I need a wedge of real parmesan and a rack of lamb, as well as paper goods.
I do the whole tenderloin butchering thing, too. One whole tenderloin runs about $55 - $60, and after butchering, provides:
Five pairs of filet mignon steaks
One dinner’s worth of small prime chunks, maybe for shish kebabs
One dinner’s worth of scraps and bits, perhaps for fajitas or stir-fry
One 1.5 pound roast, which will make one dinner plus enough left over for a he-man sandwich
One dinner meaning enough for two people.
BTW, when buying steaks at Costco, look for those packed in a blue styrofoam tray. Those are prime steaks. They’re showing up more often nowadays, the theory being that the poopy economy means less diners at high-end steakhouses so more prime beef is available to go to Costco. Theyre a bit steep, but a steal compared to a good butcher shop.
I go to the one in Avon. It’s off I-90 at Route 83. I think there’s one on the east side, too. Of course, there are remote corners of NEO that would be too far away.
Yep! I personally haven’t lived anywhere that didn’t have one or the other, and nowhere that had both, though that may be just my limited experience. I have assumed they have a territorial agreement or somewhat.
Thanks for reminding me I need to renew my membership.
There is a Costco within walking distance of my house. I like to go there with my mom or sister, because they have cars I can put my purchases in rather than lugging them home in a grocery cart. I especially enjoy going there on weekends because they have food samples out, and one can easily try all kinds of food and drink just walking around the store. My daughter likes Newman’s Own grape juice, and Costco is the only place I’ve been able to find it - it comes in huge bottles. Sadly, my daughter only knows Paul Newman as the guy on the bottle of grape juice and the salad dressing.
I love Costco, perhaps a little too much. I find I spend way too much money when I go there, so I consciously avoid going there on a regular basis now.
I go every so often, whereas I used to go just about every week or two.
I love to wander the aisles and see what’s new. This leads to bad things, because this means I have to try the new stuff.
I do need to go again, but I’m trying to hold off.
I am in Costco withdrawal as I recently moved and the nearest one is over an hour away. There’s a BJ’s nearby tho - is that almost as good? I haven’t been yet.
I usually manage to spend under $200, and I usually manage not to buy anything too stupid. It helps that Costco in Canada doesn’t carry booze. That would wreck our Costco budget.
Does anyone else find the bakery area particularly difficult not to impulse buy in, or is it just me?
Another way is to take one look at the horrible lines and leave, like my son and I did today. We are not dedicated shoppers, not like my wife. We both love Costco, though. On the way out, he did buy a hot dog and soda, french fries, and one of those cinnamony baked doughy stick things. My car still smells like an impending heart attack.
The money I save on my contact lens prescription pays for the membership fee all by itself. I go there for 5 dollar roast chickens on lazy dinner night, chanterelle mushrooms in the fall. I get ribeyes too but I check the white trays as well, sometimes you can find prime quality ones in there, I had some tonight that were as good as the primes. Printer cartridges, vanilla beans, iqf scallops, and ciabatta rolls round out the rest of the usual shopping list. I’m lucky that there is a Costco 7 minutes from my house.
I’ve been buying fresh steelhead trout there for gravlax. I’m munching a handful of Kirkland brand chocolate covered raisins as I type this. Mine only sells wine though, not liquor. Damn.
You need: Veggie Sticks, chicken taquitos, green grapes, a baguette, and a massive bag of prawns.
Well…let me rephrase. You need to go buy and sent to me. kthxbai.
Heh—I suppose inspired by this thread (I am highly suggestable) I actually found myself at Costco today, only to find out that they have stopped carrying the shrimp spring rolls that I enjoy so much.
Costco has done that to me with several items, gotten me good and hooked and then stopped selling the product after a year of so. (they have also pulled this with Danish Havarti, which was so creamy and good that I am about ready to hijack a plane to Copenhagen to get a stash.)
Finally, here in Utah, Costco is only allowed (like all other stores except Utah State Liquor Stores) to sell 3.2% beer, but as they are not much cheaper than the gas station down the street, and like everything else at Costco, they only sell cases or 30 packs, it’s usually not that appealing to me most of the time…
My Costco now sells trimmed out tenderloins. Roughly 4lbs for $70-ish. I usually do a tenderloin roast for X-mas dinner and in the past I’ve had to mail-order them ($189 for 3lb). HUGE deal.
We buy AMC movie ticket packages there, among other things of course. 2 tickets are $15.99 here in Chicago, which sounds expensive, but tickets at the box office for non-matinee shows are $10.50 each, so we save money.
It depends if you think about the politics of the store. Costco is very liberal and supports Democrats, and Sam’s Club is conservative and gives money to Republicans. Cite. That’s an old cite but the politics have stayed the same. Costco’s founder James Sinegal still runs Costco, and as CEO, keeping in mind that Costco is the largest U.S. wholesale club, paid himself less than $4 million a year, peanuts compared to most CEOs.
They treat their employees well too, though most stores are non-union.
One of my only regrets about not owning a car in London is not being able to get up the M1 to Costco for my Starbucks coffee, cheaper wine and ribeye steaks. I’m a sucker for all the other crap too but it’s mostly about the coffee. Could rent a City Car but I haven’t worked up the nerve to drive yet :-/ pathetic I know.
I just love Costco. When I’m in the US I take my sister’s Costco ID and stock up on feminine products, razor blades, odorless garlic pills and other things that are just way too expensive here (in France). Just those items fill up a suitcase but it’s so worth it.
