What shall I buy from Costco? AIBU to even ask?

[nurseynursery]

First time visit to Costco today, what shall I buy?

That’s £10-15 over a month on several fill ups, we don’t drive a juggernaut 😂.

I find this hard to believe unless you're filling up a lorry.

Difference between costco and your average garage is around 5 pence now, not the 20 odd pence it was 6-12 months ago. To save £10 you'd need to buy 200 litres of fuel.

Plus one for Costco fuel though, I wouldn't go out of my way to fill up there as it'd cancel out the saving most likely in fuel used.

Their profiterole puddings, there's a gorgeous chocolate mousse type thing with a big heap of profiteroles on top.

San Pellegrino fizzy water

Japanese rice crackers

Frozen chicken nuggets/breadcrumbed prawns

Serrano ham/salami

Slice pizza/hot dog to celebrate finishing the shop

Not the cakes! They are cheap and really grim, unless you like over-sugary cardboard

Olives! They have a tub in the fridge section which is identical to the ones nandos sell 🤤

Their chicken curry ( fresh ) is very good

The rotisserie chicken! Pumped full of god knows what and I LOVE it.
And the broccoli salad which is not in fact in any way healthy but is like a trillion calories.
Don’t buy more than you need. Do buy the chicken nuggets.

Kirkland foil most definitely, I've still got a roll on the go 10 years after I bought it

Gyoza, spring rolls, salt and pepper squid and raw king prawns from the freezer section. rib and wing sauce, part baked bread. Meat and fish if you’ve room in the freezer.

And obviously a hotdog on the way out.

They don’t all have petrol stations. Ours doesn’t.

Fuel. Kirkland loo rolls, washing liquid detergent and fabric softener. All great.

Same, and I've got the biggest sweet tooth going. I bought one of the birthday cakes for my daughter years ago, left it out, and the sponge didn't even harden. What do they put in there?!

Well just like the responses you got on the soup thread, everyone has different tastes.

Just as I didn’t like every soup option you put up (and definitely wouldn’t serve them to guests) you obviously don’t like these while others do. Isn’t it great that people like different things

Went for the first time on the weekend and was pretty underwhelmed. Thought food was more expensive than Tesco. Did a comparison with huge jar of Nutella and it was only £1 cheaper. I had my eye on a cool bag trolley so I got that but was expecting to come away with a lot more.

all the kirkland brands in the following

toilet roll
washing powder
dishwasher tablets
shampoo and conditioner

also
frozen salmon portions
frozen chicken portions
coffee
tea
bacon
eggs
compost
greek yoghurt

everything looks smaller in the shop, with their huge trollies and huge shelves. When you get it to the car you will realise that pancake mix is the size of a small child.

It’s aldi and lidl prices but in vast quantities so it’s only cheap if you have storage or a friend to split it with

It's not a cheap shop at all and you end up buying with your eyes and not your brain

I agree, they are good value for vast quantities though. End of term parties etc

Non food
Kirkland foil lasts us over a Yr
Black bin bags
White bin bags
Toilet roll
Petrol

Food wise
Croissants
Coffee beans kirland columnian/lavazza
Vege spring rolls
Yakisoba noodles
Ketchup
Pepsi max

Above are always replaced from costco. We limit ourselves to once a month or would go all the time and spend more than required

We also get whatever electronic things we need from there. We had a Samsung TV for a Yr that stopped working. They came to pick it up and refunded us in full...

Toilet roll
Foil
Cling film
Frozen prawns
Cathedral City cheddar
The big tubs of vanilla yoghurt
The tubs of onken fromage frais
Books hard back for the price of a paperback
Big chunks of parmesan
Big bottles of HP sauce
Minced steak, pork, chicken both whole and thighs, breasts
Smoked salmon
Braden Rost - hot smoked salmon
Salmon fillet
The sacks of Kirkland dried cat food - our vet nurse said it was Iams - used to last our Maine Coon nearly a year.

Jewellery if there's anything you fancy.
Tyres
Batteries for a car

Used to think it was like the old argument for a freezer. You didn't save money, but ate better for the same amount.

Sadly, the two nearest to me are in Paris, 600km away, and the proposed one at Bordeaux hasn't materialised. Yet.

Aah ! Forgotten glasses and contacts. They were brilliant giving me replacement lenses when I tore the edge with a nail, and the handbag sized packs of solution, so useful for holidays.

Fuel
Toilet Roll
Some of the clothing is really good
Cheesecake Factory mixed flavour portions
Guacamole
Mince
Stew
Wagyu burgers
Raspberry and White Chocolate Muffins

Only some have a fuel station. Milton Keynes for example doesn't :(

Readings petrol station only opened in the last year so hopefully others will get one soon.