Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2018-08-19 10:51 AM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
> > On 8/19/2018 7:22 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> > > I've begun comparison pricing goods, brands, etc. at other stores
> > > and looking at what my Costco has dropped I find that aside from
> > > gasoline, the spring garden shop and the rotisserie chicken,Â*
> > > there really is no reason for me to shop there any
> > > longer.Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* Janet US
> > >
> >
> >
> > I noticed the undesirable trend re food fads at Costco, starting
> > with all things organic (i.e. more expensive).Â* Look on the bright
> > side - if this keeps up, there will soon be Costco knockoff chain,
> > emulating the good, old Costco.Â* I hope.
>
>
> I had a Costco membership intermittently over the years and rarely
> used it because they never seemed to have the brands I wanted. I was
> recently converted to a semi regular Costco shopper because a friend
> shops there regularly and was always raving about the great buys on
> good quality products. There are a few items that they regularly
> stock that we really enjoy so I pick them up frequently. My wife
> loves cheese and you can't touch their prices on that stuff.

I'm lucky to be in an area with CostCo, BJ's and SAMS. I don't shop
CostCo but others I know who do, are saying the same thing about
dropping things they want there, and having higher priced alternatives.

Conversely SAMS seems to be having stocking issues where common things
are not there. Back ordered? Not clear. BJ's seems to be holding
strong locally.