I have one cold bag and could easily buy another, but I don’t want to take a chance when I don’t know when we will be able to get into our unit. Normally I’d get yogurt, half and half and things like that at Costco, but don’t want them out for any longer than an hour or so. I’ve had bad experiences with places that claim check-in time is 3 or 4, but you can’t actually get in until after that.
We may wind up buying one of their coolers, depending on how much they cost, bc we will also be staying at 2 other places where we might want a cooler of snacks/wine kind of thing. I just can’t decide if it’s worth it to make the stop since we won’t be getting fruits and veggies, and I’m not sure what we will be getting besides wine.
Interesting - my first search said Canada isn’t impacted by the virus. Maybe I will live dangerously.
Just returned from Costco with 2 bags of their mixed nuts. (For us, salted is too salty and unsalted too bland so we mix them).
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I sometimes do that also.
This is why I enjoy Trader Joe’s 50% salted almonds!
We combine Costco mixed nuts with a large bag of shelled sea salt pistachios. Never enough salt (or pistachios) for me, but DH has to watch it, so he just eats fewer.
Our Costco sells Lactaid 2% milk. We make lattes at home and use up the milk easily in a week. (If we have guests, we can go through 2 a week).
For those of you Costcophiles, you may really enjoy the Acquired podcast episode on Costco. These guys do a brilliant job analyzing the business history and strategy and key moments of various companies (mostly but not always tech – the Trader Joe’s podcast is also excellent). Even ShawWife, who is not a Costcophile or a business person found the podcast fascinating.
I purchase the most recently packed fish most weeks, ribeye if I am on an iron kick (need some now), staples (garbage bags, paper towels, toilet paper) plus berries, apples, ataulfo mangos, cheese, vegetables when our local farms are not producing. The price differential on the salmon and ribeye is really high. These days I’m supplementing my meals with Fairlife protein drinks and the price differential with Amazon is high and with supermarkets is huge. Plus, there is usually a bigger purchase once a year (barbecue, garden umbrellas, kitchen sink, etc. whose price differential can justify the annual purchase on its own. I picked up salmon and filet mignon at the Costco near us in Canada – the price differential is very large and the quality if excellent. That would account for three or four dinners this week.
Like others, I enjoy shopping at Costco (and don’t enjoy supermarkets). So, no desire to let the membership expire.