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The article talks about one of the main reasons I kept going to Costco even when I realized it wasn't necessarily cheaper than the major grocery stores: quality
by mikey_p 6y ago
The article talks about one of the main reasons I kept going to Costco even when I realized it wasn't necessarily cheaper than the major grocery stores: quality.
I don't want to have to think about which brand at the regular grocery is best, I can just go to Costco, get Kirkland, and it will be the same price as name brands at the regular grocery but the quality is practically guaranteed to be superior.
(Trader Joe's works on a very similar principle)
- ineedasername 6y agoNot quite the same price: it costs $60 per year. Given the quality is 1% better for kirkland, and apparently only along a single metric, the value proposition isn't quite so simple. Especially if you live in the vicinity the 3 Costco stores like I do where there's a significant amount of "friction" in the transaction. If not for that friction I'd say the fee is worth it for the items that are consistently cheaper. But I value a 15-20 hours a year of my life higher than money saved. Certainly not for a quality difference I absolutely never noticed before being informed of it by this article.