Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Sep 2018 12:34:51 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote:
>
>> Are they anything special, on a day to day basis?
> What do you mean day-to-day?
>
> The don't sell alcohol. most states would require a liquor
> distributor license which often aren't easy to come by and there's a
> lot of politics and red tape involved.
>
> Excellent prices on cheeses and lunch meats. Meats and seafood are
> not a big discount unless you buy by the case (30-40lb boxes of most
> stuff). Whole goats, pigs, lambs - but they're frozen. 30 different
> sizes and shapes of frozen cut potatoes (pass), but a 5lb bag of
> breaded or battered mushrooms for $7 is a no-brainer for me since
> you'd pay the same for 8 ounces at the restaurant. And where else
> can you get 40lbs of that luscious Kronos Gryocones for under $3/lb?
> Or 100 skin-on Vienna Beef Hot dogs for $65?
>
> But a significant advantage is that many foodservice brands taste
> better than anything you can get a grocery store. The marinated
> meats, the gravy mixes, egg rolls, fancy desserts, the #10 can of
> roasted red peppers for $4.50 - so much stuff is superior to grocery
> store stuff. I think it's a conspiracy to keep people eating at
> restaurants - they purposely dumb down the food at grocery stores.
>
> I lost my resale license but I've considered joining the KC BBQ
> society just to get free passes to shop there again. If you already
> have tax-exempt certificates then there's nothing stopping you from
> shopping there at least once. I went there more than Costco.
> Anybody can walk in a browse around - no door nazis checking
> membership cards like at Costco. Half the store is a refrigerator,
> literally. But they have fashionable and sturdy neon orange jackets
> you can borrow if you're thin-skinned.
>
> -sw

They sell alcohol here but you need a license to buy it.