Therefore a US thread.
(I love that thread, but mostly it makes me envious of what isn’t available in the US 
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Yep, could be multiple regional Costco threads on a Regional board! I know I’m jealous of what’s available at the Santa Cruz Costco.
Specifically, the seafood. The seafood at Ontario Costcos was not very good when I was a member. My only return to Costco, after being a member for around 12 years, was returning some fresh salmon with a 2 inch long worm wriggling around, who popped up then dove back into the flesh while I was explaining to the clerk why I was returning the salmon. Goes with the territory of fresh fish, but it still grossed me out!
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I hear they sell poutine in 90 kg bags
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Was that you?
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Costco has poutine at Canadian Costco Snackbars. I know that much. I haven’t tried it because it would make me too sleepy to be alert for the drive to escape the Costco parking lot.
My cousin from Santa Cruz liked our vats of Feta and our hockey sticks.
https://www.reddit.com/r/poutine/s/iDfa2zLNa1
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It me.
Another recommendation: the Kirkland unsalted fancy mixed nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans, and pistachios). I’m not happy that they switched packaging from the plastic jar to the plastic bag. I know it saves space and shipping costs, but by me the jar is recyclable and the bag isn’t. (I’ve been decanting the nuts into my old jar.)
Speaking of regional variations…the Bay Area Costcos, as least the ones I patronize, have 2-packs of Boudin sourdough loaves.
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I don’t usually buy a replacement until I finish the already opened container but for some reason I did last time. I think it was during the period between Thanksgiving and Xmas and I was trying to limit my trips. Boy am I glad it worked out that way and I also decanted the nuts into the old jar.
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Agree 100% on the packaging. We would stockpile the containers throughout the year, then fill them with homemade caramel corn, candied pecans, etc. at Christmas to give to friends and family. I complained to Costco with your exact argument, too - jars get reused or repurposed, but the bags get tossed (our local waste management isn’t equipped to handle the bags with recycling). Didn’t hear back from them at all.
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This product was discussed by Costco last summer in an article about their packaging. “A good example is the Kirkland Signature line of nuts. Transitioning these products from plastic jars to bags means 85% less plastic is used in the packaging, without sacrificing quality.”
Rest of the article here.
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Yeah, I read that in the magazine. Still, for our purposes, it increases the solid waste stream and ultimately dissuades us from buying the nuts, because we try to keep our waste to a minimum. Most weeks, we can put all our household trash in container the size of a produce bag.
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I like their frozen dark sweet cherries (so that is a yay from me) and they used to have good frozen pineapple but their mixes are awful. One of the few things that defrosted in a recent 37hr power outage was a bag of their daybreak blend. It was flavorless but I kept it thinking would find some use for it. I was happy to see is sagging in the bag, Now I feel justified in tossing it in the compost heap once it warms up enough for me to do so.
That’s a feature of Costcos!!
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some other things we’ve tried
- yay for the store made opera cake - thought it would be too sweet, but pretty good
- yay for bel giosa buratta, not the best I’ve had, but good enough and a great price
we haven’t covered food court items!
- nay for pizza
- nay for hot dogs
- nay for chicken bake
- nay for churros
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Big yay for the jarred mufaletta olive salad mix. I love it in wraps, tuna salad, mixed with chopped salumi and cheese over greens for an antipasto salad, etc. Can sub for a mild giardinera in a pinch, too.
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Their frozen organic berries are a smoothie staple for my extended family.
Frozen veg are not great in my experience.
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We have a lot of senior citizens around here. Me included
They are not as efficient at the pump to be in and out that fast
This is one of my favorite things. I also use it for puttanesca.
A while back it was on sale with an asterisk so I bought maybe six jars. I hadn’t seen it since then and had one jar left - so sad. BUT - it’s back and I’m so happy. I did buy 2 jars just in case (I’m lucky to have shelves in my garage that I use for pantry items)
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I’m a senior myself, so I get it, but it doesn’t seem to be much of an issue around here. Maybe the ‘senior density’ isn’t as great here. 
Not all. Used to be true but they moved to plain flavor mini croissants that go freezer to oven.
