Chicken Thigh Help AGAIN 6600On Mon 29 Aug 2005 08:40:22a, kilikini wrote in rec.food.cooking: kili, I understand your predicament, the shopping challenges, budget, etc., but since you frequently find yourself in this situation, what I don't undestand...
There are only two of us and we have memberships in both BJ (in VA) and Costco. Sams isn't that close to me and the times I've been there, they don't even come close to BJ's & Costco (IMO). BJ's has some more up-scale things than Costco in the way of food, so it's a treat for me to go there. BJ's prices for books are higher, so it's a trade off.
Really, I only buy 2 jars of mustard, 2 jars of peanut butter, 1 jar of olives, etc. I've never seen 50 pounds of anything except perhaps rice and flour. (Yes, I know you're kidding!) We have found that with the type of membership that you pay more for in order to get a percentage back, has always paid for our memberships, plus some extra. Yesterday we shopped at Lowe's and were comparing 3 faucets that we bought at Costco within the last month. We saved a bundle. All three faucets needed replaced and even though we might not have picked the particular Costco faucets for our home, the money saved for quality faucets was way over the amount of our membership. Give it a try. It is not for everyone. Dee Dee
