MissTrade: @juliejulie ain't costco grand or is that Nancy P's?
about 3 minutes ago
divinedishes: @elbadactle I'm going to costco tmrw - if you or leah wants to come with me, let me know :)
about 2 hours ago
davidguy: does anyone have a costco or sams club card and cna take me tomorrow
about 3 hours ago
kate_anthony: is eating an amazingly delishous, yet extremely messy Costco cherro (or howevr u spell it)
about 4 hours ago
emartinie: @garyvee Not the lowest, but good. Around here Costco or Trader Joe's might be lower.
about 5 hours ago
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Costco is on the corner of I-43 and Highway 60 in Grafton. |
 | By Molly Snyder Edler   OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Molly Snyder Edler |
| Published July 13, 2008 at 5:28 a.m. |
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On Thursday night, I went to Costco -- the one in Grafton -- for the first time. A few people raved about it in the past, so when my mother-in-law invited me to tag along, I eagerly accepted.
From my limited perspective, is wasn't very different from Sam's Club, except it sells gas -- which was an unimpressive $4.15 a gallon -- and might offer a few more organic items. (I haven't been to Sam's in a while, so perhaps they've started stocking more organic items in the past year or so.)
Basically, I have the same problem with both Sam's and Costco: I don't want to spend $41 on Brita filters, even if I get 10 of them and it's a good deal. I simply can't get excited about dropping that size portion of my weekly budget on water filters.
On the up side, I enjoyed seeing the Roomba ($279.99) after reading about the robotic vacuum in this week's OnMilwaukee.com Recommends. Plus, the organic milk was not necessarily a stellar deal, but the expiration dates weren't until Aug. 17.
I admit I had fun looking at all of the massive bags of pita chips and bottles of syrup, along with leather couches and endless rolls of toilet paper, but I really don't think I would pop for a Costco membership because there just wasn't enough there to excite me.
Did I miss something?
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Posted by Tammy on July 16, 2008 at 5:17 p.m. (report)
There is other organic milk out there that is not ultra pasteurized. I like Crystal Ball Farms (comes in glass bottles) - I get it at Outpost (don't know if other grocery stores stock it or something like it... )
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Posted by smk on July 14, 2008 at 3:59 p.m. (report)
Bee Tee- From the Stony Field Farms website: Pasteurization heats raw milk to 161 degrees F for 15 seconds. Ultra-pasteurized milk is heated to 280 degrees F for at least 2 seconds. This extends the shelf life of refrigerated milk by 60 to 90 days. Ultra-high temperature pasteurization (UHT) is done at 302 degrees F for 4 seconds. Milk is then packaged in aseptic containers to extend shelf life to 6 months or more without refrigeration.
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Posted by Shopboy on July 14, 2008 at 2:36 p.m. (report)
Their "store brand" stuff is pretty good. We got baby diapers as a gift and they were as good as any higher priced name brand. Never, though, been in an actual store. Many are huge fans of the Costco frozen chicken. Hmmm.
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Posted by fockel on July 14, 2008 at 10:47 a.m. (report)
Their durable product (minus electrics) return policy rocks. I try to buy these type of products there for the lifetime warranty through CostCo.
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Posted by Bee Tee on July 14, 2008 at 8:52 a.m. (report)
This reminds me of a question that maybe someone can answer. I buy organic milk for my son and regular milk for us adults. I always notice that the expiry dates on the regular milk are in the next, say, 10-14 days. But the organic milk expiration dates are often a month or more in the future. What is it that makes organic milk last longer? OK, dairy experts, please weigh in.
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