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BJ's, Sam's, Costco
What all do you buy from these places?
I remember BackthePack buying blocks of cheese to shred and freeze and I am wondering if anyone else has any other money saving tips that might help.
My sweet boy 
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Re: BJ's, Sam's, Costco
I get my toilet paper, paper towels, trashbags, sponges, dishwasher detergent, sometimes meat if I am in the mood to split and package to freeze, bananas, and laundry detergent that I remember offhand.
Toilet paper, paper towels, mango, cherrios (D3 eats a lot of cheerios as snack) cleaning products, books, meat, sourdough bread (2 loaves for $3.50 and we freeze one), milk (bc we're at the age where he still drinks a ton), I'm sure there is more but I can't think of it right now.
I've got to run, but I buy lots of things there that save me money.
Spices are a big savings if you buy from there!
We have a Costco & Sam's membership (through FIL's business), so I buy different things at each store depending on price (they're across the street from each other so I usually do this in one trip).
Foods I buy frequently are breads (sandwich & their bakery breads - you can get a big bag for $2-3, use what you need and freeze the rest), cheese, sandwich meat, fruit, veggies, eggs, butter, Simply Lemonade, spices, baking supplies, and milk (we don't drink a lot of milk, so I buy the 3 pack of organic half-gallons which have a crazy long expiration date which is cheaper than stores). I also buy toilet paper, paper towels, laundry detergent, diapers, wipes, Ziploc freezer bags, etc.
Like PP, their clothes and toys are hit or miss, but sometimes you can find good deals. They have lots of random things (small appliances, etc) that I like to look through.
I'm not sure if you use coupons, but if so you can usually find deals in grocery stores that would beat some of the prices.
Here's a good article on the subject...
We buy toilet paper, diapers and wipes (all BJ's brand), meat, snacks, clothes, books greeting cards/stickers/wrapping paper, razors, cleaning stuff, trash bags, milk (sometimes)...it varies. The things we always by there are the TP, diapers and wipes.. Oh, and most importantly, gas!
I like BJ's because they take manuf. coupons. You can use a manuf. coupon + a BJ's coupon on the same item. I've saved a bunch on Pampers & Luvs that way. But I now mostly buy their store brand diapers (they're a lot like Target ones).
We use BJs & buy:
diapers, wipes, milk, popcorn, granola bars, coffee, olive oil, deli meat, hamburger, laughing cow cheese, mushrooms, strawberries in season & lots of other little things
We have a Costco membership and do a majority of our shopping there.
DH usually does the shopping but he gets chicken (they have perforated packages that each have 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts in them- we freeze them and cut off a package at a time to thaw when we plan to eat chicken), meat (which we separate and freeze), fruits, veggies, cheese, sandwich meat, bread (again, take what we need and freeze), toilet paper, paper towels, cleaning supplies (from windex to bleach), laundry detergent, storage bags, chips, pretzels, (and lots of other snacks), cereal, medicines, coffee, spices, eggs, milk, dog food (and their frontline, too).... yeah haha that list goes on.
The initial shop is costly ($300ish?) but it lasts for a long time so we don't make such frequent shopping trips. Other than food we also buy some clothes, books, household items, etc. which are all sort of hit or miss like pps have said.