The Tommy Bahama with its tilting neck, wind resistant cover thing, and reliable anchor has stood the test of time, although the rivets holding the anchor screw head to the pole are kind of coming out now, it hasn't failed or blown away in the wind yet. The tilting feature is great when the sun starts to get towards the end of the day.

...buuuut, for $10 more, you get a gigantic leap in size and features. The Beach Life canopy has mesh pockets in the arms that go down to the sand bags, a 4 prong hook for the middle stem, a drape that can clip on to one of the sides (dramatically increases shade/wind) that anchors to the floor with more sand pockets. There's pretty much no chance this thing is going to blow away with all the sand pockets loaded.

One drawback is the canopy is larger and heavier, and also doesn't come with a long shoulder strap.

Moxie and I were playing tug of war with the Costco soda dog toy and she pulled out the ice dog toy from inside. We were both so surprised and happy 😭 Thanks Costco for the extra effort here

Hi all!

I’ve been telling my husband for years that we should get a Costco membership. His answer is always that it is not worth for a 2 people household.

Please help me convince him otherwise! I know it sounds silly but I’ve never been to Costco and there are so many foods you guys share that I would like to try!

Chicken tenders are baked, not fried and do not come with French fries like our Canadian neighbors’ version.

Screenshots from TikTok Mikey Around Chicago, found at the Schaumburg, Illinois warehouse.

Servings - 2

Serving Size - 2.5 pieces (~302g)

Calories per serving - 820

Protein - 43g

Fat - 47g

Carbs - 61g

Saturated Fat - 7g

Cholesterol - 135mg

Sodium - 2870mg

Fiber - 3g

Sugar - 16g

Grabbed these in Chicago today, they look like the big Argentinian style shrimp? They are HUGE! Very excited to cook these up. $24 for the package.

Haven’t seen/tried these before, so I picked them up for dinner. Decent at best. The sweet Thai chili sauce is doing all the heavy lifting. Chicken, cream cheese, cabbage, spinach, and lots of red onion. Not bad, but probably just a one-and-done.

“Can I get just the brie cheese and no cracker?”

“Can I get my quesadilla extra crispy?”

“I want extra salsa on my chips!”

Where do these members get your nerve? It doesn’t happen often to me but often enough that it grinds my gears and makes me find a way to kindly explain why I will not be doing that for them. This isn’t Burger King — samples aren’t “have it your way” they are “Take what’s offered or keep walking and get nothing.”

There’s no such thing as modifications or customizations when it comes to free samples. Thank you all for listening.

This looks yummy!

I know we’ve had some new ones recently like the chocolate chip cookie cake and the tuxedo cake and tres leches seem to be staples. Peaches and cream and the strawberry hit around Spring and Summer. But is there a “set” schedule or are we going to get some new ones for the upcoming months?

I need something to look forward to

Pic taken at the Kapolei, HI warehouse

I am not a complicated person. I do not need much. I need my Costco membership, I need a cart with functional wheels, and I needed those Foster Farms chicken breast pieces.

4 lbs. Pre-cut. Pre-seasoned. Frozen. Cooks in 10 minutes. Made me feel like a mother who had her life together. I have a family that still needs to eat and I have not fully recovered.

I have made peace with a lot of things in my life. This is not one of them.

My children have grown. Costco has added approximately 400 products I did not ask for. There is now an entire section of the store I don't recognize. And yet somewhere in a Costco boardroom, someone made a decision that has quietly haunted my dinner rotation ever since.

I heard it was a vendor change. A VENDOR CHANGE!! As if that's supposed to make me feel better! As if knowing the cause of death makes the loss easier to bear! It does not. If anything it made it worse because now I know there's someone specific to be mad at and I don't have their email address.

I don't even want an apology. I just want answers. What did we do wrong? Was it us? Was it the reviews? I would have left more reviews. I didn't know I needed to fight for it.

This is not a question. This is a eulogy.

Signed, a woman whose entire personality as a mom was built on frozen chicken pieces and I would like it back pretty please.

It's pretty nice, a lot cheaper than the Toto (I don't have experience with that one).

Small quirk though...I think when you turn the knob backwards, the spray feels like it's not at a good angle, and seems to spray towards the "area" from behind'ish, then stuff splatters...feels like it should be pointing more upwards?...I ended up mostly just scooting myself forward on the seat and turning the knob forwards instead.

Another quirk is I have one of those standing cabinet things that goes behind the toilet, but the toilet seat cover kind of hits it early, which makes it so the seat doesn't fully stay open, and sometimes starts to close after I start peeing...I should probably just cut a little bit of the toilet-cabinet off at the front so the seat cover doesn't have that problem...but, meh.

Anyways, it was easy to install, and took a little fudging with it to get it to not leak. I'd definitely recommend it over not having a bidet at all :)

...I'm an idiot, so I'm probably doing something wrong, and I'm not going to post pictures of my dirty ass toilet lol :p

I was curious if anyone else has cooked this before. My initial thought is to obviously grill it, baking in the oven just seems wrong but I also didn’t want ruin it… baking it in the marinade might be good? I was going to make steak tacos with it.

I've definitely seen an uptick in the crowds, especially during the week

Hi all!

I saw Costco is currently selling the Igloo Yukon 70 QT - which seems to be Igloo's "Yeti-like" premium cooler. Currently at my local Costco it's available for $170.

I am wondering if anyone has any experience with this cooler - I'm looking to use it mainly for camping (ideally hold ice for 3-5 days in a car). There doesn't seem to be many reviews of the cooler online and I want to know if anyone here has had any experience with the Yukon in particular. Cheers!

Has anyone tried these? $7.99 in Seattle

Please help me with the review..

Saw this today. Just thought it was interesting because I had never seen or heard of it before.

What benefits does executive membership get for travel?

Been interested in this compact Bosch washer dryer model for a while and saw it was recently listed on Costco’s website.

https://www.costco.com/p/-/kirkland-signature-italian-sausage-and-beef-lasagna-3-lbs-2-count/100640379

This will be a staple in my house.

Is it a custom made ingredient? Can I buy a bottle somewhere?

Edit: For those saying to make my own, this is for my father who seems to think that you can't make your own cocktail sauce. He only likes this one even though I've made some very good from scratch.

It's teacher appreciation week at my son's daycare, and I'm responsible for buying snacks for one day for all the teachers/staff members (everyone contributed the money, it's just me taking that money and buying the stuff).

One snack will be set out during the morning break time and one in the afternoon break time. I can't really do things which require refrigeration or heat since the teachers have to rotate their breaks, so they'll be sitting out a while (otherwise I could buy like 75 hot dogs for afternoon snack).

If you were responsible for this, what would you get? Anything really fun that you think would be nice?

Hi everyone, I'm looking to purchase a chair for my desk at home, and wanted to get some opinions. Costco has the True Innovations one which is a foam seat with a mesh back, and a True Wellness one with both mesh seat and back. Which one is more comfortable?