/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.13623971]

Is Costco not as based as people make it out to be?
I recently went to a Costco for the first time in my life, after hearing stories of how great and cheap everything is, I was excited to see what deals I could find.
Except that the only thing I found was processed foods, a woefully small fresh produce section, and all meats that were "mechanically tenderized"
Booze is okay-ishly priced, if you can work with their small selection.
The rotisserie chickens were good, but are likely morally wrong to consume; bad living conditions for the birds. And they contained carrageenin, a known carcinogen.
I bought a small cart of stuff that ended up being $200.
Why are people falling for this meme?

[Anonymous No.13623982]

>>13623971
Costco sucks and is for poorfags who think they're doing okay in life.

[Anonymous No.13623994]

>>13623971
It's an excellent place to shop at for families or large groups of people. If you're single and spending $200 on food there at once for yourself, you're going to throw out a lot of it and lose money in the end.

[Anonymous No.13624004]

>>13623971
costcos only worth going to if you have like 5 kids

[Anonymous No.13624010]

>>13623994
I think most families and large groups would be better off buying whole foods (not the grocery store, but unprocessed foods) and making things themselves. It would save money and be cheaper.
I can see it being good to buy alcohol for a party though.

[Anonymous No.13624115]

>>13623971
>carrageenin, a known carcinogen
Carrageenan is not a carcinogen. You're parroting mommyblog fearmongering.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/12389870/

[Anonymous No.13624137]

>>13623971
you can find deals at costgo
you need to know your cost per unit
you'd think the 84 pack of ass wipe is a good deal, but you can get it cheaper at aldi. costgo can be a good thing if you know what you're doing. they make money off the dipshits who don't.

[Anonymous No.13624149]

10lbs of oatmeal for $9.99, 80oz of peanut butter for $8.99.

[Anonymous No.13624157]

>>13623971
I only go to costco to buy mexican coke, jamaican patties, rotisserie chicken, and freezer pizza

[Anonymous No.13624158]

>>13623971
>they contained carrageenin, a known carcinogen.
nice try

[Anonymous No.13624189]

Find me a better deal on shit tickets of equal quality. And no, that sandpaper you buy at aldi or other grocers doesn't count

[Anonymous No.13624201]

>>13624149
Those are two items I bought there as well
>>13624158
>>13624115
That is not what I heard.
>>13624189
I use a bidet so it doesn't really matter much.

[Anonymous No.13624223]

>>13624010
You can go to both. Costco has whole foods too, but their selection is indeed shit.

[Anonymous No.13624305]

>>13623971
>the only thing I found was processed foods, a woefully small fresh produce section, and all meats that were "mechanically tenderized"
Mine's a grocery department the size of an entire grocery store, and a butchery department with actual butchers you can walk up to and ask for a specific part of cow that they're in the middle of cutting.

No booze though, state monopoly won't sell through grocery stores.

[Anonymous No.13624332]

>>13624305
Your costco sounds based.
If I could buy directly from the butchers before they put the meat through their tenderizers, I'd be far happier.
Maybe I have to try going to a different one

[Anonymous No.13624342]

>>13624305
>butchery department with actual butchers
The Costco closest to me used to have a seafood section like that, but it's been gone for a while now.

[Anonymous No.13624351]

>>13623971
Costco is not a good deal. The meat isn’t inexpensive, the seafood selection is weak. And the rest is just processed food.

Same with Trader Joe’s. I couldn’t find any shit I wanted to actually buy there. Like, spinach and chicken burritos? Who gives a fuck.

[Anonymous No.13624365]

>>13624351
This is exactly how I feel. I don't eat processed garbage and barely eat meat.
Costco preys on poor and ignorant folks who think buying 40lbs of snacks and junkfood is saving them money for them and their fat families.

[Anonymous No.13624379]

>>13624365
My wife and I let our membership expire and we just order shit in bulk that we’ll actually use over then Internet now. The one thing Costco had that was actually a much better deal was maple syrup, but I haven’t been in 2-3 years so I don’t know if it’s true any more.

[Anonymous No.13624415]

>>13623971
>>13624332
i am a meat autist, costco prime grade is the minimum level quality of steak i'll blow money on. if you're really scared of getting sick due to the tenderizing, buy the vacuum packed primal cuts which aren't tenderized or pasteurize via sous vide. otherwise stop being pussies, costco prime grade is far better than any of the trash steaks at publix and other mid tier grocery stores

[Anonymous No.13624458]

>>13624415
Prime grading is voluntary you idiot.

[Anonymous No.13624488]

>>13624458
And?? the steaks labeled prime at costco are clearly better marbled than the ones labeled choice. what would you like me to call them so anons know which ones I'm referring to, xir?

[Anonymous No.13624489]

>>13623971
My costco has a great produce section with really beautiful vegetables. Fage is a good deal there. But yeah, if you don't already buy the things they sell there, it's not great. It's usually pretty good quality-wise for things. Nuts are a good deal there if you have the freezer space. I don't bother buying processed foods there because I don't eat enough of that to justify it.

[Anonymous No.13624502]

>>13624488
You’re getting memed. Costco just gets in a bunch of Select beef and marks it up and people like you buy it because you don’t know much about meat despite being a self proclaimed “meat autist.”

[Anonymous No.13624521]

>>13624201
>i use a bidet

You don't dry your asshole off before you pull your pants back up. Also.. fuck french canadia

[Anonymous No.13624529]

>>13623971
you can get 4 individual 5lb tubes of ground angus for $18

[Anonymous No.13624542]

>>13624502
enlighten us

[Anonymous No.13624543]

>>13624502
>marks it up

Their prime strips are 8.99 a pound on sale and 11.99 normally. I'd hardly call that "marking it up." also they do have great marbling.

[Anonymous No.13624557]

>>13624543
i bought my bed from costco. best bed i've ever had

[Anonymous No.13624589]

Costco is where you go to stock your pantry with dry goods and non-perishables as well as household supplies and all the wool socks you'll ever need. The meat and produce selections can vary quite a lot from store to store depending on who their suppliers are (my friend's family blueberry farm actually has a contract with CostCo, but only the upper NW stores). It's also a godsend in places like Alaska and Hawaii because they make money off memberships not products, so the prices stay the same. The weirdest place is the Salt Lake City store, it's so big that they have parkas to borrow in the dairy and produce sections. Mormons love them some Costco.
>also I got an awesome cellphone plan through Costco.

[Anonymous No.13624594]

>>13624557
mattress? which one? they keep putting this serta on sale for under $400 and I've been thinking about getting it

[Anonymous No.13624626]

>>13624594
i dont remember what brand it was. i bought it a couple of years ago. But its completely foam. best sleep ive ever had

[Anonymous No.13624675]

>>13624543
$6 a pound tops in cattle country for the same cuts.

[Anonymous No.13624682]

went there today for lunch and got a couple pizzas for work

wasn't bad, wasn't really great either. Felt bad for the employees in the kitchen, looks like they could have used about 4-6 more employees during the lunch rush

[Anonymous No.13624685]

>AECOM's brand value retention bots have detected internet "trolls" telling lies about a valued customer
>shills deployed to protect brand value
Shill game's getting a little thin and obvious these days.

[Anonymous No.13624695]

>>13624682
Those employees are making $20/hr with good benefits. There is a reason why Costco is never hiring, people don’t quit.

[Anonymous No.13624714]

>>13624695
damn really? thats crazy.

[Anonymous No.13624722]

>>13623971
costco is annoying because you have to spend >$10 per item

[Anonymous No.13624727]

>>13624189
go to target and use a redcard and take advantage of their deals for a $10 gift card on $50 spending for household goods

[Anonymous No.13624734]

>>13624594
I've got a serta not from costco and I really like it and always get complements on the mattress being nice. mine was a $1200 model though

[Anonymous No.13624754]

>>13624734
I have a Simmons beauty rest silver plush and everyone says it’s super comfortable but I hate it. Got it as a discontinued clearance for 499 from some furniture store. Should have spent the extra 200 and gotten the sterns and foster Kirkland signature. Oh well.

[Anonymous No.13624771]

>>13624589
I agree it can be variable. If your Costco has perishables that aren't great, the price of a membership might not be worth it.

[Anonymous No.13625153]

>>13623971
Duh, cause you're supposed to do for the food court retard.

[Anonymous No.13625172]

>>13623971
Bulk shit at Cost Co like canned stuff, big bags of rice, beans, frozen stuff, butter, etc. All in bulk.

Do bulk meal preps and put it in a chest freezer
That's when Cost Co shines

[Anonymous No.13625260]

Also you don't need a membership to shop at Costco, just find a friend with a membership and give them cash to buy you a giftcard once in a while. Then you can dip in a few times a year to grab some staples.

[Anonymous No.13625268]

>>13624675
And?

[Anonymous No.13625294]

>>13625260
Costco near me doesn't let you buy booze with gift cards or if the name doesn't match the membership.
Damned nazis I tells ya

[Anonymous No.13625334]

Hate it every time I go there with family, aisles packed with mouth breathers it's like shopping in a can of sardines, people are more often aggressive or apathetic than nice. The dumb boomer sample carts taking up precious room. Plus all the food is just average the only Costco brand food that's exceptional that I've found is the matcha green tea. Also don't care for their exclusive club attitude making you sign for a fucking credit card just to shop there and getting the receipt check and pat down upon leaving. I'd choose Albertsons an hour before closing over Costco just for the peace.

[Anonymous No.13625337]

it's ok, but the food court sucks and based on the crowds I see there it will be corona virus central in the next few weeks

[Anonymous No.13625349]

>>13624351
>>13624365
>spend 20 bucks and get two memberships
>the make money off the memberships.
kek

[Anonymous No.13625356]

>>13625337
>but the food court sucks
Shut your whore mouth. Their Shake Shack burger clones and Italian sausages are the shiznit.

[Anonymous No.13625369]

>>13625356
the one near me has no burgers

[Anonymous No.13625373]

>>13623971
got some great deals there

also got a case of kirkland almond milk in which at least 2 of the cartons were bad. so not buying that anymore. makes me suspicious of the other shit.

[Anonymous No.13625377]

>>13625356
All about the chicken bake for me.
Easy $2.50 lunch

[Anonymous No.13625381]

>>13624010
>I think most families and large groups would be better off buying whole foods (not the grocery store, but unprocessed foods) and making things themselves. It would save money and be cheaper.
That becomes a difficult prospect when you're juggling the needs of a large family.

[Anonymous No.13625385]

>>13625337
>it will be corona virus central in the next few weeks
You are intensely paranoid.

[Anonymous No.13625393]

>>13625385
about what? the highly contagious disease with no cure from China? or shopping at a store where I see more Asians in one place than anywhere else?

[Anonymous No.13625395]

>>13625385
coronavirus is extremely virulent and will be a worldwide pandemic

its not paranoia at all, the math is done

[Anonymous No.13625417]

>>13625393
Most of those Asians have lived in your country for years, or were actually born there.

>>13625395
Just like SARS did right?
>the math is done
You got a source that isn't a conspiracy theory website or a tabloid?

[Anonymous No.13625423]

>>13625417
it's not SARS.

[Anonymous No.13625428]

>>13625423
No, it's a very similar condition though. SARS also had people doomsaying and claiming it was going to be a worldwide pandemic. It wasn't.

[Anonymous No.13625429]

>>13625417
keep up dumbass, even the fake official numbers put this at more than 3x the total number of SARS cases

[Anonymous No.13625432]

>>13625385
It's a commentary on how it is full of chinks. No Basketball-Americans, though, which is nice.

[Anonymous No.13625437]

>>13623971
just bring back the chocolate frozen yogurt and there will be an end to the horror

[Anonymous No.13625444]

>>13625429
>the math is done
>You got a source that isn't a conspiracy theory website or a tabloid?

[Anonymous No.13625455]

>>13625444
all is well, nothing to worry about, keep eating free samples at costco

[Anonymous No.13625461]

>>13624727
I, too, work for Target.

[Anonymous No.13625462]

>>13624137
>know your cost per unit

This. Otherwise, you have no idea if it's a deal, a wash (that you pay an annual membership fee to get = ripoff), or a straight ripoff. Gotta do your homework.

[Anonymous No.13625466]

>>13625429
>they would never make a lie bigger than before
I remember the few days following 9-11-01 media reporting that 20-30k people may have died in the rubble.

[Anonymous No.13625474]

>>13624305
>No booze though, state monopoly won't sell through grocery stores.
Haha are you in Utah?

[Anonymous No.13625494]

>>13625455
This doesn't explain how "the math is done" on it being a worldwide pandemic.

[Anonymous No.13625516]

>>13624727
target litterally has nothing of quality in the entire store
their produce / meat is garbage
their furniture is shit tier
the only thing of note is getting a 5 dollar shirt on occasion /goodfellow isnt terrible

other than that its litterally a place white women go to feel whiter

[Anonymous No.13625538]

>>13625516
Target is the only place I can find Shin Ramyun Black

[Anonymous No.13625570]

>>13625428
>it's a very similar condition though

doesn't matter. it's not sars and is 4 times more infective.

[Anonymous No.13625581]

>>13623971
>bad living conditions for the birds
Who fucking cares if it tastes good?

[Anonymous No.13625594]

>>13625538
>Shin Ramyun Black
That is just sad anon.
>not having a korean market
>not having a jap market
>not having a chink market
>not having a viet market
fucking sad.

[Anonymous No.13625606]

>>13625594
>not having a specialty authentic japanese ramen restaurant less than a mile from your house

truly sad.

[Anonymous No.13625611]

>>13623971
Costco isn’t a grocery store you mouth-breather. It’s for buying stuff in bulk when you know you’re going to use it over time, or if you know it’ll stay good for a long time.
Also stop being a faggot

[Anonymous No.13625612]

>>13625606
>not having a Japanese supermarket with a ramen shop that is filled with Paesanos

[Anonymous No.13625614]

>>13625611
wrong I shop there like every day.
bulk meme is dead faggot.

[Anonymous No.13625649]

>>13625594
I've got all that but they don't carry Shin Ramyun Black.

[Anonymous No.13625654]

>>13623971
I just spent 350 at Costco for just me and my girlfriend and everything I bought was far cheaper and of higher quality than at local supermarkets. You are retarded if you buy shit in tiny quantities for higher prices and I literally only bought whole foods and bulk household supplies.

[Anonymous No.13625668]

>>13625649
>has all that
>can't fix shit taste.

[Anonymous No.13625688]

>>13624675
Bullshit I live in cattle country, and steaks aren't that cheap for prime.

[Anonymous No.13625711]

>>13625688
>>13624675
>>13624543
>>13624502
>>13624488
>falling for usda grade meme.

[Anonymous No.13625784]

>>13625711
>that is the highset quality beef available in the US
>not the wagyu that i can just go buy also

okay

[Anonymous No.13625977]

>>13623971
>bad living conditions for the birds
That's what gives it the flavor though.

[Anonymous No.13626001]

>>13625294
The booze thing is most likely state law

[Anonymous No.13626106]

>>13624010
That would require a housewife to prepare meals though. And we all know the jews don't like that, so quit being anti-semetic.

[Anonymous No.13626107]

>>13623971
>The rotisserie chickens were good, but are likely morally wrong to consume
The real problem with rotisserie chickens is they pump them full of salt water to make them weigh more, like most corporate chicken.

[Anonymous No.13626565]

>>13625711
>falling for the more fat more good meme
bms 6-7 dry aged is ideal. wagyu is served in such small portions in japan because you'll get the shits if you try to eat 10oz of a5

[Anonymous No.13626636]

>>13626107
the rotisserie chickens are actually a loss leader for costco, and sams.

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/retail/costco-philosophical-about-chicken-prices/

[Anonymous No.13626811]

>>13626107
yeah that's called brining you fuckin tard. costco doesn't sell them by weight, they've been a low fixed price forever

[Anonymous No.13626858]

>>13626811
if they're using raw chickens that didn't sell for that, then it could still be a problem since they were originally being sold by weight. i know kirkland brand chicken breast comes with quite a bit of brine in the package and they really shrink a lot after cooking.

[Anonymous No.13626863]

>>13626858
also even if it's not a price issue since they're all sold for the same price, overbrined meat starts to taste bland and have a bad watery texture

[Anonymous No.13626865]

>>13623971
>morally wrong to consume

[Anonymous No.13626871]

>>13625462
I've done the math and the cost of my membership is paid by the money i save using their gasoline.

[Anonymous No.13626881]

>>13625455
spiking so early, that's actually a bad trend for maximum infectiousness.

[Anonymous No.13626894]

>>13626858
>>13626863
sure brined raw meat sold by weight is an entirely different issue though, I expect rotisserie chickens to be properly brined. The only time I've ever had over brined chicken from a store is one time out of curiosity bought some raw chicken already in a marinade ready to cook. those just sit on shelf in the brine too long and get a gummy/bouncy texture. costco rotisserie chickens never have that problem, they are overcooked sometimes though.

[Anonymous No.13626906]

>>13624201
>gets linked an actual study disproving his claim
>response is: That is not what I heard.
i want to throw you into a meat grinder and watch you turn into mush

[Anonymous No.13627179]

>>13623971
Procreate.

[Anonymous No.13627393]

>>13623971
that's a lot of yikes

[Anonymous No.13627460]

>>13625474
There are a lot of states in the south where liquor or wine are a state monopoly and can't be sold in groceries.

[Anonymous No.13627480]

>>13626865
>>13625977
I just can't buy something that lives in pic related.
I don't even eats eggs anymore

[Anonymous No.13627579]

>>13627480
My life is worse.

[Anonymous No.13627601]

>>13625977
unhealthy animals with poor diets in bad conditions do not taste better

[Anonymous No.13627621]

>>13627601
The suffering imparts flavor, the chinks learned this a long time ago. It's ok more eggs for me, I'll eat two each day to make up for OP.

[Anonymous No.13627650]

>>13625356
The burgers fucking suck. They have zero seasoning, and they're kept in a steam tray like the hot dogs. NO FLAVOR. What a piece of shit burger.

[Anonymous No.13627662]

>>13623971
I use them for 99% of my shopping and I cook every meal except for me and my wife’s date meal on Saturday and none of the stuff I use is processed garbage. I buy a lot of meat, eggs, shrimp, rice, and beans and all that stuff they have in bulk for a very good price. The chicken comes in perforated packs of 6 that you can into 6 individual packs and freeze them and same with the shrimp. My wife buys a lot of the veggies there but she’s a vegan so she goes through a lot of those. Overall I save a ton of money buying at Costco, if I went and shopped at Safeway for all the things I buy I would easily spend double the money. Thinking you red a large family to shop at Costco is pure retardation.

[Anonymous No.13627667]

>>13627621
>The suffering imparts flavor
it makes the meat tougher and less flavorful, actually. why do you think wagyu from japan is so highly prized? it's not because they torture the animals.

[Anonymous No.13627679]

>>13627667
>trolls trolling trolls
I just thought it was funny that op thinks he is making any difference. Ya it's shitty that animals are factory farmed and have terrible lives. But they would kill and eat us alive given the chance. Animals have no concept of mercy. At least we sometimes attempt to give them good lives before we eat them. But me eating chicken or not isn't going to change anything. Only the collapse of industrialization would do that. You want to save the animals? Become an anarchist or invent replicator technology. Otherwise eat the eggs and shut up.

[Anonymous No.13627684]

>>13627679
I don't think anybody believes one person no longer eating factory farmed animal products means the problem is solved. It's a weird mindset to think that if you can't personally immediately solve a problem then it's not worth dealing with.

[Anonymous No.13627686]

>>13627679
>Thinks businesses exist no matter what
>Thinks consumer choice doesn't effect business
>Thinks that because how things are now, they're set in stone forever
One person couldn't have possibly stopped the Nazi's alone, might as well let them do as they please.

[Anonymous No.13628172]

>>13625538
that shit is litterally everywhere you are paying 3ddollars more for something that is readily available everywhere

[Anonymous No.13628324]

>>13624542
why does american meat always look like this? disgusting and fatty and obese?

the actual muscle looks like it's falling apart

in new zealand the meat looks nothing like this

imagine paying for 1 pound of meat that is 60% fat

[Anonymous No.13628684]

>>13628324
god i hope you are trolling.
ribeye is the fattest (read as most flavor) of all steaks on purpose

[Anonymous No.13628698]

>>13624305
my costco’s liquor store is a separate detached building beside the main warehouse because of laws too, they don’t have that in your state?

[Anonymous No.13628718]

>>13623971
because you're a fucking pussy, that's why

[Anonymous No.13628737]

>>13628324
ask me how i know your a homosexual

[Anonymous No.13628770]

>>13628698
in AZ we can sell all liquor in a grocery store.
beer, wine, hard alcohol

as for costco, i buy gas, eggs, heavy cream, butter, coconut oil, coffee and most if not all meat there. a $12 lasagna is a great buy to eat for lunch/dinner for a week as well

[Anonymous No.13630416]

>>13623971
Sam's or GTFO

[Anonymous No.13630440]

>>13630416
I call Sam’s Club Black People Costco.

[Anonymous No.13630444]

>>13623971
Lmao@U

Can’t even grocery shop without running into problems. Then makes a thread admitting it. If I saw you posting this thread irl I would be out of air laughing at what a fucking failure you are.