When these benefits and the longer shelf life of organic milk are considered, it's easy to see why organic milk … I only live 5 minutes away from Costco, so commuting is not a problem. We buy 3 or 4 beds a year. It’s about 50% the cost. My best Costco savings comes on pet goods. I expected to have to submit for reimbursement, but it wasn’t necessary, and they even had to contacts on hand. There’s nothing inherently wrong with Costco’s milk. This is very expensive to furnish as organic feed cannot have pesticides, which means that there is less yield from a crop, so less supply for the same demand = higher prices. We find the quality of the meats to be better at Costco so we will buy in bulk and then freeze in smaller quantities with our foodsaver. Great article thanks. Your Turn: Is shopping at Costco worth it for you? It comes at a fair price, and it pairs with cookies just as well as milk sold at other stores. We’ve introduced friends of ours who previously only shopped at grocery stores and they were amazed at the savings. Used to have a ton of friends in that area in the 1960’s when Langford Corner was just a blip on the map. I earn 3% on gasoline purchases (doesn’t have to be bought at Costco) and that alone makes it worth it for me. We eat a lot of frozen broccoli, and I don’t mind a moderate amount of stalks, but some packages are ridiculous. High quality cheeses have even bigger savings. But then I wouldn’t see what’s “on sale” at any given time. Have you seen the size of the apples? There chicken is a air chilled and trimmed ready to eat. That way, you can pace your trips for best results. Same with Potatoes, onions etc….I would estimate that 25% of my onions go bad before I can use them, and the potatoes too. buyer beware & aware! Eggs and butter are my … Kerry, The main savings in costco is the meat. The SS also gives you a break on the price of petrol if you buy it with a President’s Choice credit card. “Membership Fees Lift Costco as Revenues Fall Short of Estimates.”. The only other thing that I learned is to be careful of electronics. Check to see if produce has been grown in your own city or country. I have never bought meat at SS and probably never will. But the best deal of all are the frozen baked goods, not known by many, sold in the bakery dept. Yes, Langford has changed a lot since you were here last. Costco also has other dairy options that are organic. Costco is great when they have deals with a reasonable quantity. That’s great K but if that’s the case then most people will be eating fresh green peppers for six weeks a year, tops. […] I don’t own an espresso machine, I went to Costco and bought a bag of Starbucks Pike Place roast to best mimic the Frappuccino recipe. I should note that CostCo has always had better prices on dairy goods than our local grocery stores, from Connecticut to California. Wow This is what was told to us, but since we shop at Costco for weekly groceries as well as birthday and Christmas gifts, we’ve always spend over the amount, and have never had to put this promise to the test. Foods I like are typically 25-30% cheaper at Costco than at any of the local grocery stores. I find the Green Giant brand pretty good. However, then my employer gave out free membership cards to Costco, so while I have a card, it’s a once a year trip now. Costco only sells quality products. Really helped me to break down my shopping list necessities and I’m saving about $80/month now thanks to your information! For me, there are a few differences. I would never buy any perishable food at SS (Stupid Store). Otherwise I shop at Walmart (since that is an actual superstore) and am able to find mostly everything I need there. Finally, prices on books there are unbeatable! I have a membership at Costco and primarily buy gas, frozen meats/vegis, bathroom tissue/paper towel, sometimes printer paper. It is a cost of shopping at Costco and should have been included. Last week i brought oragnic milk and i also conusmed some of the cartons, without knowing the milk has a fish oil. With increase in coffee prices lately, coffee is dramatically cheaper than any of the big brands like folgers, and it tastes much better. My wife bought some from the regular supermarket not knowing I had purchased the larger package. This article was great! You just have to know the price you would pay at the stores you regularly visit. I have actually considered grocery delivery, but so much of my shopping is spur of the moment that I know it wouldn’t work. I should do my own comparison for Atlantic Canada to see what I come up with. The packaging will always change, for the purpose of catching your attention and/or hiding the fact that they are giving you less, yet charging more. You will still need to go to your local for a great variety of fresh produce. Not a bad deal. executive membership is 100 vs regular at 50. so if you spend more than 2500 a year it’s a better deal, esp. I go to farmer markets. The only other place I’ve found a good deal on two gallons of milk is at 7-11 (a gas and convenience store here). I don’t know the other deals but that sounded like it could make it worth it. What the exc. I find that on fresh produce, and some meat (such as fresh chickens) it’s pretty hard to beat Wal Mart. Thanks for the info. I never make the full amount back, but it saves me enough that I only pay $25 membership(I renew with the savings check). I have also done comparison shopping between my local grocery store and superstore and found that my local grocery store was cheaper. The parents are slowed down, the aisles are clogged with kids, and the whole situation is an MCF. The fresh chicken in my local costco comes in premeasured 2 skinless boneless breast halves per pack, and 6 packs per overall package and it is always the flat price of $2.99/lb. Trish – that’s the way to “stick” it to Costco. IMAGINE I think the Executive membership is SO worth it! We need to replace our garbage disposal. I have no idea how old this article is, but excellent work. But since I shop – often – for a family of 5 I have prices of most regular items memorized, just gets tricky when the volume differs. There is no statistically significant evidence to support that organic dairy milk is more nutritious than regular milk. We built our house last year and I got bamboo hardwood floor from Costco for less than half what it would’ve cost at a flooring store, or Home Depot. For example, Costco’s gala apples sell for $2.13/kg while Superstore offers the deal at $1.28/kg. As for our local superstore, it is in Langford, BC. Dairy cattle that produce organic milk are given some access to pasture; at least 30 per cent of their diet must come from grass. SHOP LOCAL! I can’t find milk cheaper than costco , there produce is much better quality. We go to the butcher for our local organic meat and we get our vegetables delivered from local farmers. The quality of the pieces of produce also seems heads and shoulders above. Having said that, the membership keeps creeping up which I’m not thrilled about. I find that most regular grocery items (eggs, milk, yoghourt, veggies, meat, ..) are less expensive at No Frills or Price Chopper than Superstore. Thanks for all of the work you have done to bring all of us this great information. I often see a lot of furniture for really good prices. I don’t even think there was a traffic light at Langford Corner. Takes a bit of time, but one stop shopping and for a family of two I figure we save $10 – $25 weekly! I explained that we were roommates and that we always split our grocery bills this way. He found that the top folks at Costco get paid a lot less and those savings are passed on to cover benefits for the Costco employees, who also get paid a lot more than Walmart/Sam’s Club employees. We don’t have a chest freezer so can’t stock up on baked goods. Costco tailors each and every store to the region/city/town that it is in. I can’t stand these games and the location of their price stickers are often hidden or in front of the wrong item, making it almost impossible to figure out with our a magnifying glass.Takes me forever to shop there! We can walk to several local groceries in our area (we have 3 within a half mile) and the Costco is 14 miles away. And you can downgrade any time you want if you don’t feel that it’s worth it. So I’m not exactly seeing savings there. We performed a series of similar price comparisons between Costco and A) HEB in Austin, TX, B) Albertsons in San Diego, CA, C) Safeway in the San Francisco Bay Area and D) Publix in Miami, FL and in each and every instance, fresh foods and produce were significantly less expensive at Costco. I dont shop there either. Use unit prices to scale items to meaningful quantities. I have also observed that shopping at or after dinner time is the best – unless you are checking out close to closing time, the wait is minimal. but it sounds like it just might be worth it, stocking up on the nonperishables and electronics. Wal Mart does the same thing – they will price match any competitor’s flyer. It is great! Oh yes… the fresh produce is always better quality than all but the most expensive local grocery stores. But Comes with a food processer function that Vitamix doesn’t have. Yes, we shop a LOT at Costco . I have clicked on far too many of your blog posts tonight. Fantastic article, being both a costco and superstore shopper I agree with everything. I’m glad to see that someone else sees Costco for what they really are. Costco HAD a great return policy, but it has changed over the years and has become a lot more strict. Some of the warehouses really stick to this, others do not. I don’t think Costco is worth it if you don’t shop there regularly enough to make back your money. Steve has a great point! Kirkland brand items – I have never been disappointed! I am very impressed with many of their canned products eg I would go shopping with AT LEAST $150-$175 for the whole month for myself at ANY produce super store. Their mayo passed the “potato salad” test in our house (otherwise, it must be Hellman’s/Best Foods). I know this is off topic for this forum but just had to get back to you and say hi. Share this:Facebook April 23, […]. Keep an eye for the dollar stores around though. Kirkland Signature has grown into a global brand with over $50 Billion in sales in FY2020. For example, a store in a more well to do area will charge higher prices for the same item than in the same store in a lower income area. The back meat is poor quality and inflates their weight. If you live in a big city, try out the different Costco stores in your city. Guess it matters on quality. Over the years I’ve heard friends boast about retuning wares MONTHS after the purchase without a problem. produce than the grocery stores typically do! (Returns are no problem.) Sticking to these rules was pretty simple, but trying to photograph price stickers in Costco was a huge pain. If you’re a low volume shopper like me, it could pay to split this fee with a friend (or family member) and shop together. card to my 18 yr.old daughter so that she could do our shopping while I was finishing up at work. I would agree with some other commenters above that the thing for me that grants Costco the upper hand in this debate is the consistent quality of certain fresh food items. With two kids, we go through homo milk like crazy and I save about $1 a bag. A great way to try out brands you may not be familiar with. I don’t know where you are but 3 loaves of bread will NOT cost me $14+ at Superstore. But tomorrow I’ll be off to Costco for more organic spinach in a huge plastic box, because I use spinach every day and mine isn’t ready yet. How strictly the store enforces this depends on your store. Shipping is not free. Future Shop, Visions, Wal Mart and even Canadian Tire beat the pants off Costco each and every week on computers, tablets and television sets and in the case of Canadian Tire – tools that are often on sale for half price. Chicken legs are 99 cents per pound, which is a very decent price. Again, even if I end throwing some away (well, it gets composted), it is way cheaper than buying the same products at the market. The saving on one bed alone pays for our membership. However, I agree with the fresh food being much more. as many of the commenters here have said, you didn’t adequately compare the quality of the some of the grocery items. PS – I am comparing the exact same brands to the same brands at the regular supermarket and all are NAME BRANDS! It happens to be next to great butcher and COBS. I do understand what you mean. At Costco, we we will buy a couple bags of fruits that last for 2 weeks at least, and its great quality and doesn’t go bad…and guess what, if one isn’t good, you can return it very easily. Also items such as snack foods are in a lot of cases hard to beat. I bought a sound-dock at what I thought was the same price as BestBuy, but the the one from BestBuy was a much better deal — at least two years newer in terms of technology. outside purchases add up fast. It takes us about six months to accrue enough savings to cancel out the cost of membership. diced tomatoes 78c cnd, canned beans etc., their nn brand tea is great also at half the price of brand names also toiletries, With $2-300 in monthly auto gas bills, shopping w/AMEX issued by them (3% return f/already cheapest gas at their stations + 2-3% savings on all other stuff), card always paid monthly, makes shopping @ Costco a no brainer. Also, the customer service is wonderful. Caitlin: I’ve shopped with friends who were taking advantage of my membership, and I’ve found that the cashiers don’t mind if you check out two piles of stuff separately. Be a pilgrim of your much discussed heritage, sail into the future and live in your new life. Sam’s Club Member's Mark 2% Reduced Fat Milk = $2.68 per gallon. after checking the prices they had over charged me $1.20.i tought i made a mistake when i looked at the prices,so i when back and check the price on the sign in front of the items.i had seen right.i mentioned that to the clerk who contact one of the manager.she went to check the prices and after about 20 minutes(no exageration)she came back and refund me the over charged.i am pretty good with numbers so how many people don,t really check their slip.i have never been to costco since. So shipping is obviously built into the online prices and many are already available in store. The other great benefit that you get from the exc. No matter what I fail to see who does a MONTHLY shopping spree for no more than 100 dollars per person, in a house filled with adults (say group home or other housing situation) NO ONE can fulfill the dietary needs on that low of a budget, people eat a whole lot more on their plates than they recall, sorry to burst your bubble guys…PRICES ARE HIIIGH! Lastly, I don’t buy fresh vegetables at Costco too often unless their organic. Just like your frozen vegetable experience, there is different grades of meats amd produce. The closest store is over an hour away Kerry (that’s my name too . I love Costco. […]. We’ve returned all kinds of stuff with NO hassle…our small business had a barbecue fundraiser a while back that was poorly attended. Thankfully, my awesome mother-in-law is a Costco regular—she knows all the Costco shopping secrets—and she shared their best-kept one with me recently: Costco has a huge organic food section. They are not given grain, grain products or corn silage. I can usually find the cheapest OJ and milk at the CVS or Walgreen’s. Costco is a fantastic place to develop photos. If you are lucky enough to run into someone that works there, they usually don’t know where anything is. As for fresh foods… lettuce, spring mix, broccoli, bananas, grape tomatoes, potatoes and onions are ALWAYS better from Costco both is price and quality. The ciabatta bread and apple turnovers are great and super cheap. Wow – hey Trish – small world. The best quality/lowest prices are at a pair of local chains. One thing to note about the Executive Membership…if you don’t spend enough in the year to earn your membership fee back, they will give you the difference, so your membership is actually free, and if you spend more, then you’re getting money back. The cost for electricity for the trip is about 35 cents so I’m not concerned about that (2.2 cents per km). See the full story on Squawkfox. Where Best buy will try to sell you that a extra couple hundred. 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