I going to get a sams membership and do a big shopping tomorrow.What am in in for? What should I get?I used to always get a pizza and a rottie chicken at Costco. Are they as good a deal at sams?I really need to economize this year
How much is a Sam's membership
A shittier costco.
>>21091835Costco is a jewish company, you disgusting rat
>>21091666A lot of the same or equivalent items to Costco at similar prices. Costco seems to be carrying fewer cryovac subprimals here in recent years except for brisket. Costco used to slant a little more college-educated middle class and Sams used to slant a little more prosperous blue collar but they've been converging. You'll probably still see more Teslas and Subarus in a Costco lot and more trucks in a Sams lot, but they're buying the same frozen slop.
Sam's club is annoying because you can't buy the hot dogs as a single item but you have to get the combo. So if you want 2 hot dogs you have to get 2 drinks as well. It's stupid.
>>21091666depends on your country I guess. Im brazilian and my local sams club doesnt sell pizzas or chickens or anything cooked besides some bakery items, and most products are very expensive because its all imported. I regretted paying for my membership and wont renew it>>21091853also this. Very few items arent in bulk
>>21091835>>21091840Please dont let this thread fall into an antisamitic argument
>>21091666no wonder americans are so goddamn fat that slop is insanely cheapi would weigh 600lbs if i lived in america, good thing i'm canadian where food is too expensive to buy.
>>21091666nice trips OP. but yo OP. Sam's is the shit! although ive only been to a sams never a costco so im not to familiar with the differences. I buy practically all my meat from sams...chicken breats, legs, pork loin, ribs...compared to the grocery store youre going to save a shit load right there. Break it all down and freeze it. I Also get my paper towels/toilet paper from there.I also use there scan and go app on my phone so i dont have to wait in a line at checkout. i understand you can pay extra for them to just have them bring your stuff out to your ca but ive never done that, ummm hmm idk its been a life safer. I bascially do all my shopping there except smaller niche items i can only get at the asian market or a grocery store.
>>21091872I just stated a fact found on wikipedia, even history channel has an episode about costco
>>21091884In a hundred years they'll be making movies about how Costco stood up to the Nazis
>>21091882>I buy practically all my meat from samsIs it as cheap as waiting for meat to go on sale?Where I live, it seems like once a month chicken goes on sale for 99 cents a pound or less.Pork but goes on sale for 1.20 per pound but not as often.I just buy and freeze a months worth at a time
I still don't understand membership stores. I tried shopping at a BJ's before with a friend's card and even buying shit in bulk, if you calculate the cost by weight, was more expensive than just getting shit at Aldi's or something.
>>21091874the ceo of Costco has literally gotten into fistfights and threatened to murder shareholders over keeping the cost of the hotdog low
>>21092016Aldi is bottom of the barrel quality so dont compare to that
>>21092055Aldi has pretty good meats if you stick to the cryovac pork and USDA choice beef, and the imported cheeses are not bad. The imported German bratwurst is mid for Germany but S tier for the US. The produce is hit or miss. Their quality is overall similar to their sister Trader Joe's but they're not as oriented towards aspirational middle-class tastes.
>>21092016You have to shop pretty carefully to save money at membership stores. It can be more of a quality of life thing - I probably ate more USDA prime steak than I had in my life when Costco was carrying USDA prime subprimals, at about the prices I might have paid for choice. So I didn't *exactly* save money, see?
>>21092055Aldi is literally top shelf everything
>>21092119Youre having a laugh
>>21092103>Their quality is overall similar to their sister Trader Joe's>>21092103False
>>21091666>pizza pretzelSomeone was higher than Elton John when they conjured up this menu.
>>21092170Trader Joe's fans have a grossly exaggerated sense of the quality and taste of Trader's Joe's crap. It's frequently the same stuff as at Aldi, from the same sources.
>>21092220Not even the same thing. Aldi is lower than walmart
>>21091666>What am in in for?You should know Costco > BJs > than Sam's in every way if money is no object and you're a foodie type, but if you are a household with young kiddos who like national brands, it's the same items as WalMart in larger quantity packages.Costco has the "Aldi Finds" kind of mystery when you go there, finding little imports from Europe of this or that chocolate, nut, cookie, eclair, or whatever, new products just hitting the marketplace. The prepared desserts and breads are more premium. I love their Costco optical. I look like a million bucks every December when I spend down my FSA and get a couple more pairs of designer frames. Costco is the only one with mirrored prescription sunglasses made inhouse. Scratch or break anything, just get it remade or refunded...forever.
>>21092273Does sams have optical?
>>21091853>Sam's club is annoying because you can't buy the hot dogs as a single item but you have to get the combo.Anon, Costco literally does that too.
>>21092356and who is eating two of those? they are 4oz
>>21092356Never said they didn't. Still annoying.
>>21092239Walmart has slightly better produce than Aldi or Trader Joe's, which are both very hit or miss. Aldi occasionally has good prices on seasonal items like pomegranates; Trader Joe's will carry trendy things like shishito peppers. Walmart here also has USDA prime steaks, which are objectively better quality than the best beef at Trader Joe's and Aldi, which is USDA choice. Walmart carries branded Smithfield and Tyson pork products, which I think are a hair more consistently good than any store brand pork until you get to groceries with full service butcher, which barely exist anymore - maybe Andronico's in California? Walmart also has its bettergoods college-educated-white-girl (authentically made mild taco seasoning!) private label that is pretty comparable to similar items at Target, Trader Joe's, Aldi, etc.Equivalent items at Aldi and Trader Joe's are the exact same thing - the brioche is identical for example. The difference is, Aldi might have a store brand Tuna Helper, if Trader Joe's did that it would have to be gluten-free, everything bagel flavored bullshit.
>>21092368NTA but I hate soda, I just want the dog but they're making me pay for something I really don't want.
>>21092018fucking based
>>21091872>antisamitic
>>21092018FELONIOUSLY based
>>21091666Go to costco.sams club guys are Indian
>>21091831its like $60, but you can get a full refund when you cancel it, within a year.
>>21092018>>21092405>>21092467That was the CEO from 13 FUCKING YEARS ago, and he was arguing with his successor (Jelinek), who ruined everything else except the hotdog, and now they have a new CEO who has done nothing to reverse Jelinek's steady decline in quality & service, which disproportionately targeted American stores. It's all ogre.
>>21091872at first i thought you were retarded and then i realized you are brilliant
>>21092738Its a fine line
I'm tempted to do the Sam's membership sale for $20. I often shop at Costco, but the shopping experience keeps getting worse.>shit crowds>shit parking>awful smell>long lines everywhereNot sure I'll pull the trigger since I prefer organic food, which Costco seems to be better for (i.e. Sam's has no organic ground turkey from what I heard).
>>21091872>antisamiticWe have a genius here
Sam's club extra large 4 meat pizza is awesome and only $8.98
>>21091666Those pizzas turned disgusting 14 years ago. They where adequate before then.
>>21093215Sam's deffo seems like the better option for food court enjoyers. Costco USA basically killed their food court 5 years ago (and simps blamed it on Le Pandemic, but somehow foreign stores were unaffected). Our local Sam's also has cheaper gas now.I still like Costco for certain staples but they've been losing ground for years. We need to check out Sam's cheese selection, that will be a big factor.
>>21091882>scan and go app on my phone so i dont have to wait in a line at checkout.This is a common complaint about Costco, they're about fifteen years behind the times on tech (including the website) and have zero interest in investing more. I dunno if it's a union thing but it's embarrassing. And there is no indication the new CEO will fix anything because he's a typical insider, "hire from within", who has no different experience to offer.
>>21091666$150 for a hot dog combo seems expensive
>>21093405He's at a Canadian store. The Canadian rupee has been plummeting since the news that Dictator Trudeau is "stepping down" to join Harry & Meghan Markle in a polyamorous relationship.
>>21093412how does that work in canadian stores? how much is a pizza or a rottie chicken there?
>>21091831there are often specials where you can get one for $20 or sometimes like $60 but they throw in a free $40 gift card. Look on stacksocial.
I like how Dr Pepper is featured so prominently in the signage. put some respect on the good doctor's name.
>>21093353oh wow, like i said never be4en to a costco but my understanding was they are slightly superior to sams club, figured they would have a app
>>21091990i would think so. plus the quality will be better then its fresher.idk if im making since of what your asking.... I have never seen any meat go on sale at sams so i imagine the turnover is pretty high
>>21093215you know you're getting high quality ingredients for that price
>>21091666I like their greek yogurt, ground beef, and whole milk. It all tastes better than every other pleb market I shop in.
>>21092273BJs is inferior to Sam's in every way while costing more. The only reason they stay in business is because they build their stores 10 minutes closer to rural areas.
>>21091666If I get a drink. What do I do with my extra 11 cents?
>>21093642I wouldn't want to drink out of the can someone's butt was on.
>>21094199Yeah but you're asexual and incredibly uptight
>>21093642I want the dr pepper she's sitting on.
>>21093993the meat that goes on sale at the supermarket is not old,its just a promotion that gets run all the time.The old meat ends up in the markdown bin. different deal
