My employer periodically allows representatives from Sam's Club and Costco to set up tables in front of the lunchroom during the noon hour to advertise to the 1,000 or so people in the building. They usually have a lot of delicious snacks and excellent sales people (who of course draw you in with the snacks). The last time they were at HQ, I got sucked in to joining Costco, the clearly superior of the two. See?
Why Costco is Crushing Sam's Club.
My coworkers who are Costco members are inclined to agree, as is my all-knowing (and uber-researcher) Uncle Gene.
Anyway, last night after I blogged, we paid our inaugural visit. They had everything you'd expect from a bulk retailer - GIANT bags of chips, ultra-multi packs of vitamins and razor blade refills and, perhaps of interest to the food bloggers among us, a truly enormous can of tomatoes:
Yes, we bought the tomatoes. Photo courtesy of EMSA. And those will get used - we enjoy making our own pasta sauce! And homemade pizza requires a lot of sauce.
Also of note is the liquor store section of Costco. They had a $700 bottle of wine (a Chateau Lafite Rothschild, if you must know, and not the most expensive thing there...) but also good deals on bulk purchases of beer and wine. I purchased this for my beloved moother:
As you can see, a good time was had by all. As I was typing this post, EMSA says in the background... "Man, Costco SHREDS! It does!" We're fans. The cats were just happy we'd be around for lap-sitting once we got home:
Why Costco is Crushing Sam's Club.
My coworkers who are Costco members are inclined to agree, as is my all-knowing (and uber-researcher) Uncle Gene.
Anyway, last night after I blogged, we paid our inaugural visit. They had everything you'd expect from a bulk retailer - GIANT bags of chips, ultra-multi packs of vitamins and razor blade refills and, perhaps of interest to the food bloggers among us, a truly enormous can of tomatoes:
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| 6 pounds, 10 oz. Holy crap. |
Also of note is the liquor store section of Costco. They had a $700 bottle of wine (a Chateau Lafite Rothschild, if you must know, and not the most expensive thing there...) but also good deals on bulk purchases of beer and wine. I purchased this for my beloved moother:
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| A steal at $29.99! |
Comments
"COSTCO shreds" is alien speech to me. Is this the new vernagular?
Perhaps I'll get a photo with a cat for scale tomorrow. :-)
Funny post and good to learn a new neologism from EMSA.