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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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Get a good honey you like for taste. Maybe directly from a bee place. But avoid the hype. The way to know the truth is below.
Hey, follow my simple rules. When you see Superstars promoting this product....RUN AWAY....follow the money...and they do get kickbacks for this.
There is not enough evidence that methylglyoxal survives being eaten, nor that it does any good inside the body. This is not an area in which a lot of independently-funded research has been done, but although there is as mall bit of evidence that in general honey can soothe a sore throat, there is not yet conclusive evidence to suggest that eating shop-bought manuka honey will be any more effective at this than a cheaper alternative. Similarly, there hasn't been robust conclusive evidence to show it can be used to ease indigestion. A study published by the University of Western Australia in March 2017 found that several other honeys , e.g. eucalyptus honey, had similar or better antibacterial properties than manuka honey.[2]
The New Zealand Government has invested heavily in marketing manuka honey so it is no surprise that many people believe that manuka honey is superior to all other honeys of the world. There is nothing wrong with that because they are simply promoting their product. (USA government could never do that. You see the problem)
BTW, I found out by trial that Targets all set their own regular prices, even in the same area! Targets in 'more expensive' neighborhoods will charge a higher regular price for the exact same item in a 'less expensive' neighborhood. That's what I was told when I asked about it.
And speaking of prices, some stores (Target, CVS, etc) are raising prices so much that they can't keep up the store shelf price updating! They update/increase the prices in the computer, but haven't gotten around to changing the price tag on the shelf. If you catch that, some stores (CVS, Safeway, etc -- not Target tho) are supposed to give you the item (if <$4) for free, or correct the price and give you $4off if >$4. Due to past offenses, this is their punishment, and this policy is plastered at the checkout somewhere. But you have to ask for it and insist on it, they never offer, they will at most adjust the price and often times try to talk their way out of it.
I love it, good flavor. My wife and kids think it's too spicy tho.
I bought it from Amazon last month for $124. Before you say that's crazy, look into high umf manuka honey.
Costco had umf10+ at the same size for $40 last month. I bought a few for family members and they wanted one high umf jar. Had to spend that much for one. Now it's on sale for half. 😡
And yes, manuka honey is different than regular honey. I've been using manuka honey at home for years. It soothes the throat way better than regular honey when you have a sore throat. I don't know about the other benefits but it works really well in this area.
Get a cheaper jar of umf5 or 10 and try it next time you have a sore throat.
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Of course Costco is going to pass along costs. Costco is a corporation - not a co-op.
Yeah you don't need receipts. They look it up on your account.
It is inflation, but the price of wages, diesel, transportation , has to be passed on the the working man , not those in the senate or congress, they are already millionaires and believe me they are not going to tax the rich like they say, Their money already hidden
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