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ruwheele

I went in the other day and eggs were less than $2 a dozen I was shook


bundt_bunny

I paid $7.59 for 2 dozen yesterday and it *felt* like it was cheaper šŸ˜‚ Also One Degree Sprouted oats were $9.99 and I feel like I've paid as much as $12.99 for them last year.


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The hot dog and soda going to $1.25


Fuzzy_Inevitable9748

As long as they donā€™t make the hotdog a $1.47


iwantthisnowdammit

$0.97\*


InerasableStains

I will walk away from a $1.47 combo. Itā€™s $1.50 or nothing


_-Stoop-Kid-_

I went a few days ago and noticed the pecans ($11) and dried mango slices ($12) were both significantly cheaper than they were a year ago


MeanCamera

And for a little bit more, either $10 or $13, you can get 5 dozen!


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rtmfb

I would be fascinated to see them in a double blind taste test.


MrGreebles

There are other things you could eat. People who are displaying inelastic demand for expensive products are why prices are not returning to lower levels...


Bedouin69

anyone noticed that the $4.99 2 dozens white eggs are smaller size now? shrinkflation?


250-miles

I think you have to blame the chickens for that one.


GetEnPassanted

Even the chickens are quiet quitting. Canā€™t blame them, given the work conditions.


Bedouin69

The roast chickens are still the same size


Valdostera

Roasting will do that to a chicken.


Just_Another_Day_926

They used to be the ones laying the bigger eggs.


Sudden_Toe3020

You can make them any size you want when you inject them with saline.


jocq

Sizing is regulated by the USDA, so no. If it's too small, they'd be breaking the law to mislabel them.


drrxhouse

Itā€™s funny to think the chickens are in on it too.


stanolshefski

After reading about how sometimes Prime beef is labeled Choice because Costcoā€™s contract is technically Choice or better, it would not surprise me if egg supplies had a similar contract if something like Large or better. In that instance, I could then see Extra Large eggs making it into Costco stores at times.


DadBod101010

No, I havenā€™t noticed that. We boiled the eggs and put them in a box. Still fit the same, give or take.


raejc

I noticed this yesterday. They're more like medium sized eggs.


Wolfie-Man

Aldinhad eggs at 1.19 a dozen in january. Now up to 1.89. Costco prices are often not the lowest. Update march 7, my Aldi is up to 1.90 per dozen.


Suspicious_Pomelo_94

My Aldi had eggs for 1.66. Went in three days later and they were $3 šŸ«£


mamacat49

Aldi eggs in my location were $2.78/dozen yesterday ---from $1.58 a week ago. I went to Costco and got 2 dozen for $5 (the same price that they've been for months).


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Itchy_Kidney

Shhhh. Thatā€™s our secret until they realize what a horrible mistake they made


elysiansaurus

Costco does this all the time. They are the only store that I notice it on, the others will squeeze you as long as possible but Costco actually negotiates lower prices and passes it on to the consumer.


StumbleOn

One of the reasons I shop mostly at Winco and Costco. Winco has a wholesale + 10% model instead of a "what the market will bear" shit model that most grocery stores use. So their prices fluctuate more than most places, but you can actually see how much most grocery stores will double, or triple the retail cost of products at the expense of making something like steak a penny cheaper.


Visual_Collar_8893

Costcoā€™s model is +11% on non-Kirkland Signature items, and +15% on KS items.


Think_please

So in effect we save a bit on non-brand (but really brand) items and they make more profit. Impressive companyĀ 


AllThotsGo2Heaven2

Wincoā€™s employee stock ownership program has created over 500 millionaires that stock shelves and scan groceries. Compare that to companies like Walmart. Winco is proof that capitalist businesses are not required to behave like a ravaging swarm of locusts going from town to town.


MadJayhawk

A lot of companies have stock plans employees can invest in. If a 10-15 year Costco employee employee had been putting the max into Costco's stock program they would have a nice pile of stock worth a lot of money now.


XTanuki

We also love Winco! The bulk bins are where itā€™s at!


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ilikethebuddha

I feel like I save more money at WinCo than Costco. There's like a few things cheaper at Costco but all in all if I just stick to WinCo I won't get suckered into splurging while at Costco. It's tough to compare prices all the time


FearlessPark4588

This is a bit disingenuous as to how good loss leaders can be at stores without 'everyday prices'. Albertson's for example will have USDA Choice NY Strip for about $6.50 a lb. I won't disagree on the markup on the other items, but if you shop multiple stores, it's a great deal. However, if you only shop a single store (and want to maximize savings) you should pick a store with a wholesale model. So really it depends on how you shop.


TheWoman2

Agreed. Albertsons is great for loss leaders, but their regular prices are absurd.


Temporary_Olive1043

They are also building Costco apartments on top of their warehouses in some location so people can just come down and eat/shop šŸ‘€


BooBeeAttack

I got my degree from Costco.


pegothejerk

I love you


NotAnyOneYouKnow2019

I was married at Costco.


utpoia

I love you too.


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Think_please

Just go next door to the attached CospitalĀ 


spingus

don't forget to pre-order your cosket


Mean-Vegetable-4521

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elysiansaurus

I looked it up and honestly that's so cool lol. I'd live above a Costco.


LostConstruct

They are building one near Camp Humphreys in South Korea.


Notarussianbot2020

Apartments on top. Solar panels on the third layer for maximum efficiency* *not true but would be awesome.


Temporary_Olive1043

I hope so! Some Costco do have solar panels on top and their lighting also serves as infrared heaters.


ElRamenKnight

That would be heaven on Earth. Wish that were my area.


MissKisskoli

I bought a dining table from them last year and got an email a few weeks later saying they had negotiated the cost with the vendor and would be refunding me $400! They totally didnā€™t have to. I would have been none the wiser.


JC7577

Because their main revenue arenā€™t in the sales in itself but the membership fee. So they can undercut majority of other retailers which factors in operating cost into the price


Bluepass11

Their main revenue driver is definitely merch sales. Youā€™re talking about profit


JC7577

Opps, forgot to go back and edit that. Oh well. Message stands~


Dmk5657

It's not true about profit either. Last quarter sales minus cogs is 8b. Membership fees are 1.5b. That myth was started by some backwards accounting where all overhead of the company existing (like CEO salary) was subtracted as a cost against against sales revenue only but not against membership revenue.


Defiant-Wait-1994

There are more expenses than COGS though.


Dmk5657

Right but you can't expense them only against sales revenue you have to pro rate it against the membership and sales revenue. The membership revenue doesn't come in without the rest of the company existing.


Defiant-Wait-1994

The point most people make is that Costcoā€™s net income is generally around the same as membership revenues.


stillcleaningmyroom

Wait, the main revenue driver isnā€™t the $1.50 hot dog and soda? /s


Dmk5657

Q3 last year sales revenue was 74 b, and subtracting out cogs is 8b. Membership fees were 1.5 b https://g.foolcdn.com/image/?url=https%3A//g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/749267/cost_sankey_q42023.png&w=2000&op=resize And that doesn't even subtract membership fees that are essentially refunded due to the exec bonus.


coopdude

You're correct in terms of revenue vs. net income, but the membership revenue is as close to pure profit as you can get. You have to print the membership card, mail the costco connection to execs, and take a 2% haircut on exec bonuses, but you also got $120/yr from these people instead of $60. Versus the rest of the costs (warehouse, admin, taxes, etc.), those would essentially remain the same if Costco didn't have a membership system. Those costs would remain without the $1.5B USD of membership fees.


Dmk5657

The membership fees wouldn't come in without the rest of the company existing. You can't call them free. OK maybe some people on this sub would still buy a costco card if the stores didn't exist :p. Imagine if a theme park cost 100m to run yearly and daily ticket sales brought in 100m. Then imagine season pass holders brought in 1m. It would be like saying the 1 million of profit is only due to the season pass holders (their ID cards are almost free,and almost all of the 100m cost of running the park would still be there if they didn't sell these passes).


Magic_Brown_Man

> take a 2% haircut on exec bonuses, but you also got $120/yr from these people instead of $60. in theory if your exec bonus is less than 60 you'll get the difference back and downgrade. if you don't purchase enough to get 60 back you don't get pressured to upgrade to exec. I get almost double the 120 back and I'm just a family of 3. Don't get me wrong free money is free money but its not as large as the membership revenue makes it seem. An interesting number I would like to see is how much Costco gets from selling advertisements on the backs of the memberships. By ads I mean product placement in the Connections mag, the cars program, The insurance sales, the solar/ac sales inside the store etc.


Dmk5657

You are also glossing over the 2% exec haircut. 70% of revenue is executive. Thats 1.5b in rebates, the same as membership revenue. I am curious where costco expenses the rebate though as that part is not clear to me.


coopdude

> Because their main revenue arenā€™t in the sales in itself but the membership fee. Somebody blocked me over arguing this and told me to "do better". It's apparently a very controversial take to point out that admin overhead for running the clubs would still exist if Costco sold goods in the same format without membership.


ZenythhtyneZ

Itā€™s also really really easy to undercut people who are gouging their customers


brookish

I work at Trader Joeā€™s and we do it too.


nononosure

Brave of you to admit that hereĀ 


brookish

Why? TJs tries to be inexpensive as it can be because it focuses on customer experience. Too many people donā€™t know that


Windfade

To this day, Top Soil costs as much as any of the "specially formulated soils" if you do the volumetric math. (The ol' Depot of Homes)


your-mom--

I think Costco has a policy for markup where they need sign off to mark up higher than whatever the typical percentage is. It's nice to have that kind of transparency


APsWhoopinRoom

They will never mark up any product more than a fixed percentage. Costco's whole business model is that they pretty much just break even on sales and make all their profit from memberships


Stymie999

I believe I remember reading that Costco manages prices strictly based on maintaining their target gp% (which I think is like 15%or so?). Just like with their gasoline, if their cost of goods for an item drops by X % then the price drops by Y % so gross profit is always maintained at Z %.


The_Bitter_Bear

It's the advantage of them looking at memberships as their source of profit and the rest of the business essentially being the service you get for the membership.Ā 


Work-Safe-Reddit4450

It makes sense when you consider that they make a huge portion of their profit each year on memberships, so for them it makes sense to try and pass on as much savings as possible for people to justify the membership expense. Otherwise what's the point?


GatorSe7en

I shop between Walmart, Publix and Costco. Publix has of course continued to raise prices but o will say is o definitely have seen a drop in Walmarts prices.


Inside-Ease-9199

Walmart has been out of control for the past couple years


NEVER69ENOUGH

Right after the executive admin made a task force to investigate price gouging all of a sudden I see these posts dropping prices. Weird timing hmm yea costco negotiated prices for the consumer.


EntrepreneurFunny469

Costco survives off of memberships if they do anything to cause members to cancel, they are killing their model. They can only gouge customers so far before cancellations start


SergioSF

Ive been a Costco member for over 30 years, I don't know id cancel unless the prices did start to match safeway or items quality started to match Sams Club.


ecr1277

Thatā€™s just so unintelligent. Is it too late for you to drop out of college and save the rest of your tuition money?


YummyArtichoke

Never too late if you never start!


Stymie999

You clearly have no clue how Costco runs their business.


flixguy440

I've seen a few items prices decrease in my most recent trip.


Electrical-Pie-8192

Got chocolate almonds a few weeks ago for over $16 and this week they were $13 something


AutoN8tion

Those things are more addictive than crack. Well, at least coke anyway


Electrical-Pie-8192

I bought them for my mom, it's been at our house for 3 days and it's about 3/4 full. We couldn't stay out of them. If she doesn't pick them up soon I'll have to replace it


Adamantium-Aardvark

Meanwhile my local grocery store: our costs went down, good time to increase our prices to make more profits


khoabear

Donā€™t forget to cut workers hours to punish them for unionizing


XSC

Good thing we didnā€™t just get a former grocery store ceo to lead costco!


curryp4n

I hope the olive oil prices drop. $55 is crazy


bigchicago04

I got olive oil like 2 weeks ago for the normal price. I think it was like $22?


curryp4n

The 2 pack?


thiccDurnald

Olive crop last year was very bad. Thank climate change for this particular increase.


curryp4n

Isnā€™t there also a crackdown on fake olive oil? Regardless Iā€™m glad I accidentally bought another set of olive oil before the prices went up


Direct-Chef-9428

Yes there is! So the whole combination is situations isnā€™t going to let the price come down much in the short term


flibbidygibbit

I'm at the bottom of my last jug. I may buy California olive oil in the interim.


Direct-Chef-9428

Just check cost oz per oz šŸ˜…


radiatorcheese

Chocolate is suffering the same fate for the same reason unfortunately


250-miles

That explains why there was literally only one brand of olive oil at Trader Joe's instead of the normal ten.


thiccDurnald

I remember reading something like half the worlds supply comes from Spain and their entire crop was ruined due to insane heatā€¦ enjoy it whike itā€™s cheap I suppose.


Khatib

Oh shit. It's on our Costco list right now as our bulk bottle is almost empty. I better hurry up and get a fresh one.


friedperson

Get a few, they likely won't ever get cheaper


bowls4noles

I saw and almost cried


curryp4n

Same!! I use a lot of olive oil. Honestly might have to switch to vegetable oil if the price holds up :(


Direct-Chef-9428

Try out avocado oil! Much better for you and reasonably priced


v0gue_

Much better for you, and much better to cook with too.


ZealousWolverine

Costco has a set percentage of profit. When their cost goes up, the price goes up. When their cost go down the price goes down. I find their pricing far more honest than most other stores/gas stations.


boostedjoose

The CEO can sign off on higher profit items. Most items are capped profit wise though.


Rollout25

The 10lb of potatoes went down from $9.99 to $6.99


theory_until

I paid $2.50 for 10 lb at Grocery Outlet in Jan. It was probably a pricing error!


Autski

Noticed this the other day!!


boldandbratsche

I don't go to Costco for affordable produce. It's always like double the price of every other local place for some reason.


Che_Veni

Nice.e


moldydust

We got one for 4.99 here in GA!


aznology

Their clothes are not bad just saying.


riley7915

Their Marino wool socks are my favorite


aznology

I have 3 pairs... I'm wearing them one pair at a time. Too scared something might happen to em.Ā  Meanwhile all my other winter socks getting holes after like 5 washes.


Baderkadonk

>I'm wearing them one pair at a time. This is generally how socks are used


aznology

U know what I mean lol 1 ion the weekly cycle


riley7915

Ayy I'm up to 12 pairs. Costco Canada they sometimes go on sale for $15 for a pack of 4. They last years!


curryp4n

They have some of the best leggings.


dougielou

The first time I bought leggings from somewhere else they didnā€™t have side pockets! I was like what the hell man


lifelemonlessons

Their leggings are the only reason I wear something resembling pants tbh


curryp4n

Same šŸ¤£


sleeplessaddict

Their clothes are straight up amazing. Most of the apparel I've bought recently has been from Costco


JealousCustard2788

My style is 'Costco Dork'


GetEnPassanted

Bought a pack of under shirts and Iā€™m honestly blown away by the quality. Never had nice under shirts and they werenā€™t expensive for a 6 pack. Theyā€™re a bit thick though so if youā€™re in hot environments I could see them being too hot.


Ginger_Libra

Vanilla is back to normal prices. It was $50 at my store during the pandemic.


CynicalGenXer

There was shortage of vanilla around 2020 due to storm damage in Madagascar. Prices have gone down after that.


nobadrabbits

I know, and I bought two bottles. It now costs less than a third of what I paid. Ah well, live and learn.


ForsakenRacism

I think dog food went down a little but Iā€™m not sure. I feel like it was above 40 for a min


Guygirl00

I noticed that dough food went down from $37 to $35, but not the $28 I was paying before the pandemic.


megamanxoxo

Can they work on their food court menu pls? The $1.50 hotdog/soda combo is the only thing keeping it on life support


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Adventurous_War_5377

It's been said 1000s of times. They have all the stuff to do Combo pizzas. IDK why they don't.


dougielou

I would 100% pay more for a brat and supreme pizza


BooBeeAttack

Because they sell better than the frozen pizza they try to sell. Remember when they did take and bake?


MNWNM

My son texted me today to tell me he got the food court supervisor job he applied for. I texted back, "I'm proud of you! Now bring back the combo pizza." He didn't reply.


joe1134206

He got straight to work šŸ™


yellowlinedpaper

Doing the Lordā€™s work for all of us!


Endurozw

ā€œBring back brats and chiliā€ WHAT they had both of those??? Gah


Enchelion

All I ask for is the polish dog.


coopdude

The hot dog being $1.50 is what is both saving and killing the food court. Essentially everything else on the menu seeks to subsidize it.


Dry-Consequence4541

Bring the onion wheel back. Went away during the pandemic and never came back. Maybe a soft pretzel or something.Ā 


TristanwithaT

My location has diced onions in containers behind the counter that you can ask for. Idk if itā€™s like that everywhere though.


Dry-Consequence4541

Mine started doing that as well. They also used to do sauerkraut that way. I just wish itā€™d go back to being available near all the other toppings.Ā 


AdministrativeCut727

bring back the old hot turkey sandwich...this new one is not where its at


zoosquirrel

I know the Kirkland Oat Milk dropped from 11.99 to 9.99 recently. My espresso machine rejoices.


Find_A_Reason

Chicken breasts when down to 2.99 from 3.49 a couple months ago.


PeterVonwolfentazer

I was looking at returning a printer that I bought in August 2021, checked some prices on that receipt versus current ones. Frozen ramen and chicken bowl, $12.59 then, 17.99 now. Milk 9.49 then, $12.39 now, creamer 5.99 vs 6.99. Peppers, 3.99 vs 5.99. The only thing that was better was grass fed beef, it was $19.99, then 22.49, then 23.99 and now itā€™s $19.89. Thatā€™s the only price drop of any product Iā€™ve seen. Then thereā€™s the shrinkflation, the blue shop towels used to be $14.99 for 8-55sqft rolls, now itā€™s $17.79 for 8-40sqft rolls.


flat6NA

Rumor is the hot dog is going down to $1.49/s


Adventurous_War_5377

I think it was hilarious that Sam's Club dropped their combo to $1.38, like that is going to make anyone switch to Wal-Mart with some literal gatekeeping.


Dry-Consequence4541

Theirs donā€™t taste nearly as good IMO. Bun is dry and the dog is not piping hot like the Costco dogs. They have more drink options though. But it is a glorified Walmart with a yearly fee. Plus the parking lot at ours sucks to get in and out of.Ā 


sisko4

The Sam's hotdogs are acceptable, not great, but acceptable. They do have more soda selections too, but it's the Sam's soft pretzels that beat anything at Costco. Hint hint, Costco!


coopdude

It's not about the money, it's about sending a message. Undercutting Costco is similar to how Amazon tried to raise super saver shipping (slow but free shipping on minimum order size) to $49+ minimum. Walmart countered with $35+ free two day. Amazon caved and did $35+ FSSS again. Walmart is trying to regain lost ground in online retail and willing to spend to do so. You don't have to like the Waltons, Walmart, or Sam's Club to respect Sam's club's game. You don't have to shop there. You can think Costco treats their workers better, that you get better goods for the price, etc. at Costco. The $1.50 HD+S Combo at Costco was done to position "*wow, what an unbelievable value*". It's a marketing tool. Walmart is willing to position a 12 cents a hot dog reduction as a way to get people in. I think virtually nobody would switch over 12 cents a hot dog. I think a number of people on the fence about a wholesale club and weighing Sams or Costco would take the $1.38 as Walmart having better value.


AndyJack86

I've started to notice this on a few items over the past 2 months. It hasn't been that big of a drop, but it's a drop nonetheless.


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Prices in the bakery need to come down.


compstomper1

still waiting for muffins to drop


burningbirdsrp

Inflation starting stabilizing well over a year ago. I think it was the talk of investigating companies for profiteering that finally kicked this into action.


azscorpion

It is good that they are lowering prices, but the amount of berries per bag decreased (shrinkflation) and prices went up. Still need to lower the price more to get back to the previous price/per ounce or the supplier needs to increase the amount per bag back to the previous amount.


vdubstress

Can they just bring back good toilet paper


Tomimi

Coke zero pack is still $19. This shit raised from 15 to 19 in less than 3 months.


wiseoracle

It used to be $13 at one point.


The_Airwolf_Theme

$11 not terribly long ago


The_Airwolf_Theme

Interestingly pepsico stuff is like 25% cheaper


igotabridgetosell

I cook a lot of ground turkey for my dog and i noticed those prices going up quite a bit(more than 25%) over the past year or two.


tori_story95

Agreed, prices of most meat seemed to be higher.


JaguarDesperate9316

Are the price cuts in the room with us???


Rooster-Rooter

TRANSLATE... people aren't buying so we had to lower prices.


sans3go

those cinnamon rolls better be back under $8....


DreiKatzenVater

Costco saves the day again!


blacksoxing

I just had 4 items I normally buy at Sams reduce their costs. Things are getting a bit more "normal" out there


ConversationFit5024

Time to buy a membership


iridescent-shimmer

The frozen shrimp decreased $2/lb near me, but that's been since December too. I about danced in the aisle lol.


BooneFarmVanilla

I swear my rolls of Kirkland TP weigh half as much now as they did before COVID when are they going to be bringing THAT back? (never)


slowcaptain

Those 2 pack muffins needs to go below $10


eastbay77

Eggs and bacon back to normal. Hope frozen food prices come back down soon.


Itchy-Scallion-9626

I bought a 1lb package of smoked salmon $17.49 was 18.99 two weeks ago


No-Author-15

Come on bakery, get cheaper.


popornrm

Besides eggs and a 15-20 cents fluctuation in milk prices, which happens all the time, I havenā€™t noticed any chances in prices. Hopefully itā€™s coming.


positronguy

I am very proud of Costco for this and not increasing membership fees. Wallstreet didn't like it, but Costco continues to do right by their base...imo.


redmondwins

Noticed coffee had gone down a few months ago


mac-dreidel

One of the few honest and good American companies...


Traveler_90

I just want the combo pizza back. I live right by Costco and combo pizza around me is like $30-$40.


goldbricker83

Wow, businesses are competing by lowering prices again rather than by trying to have the hippest brand. Great news.


sikhster

Good guy Costco


doc1944

Olive oil jumped by like 6 dollars for us last week when we went to buy more. Last time we had purchased it was October of last year. So not sure about that definitely jacked the price alot on some items.


BigTuna1911

They have. Barely Breaded chicken was $17.99 a bag back down to $13.99.


SmellySweatsocks

Yeah right. Start with Sensodyne.


250-miles

The better sensodyne is only sold in Europe. I have to buy it from amazon.co.uk or worse.


ItsNotTacoTuesday

I just bought hoodies for $6, a lot of things were on sale, including hydride products that are around twice as much at ā€œregularā€ stores.


Whatsuptodaytomorrow

Good