Thread: Cheese from Costco

"Chemo the Clown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Went to Costco yesterday and picked up a 2lb block of aged cheddar
> cheese. The brand is Kerrydale Reserve and it is from Ireland. Cost
> was $5.99 and it is some of the best sharp cheddar I've ever had.
> And...what a buy!!

I always buy my cheese there.

Chemo the Clown wrote:
> Went to Costco yesterday and picked up a 2lb block of aged cheddar
> cheese. The brand is Kerrydale Reserve and it is from Ireland. Cost
> was $5.99 and it is some of the best sharp cheddar I've ever had.
> And...what a buy!!

Great price! 2 lbs for $5.99 or do you mean $5.99/pound?

A Costco is being built near me. I belong to Sam's Club already, so I am
not sure what I'll do when Costco opens. I hear they're a notch up from
Sam's Club.

Goomba wrote:
>
> Chemo the Clown wrote:
> > Went to Costco yesterday and picked up a 2lb block of aged cheddar
> > cheese. The brand is Kerrydale Reserve and it is from Ireland. Cost
> > was $5.99 and it is some of the best sharp cheddar I've ever had.
> > And...what a buy!!
>
> Great price! 2 lbs for $5.99 or do you mean $5.99/pound?
>
> A Costco is being built near me. I belong to Sam's Club already, so I am
> not sure what I'll do when Costco opens. I hear they're a notch up from
> Sam's Club.

I have both Sam's and Costco memberships. I have a Sam's 10 minutes away
from me, but the nearest Costco is about an hour but is on a route I get
to about once a month. There is a fair amount of overlap between the
two, but Costco does seem to be a bit better on many items quality wise.
If they were equidistant from me I would probably drop Sam's.

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:13:50 -0400, Goomba wrote:

> A Costco is being built near me. I belong to Sam's Club already, so I am
> not sure what I'll do when Costco opens. I hear they're a notch up from
> Sam's Club.

CostCo carries quality. Sams doesn't.


-sw

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:23:38 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:13:50 -0400, Goomba wrote:
>
>> A Costco is being built near me. I belong to Sam's Club already, so I am
>> not sure what I'll do when Costco opens. I hear they're a notch up from
>> Sam's Club.
>
>CostCo carries quality. Sams doesn't.

Bull****. Only the dwarf would think canned beans at Sams are
different from those sold at Costco. All those big box stores carry
the same low end to medioce food products, none are gourmet... they
don't even sell decent bread... that's why he eats that low end white
bread I'd be ashamed to feed critters.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:23:38 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:13:50 -0400, Goomba wrote:
> >
> >> A Costco is being built near me. I belong to Sam's Club already, so I am
> >> not sure what I'll do when Costco opens. I hear they're a notch up from
> >> Sam's Club.
> >
> >CostCo carries quality. Sams doesn't.
>
> Bull****. Only the dwarf would think canned beans at Sams are
> different from those sold at Costco. All those big box stores carry
> the same low end to medioce food products, none are gourmet... they
> don't even sell decent bread... that's why he eats that low end white
> bread I'd be ashamed to feed critters.

I'm afraid I have to generally agree with Sqwertz. I have both Sam's and
Costco memberships and while there are many products that are common to
both, Costco typically has higher end products and a larger selection of
specialty food items. Even for some of the items that are in common
there are differences, such as Classico pasta sauce where both carry
3pks of Classico, Sam's carries just the tomato/basil sauce, while
Costco has a mixed variety 3pk.

On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:32:30 -0400, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> Bull****. Only the dwarf would think canned beans at Sams are
> different from those sold at Costco. All those big box stores carry
> the same low end to medioce food products, none are gourmet... they
> don't even sell decent bread... that's why he eats that low end white
> bread I'd be ashamed to feed critters.

Bull****, indeed. CostCo sells excellent fresh baked bread from La
Brea bakery, baked in store and still warm. And everybody who shops
there knows that. I just ate my last demi baguette last night.

And you just admitted that Sam's sells ****ty bread.

Roast Beef, Bacon, and Swiss on La Brea/CostCo Demi Baguette:
http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/4...tbeefbacon.jpg

Eat your heart out, Catz.

-sw

On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:46:19 -0500, Pete C. wrote:

> I'm afraid I have to generally agree with Sqwertz.

Don't be afraid. It's perfectly natural.

-sw

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:34:39 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Went to Costco yesterday and picked up a 2lb block of aged cheddar
>cheese. The brand is Kerrydale Reserve and it is from Ireland. Cost
>was $5.99 and it is some of the best sharp cheddar I've ever had.
>And...what a buy!!

I'll agree, it's great cheese but, you got a fantastic buy.
We purchased some at our local Costco (Southern Ontario, Canada) and,
although I can't remember the exact price, I know it was more than
$5.99 and that was for a 250 gram piece.
We're going to Costco tomorrow so I'll be sure to check.

Ross.

In article <[email protected]>, Ross@home
wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:34:39 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Went to Costco yesterday and picked up a 2lb block of aged cheddar
> >cheese. The brand is Kerrydale Reserve and it is from Ireland. Cost
> >was $5.99 and it is some of the best sharp cheddar I've ever had.
> >And...what a buy!!
>
> I'll agree, it's great cheese but, you got a fantastic buy.
> We purchased some at our local Costco (Southern Ontario, Canada) and,
> although I can't remember the exact price, I know it was more than
> $5.99 and that was for a 250 gram piece.
> We're going to Costco tomorrow so I'll be sure to check.
>
> Ross.

I love that cheese, but at my Costco it's $5.99 a pound, not a block.
The two pound bricks are $11.98 Still quite a bit less expensive than
the cheese shop for the same brand of cheese.

marcella

On 2011-06-28, Marcella Peek <[email protected]> wrote:

> I love that cheese, but at my Costco it's $5.99 a pound, not a block.
> The two pound bricks are $11.98 Still quite a bit less expensive than
> the cheese shop for the same brand of cheese.

How long has it been aged?

nb

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:13:50 -0400, Goomba <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Chemo the Clown wrote:
>> Went to Costco yesterday and picked up a 2lb block of aged cheddar
>> cheese. The brand is Kerrydale Reserve and it is from Ireland. Cost
>> was $5.99 and it is some of the best sharp cheddar I've ever had.
>> And...what a buy!!
>
>Great price! 2 lbs for $5.99 or do you mean $5.99/pound?
>
>A Costco is being built near me. I belong to Sam's Club already, so I am
>not sure what I'll do when Costco opens. I hear they're a notch up from
>Sam's Club.

We had memberships to both but, unfortunately Sam's didn't last too
long in Canada. I guess they couldn't compete with Costco up here.
There was some overlap in products but, Sam's had some items that we
liked and can no longer get.
Also, Sam's had some unbelievable mark downs that Costco doesn't
offer.
One example, Sam's had a couple of skids of Lexmark wireless 4 in 1
printers for $38.00 that were complete with full size XL ink
cartridges. Those printers cost less than a pair of the same
cartridges for my printer so I bought three printers.
We did save considerably more than the cost of membership at both
places and while we do shop regularly at Costco, there are things
about Sam's that we miss.

Ross.

On 6/27/2011 11:13 AM, Goomba wrote:
> Chemo the Clown wrote:
>> Went to Costco yesterday and picked up a 2lb block of aged cheddar
>> cheese. The brand is Kerrydale Reserve and it is from Ireland. Cost
>> was $5.99 and it is some of the best sharp cheddar I've ever had.
>> And...what a buy!!
>
> Great price! 2 lbs for $5.99 or do you mean $5.99/pound?
>
> A Costco is being built near me. I belong to Sam's Club already, so I am
> not sure what I'll do when Costco opens. I hear they're a notch up from
> Sam's Club.

My suggestion is that you get the Costco membership early on because
you'll have less competition from other shoppers until the membership
builds up. I bought a membership to Sam's Club just so I could get some
tires. I hate to buy tires from Costco because they're so busy and you
have to wait so long.

I think that Costco has a better selection of stuff but the truth is
that I'd just go to whichever one is nearer or more convenient.

On 6/27/2011 6:34 AM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
> Went to Costco yesterday and picked up a 2lb block of aged cheddar
> cheese. The brand is Kerrydale Reserve and it is from Ireland. Cost
> was $5.99 and it is some of the best sharp cheddar I've ever had.
> And...what a buy!!

I bought some Dubliner cheese from Costco and it was tasty. It was about
9 bucks for 2lbs. I got the one with ale and it had crunchy crystals in
it. Neat!

Goomba wrote:
>
> A Costco is being built near me. I belong to Sam's Club already, so I am
> not sure what I'll do when Costco opens. I hear they're a notch up from
> Sam's Club.

To me most of the difference was the distance to the store. Once I got
there it was mostly variation by brand carrying much the same sort of
items. When we moved closer to Sams we ended up letting our Costco
membership lapse. Then another move where Costco was closer we let our
Sams carb lapse and switched back.

<Ross@home> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:34:39 -0700 (PDT), Chemo the Clown
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Went to Costco yesterday and picked up a 2lb block of aged cheddar
>>cheese. The brand is Kerrydale Reserve and it is from Ireland. Cost
>>was $5.99 and it is some of the best sharp cheddar I've ever had.
>>And...what a buy!!
>
> I'll agree, it's great cheese but, you got a fantastic buy.
> We purchased some at our local Costco (Southern Ontario, Canada) and,
> although I can't remember the exact price, I know it was more than
> $5.99 and that was for a 250 gram piece.
> We're going to Costco tomorrow so I'll be sure to check.
>
> Ross.
>
I've tried that Kerrygold from my local Costco but Balderson's is at least
as good and Costco sells large lumps of that.
Graham

On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:03:21 -0600, "graham" <[email protected]> wrote:

snip

>I've tried that Kerrygold from my local Costco but Balderson's is at least
>as good and Costco sells large lumps of that.
>Graham
>
Balderson's??? I haven't seen that. I'll watch for it.
Janet US

<Ross@home> wrote:
> One example, Sam's had a couple of skids of Lexmark wireless 4 in 1
> printers for $38.00 that were complete with full size XL ink
> cartridges. Those printers cost less than a pair of the same
> cartridges for my printer so I bought three printers.
> We did save considerably more than the cost of membership at both
> places and while we do shop regularly at Costco, there are things
> about Sam's that we miss.
>
> Ross.

I have noticed Costco has reduced the shelf space in half for printer inks.
If the trend is like me who now owns an iPad or other touch device,
printing anything is becoming obsolete. The ink on both of my printers have
dried up. I will not be replacing them. If I need something printed which
is unlikely, I will go to Office Max or the local library.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

"Pete C." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:23:38 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:13:50 -0400, Goomba wrote:
>>>
>>>> A Costco is being built near me. I belong to Sam's Club already, so I am
>>>> not sure what I'll do when Costco opens. I hear they're a notch up from
>>>> Sam's Club.
>>>
>>> CostCo carries quality. Sams doesn't.
>>
>> Bull****. Only the dwarf would think canned beans at Sams are
>> different from those sold at Costco. All those big box stores carry
>> the same low end to medioce food products, none are gourmet... they
>> don't even sell decent bread... that's why he eats that low end white
>> bread I'd be ashamed to feed critters.
>
> I'm afraid I have to generally agree with Sqwertz. I have both Sam's and
> Costco memberships and while there are many products that are common to
> both, Costco typically has higher end products and a larger selection of
> specialty food items. Even for some of the items that are in common
> there are differences, such as Classico pasta sauce where both carry
> 3pks of Classico, Sam's carries just the tomato/basil sauce, while
> Costco has a mixed variety 3pk.

Pasta sauce in a jar is high quality food?

I think I will stick to the produce store for quality. I like Costco for
the junk foods like: Hersey candy bars, Milky Ways, Snickers... My mistake
snickers is a high quality candy bar. Sometimes a case of Gatorade... Yes,
I love junk foods and Costco's specializes in junk foods

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)