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Costco Brisket

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Farbuck
Farbuck Posts: 276
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I live outside Philadelphia [PA - not Mississippi] and our local Costco never seems to have a packer cut brisket.   They have trimmed-down things - I think they're flats.   I see that in other areas, Costco carries the real thing - sometimes even prime.

Is this a regional thing?  Do you think it's worth complaining to my Costco?






Two Large Eggs; Too Little Time

Newtown Square, PA
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  • Austin Egghead
    Austin Egghead Posts: 3,966
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    Probably based on sales volume rather than regional..  Our SoAustin Costco started caring tritip before the No Austin site.  
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    Restaurant Depot usually has a good selection of choice briskets, and there is one in Langhorne and Philly. If you don't have a business ID, you can get a Kansas City BBQ Society membership and that will get you in.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

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  • KenfromMI
    KenfromMI Posts: 742
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    I can't get packers at the Costco's in Michigan either. Thankfully the Detroit area is loaded with great meat markets and butcher shops.
    Dearborn MI
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  • Farbuck
    Farbuck Posts: 276
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    Thanks for the tip about Restaurant Depo.   I'll be hitting it soon




    Two Large Eggs; Too Little Time

    Newtown Square, PA
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  • KenfromMI
    KenfromMI Posts: 742
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    How do you get a business ID number?
    Dearborn MI
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  • Mama Roneck
    Mama Roneck Posts: 386
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    New Yorker here.  I've asked Costco several times to carry packers, including emailing the head office, but have been unsuccessful.

    I'm going to try a mail order Snake River Farms next.
    Mamaroneck
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,393
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    Costco here is a brisket crap-shoot-packers in Feb-March then a random offering (on the very infrequent side) for the remainder of the year.  And you are correct, flats for the filler.
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  • BuckeyeBob
    BuckeyeBob Posts: 673
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    Out of the blue, my Costco here in the Chicago suburbs started carrying packers. First time I had seen in 10 years of looking. Seems to be a crapshoot which ones carry and which don't.
    Clarendon Hills, IL
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