I discovered a month or so ago that there was a Costco Cash and Carry store up in Liverpool. After checking online I discovered I could get a trade membership as a business. Then recently we discovered that the newest Costco store was opening on the edge of Chester, just 5 minutes drive from us! So yesterday we took a drive down to the new store that opened last Saturday, and signed up for membership. We also took the opportunity to have a wander around the place, eyeball the large televisions and electric gadgets, and pick up some food.
I’ve been to Costco plenty of times before with my parents and know what’s available there. Whilst some things may not be any cheaper buying from there I still believe they’re better quality. Of course there are things that work out a lot cheaper buying in bulk. We picked up some Beef Tomatoes which are nice and large and have a great taste to them. We also got some fillet steak and inch thick sirloin steaks. Costco has some amazing meats available and good quality beef, lamb, pork, chicken and various fish. We saw a Tuna loin which was about a foot long (30cm), but coming in at £50 it was a little extravagant for us! We picked up some smoked Haddock however, along with a few other various foods.
So tonight we had a nice Fillet steak each, pan fried with a touch of Worcestershire Sauce, with Coleslaw (Marks & Spencers – the nicest going!) and beef tomatoes on the side. I was intending to do Potato Dauphinoise as well however didn’t have the time to get them cooked as well.
Come the new year we’ll be returning to pick up some fresh fish and meat. With the shop being so close we don’t need to overbuy unless there’s an offer that makes it worthwhile. I’ll just have to steer clear of the bakery section with the large trays of 10+ chocolate muffins!!
Hey Sarah,
I hope you had a great Christmas
Ours was quiet but filled with lovely food!
I find buying some things in bulk really handy too. Sacks of rice for example are always much more economical and not that difficult to store, containers of olive oil are equally economical.
Another alternative to cash & carry, is joining a bulk-buying network. These networks are groups of people combining their orders to reach the minimum bulk orders from suppliers, in order to benefit from bulk prices. Take a look at my post on bulk-buying
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Hey, thanks for the Christmas wishes, same to you and David
Yeah, living on the doorstep of Costco is really handy, we ended up there again yesterday and have had to reorder the cupboards to fit it all in! I’d taken a look at the bulk buying site so maybe in the new year once the Christmas buzz has died down I can look at it better