Grocery Shopping at Costco
May 31st, 2009 | View Comments
We don’t often buy groceries at Costco because we’re just two people and we’ve learned that we cannot actually consume a quart of dip before it goes bad. The kinds of things we do buy are either non-perishables (e.g., our favorite brand of canned peaches), or might-as-well-be-non-perishables (e.g., a 5-lb. bag of mini Babybel cheeses that will be fine for 6 months in the fridge). We were there today to pick up toilet paper and some other things and I thought I’d check out their lump crab meat, since I’ve got a crab and avocado salad on the menu for this week.
One pound of lump crab meat was $15.99. Eight ounces of fresh lump crab at our regular grocery store costs about that much. I happened to find the house brand of crab on sale when I made the jambalaya, but wasn’t too happy with the quality—it was pretty well shredded instead of “lump” and still had bits of cartilage in it. Now, the Costco stuff is in a can (and pasteurized so it’ll keep for two months in the fridge), but I think it should be plenty good enough for jambalaya and crab salad at about half the cost of what I’d been planning to buy this week.
Next up, chicken. Boneless, skinless breasts for $2.99/lb, boneless, skinless thighs for $2.19/lb, and bone-in, skin-on thighs for $0.99/lb. Not necessarily rock-bottom prices, but still good sale prices and I’m quite sure it’s less than what I’ve been paying. Plus the meat is already divided into tear-off pouches so I can just defrost the amount I need for dinner without having to pre-separate a bulk tray into a bunch of freezer bags as soon as I get home.
And finally, salmon. Remember I paid $12.99/lb for farmed Atlantic salmon? Costco had very similar salmon for $6.49/lb. CRAZY. That’s less than what our regular grocery store was charging for decrepit-looking salmon and this stuff looks great.
We came home with what should be 6 weeks’ worth of meat and seafood for less than $80. Combined with the other stuff that’s left in the freezer (some Italian sausage, brisket, and 2 Cornish game hens), I don’t think I’ll need to buy any more meat for two whole months.
Yvonne posted this on May 31st, 2009 @ 11:44pm in Budget Conscious | Permalink to "Grocery Shopping at Costco"
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