Costco: Deal, or No Deal?

[JustMyOpinion]

I read a short bit about Costco and what is the worst, or best value there. For those of you who might shop there this could be of interest:

articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/SaveMoney/5-best-and-worst-costco-deals.aspx

We call it the $300 Club, they know how to get you.

[subdjoe]

Yeah, it is real easy to drop a hundred bucks there. Best thing is to make a list and stick to it.

I like Cash & Carry better. You can go in, buy a case or a can, they have good meats (I see a lot of caterers and small restaraunt chefs there, some of the high end ones). If you know how to use a knife, the cryopacked primals of meat are fantastic. Same for lunch meats. Buy the chunks and slice it yourself. Or buy roasts, season it yourself, cook it up and slice it. Heck C & C has procuito for under 6 bucks a pound, you have to buy the whole 4 or 5 pound chunk, but it keeps well. You can find decent deli type meat slicers for under a hundred bucks (check online), and it will pay for itself in under a year. You will find a slicer like that quite useful.

[anonymousperson]

Interesting. I buy Charmin there but they haven't had it in AGES. I also buy Cascade, again, not there, and mozzarella balls to make pizza, parmesan and reggiano, and lox, as well as fruit because we have a great Brevile Elite Fountain juicer. And they have Danactive always there, FAGE - greek yogurt. All great prices on that stuff. And cases of San Pellegrino for a great price. I think it's worth it.

[The Big Dog]

At Casa BigDog...

** Costco is for staples in bulk.
** Trader Joes is for everyday grocery stuff.
** Anything we can't otherwise get is either from G & G or Cash & Carry.

We use Cash & Carry for the lodge and it's saved us a boat load of our non-profit dollars. Their target business is the food service industry, but you can not beat their wholesale prices with a stick unless you buy in true bulk either from Costco or a wholesaler.

And we have had a couple of different slicers. A word from the wise... the slicers that you can get at an average store are not particularly heavy duty and wear out quickly. A low end commercial machine, if you can find one at a decent price, will go much, much farther.

[subdjoe]

Try Rosenbergs right next to Cash & Carry. New and used restaraunt equipment. Good prices on the used.