The COSTCO Thread

[Pelado]

I acknowledge that I am weird with the pub mix thing, but man, that crap is addictive to me. Don't know why, but I devour the stuff.


Sodium is my vice.

There are worse vices to have.

[old_gregg]

the chip things in the pub mix are good. but that's the only thing i'll eat.

[LiveCoug]

I feel so alone in my addiction.. I can't be the only one!

[TripletDaddy]

Lol. To each his own. My firm orders snack foods through Costco. Every three weeks we get a bunch of snacks--mangos, nuts, chips, cookies, licorice, crackers, and a tub of pub mix. By the middle part of the third week, pub mix is inevitably the only remaining thing which has not been completely devoured. It is usually barely cracked, and sometimes completely unopened. It has become a running joke amongst some of us, i.e. food for the poor or starving. "I'm so hungry I could eat pub mix."

we have the same stuff in our kitchen. It looks like meow mix so I never eat it.

Flavor and presentation aside, I am also grossed out by office snacks that invite bare hands to maneuver within the container.

[MarkGrace]

Lol. To each his own. My firm orders snack foods through Costco. Every three weeks we get a bunch of snacks--mangos, nuts, chips, cookies, licorice, crackers, and a tub of pub mix. By the middle part of the third week, pub mix is inevitably the only remaining thing which has not been completely devoured. It is usually barely cracked, and sometimes completely unopened. It has become a running joke amongst some of us, i.e. food for the poor or starving. "I'm so hungry I could eat pub mix."

So why do they buy it every three weeks?

[Donuthole]

So why do they buy it every three weeks?

The great mystery! I have a suspicion that whoever does the order is happy to take home a practically uneaten tub of pub mix to her cats every 3 weeks.

[YOhio]

I feel so alone in my addiction.. I can't be the only one!

You are. What a loner loser!

[LiveCoug]

The great mystery! I have a suspicion that whoever does the order is happy to take home a practically uneaten tub of pub mix to her cats every 3 weeks.

Take the leftover pub mix and send it to me! I will be the cat! I must eat the crunchy sodium heart destroyers!

[LiveCoug]

You are. What a loner loser!

So, I have to be my own support group? Great.

[I.J. Reilly]

I know Target uses a similar markdown scheme, and I know Mrs. D has it memorized. But I gave up on Costco last summer. Haven't missed it nearly as much as I feared I would.

I need to hear more about the bolded part above. I was under the impression that you were a Costco diehard.

[falafel]

I need to hear more about the bolded part above. I was under the impression that you were a Costco diehard.

And he doesn't even miss it! Honest! Probably because he can get his pub mix for free these days at the end of the 3 week cycle.

[Donuthole]

I need to hear more about the bolded part above. I was under the impression that you were a Costco diehard.

I think you may have me confused with someone else. I've been a Costco member for a long time, but I don't think I've ever posted anything sufficient to create such an impression. I just read through every one of my posts in this thread, and most of them are either mocking TripleDad or nikuman, pointing out innuendo, or both. You can both read about my uneventful Costco exodus in there, also. Bottom line, Costco is 20 mins out of the way wherever we go, and we drive right past Sams Club 20 times a week. We were never able to take advantage of the Costco gas prices, whereas now we fill up at Sams regularly. I've probably saved $100 just on gas alone since the switch.

It has not quite been a year since we let our Costco membership lapse, and I really haven't missed it. Also, my buddy gave me his extra Costco card, so if there ever really is something we really need (their baby wipes are still king) we can use it.

[old_gregg]

I think you may have me confused with someone else. I've been a Costco member for a long time, but I don't think I've ever posted anything sufficient to create such an impression. I just read through every one of my posts in this thread, and most of them are either mocking TripleDad or nikuman, pointing out innuendo, or both. You can both read about my uneventful Costco exodus in there, also. Bottom line, Costco is 20 mins out of the way wherever we go, and we drive right past Sams Club 20 times a week. We were never able to take advantage of the Costco gas prices, whereas now we fill up at Sams regularly. I've probably saved $100 just on gas alone since the switch.

It has not quite been a year since we let our Costco membership lapse, and I really haven't missed it. Also, my buddy gave me his extra Costco card, so if there ever really is something we really need (their baby wipes are still king) we can use it.

is sam's house brand comparable to kirkland? kirkland products are pretty great.

[USUC]

no more cuties mandarins in orem

Mandarins really don't taste great past February anyway. I'm picky when it comes to mandarins and typically quit buying them the middle of January.

[All-American]

Our costco membership is on the chopping block, too. It isn't terribly convenient to get to where we live right now, and there isn't one where we'll be living next year. Of the things we buy at Costco on a regular basis, most are about as cheap at walmart or other local grocery stores, especially if they're on sale. Then there is the well-documented phenomenon of walking out of a costco having spent fifty to a hundred dollars more than you planned to spend, and somehow failing altogether to put a dent in your spending at other stores.

We got the coupon from the credit card company in the mail for 1% cash back yesterday. We'll likely go to costco this week, cash in, and cancel the membership after that. We might renew someday down the road, but it just isn't doing anything for us now.