Nyx Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Morning everyone! Headed to Costco tonight to grab some supplies for the house and while I'm there I was hoping to save some money by stocking on some compliant pantry and fridge items. This will be my first trip over there since, well, before I switched over to mainly eating paleo and definitely since I started my wh30. So, I was hoping that by starting this topic all of you could help me save some time wondering around Costco's massive warehouse reading the labels on everything -not that I have a problem doing that it's just been a long week and I want to get home sooner rather than later. Please throw out suggestions for your favorite brands/items that you stock up on when you go! And apologies if this is in the wrong thread I was debating posting here or in the recipe sharing thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista Billows Rodriguez Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I buy my coconut oil there, definately good price per ounce. I also stock up on their organic ground beef, mine also has organic chicken at a great price per pound. I buy Aidells chicken apple sausage, eggs and canned tuna & salmon there. If you eat nuts, the plain almonds are a great buy. Mine also has big bags of baby kale. I've heard some stock kerrygold butter which you could then turn into ghee, but mine doesn't. Other than that I stock up on veggies like brussels sprouts, baby spinach and asparagus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyx Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 Thanks Krista! I am going almost all the things you suggested. I'm excited to see if mine carries coconut oil too. Whole Foods is slowly draining my wallet at the rate I'm buying coco oil from them. I've yet to find Kerry gold butter anywhere, including my WF, so I'm doubtful my Costco would have it, but who knows! Hopefully, they will have my current pastured butter brand Organic Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I love their organic chicken and their avocados. The skins feel tough, but they are beautiful on the inside. (Could that be a metaphor?) I was looking at a thread the other day about compliant tuna and read that some Costcos have a really nice one called Wild Planet (or something) that is a much better bargain at Costco. I have also purchased cod there since I was a little kid. I sure wish ours was closer! Is Kerry Gold compliant? I found it in the cheese section of my regular grocery store, but it is not organic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyx Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 A beautiful metaphor, Nico! Avocados have now been added to the list! I've been avoiding them since their price shot back up after the Super Bowl. I love mashing avocado with some lemon juice and salt and then mixing in some tuna.... My lunches for next week are looking up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I second the Wild Planet Tuna. So much better than most and a great price. I also buy their extra light tasting olive oil to make mayo, flank steak, tri tip roasts and their organic eggs that come in a two dozen pack. They are from certified humanely raised chickens so that is a big deal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLC1968 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I second the Wild Planet Tuna. So much better than most and a great price. I also but their extra light tasting olive oil to make mayo, flank steak, tri tip roasts and their organic eggs that come in a two dozen pack. They are from certified humanely raised chickens so that is a big deal to me. Do you get find Wild Planet tuna at Costco? Which one?? The one we go to doesn't carry it and I would LOVE to buy this in 'bulk' instead of at New Seasons. In addition to all the other items already mentioned, we also buy some things from the frozen section: big bags of organic mixed berries wild caught salmon fillets big bags of frozen veggie mixes (my favorite is the Kirkland stir-fry one but you'll have to pick out the baby corn) frozen chicken wings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 GLC, I go to the one near Winco and Pet Smart off of Barbur. Would that be Tigard? You kind of have to look for the tuna. Last week it was moved to an end cap near the other tuna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLC1968 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Oh, I know where that is and it's relatively easy to get to for me. (I'm on the west side) Cool, thanks! I'm going to check the two closest to me one more time and then I'll head out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyx Posted March 16, 2013 Author Share Posted March 16, 2013 Thanks everyone for sharing what you buy at Costco! It certainly made it a much speedier trip than it would've been. I wasn't able to find Kerry Gold butter or coconut milk but pretty much everything else was there. I ended up getting: Kirkland organic ground beef Organic whole chickens (2 pack) Organic whole chicken thighs Austrailian lamb shanks Wild planet tuna (7 or 8 pack) Wild canned salmon Uncooked frozen shrimp Huge tub of coconut oil Organic green beans, lettuce and broccoli rabe Avocados (bag of 5 for $5) Organic tomato paste Drieds dates and dried figs (my husband snuck this in!) Organic 24ct eggs The whole bill came to $230 which is pretty great considering many of these items will be pantry stables that will tide us over for a month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Nice job!! I love Costco right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraftyCarnivore Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 One thing I have been recommending is their Vietnamese cinnamon. It literally smells like Cinnabon, and it's cheap. Like $2.75 for 10 oz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamom2my3 Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Thanks for this great thread! It inspired me to borrow my sister's card and check it out. Up until this point I have been a Sam's shopper and was grateful they had organic spinach. LOL. Oh wow I can't believe what I have been missing. I had too much fun there today! My store did not have whole organic chickens but the conventional ones they did have seem waaaay better than the stuff I was getting at Sam's. I believe those are from tyson and read that they contains up to 12% of some sort of "solution". Yea, since I have no idea what is in that, I have often worried what I am consuming. Yay for fresh chicken w/o the extra junk! And yay for big jars of coconut oil and organic ground beef and 15 other things I bought today. Man if I didn't restrain myself I could have easily spent $300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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