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Just got an email from Costco about In-Warehouse Hot Buys starting on 8/20. The following link should update on 7/23:
https://www.costco.com/warehouse-hot-buys.html
Here is a link to the email I received:
https://ibb.co/VL2c60h
Some items on sale include:
Enchilada Bake with Rotisserie Chicken: $3 OFF Per Package
Red Grapes, Organic or Conventional: $1.50 - $2 OFF
Organic Kiolbassa Beef Sausage: $5 OFF
Health Warrior Oatmeal: $4.50 OFF
Nature's Intent Seed and Nut Keto Bomb: $3 OFF
Kirkland Signature Breaded Panko Shrimp: $4 OFF
and
more [ibb.co]
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So, is the Costco Kiolbassa real kielbasa? I was grew up in a Polish neighborhood, and the kielbasa was bought from Polish butchers. Each butcher had their own recipe, and they were all different. You choose the one you liked best.
The Costco Kiolbassa brand is made from beef, while the kielbasa from my old neighborhood was made from pork. I don't live near my old neighborhood, so I buy the Costco brands.
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I used to buy the Kirkland canned chicken breast to mix in with my dog's food. I picked up a 6-pack on sale for around $6.50 just before the pandemic. Really regretted not getting more. The price peaked at just below $20. And now has come back down to about $14-$15.
They are bending over backwards to keep the hot rotisserie chicken at $4.99. Probably selling it at a loss. It works out to less than $2/lb. Only a part of it is breast meat, but I'd estimate you get about 1 lbs of breast meat from it. Versus about $5/lb for their frozen chicken breasts. So if you eat a lot of chicken, the rotisserie chicken may be the better deal. For the same price you're essentially getting the rest of the chicken for free.
Wholesale price of eggs (i.e. what the store pays) is currently at around $2/doz, closer to $3/doz for large and jumbo.
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When I worked at a hotel/restaurant 15 years ago, we bought the eggs directly from a local egg farm (they were only about 5 miles away). The price was usually around $1.50 per gross (144 eggs), or a bit over 12 cents/dozen. We'd get a couple carts full of racks of eggs each week, and it'd be about $100-$150. Packaging, distribution, and handling costs make up the bulk of the retail price.
Crabbing is a fuel-intensive operation. The crab boats burn a lot of fuel searching for and catching the crab. Unlike factory ships which can process, package, and freeze the fish aboard the ship so aren't really time-constrained, crab boats have to head back to port at high speed (burning lots more fuel) to deliver the crab alive to a processor (the meat begins decomposing very quickly if it dies). I think we all know what's happened to fuel prices.
Costco will refund the price difference within 30 days of the original purchase date. If you don't have a receipt, they can look up your membership card's purchase history and find it there for a return. I imagine they can do it for a price adjustment too, though I've never tried. I've noticed though that they now make your purchase history available if you login to their website (so you no loner need to keep the paper receipts around - you can simply print out a new copy at home if you need it).
If you're beyond 30 days, for packaged goods like the beef jerky or dual air fryer you can usually exploit their return policy. Simply bring your old receipt, buy the item on sale, take it straight to their return counter, and return it using the old receipt. Presto - you've converted your previous full-price purchase to a sale price purchase. I try to keep it within reason and usually only do this if I'd been meaning to get a price adjustment, but kept forgetting to bring the old receipt until I was past the 30 day window. Malicious exploitation pushes the cost into higher regular prices and membership fees, so doesn't really save you money.
Co-ops pass along their costs too. The only difference between a co-op and corporation is that there's no profit. Which is good in that the prices are lower. But bad in that there's no incentive for the co-op to stock items which are in higher demand. Whoever is in charge of running the co-op just stocks whatever they feel they should. If it takes more work to obtain the higher-demand item, they may not bother since there's no there's no benefit to them them for the extra work.
It's only charities which don't pass along costs. They pay for the costs via donations or an endowment fund. Someone always has to pay the piper. Even the student load "forgiveness" programs aren't really forgiveness. They're simply shifting the cost of repaying the loans away from the people who took out the loans, onto all taxpayers. Or (in cases where the loans were made with criminal malfeasance) back onto the entity which made the loans or received the loan money as payment.
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I bought the same one when it was on sale 6 months or so ago and love it. I was someone who was skeptical as to how good/useful air fryers really were but use it 4-5 times a week to cook all kinds of meals or portions of meals (veggies while I cook salmon in a skillet) and everything has turned out great with it. Baskets are large enough for my needs (family of 3). Haven't messed with the smart modes to have things done cooking at the same time but I do use both baskets at the same time on occasion and appreciate the ability to have different things going at the same time or just the ability to use one basket and have less cleanup afterwards since it's not one giant basket used for a small food item.
You can get a refund of your membership (or at least prorated if not a full refund) fyi
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So, is the Costco Kiolbassa real kielbasa? I was grew up in a Polish neighborhood, and the kielbasa was bought from Polish butchers. Each butcher had their own recipe, and they were all different. You choose the one you liked best.
The Costco Kiolbassa brand is made from beef, while the kielbasa from my old neighborhood was made from pork. I don't live near my old neighborhood, so I buy the Costco brands.
That was one of the reasons that I even stopped in yesterday.
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In online price for Koda flood light is still $44.99. In deal page it shows $34.99. Do I need to pick this item in warehouse?
So, is the Costco Kiolbassa real kielbasa? I was grew up in a Polish neighborhood, and the kielbasa was bought from Polish butchers. Each butcher had their own recipe, and they were all different. You choose the one you liked best.
The Costco Kiolbassa brand is made from beef, while the kielbasa from my old neighborhood was made from pork. I don't live near my old neighborhood, so I buy the Costco brands.
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No serious person ever said it wasn't happening, but at least in my local supermarket many of those issues have gotten much better lately indicating to me at least that inflation was almost entirely driven by supply constraints. I was reading the circular yesterday and was surprised by how much many of the prices had improved with many items like chicken back to their "normal" prices. That doesn't apply to everything though, there's clearly something up with eggs still because prices of those have stayed frustratingly high (almost double like you mentioned). Also gas has fallen like 30% in two months with no sign of it stopping.
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I spent a couple weeks in Europe this summer. Groceries in Germany were higher but clearly not as high in USA. In Barcelona I was stunned at how cheap groceries were. Both countries EU members. Scratching my head a little on that one.
As another poster said. It doesn't seem to be stopping a lot of people from filling their carts and carrying in as usual. For me, I thought Costco (and Publix) groceries were always relatively pricey. Publix prices have gotten insane though.