoes
Any kind of cooking oil
Ancient grains crackers (they don't always have these, though)
Seaweed Snacks!!!! (great for soups, stocks or just to munch on)
Non-/ck/
Small electronics
Tires
Socks & t-shirts
$100 sheepskin rug

>>11446923
This, they are excellent. Not only are they the best priced rotisserie chicken out there (as far as I'm aware) they're the most delicious.

Stocking up on non-perishables is always a good idea. Their prices for things like sardines, olives, canned foods, etc. are really good. For fresher stuff eggs and some fruits (bananas mostly) are really well priced.

>>11446789
Buy pork belly. Cure and smoke your own bacon.

>>11446789
Nothing, everything is either about the same price as your local supermarket or it's in such large amounts that a single person can't finish it all before it goes bad.

>>11446789
Awesome deals on USDA prime beef. You have to keep track of what cuts they're doing at a given time but if you have high standards for steaks and rib roasts there's no better deal.

>>11447013
Good lad, I would also add contact lenses and contact lens fluid

>>11446789
the smoothies at the food court are fucking fantastic

Costco's store label bourbon is made by Buffalo Trace and is pretty good.

>>11447221
Oh, I also forgot the two pack of Sun Maid raisins, really good price on a wedge of parmesan, 2 for 1 Einstein Bros. bagels.
Oh and the costco sized pack of toilet paper. I don't need to buy TP for like a year now.

>>11447187

I buy full packer prime briskets from costco and smoke them on my smoker.

It takes about 9 hours but its the best Texas style BBQ in Grand Rapids Michigan hehe.

>>11446841
Don't need a membership to use the pharmacy

>>11446789
jamaican patties
white linen pasta sauce + pasta
the new french chicken cordon bleu bakes are dece
deenz of course, that go on additional clearance about once a month
and decent wine if you're into that, surprisingly the kirkland label wines are both cheaper and better than most of the other stuff they carry

>>11447401
Or to buy liquor (in cali at least)

>>11447416
>>11447264
Costco guarantees such huge orders that it's really easy for them to get legit producers to make their store brand stuff for them.

>>11446789
>he fell for the costco meme

>>11446789
Dawg and a drank for a buck fiddy

They have a 5 or 10 pound bag of spinach for like $6, mine also has a very nice charcuterie section. Also, CHICKEN CORDON BLEU

>>11446789
They're shit. Go to Trader Joe's.

Whole bean coffee. They all carry different coffees from area roasters.
Costco has a pretty surprising amount of regional variation. Hell, even two Costcos in the same city usually sell different products.

>>11446789
HOTDOG

Almost nothing at Costco is cheaper than at a normal grocery store. You just have to compairson shop everything.

I get peanuts and fancy brand spring water. Uh... chickens and that's about it. Some of their shit is like 50% more then retail and you have to buy it in bulk. It's shit.

>>11448687
Who the fuck shops at trader joe's shit is fucking pointless

Costco's removal of the $1.50 Polish hotdog, and its replacement with an Acai Bowl, is the clearest proof possible of the global conspiracy against virility.

To wit.

The hotdog. A firm, proud shaft of meat. It embodies the phallus, Priapus in his domain. Served with onions, the food of men.

Its day is done. Costco, at the behest of sinister forces, withdraws the meaty shaft. A symbolic emasculation of the food court, Priapic, bun-piercing frank deceased.

Its replacement? The acai bowl. A mons of yeasty oats and sickly fruit served in a yonic vessel.

This is the truth of it. The food court, formative, masculine bonding zone of the shopping ritual, unmanned by the withdrawal of the proffered meatshaft in lieu of the yonic yeast offering. An unmanned society is weak in war.

>>11446972
>just pay $50 and u can get the cheap food!!!!

Lmao goodest goy. Costco is the biggest jew in the retail industry and everyone thinks they're (((saving))) so much money cracks me up every time.

>>11446789
The food court menu is a little different in different regions of the country. I was quite pleasantly surprised to see that Costco on the east coast has (actually quite good) Italian sausages. I was even more surprised when I recently walked into a Costco in Virginia and found that they had (again, quite good) chili there. But you still just can’t go wrong with a hot dog and a soda with unlimited refills for $1.50

>>11449543
The only reason to go to Trader Joe's is for cheap wine and """""fancy""""" snacks for your GoT season premiere party.

>>11449679
>and everyone thinks they're (((saving))) so much money

Oh plz, the stuff you get at Costco for half the price as anywhere else more than justifies what you pay for the membership. I can think of multiple items where any single one of them I'd pay more for in the run of a year somewhere else than Costco prices + membership. >>11449527 is right though, you have to comparison shop. If you go in assuming Costco has the best deals on *everything* you will get ripped off.

>>11446789
Milk
Mexican Coke (in glass bottles)
Tate's Bake Shop Chocolate Chip Cookies (bulk size)
Haagen Dazs Ice Cream bars (usually with almonds)
ENORMOUS Bottles of Name Brand Alcohol (Bailey's extra large bottle is rad)
Quality wines at reasonable prices.

Their Kirkland Brand Orange Juice sucks ass, though.

>>11446789
Kirkland danish pastries. Those are some good shit.

>>11449679
You do save money, if you spend at least $500+ a year at Costco.

Most people who actually eat at home 6x a week or have a family can easily do that.

Enjoy that trip to Taco Bell, though.

>>11449543
They sell good cereals. I like their chocolate and sodas too.

>>11446789
Olive oil
Olives
Frozen mixed vegetables
Nuts
Meat, all kinds

for me? it's poutine and tendies

Costco is worth the $50 to me because I live in Alaska and it's a 60 mile round trip to the nearest Safeway. So making a few big trips to Costco rather than going to Fred Meyer or Safeway once a week saves me a lot of time and gas.
Also Costco is objectively the cheapest grocery place in Alaska because their prices are fixed whereas other chain groceries have to raise their prices to compensate for the shipping costs.
Fuck, Costco is so vital to Alaska they actually supply other grocery stores in the state. There's a local chain called 3 Bears that literally just resells Costco brand stuff at a mark up.

>>11449662
White and based

>>11449989
60 miles for groceries? What’s your job?

>>11450005
I'm a caretaker for a bunch of vacation houses in the Girdwood/Turnagain Arm area. We have a small "Mercantile" in town that's owned by Safeway/Carrs but the selection sucks and the prices are high. I make 2-3 trips per year to Costco in Anchorage so I can stock up my pantry/freezer and that way I only need to spot-buy meat & produce occasionally as needed.
Also I got a discounted cellphone there and I get my yearly optometrist check up as well

>>11449894
>>11449934
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just admit you like the SUV sized shopping carts and the lack of bohemian shoppers and be done with it. Also post inches of your waistline because Costco shoppers are more culpable for obesity than even Wal Mart.

I either just noticed or my Costco just started carrying almond flour for about 2.5 times cheaper than my local grocery stores which unironically charge $10/lb

>>11449679
presumably if you have a family and buy in bulk, you get 2% back in rebate in addition to cheap prices
maybe if you live by yourself it isn't a great deal

>>11450120
Protip: Costco doesn't actually require people to be related/dependent to share a membership. If you're a foreveralone you can go halvsies on a membership with one of your fellow incels.

Get the dental insurance if you can.

>>11450120
Bro I bought chicken thighs for $.50/lb yesterday at a grocery store. If you're a savvy shopper you can find deals everywhere Costco is 100% exclusivity and marketing feefees. Unless you're like the anon from Alaska or some other extreme circumstance it is purely retarded. They're one of the most PROFITABLE businesses in their industry that doesn't happen by giving great deals away. They make it back and then some.

Do Americans really buy food in bulk?

>>11450136
Also you can have your Costco-less friends give you money, buy them a gift card, then they can shop at Costco and you get that 2% towards your rebate.

This has nothing to do with the economic debate going on, but the Salt Lake City Costco is so huge they have parkas to borrow in the produce and dairy sections. Mormons love Costco.

>>11450070
WINCO is superior for a single person or a couple if you have a family Costco is superior

>>11450185
WINCO is pretty dope, but Costco is just more places.
WINCO has a really interesting business model, though.

>>11450148
Do Europeans really obsess over Americans all day?

>>11450209
Do dumbasses really take the bait on /ck/?

>>11450120
>>11449934
It depends on where you live I guess. Costco produce and meat are on average $0.30/lb more expensive at Costco than the local grocery stores.
They're really only good for toilet paper, detergent, and their clothes.

>>11446789
every packaged, refrigerated, prepared food ive gotten from Costco has been impressively good to me . examples are beef stroganoff, chicken fajitas, scalloped potatoes, bbq burnt ends. I also love the cheese pizza. I choose Costco pizza over dominos, PH and PJs, and even some of the expensive chains.

>>11449662
This, but ironically

>>11450434
>When you're that new
Golly, I wish I were!

>>11450466
This, but ironically

I thought half the reason you shop at Costco is because there's no mooncrickets around.

>>11446789
Pre-frozen 5-packs of 1-pound ground beef chubs, 93/7, for what works out to $3.50/lb. Great quality stuff.

>>11446789
4-packs of 1lb bacon, good quality, for $11.49

Also iirc $11 for a 50lb bag of bread flour

>>11446789
bottled water
toilet paper
paper towels
toilet wipes
aluminum foil
parchment paper
vanilla beans
black pepper
saffron
frozen tilapia
yogurt
milk
butter
honey
cleaning supplies
laundry detergent
restaurant supply stuff
alcohol
basically fucking everything is cheaper there or offers a better price/quality ratio than local supermarkets

>>11450223
You did so...

>>11446789
Tires

Not sure anyone mentioned this yet, but CostCo has bomb ass jackets/clothes too. I just picked up a nice Calvin Klein sweater there for 20 bucks today.

>>11449662
10/10 post

>>11450136
This.
I've owned a Costco executive membership for 4 years now and haven't paid a dime for it thanks to my housemate that moved out after my second year in uni.

>>11447264
>tfw I live in a county that outlaws selling alcohol in grocery stores

>>11450649
Sweden?

>>11450649
That's true in MS. They can sell beer, but no wine or liquor. Red states love to eliminate freedom in the name of allah while they control all alcohol sales through the state.with conckmittant taxes. You want personal freedom, better look another direction.

How is store brand beer?

>>11450746
It's pretty meh. Like Michelob Light tier. Works as a good, cheap cooking beer though.

>>11450649
in oregon they can only sell beer and wine liquor is controlled by the state

>>11446789
kalbi flavored pork jerky

>>11450780
>in oregon they can only sell beer and wine liquor is controlled by the state
What the fuck? Guess I'm never moving to Oregon.

>>11449527
Some things can be cheaper. But typically it will be the same price or slightly more expensive, but massively better quality.