getting low on almond butter & bog rolls, about time for a trip
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 December 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
my gf works at costco. sometimes she'll bring home a gigantic container full of cashews. I can't be bothered to even look at a peanut these days. they're beneath me.
― toy_sleigher (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 December 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
you think you're better than me?
― del griffith, Sunday, 9 December 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
at tecmo super bowl? yes fucking yes.
― toy_sleigher (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 December 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
but there's no need for fisticuffs. let us post our top 5 nuts, seeds, legumes, what have you and let the people decide. Here's my list:1. Cashews2. - 5. Fuck the rest of this peasant fodder
― toy_sleigher (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 9 December 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone see the Costco special on CNBC a couple weeks ago?
I fucking love Costco. I would live in a Kirkland house. I would drive a Kirkland car. I want Costco to run our government. Costco for president.
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Sunday, 6 January 2013 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
Ha. Hurting, my gf was basically required to watch it! It was cool. I can vouch that Costco is a pretty cool company in many ways.
― Binder, Binder & (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 January 2013 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
She wa required in the sense that people would talk about it at work
Does she work at Costco?
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Sunday, 6 January 2013 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, she manages the food court thing
― Binder, Binder & (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 January 2013 04:43 (eleven years ago) link
In our town obv. Not at national level
― Binder, Binder & (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 January 2013 04:44 (eleven years ago) link
Nice. I wanted to work for costco after seeing the doc
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Sunday, 6 January 2013 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
I also had some roasted peanuts at cielito happy hour that were pretty delicious. had some lime juice on them and everything. cashews are still preferred, but I feel bad about the peanut bashing above
― Binder, Binder & (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 January 2013 07:17 (eleven years ago) link
pretty surprised nobody has discussed costco return policy in this thread. you can just return anything at any time, no questions asked. weird. gf says people return engagement rings and such on the reg.
― Binder, Binder & (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 6 January 2013 08:23 (eleven years ago) link
Electronics have a shorter return period now, thanks to assholes who'd return a perfectly good TV after two years to get a new model. Still way generous, 60-90 days or something.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 6 January 2013 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
I want Costco to run our government.
Paradise Costco style. Within a year or two we would all be working for minimum wage or doing migrant labor. And liquor would cost 10% more.
― Aimless, Sunday, 6 January 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
Costco pays way more than min wage
― iatee, Sunday, 6 January 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
but their biz model doesnt require as much labor as most box stores
― iatee, Sunday, 6 January 2013 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
A co-worker's friend once "bought" a huge, top-of-the-line TV at Costco (pre-LCD) for a Superbowl party he threw, and returned it thereafter. I thought this kind of thing had become so common that they didn't allow it anymore. (NB: may have been another chain, Best Buy or something)
― nickn, Sunday, 6 January 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
Apparently if you get bad veggies/fruit or something like that you can just call them and tell them and they'll refund your money. You don't even have to bring it back!
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Monday, 7 January 2013 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
gf says old people are always returning stuff they let expire
― Binder, Binder & (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 January 2013 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
Do they keep track of people in case of abuse of the policy?
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Monday, 7 January 2013 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yeah. They have all purchases and returns associated w/ the membership
― Binder, Binder & (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 7 January 2013 03:15 (eleven years ago) link
So anyone try the Kirkland Rwanda coffee? Similar bag to the Colombian, purports to be darker roast, which means I probably won't like it, but I have a lot of faith in the Kirkland brand.
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:48 (eleven years ago) link
I don't get why they still haven't paired with some premium coffee roaster and done a higher-end blend, all their coffees are at ridiculously low price points, like $5-7/lb, and most are not that good. I feel like they could probably have something really good for like $10-11 lb and their customers would love it.
― five six and (man alive), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 19:03 (eight years ago) link
I feel like this is Trader Joe's thread fodder but I got it at Costco:http://mycostcoreviews.blogspot.com/2015/03/maya-kaimal-coconut-chicken-curry.html
not bad at all for prepackaged curry imo
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:55 (eight years ago) link
We occasionally get the packed prepared foods from Costco -- for a while they carried a really tasty carnitas but that's gone. They have an angus beef thing that's ok, and their chicken skewers are surprisingly good. None of it beats home cooking, but it's all clutch with kids in the house.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:59 (eight years ago) link
btw
http://luckypeach.com/the-official-costco-food-court-power-rankings/
― μpright mammal (mh), Thursday, 18 February 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
They have a cooked sliced roast beef from Cuisine Solutions that's kind of awesome when pressed for time or put on a salad for cold lunch.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 18 February 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
they used to have pretty dope burritos but they are long gone now :/
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 19 February 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link
Before reading that site, I would like to do my own power-ranking:
Plain pizzaTurkey Sandwich (the one with the provolone and pesto mayo and red onion on the torta rollSausage SandwichCombo PizzaHot DogSwirl Ice CreamChicken Caesar
not a fan of the berry frappe thing
have not tried the beef sandwich or the chicken bake
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 19 February 2016 03:25 (eight years ago) link
not too far off from the luckypeach ranking, although it sounds like maybe the writer just got a bad sandwich? I fucking love that sandwich and it's nothing like what was described.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 19 February 2016 03:28 (eight years ago) link
I wish Costco had standalone food courts, I really want their pizza now.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 19 February 2016 03:29 (eight years ago) link
foodcourt gives me bowel spasms just walking past, let alone eating there
not a fan imo
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 19 February 2016 03:30 (eight years ago) link
I wish we had that turkey sandwich, sounds chill
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 19 February 2016 03:30 (eight years ago) link
The chicken bake sounds awful when you consider the whole of its existence, but I want to try it
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 19 February 2016 03:32 (eight years ago) link
Yeah it's probably good but it's so disgusting in theory.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Friday, 19 February 2016 03:48 (eight years ago) link
me irl
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 19 February 2016 03:54 (eight years ago) link
the chicken bake thing is foul
― just1n3, Friday, 19 February 2016 05:06 (eight years ago) link
Sort of embarrassed to be excited that the new Costco visa has better rewards than the old Costco Amex. Costco visa plus exec membership means we get 4% back
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Friday, 24 June 2016 02:22 (seven years ago) link
our costco has huge tubs of jellybellys :D
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 24 June 2016 02:31 (seven years ago) link
have to love workplace convo that is just you and coworkers talking about Costco credit cards and benefits and what is best to buy at Costco
― μpright mammal (mh), Friday, 24 June 2016 02:33 (seven years ago) link
That's like my replacement for ( non nba) sports talk
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Friday, 24 June 2016 03:08 (seven years ago) link
Costco Travel is great too if you're looking at relatively standard destinations and non adventurous trips.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Friday, 24 June 2016 03:10 (seven years ago) link
Man, Costco travel (and car rental) made us our membership money back in one purchase, essentially. We had booked a cruise to Alaska via the cruise line, and not only was it easy to just transfer the booking over to/through Costco instead, the move instantly earned each of us $500 in trip credit. Car rental, too, we've essentially saved more on a rental than our membership costs. The 4% back credit card is a great development, and Costco gas prices (really sympatico with the credit card) here are typically around $0.30 less a gallon than at the public pump. More awesome Costco: our vision insurance (like that of many) covers one check-up and pair of prescription glasses a year, but of course my kids' eyes are changing quickly, so we decided to go out of insurance to Costco, where they have an independent eye doctor who was awesome, and whose prices were more than fair. And they were fast, with new glasses in just a couple of days. And where us can you get a good quality birthday cake that feeds 48 for just $20? Plus Costco has the best return policy on basically anything, which is more or less worth the price of admission.
I love Costco. They're apparently good to their employees, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 24 June 2016 11:55 (seven years ago) link
i love costco more than i should and i need help
― assawoman bay (harbl), Saturday, 25 June 2016 00:53 (seven years ago) link
i used to buy FAGE greek yogurt bc i liked the full fat stuff but costco greek yogurt is so much cheaper and has the same protein content that it persuaded me to switch to 0% fat yogurt. it's more watery though. also the huge bags of frozen blueberries or strawberries. every day i microwave some of them + plop on some greek yogurt it's like a dream breakfast
― assawoman bay (harbl), Saturday, 25 June 2016 01:01 (seven years ago) link
perhaps in a move to take some wind out of Citi, the Chase Freedom Visa is offering 5% rewards on Costco purchases, July thru September. It's one of those thingies you have to "activate" on the credit card website.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Thursday, 7 July 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
whoa i still have a chase freedom that i never closed, i think? would probably be shut down as suspicious activity if i tried to use it though ;)
― assawoman bay (harbl), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 00:52 (seven years ago) link
tuscan pork tenderloins: a bit too salty but too economical to turn down. i cook about 8 at a time and freeze about 8 in each of two vacuum seal bags. takes 15 min to cook and great cold the next day at lunch!
― assawoman bay (harbl), Wednesday, 27 July 2016 00:53 (seven years ago) link