I just found out yesterday , while visiting Costco.
Costco can not make their Premium Vanilla Ice cream , thats right, there was none to be had in the freezer case.
The manager of the store told me that 85% of the vanilla bean crop that Costco had contracted to purchase was lost to bad weather and they ( Costco) is s.o.l. finding them elsewhere .
I found this on a vanilla bean website: As most of you are aware, the vanilla industry is currently in crisis and there is an acute shortage of vanilla beans.
The traders who purchase vanilla beans in volume are hopeful that as the new crop comes to market we will see prices drop some though there is no guarantee that this will occur.
Traders are waiting to assess the market before purchasing beans as market prices are more than $600 a kilo at source.
After 24 years of enjoying Kirkland Premium, My June has been devastated.
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June 07, 2017, 01:18 PM
Gustofer
Sounds like there's money to be made in vanilla bean futures.
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June 07, 2017, 01:19 PM
BigSwede
That's what chocolate and hot fudge is for, it's better anyway
June 07, 2017, 01:24 PM
SIG4EVA
Good thing I picked up a big jug of their Vanilla extract a few months ago.
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June 07, 2017, 01:29 PM
JDHunz
...damn Russians...
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June 07, 2017, 01:30 PM
Balzé Halzé
Noooooooo! Not Vanilla Bean!
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June 07, 2017, 01:32 PM
LS1 GTO
sounds like I need to pick me up some on the way home this evening (it's still here in San Diego).
Oh and some root beer.
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June 07, 2017, 01:53 PM
bendable
about once a summer I like it with a spoon full of Smuckers chocolate, a spoon full of carmel and a half a fist of pecan nuts.
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June 07, 2017, 01:55 PM
JALLEN
quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer: Sounds like there's money to be made in vanilla bean futures.
There already has been, but maybe not now.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
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June 07, 2017, 01:56 PM
tacfoley
Costco, Schmostco.
The title of BEST ice cream in the USA is shared equally by two brands in the PACNW - Tillamook and Umpqua.
All else is dross.
tac
June 07, 2017, 02:24 PM
craglawnmanor
Oh, the Humanity!! How can I go on???
Wait, the Row restaurant & bar added a new covered outdoor deck with a separate outdoor bar earlier this Spring. The Row is directly behind our store building. From peering out my 3rd floor office window, it appears that there are a few open tables on the covered outdoor deck. Perhaps I will saunter across the parking lot and ponder a plan of action for my future devoid of vanilla beans.
I must move forward!! I must not disappoint bendable!!
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June 07, 2017, 02:27 PM
stoic-one
quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
quote:
Originally posted by Gustofer: Sounds like there's money to be made in vanilla bean futures.
There already has been, but maybe not now.
General fact: By the time you hear about such things on a forum like this, the time has passed, unfortunately.
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June 07, 2017, 03:51 PM
signewt
quote:
Originally posted by tacfoley: Costco, Schmostco.
The title of BEST ice cream in the USA is shared equally by two brands in the PACNW - Tillamook and Umpqua.
All else is dross.
tac
tac: AGREE if you need/want/can schedule time at ARPC range during your visit to yooojean, I'd be happy to invite you as a guest.
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June 07, 2017, 07:05 PM
bendable
quote:
The title of BEST ice cream in the USA is shared equally by two brands in the PACNW - Tillamook and Umpqua.
I need to go check the sales figures, oh wait , no I don't
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