Discount club memberships

[Medusa]

We have a Costco membership and a store 5 minutes from our home. I buy my gas there, it's always a few pennies cheaper. I purchase pizza there, one large baked pizza with the works for $9.99 and it's really, really good. Their roasted chicken is the best whole bird perfectly cooked is $4.99, huge cakes are $15.99. Salad is excellent, so is beef, hamburger is very easy to freeze, have bought tires, battery, and a host of other things there. Have been to BJ and Sam's and don't like as much as Costco. They have great prices on nuts, chips, flowers, trees, shrugs. I could go on and on. As far as rugular food it's just the two of us as well but for company or parties it is the best.

Yes, there are Costcos in CA and my son says they're great but there are none in my area.

[caseysmom]

Yes, there are Costcos in CA and my son says they're great but there are none in my area.

I thought there were costcos all over, we even shopped at one several times when we were in Hawaii. We bought all our snorkeling gear there.

[K9karen]

I've been a Sam's Club member for years. I just got a free trial membership card to Costco in the mail, but I'll have to find a location nearby. Same with BJ's.

When there were 5 of us here, we bought more at Sam's then I do now, with 3 of us. I'm a pretty savvy shopper and although I sometimes suffer from a serious bout of Oldtimers syndrome, for some reason, I can recall the *per unit/ounce/pound* of an item that I've seen at an Acme, () so I only buy specific things that we use all the time. Then these big bulk items only have to be bought every 1-2 months. The meat is OK, but I look for bargains elsewhere. I always buy their brand of boneless skinless chicken breasts or tenderlons, cook and freeze.

I bought the basmati rice in a burlap bag and gave 1/2 to our neighbor. I never noticed the dirt taste or seen *hitchhikers* so now I'm feeling squirmy. The $4.99 rotisserie chicken is yummy!! I buy a few and freeze them!

Anyway, I never get away without spending less than $70 and that's when I go with a short list! There's always something I see that I have to have. Unfortunately, I really am an impulsive shopper. Reminder to self: Stop shopping when starving.