COSTCO your best buys

tiff

Going to Costco for the first time today, anything to look out for?

tiff

Well I ended up with 12 tins John West tuna for £4.49
2 large chickens £6.69
Pack of 7 pork chops about £7 using a £3 coupon
1 large salmon, cant remember price

Bloke

Sorry a cross post with a new thread in the shopping/groceries board but thought people who shop at Costco might monitor this thread.

Could anyone please tell me the price of the dishwasher tablets that are on offer in Costco this week please? Also, how many are in the box?

Thanks in advance.

System

Is Costco good for baby things at all such as nappies, wipes, clothes etc? Someone in my family is expecting and I wondereed if there are certain things I could offer to get for them if they work out better value?

Bloke

Its very good for nappies (Huggies or their own brand) and wipes, haven't noticed any baby clothes

dreamlife99

they have wipes on offer about 2-3 times a year where the johnsons wipes are on 3 for 2 so u get arount 18packs for around £13.50. i normally stock up on these. works to about 60p a packet. this offer is coming up on 30th of march. nappies are not on offer but they do have an offer were u buy 2 boxes and they knock off £15. dont know when they are next going to do this.

have got some absolutely gorgeous clothes at the moment. think they were disney ones. bodysuits and pj were what i noticed and i was gutted that they were too small for my dd! had small sizes upto about 24months (birmingham branch)

stw48

Raksha wrote: »

They don't sell 'catering packs', they do sell large packs/outers of domestic sized packs - so 6 x 1kg packs of pasta for example. I've never found the prices to be cheap - large economy packs in Tesco are cheaper, but the quality of Costco food is much better than what you'd expect for a similar price in a supermarket.

Try Makro instead, they do bigger packs as well as ordinary packs.

stw48

cheesy.mike wrote: »

We regularly buy flank/skirt steak, pork loin, pork steaks, sirloin steak and organic whole chickens. A couple of weeks ago we also bought a beef joint for roasting. All are delicious, but to be honest we buy most of our meat from the butcher in our village as I'd like to ensure he stays in business (and also because you can't buy Exmoor venison from Costco!) I wish more people would do the same.

Totally agree on keeping local butchers etc going. Well done you.

System

dreamlife99 wrote: »

they have wipes on offer about 2-3 times a year where the johnsons wipes are on 3 for 2 so u get arount 18packs for around £13.50. i normally stock up on these. works to about 60p a packet. this offer is coming up on 30th of march. nappies are not on offer but they do have an offer were u buy 2 boxes and they knock off £15. dont know when they are next going to do this.

have got some absolutely gorgeous clothes at the moment. think they were disney ones. bodysuits and pj were what i noticed and i was gutted that they were too small for my dd! had small sizes upto about 24months (birmingham branch)

Thank you for letting me know. I might get some of the disney clothes and wipes when they are on offer...

norm_diploom

Summer01 wrote: »

Is Costco good for baby things at all such as nappies, wipes, clothes etc? Someone in my family is expecting and I wondereed if there are certain things I could offer to get for them if they work out better value?

If you're not too worried about brand names, kirkland signature is their own brand for wipes etc and is pretty good.

For nappies, it can be different for eaach baby, but I have to mention Lidl's own brand Cien. Cheap but brilliant!