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Not everything is worth it though, as you can often get a better deal when stuff goes on sale at the supermarket or pharmacy. I like how they make deals with local suppliers, so everything doesn't come from the States (produce) or China (manufactured goods) for example.
Compared to Walmart, they have something like less than 1% of the inventory.
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Costco is full of good stuff, plenty of organics, and the Kirkland brand stuff is all made by the usual companies (coffee by Starbucks etc). It's not gross consumerism, it's just supplies in bulk. Also, not too busy on a Sunday morning here in ATL.
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JEM wrote: Costco is full of good stuff, plenty of organics, and the Kirkland brand stuff is all made by the usual companies (coffee by Starbucks etc). It's not gross consumerism, it's just supplies in bulk. Also, not too busy on a Sunday morning here in ATL.
Oh yeah, they have lots of fair trade options for coffee as well. Dry bulk supplies, if you have the storage capacity for them, are great.
But I won't buy that huge jar of Argentinian honey (even if it says "Canada #1" on it, that's just the quality I think), I'd rather support local businesses for that, plus it'll probably precipitate before we get through it.
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@Jake... I was shocked to learn Costco sells more pizza in the US than any Pizza Hut, Dominos, Little Caesarsor other brand of chain Pizza.
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*we were subscribed to a local farms CSA but they were not reliable to be honest.
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We've been doing weekly business with a local organics farm for a decade, and most of our red meat comes blast-frozen 1-2 a year from a "local" (2 hours away) slaughterhouse. We're lucky to have two great bakeries within 5 minutes car ride.
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Staples are also much cheaper -- like laundry detergent, dish detergent, toilet papers, napkins, paper towels, kleenex, etc.
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Alastair MacDirk wrote: Just curious. Do you hold Walmart/SAMs Cub in the same high regard you do Costco?
@Jake... I was shocked to learn Costco sells more pizza in the US than any Pizza Hut, Dominos, Little Caesarsor other brand of chain Pizza.
Costco is also the largest seller of wine in the US.
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Images seared into my brain:
-vast parking lot, full of vehicles on a weekday morning
-vast store, with oversized packages of everything
-long lines at every register, even though there were many registers
-every other cartload seemed to include at least 50 rolls of toilet paper
It left me with the impression that suburbanites eat a lot more than regular human beings and then spend a lot of time shitting out that excess.
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I just wish I had said they don't built Walmart downtown instead of using Costco in my op. Now the thread has devolved into a defense of Costxo.
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I've read about where the Wal-Mart will draw specialty shops to the strip mall that it usually lives in. It could be WallyWorld-Approved Corporate Bullshit, but I do see lots of specialty shops around the local Wal-Marts. And I'm writing an apology for Wal-Mart - I'm going to go throw up now.
And to sort of stay on topic: Artisinal Pencil Sharpening
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Alastair MacDirk wrote: Now the thread has devolved into a defense of Costxo.
Well, that's because these effete urbanite hipsters came into the thread to sneer at people who don't buy their toilet paper by the sheet. Seriously. Toilet paper, the barometer of fucking consumerism. Posted unironically no doubt from a fucking iPhone 6S.
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