Seems like an obligatory post! What’s on your shopping list every time you go?
Personally, I’m a huge fan of:
Kirkland Irish cream
Avocados - nowhere else ever has them as good!
Shepherd’s pie
Ravioli lasagna
Sanders chocolate caramels
… And like a million other things.
Am I the only shopper who buys a hot dog and a cheese slice, tosses the dog bun, rolls the dog into the pizza slice and narfs out?
Peaches.
I love peaches…but they have to be GOOD peaches. There’s nothing worse than taking a big bite out of a substandard peach that’s either dry or not sweet or mealy. Costco produce pickers must be pretty strict about the peaches they take because every peach season, Costco seems to get peaches that are an order of magnitude better than anything I find in my other local grocery stores.
So, when they are in season (usually mid July to end of August) - I’ll pick up a flat of peaches ever other week from Costco.
That $1.50 hotdog and drink combo. Always make sure to have lunch there during our Costco run days.
Gotta buy at least one tub of “Plaisir Gastronomiques” brand of bruschetta every time I’m in there. It’s so good I just shovel it in my face with a spoon as soon as I get home.
KL pesto is the best storebought pesto i’ve had. very summery
I can never use it fast enough before it spoils. But even using a quarter of it is a better value than other store-bought pesto.
Favorite buy ever?
Probably the PowerBook 100 I bought there in the early 90’s. Still have it and I think it would even boot up.
Regular buys: the fresh croissants, the cranberry walnut bread. My Costco just started carrying King Arthur pizza flour, which is amazing.
Every trip we gotta get: Diapers Organic walnuts Roasted pistachios Beef jerky Mangos
Most of our ingredients for meals are from local sources, so a lot of the time it feels like our Costco trips are just buying $200 worth of snacks. They’re good snacks though.
Boudin sourdough crackers, cheese puffs with a pirate in the logo, Portofino tuna, and Modelo micheladas/michelada mix
Bulk meat, rice, seaweed, yogurt n nuts
Spinach ravioli. There was a time late pandemic where they disappeared and stock has gone in and out since then. I get a little nervous when I get to the freezer isle to look for them.
You should try the spanakopita, it’s delicious.
Rotisserie chicken obviously. Even if I’m returning something and need nothing else, I go pick up a chicken and strip the meat and freeze it in a foodsaver bag (**much ** easier to do when the chicken is still warm).
Kewpie mayo, frozen ramen, frozen pizza, budlight (especially cheap right now, usually 75 cents a beer), prosecco
Blueberries. In huge quantities.
I can’t believe I’ve looked at this burgeoning list and no one has mentioned wine or fine cheeses (I like to buy the imported goat and sheep ones myself).
We also regularly buy organically-raised/grown veggies and fruits, the big boxes of Sunkist oranges when they have them, and the wild-caught fish, of various types. When they have them. And the sardines. :)
Finally, I got my second Shringrix vaccination at a Costco pharmacy.
Rotisserie chicken and the Olympus brand Greek Yoghurt - but the absolute definite buy every time is still the 1.50 hot dog and drink, I feel like I’d lose money **not **buying that deal.
Kirkland Organic Peanut Butter
