N3TR - Costco & Sam's club

katib77 · April 2013

The love fest going on below in a post about costco made me laugh because my husband is there right now for a eye doctor appointment. There used to be another eye doc in town that our insurance took, but now the only one is in Costco. They informed me that our insurance covers most all of it, but to buy contacts you have to be a member. So he is signing us up. I never had interest in it, because we're just two single people...what do we really need in bulk?

It reminded me of an episode the first season of Modern Family when Cam learns they got their diapers from CostCo (and looked down his nose at the idea until he went inside, then he went nuts shopping). I'm slightly worried DH will come home with a gigantic jar of pickles or something.

So, why do you find it a magical place? And what do you buy there?

jknallen · April 2013

****ticker warning****

HI

We love Costco. We may be a bit biased though as my husband does work there.

We buy MILK there, so much cheaper. We also buy eggs, vegetables, meat, cereal, clothes, paper towel

monimu13 · April 2013

We've been Costco members for about 5 years. The milk is definitely cheaper. I also buy all of my meat and chicken there. The boneless/skinless comes in individual packages with 2 in them...so its perfect for us.

I also b

ena724 · April 2013

We don't have Costco, we have Sam's club. I have a Keurig coffee pot and we get all our k-cups there for a good price.

I also get all my toilet paper, paper towels, etc. from there as well.

It seems like every time we are there we always e

twistsandturnsto2 · April 2013

I do try to meal plan and make freezer meals and we have a chest freezer for storage so Costco is great. Their produce is really reasonably priced so I usually pick up my salad greens, avacados, bell peppers, cucumbers and other veggies there. They also h

rox825 · April 2013

katib77:
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hwkeyebrideinstl · April 2013

We go to Sam's Club. There's only 2 of us, so we don't go there for regular shopping, but some stuff we do get in big packages. We'll get frozen fruit to make our daily fruit smoothies we have for breakfast (plus protein powder to put in the smoothie). We

ena724 · April 2013

twistsandturnsto2:
I do try to meal plan and make freezer meals and we have a chest freezer for storage so Costco is great. Th

twistsandturnsto2 · April 2013

ena724:
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herecomesthesun · April 2013

We don't shop at Sam's much (because like you said, there's only 2 of us) but I have a card for work.

I've noticed that the produce is really well-priced and really fresh. The wine is also really well-priced and the selection is decent.

jfb29 · April 2013

twistsandturnsto2:
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jfb29 · April 2013

We buy all of our meat at Costco - the chicken breast in the 2 breast freezer packs is great! I buy wine there too and we just switched our dog to their food (Puppy is still on a different diet). I just have to be careful with DH because if he

Nova726 · April 2013

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Costco. I get a lot of meat there but I have a FoodSaver so I split it up and freeze it. I also get things like detergent there (Kirkland brand free & clear), paper plates & cups. I know the pack of ink for my printer is a lot cheaper ther

futurehuber · April 2013

I haven't been going much lately for just stuff for DH and I, but I always go for parties (which I'm heading there in a few minutes for a party tomorrow). Love the party platters, desserts, beer, wine, etc...all super cheap! For DH, I like get

jjdale288 · April 2013

We belong to Sams club. We usually get toilet paper, paper towels, garbage bags, granola bars, frozen chicken breasts, some fruit, otc meds and vitamins. I don't know if we've ever left spending less than 100$. haha. very easy to do!