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Just wondering how severe my Costco addiction is

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[–] ShakeThatYam 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I go almost every weekend.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weekend shopping at Costco should come with combat pay. We go once or twice a month and try to go during the week!

[–] ShakeThatYam 3 points 1 year ago

My Costco is a less busy one. Also, weekends have the best samples. My family treats it more as fun outing, so we aren't usually trying to rush through anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m the same. I go through a dozen or so eggs a week, along with lots of rice and beans. These are all things I’ll only really buy at Costco anymore.

[–] ShakeThatYam 1 points 1 year ago

Eggs, avocados, bananas, and berries are probably what I buy every week. The other stuff is more sporadic.

[–] wilberfan 6 points 1 year ago

Roughly once a week. Whenever I'm close to running out of blueberries.

[–] Stanwich 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At least twice a month, maybe more. Got a nice 280 $ check back from there program

[–] Yo_Honcho 2 points 1 year ago

I go almost every other weekend or more if needed. Since I do majority of my shopping there, the executive membership pays for itself and the Citi card cash back is a plus.

[–] HWK_290 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

We go maybe twice a month. We have to go down and cross the border into Oregon to do it, so we don't do it that often. They have a few things that we just won't do without. My husband loves the muffins, has one every morning for breakfast.

[–] isaachernandez 5 points 1 year ago

Once a month. It’s a city away.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 5 points 1 year ago

They have this nice gyro kit we like to have for date nights. Varies between weekly and every other weekly

[–] Chairsareoverrated 4 points 1 year ago

I've gone once and never left

[–] SpaceNoodle 4 points 1 year ago

About once a month. Used to time it with filling up the gas tank but now it's just when we're low on at least 3 bulk things.

[–] zerosignal 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

2-3 times a month, sometimes more. I don't usually get gas there though, because the lines are always long and there are a couple gas stations near me that sell as cheap or cheaper, especially for the e15/unleaded 88 vs Costco's regular unleaded 87.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I haven't been in a while, but I was literally just thinking about how much I miss their take and bake pizzas

[–] Adulated_Aspersion 3 points 1 year ago

Welcome to Costco, I love you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

2-4 times a month. It’s the closest grocery store to my house and has 80% of what I regularly buy. Definitely saves money on things like potato chips and I like that there’s consistent prices on things like drinks. When I go to regular stores I have no idea if a 2 liter bottle is $2, 3, $4 that week based on what sale they’re having or not.

[–] tirestarter 2 points 1 year ago

Several times a month, haha. We live really close to a Costco (7-10 mins drive!) so we just pop over for only a couple things. The addiction is real.

[–] Donjuanme 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Okay Costco market analytics team. Surely you could just look up the receipt entries... Oh the most be a genuine question!

Every 2 weeks for gas and a pizza/chicken+hotdog, once a month as a major trip for frozen lunches and fresh fruits.

We're about to get a Costco immediately next door to my place of business. I'm going to make myself sick on hotdogs.

[–] zerosignal 4 points 1 year ago

Costco should include statistics on the annual renewal letter. Things like trips per month, most frequent purchase, ~~average spent~~ never mind I don't want to know that.

[–] stinkypoopsalot 2 points 1 year ago

At least 6 times per month, not counting for gas.

[–] Mostly_Gristle 2 points 1 year ago

Usually a couple times a month for regular shopping. I live really close to my warehouse though, so I'll drop in fairly often and grab a slice of pizza when I don't feel like cooking, and I only get gas at Costco anymore, so it's technically a fair bit more than that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

about twice for groceries and twice for gas for 2 cars, I guess that's 6 times.

[–] FReddit 1 points 1 year ago

My nearest one is 60 miles away, so I don't go too often anymore.

I ended up in an odd situation. My next door neighbor, who is 83, works at USDA food giveaways.

So when they aren't able to give away everything he gives a lot of it to me. So I've been working on making recipes from the excess and giving it back to him.

It would be nice to get to Costco for other stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Usually once a week. I buy nearly everything there.

[–] DanglingFury 1 points 1 year ago

About every 6 weeks to stock up an meat pantry and household items. I drop 400 to 600 on a trip. In between I get produce at other stores so I can keep it fresh (I don't need half a bushel of lettuce that goes bad in 3 days)

[–] TvanBuuren -2 points 1 year ago

I have literally never been there, nor have I ever ordered something from them.

[–] MaxVoltage -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] ShakeThatYam 6 points 1 year ago

c/Lostlemmings