What Costco Products Do You Like?

June 23, 2017, 11:02 AM

The Kirkland hearing aid thread made me think of the things I really love from Costco.

Their Mac & Cheese is out of this world! We just had it last night and I swear it's a ratio of 50% cheese and 50% macaroni, it's that good!

What do you all like from Costco?

June 23, 2017, 11:04 AM

Orguss

Their tortilla soup (double pack) is delicious. Lots of chicken and a decent amount of veggies. I also like the Del Real tamales, both pork and chicken.

"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes"

June 23, 2017, 11:08 AM

TMats

Their ribeye steaks, hellishly expensive, but terrific. Frozen fish--salmon and cod filets. Bacon, usually the applewood smoked. The uncooked tortillas

June 23, 2017, 11:10 AM

Jimbo54

Kirkland Albacore Tuna, Kirkland bacon, their Enchiladas, roasted chicken, coated chicken patties to just name a few.

Jim

June 23, 2017, 11:14 AM

at-home-daddy

Their twelve-buck jeans. Their buck-fifty polish dog and coke.

June 23, 2017, 11:18 AM

PASig

I like how they have large packs of LED bulbs at some ridiculous low price when you break it down. I think I paid like $1 each for 850 lumen Feit bulbs a couple weeks back?

June 23, 2017, 11:22 AM

slyguy

Milk, butter, and eggs are staples when I go there.

Did I mention two teenage boys?

Cheers~

June 23, 2017, 11:24 AM

bigdeal

quote:
Originally posted by Orguss:
Their tortilla soup (double pack) is delicious. Lots of chicken and a decent amount of veggies.

Also love their chicken salad. Dress socks and underwear are also a Costco staple for me.

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June 23, 2017, 11:25 AM

Bisleyblackhawk

Their meatballs are excellent.

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June 23, 2017, 11:25 AM

bigdeal

Anyone have a bad experiences with Costco milk? I've returned gallons of 2% milk on three occasions given it appeared to be spoiled.

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Guns are awesome because they shoot solid lead freedom. Every man should have several guns. And several dogs, because a man with a cat is a woman. Kurt Schlichter

June 23, 2017, 11:32 AM

btanchors

Costco meats - especially beef - steaks, filet mignon, etc. EXCELLENT! I am constantly amazed at how good their beef is - comparable to the high-end mail order beef.

June 23, 2017, 11:33 AM

PASig

quote:
Originally posted by slyguy:
Milk, butter, and eggs are staples when I go there.

Did I mention two teenage boys?

Cheers~

We now use Aldi 100% of the time for those items, their prices are incredible for staples like that, even Costco and Walmart can't beat them.

I tasted Aldi's butter next to a major supermarket brand for twice the price and found no difference whatsoever in flavor or quality.

June 23, 2017, 11:36 AM

JALLEN

I've been a member since 1976, a few months after Mr. Price opened Price Club in Rose Canyon in San Diego. Costco was started by a Price Club exec, and eventually those two merged.

We use a great many Costco products, paper products, coffee, butter, cheeses, wine, various fish, some meats, the roasted chicken for $5, many, many others. Tires, batteries, iPads, TVs, printer refills, letter paper, light bulbs. I think our kitchen pans are from Costco, too.

After buying dress shirts at Nordies for ~$70 each, I found dress shirts indistinguishable in quality and style for $18. I seldom wear shirts like that these days, but I'm ready.

I think we are still working on the 55 gallon barrel of mayo I bought years ago!

Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.

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June 23, 2017, 11:39 AM

83v45magna

quote:
Originally posted by PASig:
quote:
Originally posted by slyguy:
Milk, butter, and eggs are staples when I go there.

Did I mention two teenage boys?

Cheers~

We now use Aldi 100% of the time for those items, their prices are incredible for staples like that, even Costco and Walmart can't beat them.

I tasted Aldi's butter next to a major supermarket brand for twice the price and found no difference whatsoever in flavor or quality.

Eggs were great, really large and a great deal but that all went away. About the time Brad Pitt and some celebrity chain of fools protested on behalf of chickens and their living conditions. That ended the good affordable eggs at Costco. Now it's crazy expensive hippie eggs only. I'm now becoming pretty sure 'organic' just means dirty.

Aldi rules for eggs now. And a great many other things too.

June 23, 2017, 11:43 AM

rackrack

Nuts.

June 23, 2017, 11:46 AM

iron chef

quote:
Originally posted by at-home-daddy:
Their twelve-buck jeans. Their buck-fifty polish dog and coke.

They got rid of Polish sausage a while back, maybe around the end of 2016? Hot dog is the only option now w/ the drink.

My favorite thing at Costco is probably the gas.

June 23, 2017, 11:50 AM

LDD

Oh how I love thee Costco/Kirkland signature, let me count the ways:
Hot dogs
Chicken bakes
Food court pizza
Very Berry Sundae (less yogurt, extra berries)
Rotisserie Chicken
Bottled Water
Pies
Toilet Paper

[And that's just the private label stuff]

June 23, 2017, 11:55 AM

pbramlett

It is seasonal but the costco Chicken-Pot-Pie is extraordinary.

June 23, 2017, 12:01 PM

Expert308

quote:
Originally posted by at-home-daddy:
Their twelve-buck jeans. Their buck-fifty polish dog and coke.

+1 on the lunch deal. Their jeans used to be great but they switched to Chinese-made last year and the new ones aren't so good anymore - I've switched to Wranglers for $18/pair at BiMart (absolutely refuse to pay $40-50 for Levis

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Yeah, the mac & cheese and enchilada dinners are among my favorites too. Chicken jerky treats for the dogs - even my finicky one loves them. Their steaks are really good, if a bit spendy.