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Food

Shopping for Nutella

August 17, 2010

I had known about Smart & Final for about 20 years, but had not set foot inside an actual store until last month. Basically, Costco and a few other stores offered pretty much everything I needed so I never had the need to visit another warehouse store. However, since a Smart & Final was located [...]

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Steel Cut Oats

May 4, 2010

Costco is selling Bob’s Red Mill Steel Cut Oats. $4.79 for a 72 ounce bag, which comes to $0.067 per ounce. If you buy direct from Bob’s Red Mill, a 54 ounce bag costs $4.33, which is $0.080 per ounce. Before I purchased Steel Cut Oats from Costco, I had only tried the more traditional [...]

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Frosted Mini-Wheats at Target

December 27, 2009

I was checking out the new Target at the Sunnyvale Town Center. Since it featured a grocery section, I wanted to see how competitive the prices were with the places I usually frequent. Target was selling an 18 oz. box of Frosted Mini-Wheats for $3.09 or $0.172 per ounce. Wal-Mart was selling the same size [...]

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Diestel Whole Brined Turkey at Costco

December 27, 2009

Costco was selling Diestel Whole Brined Turkeys for $0.97 per pound. The catch? These were on sale AFTER Thanksgiving. Talk about a Black Friday sale. I had spotted these same turkeys just before Thanksgiving selling for close to $4.00 per pound. However, since I needed about 20 pounds of turkey and I wasn’t willing to [...]

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Verka Yogurt at Costco

December 13, 2009

This week, the giant tub of Mountain High Yoghurt for $3.89 was missing at the local Costco. In its place, I spotted a 64 ounce tub of Verka Original Yogurt selling for $3.79. I’ve never heard of the Verka brand before. Apparently, it’s an Indian dairy company located in San Jose, CA. From an environmental [...]

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Bimbos at Target

November 5, 2009

Sometimes, you just have to change your brand name when entering into a new market. Doesn’t matter how cute your mascot is. At the end of the day, a bimbo is still a bimbo.

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OMG! POG at Costco

October 26, 2009

If the recession has dashed your dreams of a Hawaiian vacation, you can still experience a taste of Hawaii by visiting Costco. I spotted 2-64 oz. cartons of Sun Tropics Passion Orange Guava Juice (aka POG) selling for $5.99 at the Mountain View, CA Costco. Of course, I snatched a gallon of that sweet nectar. [...]

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Cream Style Corn

September 11, 2009

I really don’t understand the concept of member pricing at supermarkets. Although the member pricing at supermarkets usually is not competitive with Costco, it still looks quite enticing when compared to the jacked-up non-member price. And, if you track prices at all, you will realize how completely ridiculous the non-member pricing is. LIke it’s a [...]

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Ice Cream

August 27, 2009

This comparison is a bit different than all the others because Costco only sells one brand of ice cream: Kirkland Signature. Of course, you can pick up a box of Haagen-Dazs bars or occasionally a tub of gelato. However, for straightforward ice cream, I’ve never seen anything other than the house brand, which really is [...]

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Mini-Wheats at Wal-Mart

August 24, 2009

Last month, I compared the price of Frosted Mini-Wheats at Costco and Safeway. This past weekend, I stopped by Wal-Mart to shop around. Wal-Mart sells an 18 oz. box of Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats for $2.33, or $0.129 per ounce. Costco is still the store to beat, but you have to buy a 70 oz. box. [...]

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