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Thanks! I wondered if a guy could just go in and look around! I'll have t do that for sure!!!Dredger said:Costco will give you a one day pass so you can look around. We joined that day as we were leaving. Love the meat department and everything else.
Can't remember where I got this list, maybe even from here, but it has been helpful from time to time.
Costco Price Guide
Price ending in .99 – the product is full price
Price ending in .97 – a deal decided by the manager
Price ending in .49 or .79 – manufacturer’s special
Price ending in .00 – the goods are about to go!
A price tag with an asterisk – it’s discounted and doneRe-gasketing the USA one yard at a time -
@RRP - the full article is here:
http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1162081/ot-costco-price-tags-and-what-may-be-the-best-deals#latest
Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad! -
I shop at Costco weekly with the exec. Their return policy is incredible. I bought a corned beef last week (usually excellent) it was really salty above and beyond. Took the wrapper back and no questions. All their online stuff (most is not available at the warehouse) is returnable at the warehouse for full price inc. shipping.LBGE - I like the hot stuff. The big dry San Joaquin Valley, Clovis, CA
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"The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
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@WeberWho? - 'nuff said!Which came first the chicken or the egg? I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg.
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48 beers for $21.99... what a bargain! what's the taste equivalent? Natural Light? Milwaukees best?WeberWho? said:Houston, TX - LBGE -
@Dredger, @RRP, @Skiddymarker
Just a slight correction on the price list. The asterisk in the top right corner means "item marked for deletion". It can still be full price but all it mean is that whatever is in the store is all they will have left.
"x.97" is the markdown price and typically coincides with a deletion asterisk. It can go lower, but not always. There is a sign printer in the main office that auto-prints out new pricing that is set at the regional buying office.
".00" is manager-discretion pricing. This price is set by a store-level manager(either the Store Manager or one of the two Assistant Store Managers). This typically happens with a last item(probably a display) or a returned salable item that they no longer carry and can't send back to the vendor. In my store, they just do the x.97 pricing. I have never seen the x.00 but have heard about it in other regions.
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It's actually not bad. I'd drink it before Coors, Milwaukees Best, Miller Lite, etc. When I have offered it to friends they have compared it to Keystone. I'm not a beer snob. So the price and taste works for me without any complaints!jstnezell said:
48 beers for $21.99... what a bargain! what's the taste equivalent? Natural Light? Milwaukees best?WeberWho? said:"The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
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Our Costco sells gas cheaper than everyone else, ga$ saving more than offsets annual membership cost.canuckland
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Their Kirkland Brand dog food is good quality and cheap.
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Their Tequila ain't too shabby and it's inexpensive.Large Big Green Egg in a nest. North Shore of Boston.
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Guess you missed what I was responding to. He said they were selling whole sub-primal for more money than the packaged meat that they paid labor and packaging to sell as individual steaks or trays of steaks. My point was why would it be more expensive to just sell a cryovac chunk of cow that came in on a truck and out the door in a customer's cart?Eggcelsior said:I don't quite follow why you should be bothered when common sense is that it will be easier to sell 4 packs of steaks at $50 each rather than 1 $200 roast(unless it's the holidays).Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time -
Cryo subprimals are less per pound. Buying 15+ pounds costs more than 2 pounds at the cash register. Some don't figure the economics of buying in bulk.RRP said:
Guess you missed what I was responding to. He said they were selling whole sub-primal for more money than the packaged meat that they paid labor and packaging to sell as individual steaks or trays of steaks. My point was why would it be more expensive to just sell a cryovac chunk of cow that came in on a truck and out the door in a customer's cart?Eggcelsior said:I don't quite follow why you should be bothered when common sense is that it will be easier to sell 4 packs of steaks at $50 each rather than 1 $200 roast(unless it's the holidays).They/Them
Morgantown, PA
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@RRP I didn't miss the point of his comment, did you?RRP said:
Guess you missed what I was responding to. He said they were selling whole sub-primal for more money than the packaged meat that they paid labor and packaging to sell as individual steaks or trays of steaks. My point was why would it be more expensive to just sell a cryovac chunk of cow that came in on a truck and out the door in a customer's cart?Eggcelsior said:I don't quite follow why you should be bothered when common sense is that it will be easier to sell 4 packs of steaks at $50 each rather than 1 $200 roast(unless it's the holidays).
Terrebandit said this:
You can buy a cryovac prime sub primal. I've seen them there several times before. They cost a bunch,which might be why they don't have them out all the time. Next time I'm there I will ask them for you. The prime cuts they have look like they've been cut and packaged on location.
You said this:
Thanks for your reply, but common sense says that selling a prime sub-primal still in the cryovac labelled as prime which needs no labor of cutting, trimming and then the cost of packaging, for some price higher bothers me a bunch...one helluva bunch to be honest! Does Costco really get all that much prime when no other retailers can get it?
He never said that the subprimals cost more than the tray of steaks(though they do, it's more meat), he said that they cost "a bunch"(which they do! It's 10 lbs of Prime beef vs 2 lbs of Prime Beef)
Of course a 10 lb roast will cost more than a 2 lb package of steaks. It's 5x the amount of product. Costco is not selling 1 package of 10 lbs of steak instead of the 10 lb roast. They are selling 5 2-lb packages of steaks instead of 1 10lb roast, hence my reply to you. The cut meat is typically $2-3/lb MORE than the cryovaced roast. It just costs less overall because it's less meat.
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My local Costco in Surrey does not have a gas bar, Costco in Bellingham Washington does. Cross border trip yesterday the price was $0.93 per litre in Canadian funds ($0.75 US) - much better than the $1.32 our local bandits are asking. On a 50 litre fill that's a savings of almost $20 a fill up.Canugghead said:Our Costco sells gas cheaper than everyone else, ga$ saving more than offsets annual membership cost.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad! -
Don't forget about Caskets. Everyone needs one of those in their lifetime...
http://www.costco.com/caskets-standard-shipping-must-order-by-1100-am-est.html
Large BGE, Small BGE, KJ Jr, and a Cracked Vision Kub.
in Smyrna GA.
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In all seriousness, their urns are a great deal compared to normal routes.SmyrnaGA said:Don't forget about Caskets. Everyone needs one of those in their lifetime...
http://www.costco.com/caskets-standard-shipping-must-order-by-1100-am-est.html -
Eggcelsior said:
In all seriousness, their urns are a great deal compared to normal routes.SmyrnaGA said:Don't forget about Caskets. Everyone needs one of those in their lifetime...
http://www.costco.com/caskets-standard-shipping-must-order-by-1100-am-est.html
Steve
XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio -
I'm a keystone drinker, unless I'm splurging and getting an amber ale. Where is that Costco, never seen it out here in CA. They used to carry Keystone at the best price, but not anymore. I'll have to ask. Bet we can't get it in CAWeberWho? said:
It's actually not bad. I'd drink it before Coors, Milwaukees Best, Miller Lite, etc. When I have offered it to friends they have compared it to Keystone. I'm not a beer snob. So the price and taste works for me without any complaints!jstnezell said:
48 beers for $21.99... what a bargain! what's the taste equivalent? Natural Light? Milwaukees best?WeberWho? said:LBGE - I like the hot stuff. The big dry San Joaquin Valley, Clovis, CA -
Costco is pretty socialist...they pay their workers actual living wages at the expense (not really) of the stockholders. I hope that doesn't turn off most of you that derive great satisfaction in the character building benefits of low paying jobs.
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We get it here in Minnesota. I bet your Costco carries it. I believe it's relatively new to Costcologchief said:
I'm a keystone drinker, unless I'm splurging and getting an amber ale. Where is that Costco, never seen it out here in CA. They used to carry Keystone at the best price, but not anymore. I'll have to ask. Bet we can't get it in CAWeberWho? said:
It's actually not bad. I'd drink it before Coors, Milwaukees Best, Miller Lite, etc. When I have offered it to friends they have compared it to Keystone. I'm not a beer snob. So the price and taste works for me without any complaints!jstnezell said:
48 beers for $21.99... what a bargain! what's the taste equivalent? Natural Light? Milwaukees best?WeberWho? said:"The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
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So, if Costco is Socialist & WalMart are the "Evil Doers", does Whole Foods meet your expectation?nolaegghead said:Costco is pretty socialist...they pay their workers actual living wages at the expense (not really) of the stockholders. I hope that doesn't turn off most of you that derive great satisfaction in the character building benefits of low paying jobs.
Where do you prefer to purchase your goods?
It's to bad Capitalism generates profit for those who create employment for the working American.
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We belong to Sam's and Costco. We go to Sam's for a few things we can't get at Costco, but with kids now out of the house, will prob drop Sam's when it comes up for renewal. We have the exec membership at Costco, the rebate more than covers the additional cost of the upgrade (eg spend $2750 in a year) but JohnnyMack nailed the math - you have to figure in the savings as well and that makes up for the other $55 of the membership cost easily.
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I rarely shop at whole foods. Almost never at Wal-mart. Costco and the local groceries, the seafood markets where the boats sell their own catch and the local produce markets where everything is grown by small local farmers.Durangler said:
So, if Costco is Socialist & WalMart are the "Evil Doers", does Whole Foods meet your expectation?nolaegghead said:Costco is pretty socialist...they pay their workers actual living wages at the expense (not really) of the stockholders. I hope that doesn't turn off most of you that derive great satisfaction in the character building benefits of low paying jobs.
Where do you prefer to purchase your goods?
It's to bad Capitalism generates profit for those who create employment for the working American.
I'm all for capitalism, but it's not good for the economy if the majority of the jobs are subsidized by the govmt because the pay doesn't support a living wage. Essentially we're supporting big busineses. There's enough profit at wal-mart and other big companies to do that and that extra money in people's pockets goes right into the economy that supports the businesses. Costco does that and the shopping experience, prices and products are excellent. If you think that's a bad business model and you disagree with the majority of economists that have studied this, you're being ideological and not logical.
Of course it's a free company and as long as you have unemployed people and meet the minimum requirements for pay, you're fee to run your business as you wish.
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Not sure I want to give kudos to Whole Paycheck Foods, but they have a different business model, to be sure. They call it conscious capitalism. They have higher profit margins than most grocery businesses, but they also pay their employees a living wage. They look at their work force as not just a bunch entry level jobs. Each employee is trained and encouraged to provide a high level of customer service. They only stock what they believe are healthy and environmentally friendly choices.
This is not to say that Costco neglects their employees - they are also giving folks a career. I have a friend who has worked there over 20 years.
Both seem to be functional models. I buy a lot more from Costco than Whole Foods. Whole Foods is really in a different market space - almost a boutique grocery, while Costco is the price conscious choice. WF sells great fresh veggies and fruit, and has an incredible selection of craft brew beers. Both have their strong points and weaknesses. Both are better choices than our local supermarkets.
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Costco is great. Wish ours had the prime packer briskets though. Oh, and their food court has a great brisket sandwich.
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Ohhh geesh..... @nolaegghead must buy his groceries from a Nikki's Food Store on St Claude so he can tell himself he's making a difference.Durangler said:
So, if Costco is Socialist & WalMart are the "Evil Doers", does Whole Foods meet your expectation?nolaegghead said:Costco is pretty socialist...they pay their workers actual living wages at the expense (not really) of the stockholders. I hope that doesn't turn off most of you that derive great satisfaction in the character building benefits of low paying jobs.
Where do you prefer to purchase your goods?
It's to bad Capitalism generates profit for those who create employment for the working American.
"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
-Umberto Eco
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Peachtree Corners, GA -
Seriously, I just like trolling______________________________________________I love lamp..
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"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
-Umberto Eco
2 Large
Peachtree Corners, GA
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