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You know what was great? Working in a Costco that was going through an expansion/remodel. Went from the smallest warehouse in the Midwest to the biggest in the Midwest. It was so much fun working around contractors and them working around me. I'm so glad it's all over with now.
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Jingleheimer posted:You know what was great? Working in a Costco that was going through an expansion/remodel. Went from the smallest warehouse in the Midwest to the biggest in the Midwest. It was so much fun working around contractors and them working around me. I'm so glad it's all over with now. This doesn't sound like it was a great experience at all though, OP?
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Jan 20, 2019 23:56
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Schadenboner posted:This doesn't sound like it was a great experience at all though, OP? No it was not great. We were constantly moving stuff around, way more than usual. The bakery and deli were both shut down for 5 weeks each. We had to take a bunch of steel down and put more up elsewhere. It was very frustrating.
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priznat posted:Oh another one that I haven’t seen in some time was in the costco made food section. It was a Korean Bulgogi Beef pre sauced stuff you take and stir fry and it was god drat excellent. Wish they would bring that back. Still have them in Seattle 
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Jan 21, 2019 00:41
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priznat posted:Yeah, I see the Stacy's pita chips at the supermarket but the bag sizes are puny and expensive I never get them. I believe Stacy's copacks for Trader Joe's, and they're cheaper than the regular grocery store.
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Jan 21, 2019 00:54
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Pissed. So very pissed. The giant beef ribs the commercial grade Costco had for the longest time are now boneless, small sections, and twice the price. Why gently caress with a good thing?
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Jan 21, 2019 01:22
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Hasselblad posted:Pissed. So very pissed. whoa, back down off the ledge Sometimes suppliers change, sometimes forever, sometimes not. Ask someone at Costco, they will help.
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Jan 21, 2019 01:59
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vigorously shaking a costco associate by the shoulders screaming at them to fix your marraige
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Jan 21, 2019 02:26
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kirkland brand marriage counseling
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Jan 21, 2019 02:48
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Rex-Goliath posted:kirkland brand marriage counseling
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Jan 21, 2019 03:08
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Hasselblad posted:Pissed. So very pissed. It's the drat millennials. They're afraid of bones because they're so pampered. Their mommies always cut up their meat for them and now they can only microwave chicken tenders. They're the ones you should hate. 
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Jan 21, 2019 03:31
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Hypnolobster posted:whoa, back down off the ledge They DID however still have the whole mutton carcasses.
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Jan 21, 2019 03:42
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There was a 3 pack of 32 degrees men's undies that was nice but I think is out of the store. Please come back.
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Jan 21, 2019 20:34
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priznat posted:Oh another one that I haven’t seen in some time was in the costco made food section. It was a Korean Bulgogi Beef pre sauced stuff you take and stir fry and it was god drat excellent. Wish they would bring that back. Bulgogi is very easy to make and I would suggest you do that via a recipe like this one: https://www.justonecookbook.com/bulgogi-korean-grilled-beef/ Costco is amazing in all things EXCEPT some of the prepared food items. For instance, the poke is offensively expensive. It's like double the cost of making your own poke from the raw tuna in the meat section. Poke is easy. Bulgogi is easy. I have a guide to picking good quality raw tuna in this thread somewhere. If someone is interested ill drag it up and maybe even write some more about it. This is my favorite poke recipe except I suggest you add a bit of mayonnaise, some spicy chilis, and some extra soy sauce: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/06/ahi-poke-hawaiian-raw-tuna-salad-recipe.html When you get these items you are paying by the pound for extra water weight and things like onions. Stop the cycle. Make your own fuckin' food, it's better and way, way cheaper. Anyways I've mentioned that sometimes Costco, on the rare occasion that it bestows its blessing, will carry the Yancey's Fancy Habanero Jalapeno cheese, a cheese created by the gods of this universe for those who love spicy cheese. Well after literally months of looking for it every single time I go (which is a lot because I get gas there for my commute; roughly twice a week) I finally found the loving cheese again. Like any good disciple would, I bought an entire wheel of it for an exceptionally low price of $60. Behold the lord and his savings:  The Slack Lagoon posted:Holy poo poo 3pack of exoficcio underwear for $25 Aww dang I looked for this after you posted and unfortunately we don't have it here. I ONLY wear Exofficio boxers so I was very sad. Taima fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Jan 21, 2019 |
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Jan 21, 2019 21:03
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gdamn i want somea dat cheese
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LMAO at Costco costing more than a regular store. Costco is a good price on very high quality stuff. You can ultimately spend less shopping at regular grocery stores, but you're not buying the same items.
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Jan 21, 2019 21:11
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If you're not using every bit of whatever you buy from Costco you're doing it wrong, but it does take some time to dial it in
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Fallom posted:If you're not using every bit of whatever you buy from Costco you're doing it wrong, but it does take some time to dial it in This is a good and modest point. I am shamed to say that it took years for my fiancee and I to dial in the Costco savings, and I frequently wasted food. Though I am convinced that it wasn't any more expensive than paying extra at the supermarket, but still. Now that we have figured out what we like and how much we like (and bought a chest freezer which EVERYONE who shops at Costco should have a loving chest freezer) the value of our shopping skyrocketed. Praise be. If anyone is on the fence about getting a chest freezer, speak up and I will count the ways.
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Taima posted:...chest freezer... Heresy, Stand up freezers are the only way to go. But yes you should have a freezer of some sort.
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Yeah, stand up is the way to go. With our chest freezer we would always end up stacking the new stuff on the old stuff and lose track of it. With a stand up, I can see everything when I open the door because it has shelves. This means we actually eat the food instead of burying it and losing it.
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I want a fridge where the big part is the freezer and the small part is the refrigerator.
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You obviously have both. But if you're losing food in your chest freezer, maybe you're just bad at it, or don't have a nice one? Ours has organizational baskets all over the place to store whatever. The problem is that stand up freezers are horribly inefficient because they drop the entire batch of cold air out due to gravity whenever you open it. That's why chest freezers are so efficient. They are also like 3-5x cheaper per square foot than a stand up freezer just in terms of the materials required to make a chest freezer versus a full size stand up freezer. The best call is to have both. Use the stand up freezer for immediate access in your kitchen (you are paying a ton for that freezer, but the convenience is worth it), and the chest freezer for everything else, ideally in the garage or whatever. But if you are losing items in your chest freezer, I would contend that you're just bad at owning one and should improve. I think that if you itemized the cost of owning additional standing freezer space, you would be pretty surprised at how much money you wasted vs having a chest freezer.
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Jan 21, 2019 21:38
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I love my ancient gigantic stand up freezer that came with the house when I bought it, except for when it starts filling up with ice and I have to dethaw it every 4 years or so.
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The Slack Lagoon posted:Holy poo poo 3pack of exoficcio underwear for $25 Which 'Stco? I need this in my life (we are talking the give n go boxer brief, yes?)
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Big Grunty Secret posted:Which 'Stco? I need this in my life (we are talking the give n go boxer brief, yes?) Yeah give n go. This was at the Waltham one
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I liked the kale and mozz chicken burgs, but the apple and Gouda sausages are tastier and you get like 18 for a dollar more.
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Why actually buy anything just live off chicken wraps
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had my first trip to costco today nothing fancy, just essentials did buy like 3 gallons of white vinegar for making pickles though. also a brita water filter.
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Went to a costco today and it was insanely busy for a Monday afternoon. Didn’t help they only had 4 registers going, though. Poco is the worst. So many oblivious people blocking aisles, I got to just doing a perfunctory “scuse me” and then bonking into them 
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FizFashizzle posted:had my first trip to costco today Filter the vinegar then film yourself chugging it. Such is the verdict of the thread.
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Jan 22, 2019 03:10
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Looking for shelving today, it appears that the Baton Rouge Costco got rid of all the shelving, and stocked up half a warehouse full of furniture.
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Jan 22, 2019 03:14
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There is some sort of organized raid by fans of failed football teams.
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Jan 22, 2019 03:20
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Mini nann and hummus cups. PBUC.
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Peachfart posted:I love my ancient gigantic stand up freezer that came with the house when I bought it, except for when it starts filling up with ice and I have to dethaw it every 4 years or so. Deicing a freezer is super satisfying though
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My freezer is full of dead kids.
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Big Data posted:My freezer is full of dead kids. What kind of value did you get on that haul?
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priznat posted:Went to a costco today and it was insanely busy for a Monday afternoon. Didn’t help they only had 4 registers going, though. Poco is the worst. It's a holiday today.
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Schadenboner posted:Filter the vinegar then film yourself chugging it. Such is the verdict of the thread. This is the first thing I thought of as well, it must be done. My local Costcos sell Field Roast brand vegetarian sausage, which is awesome and freezes well and each has about 20g of protein.
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FogHelmut posted:LMAO at Costco costing more than a regular store. As far as fresh produce costco is totally worth it for dairy, good quality fish/beef, and uh, that's about it. For non fresh stuff they might be cheaper but tbh I don't eat a ton of frozen foods. Really the discount on non food stuff should cover the membership though, bathroom and kitchen supplies alone will more than make up that fee. Plus you can always splurge on big packs of snacks for easy additions to a packed lunch or w/e, recently I've been plowing through their nut n berry pouch and it's a++ breakfast food and I was feeling some chips so I got a box of the snack packs for like 25 cents a bag which is a nice treat at lunch.
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I think a couple areas they really fall flat on their nose with are their frozen/canned/dried staples, like I would absolutely get crates of beans or big ol bags of frozen broccoli etc from them at a bulk discount but they have to go with the froufrou organic stuff that's more likely to get recalled for health concerns at 2-3x the cost so it's always cheaper to just buy non organic stuff anywhere else and significantly cheaper if you catch a sale and stock up.
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