1 yr. ago • 100%

I am pining for Costco

Tragically, I moved and went from living 2 blocks from a Costco to 50 miles. Mainly I miss inexpensive cases of seltzer water… I went to a local grocery store and they were offering 8 cans of seltzer for $4.99, while normally I purchased a case of 24 for $5.70 at Costco. Back in the balmy halcyon days of May, I would walk to my local Costco with a dolly and return with a case of V8, some weird sparkly water from Washington, spinach, mushrooms, Diet Pepsi, Kettle chips, and much more…. and now, the memories are fading into the margins of history.

I am also missing the Kirkland hummus. I could use a vehicle and drive 52.3 miles (or so) to Costco, but it seems slightly unreasonable.

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I'm currently 36 miles from the closest, it's worth a trip at least twice a month for me. You just gotta plan ahead a little more and stock up for less frequent trips. One thing I like doing is getting a travel size version of house hold cleaning stuff like dish or laundry soap to use as the thing to refill from the giant Costco jugs instead of lugging a gallon of soap every time.

Another non Costco tip is don't use dishwasher or laundry pods, even being cheaper from Costco, they're super overpriced for the same ingredients as a box of powder that you can get generic from any grocery store.

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- Right, pretty much I just have to plan ahead and get more at once.
  
  Most recently I have bought laundry detergent sheets from Amazon, as in the weird things of soap that disintegrate. I’m not really sure how it works, but they seem fairly economical.
  
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  I'm about 50 miles from a Costco as well. Here they do free shipping on orders over $75. We also use the laundry detergent sheets and so far they work well. Way less packaging and less mess than other options.
  
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I know the feeling. I just moved from 1.1 miles away to 108. It was the closest gas station AND grocery store to me.

Needless to say I let me membership lapse 💔

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I worked across the parking lot from one. Those hot dogs were lunch every day

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Definitely worth looking into a soda stream + a big refillable CO2 canister from your local brewery supplier

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