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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #750 on: March 17, 2022, 01:03:46 PM »
got a nice wagyu corned beef from costco the other day, I'll let you know if it was worth the extra $2 a lb
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #751 on: March 17, 2022, 01:33:57 PM »
Quote from: ILLove1997 on March 17, 2022, 01:03:46 PM
got a nice wagyu corned beef from costco the other day, I'll let you know if it was worth the extra $2 a lb

I visited Costco in Champaign and really wasn’t impressed with their prices. I didn’t think it was much better than any normal store without a membership fee.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #752 on: March 17, 2022, 03:55:04 PM »
We have a Costco membership and barely ever go there anymore. Basically go there to stock up on paper towels, TP, paper plates, detergent, etc.

Their Wagyu and seafood generally are top notch and they have some scotch and bourbons significantly cheaper than liquor stores. If the local butcher shop doesn’t have what I need usually I can get it at Costco. Pricing is usually similar.

A lot of the Costco stuff is actually more expensive than regular grocery stores. A gallon of milk the other day there was $3.55 compared to about $2.20-$2.40 anywhere else. Eggs are high too.

I think they have some good stuff to get people in the door that they sell at cost and then make their money on random overpriced goods because people aren’t even paying attention.

Doesn’t help that it’s farther away than most all competing stores and the traffic sucks in that part of town.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #753 on: March 17, 2022, 04:10:32 PM »
The Costco near us puts the price sticker over a cut of prime beef that I wouldn't buy if I saw it. But they'll package it with some good looking cuts.
I rarely go there.
I tell my wife to stay away. The bill is usually $150 and she doesn't come home with much.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #754 on: March 17, 2022, 04:20:30 PM »
Quote from: Custard on March 17, 2022, 03:55:04 PM
We have a Costco membership and barely ever go there anymore. Basically go there to stock up on paper towels, TP, paper plates, detergent, etc.

Their Wagyu and seafood generally are top notch and they have some scotch and bourbons significantly cheaper than liquor stores. If the local butcher shop doesn’t have what I need usually I can get it at Costco. Pricing is usually similar.

A lot of the Costco stuff is actually more expensive than regular grocery stores. A gallon of milk the other day there was $3.55 compared to about $2.20-$2.40 anywhere else. Eggs are high too.

I think they have some good stuff to get people in the door that they sell at cost and then make their money on random overpriced goods because people aren’t even paying attention.

Doesn’t help that it’s farther away than most all competing stores and the traffic sucks in that part of town.

I was always amazed in my hockey travels how much the price of groceries, including milk, was higher in say, Cedar Rapids, than in the Chicago area.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #755 on: March 17, 2022, 07:47:19 PM »
Theoretically it should be less costly to distribute groceries in a densely populated area based on economies of scale. Chicago is a transportation hub and is relatively close to hubs of animal agriculture and canning crops.

Still surprises me anything would be cheaper there than Cedar Rapids, however.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #756 on: March 17, 2022, 08:33:07 PM »
Quote from: Custard on March 17, 2022, 07:47:19 PM
Theoretically it should be less costly to distribute groceries in a densely populated area based on economies of scale. Chicago is a transportation hub and is relatively close to hubs of animal agriculture and canning crops.

Still surprises me anything would be cheaper there than Cedar Rapids, however.

I'm always shocked. The price of beer and booze is worse. Usually far better in the Chicago area.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #757 on: March 17, 2022, 08:53:41 PM »
Illinois has some of the cheapest beer prices in the country.  One of the very few things we have going for us.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #758 on: March 22, 2022, 09:38:12 AM »
Grilled some chuck eye last night alongside a bulb of garlic. I squeezed all the garlic out of the bulb, smeared it on top of the beef and served. It did not suck. Oops got a little cottage cheese in the shot.



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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #759 on: March 26, 2022, 05:59:38 PM »
Had seen the Tony's in Berwyn had increased its milk from 2 gallons for $4 to 2 for $5. Went to the Costco for the 1st time in awhile. Milk prices up. $3 for the green label we usually get. Cheapest milk was $2.77. Bought 2 gallons at Tony's.

Going to Orange County next week. Will check out the grocery and Costco prices there and report.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #760 on: March 26, 2022, 06:20:00 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on March 26, 2022, 05:59:38 PM
Had seen the Tony's in Berwyn had increased its milk from 2 gallons for $4 to 2 for $5. Went to the Costco for the 1st time in awhile. Milk prices up. $3 for the green label we usually get. Cheapest milk was $2.77. Bought 2 gallons at Tony's.

Going to Orange County next week. Will check out the grocery and Costco prices there and report.
Bring your bicycles. I hear gas prices are up.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #761 on: March 26, 2022, 06:42:14 PM »
Quote from: Mn on March 26, 2022, 06:20:00 PM
Bring your bicycles. I hear gas prices are up.

Of course I rented a mid sized SUV to cart everyone and everything around.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #762 on: March 26, 2022, 10:23:39 PM »
Quote from: Mn on March 26, 2022, 06:20:00 PM
Bring your bicycles. I hear gas prices are up.
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #763 on: March 27, 2022, 02:56:21 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on March 26, 2022, 05:59:38 PM
Had seen the Tony's in Berwyn had increased its milk from 2 gallons for $4 to 2 for $5. Went to the Costco for the 1st time in awhile. Milk prices up. $3 for the green label we usually get. Cheapest milk was $2.77. Bought 2 gallons at Tony's.

Going to Orange County next week. Will check out the grocery and Costco prices there and report.
If you weren't so stupid you would have bought a cow long ago. Failure to plan on your part is not an emergency on ours
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Re: What's cookin?
« Reply #764 on: March 27, 2022, 03:01:02 PM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on March 27, 2022, 02:56:21 PM
If you weren't so stupid you would have bought a cow long ago. Failure to plan on your part is not an emergency on ours

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