Nine Ways to Save at Costco

Costco's members are 93 million people worldwide. All of these people decided that the cost of paying for membership in Costco pays off the favorable prices offered by the stores of the network.

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However, there are several ways to maximize the benefits of shopping at Costco, a list of them collected edition Time.

Choose your Costco membership option carefully or opt out.

Buyers can choose between two levels of Costco membership: 60 dollars per year for a Gold Star level membership or 120 dollars per year for a Gold Star Executive level membership. The second level provides a return of 2% of all purchases at Costco during the year. For many buyers, these 2% will be enough to pay 60 dollars the difference in membership fees. The break-even point is 3000 dollars per year, so if you spend With Costco more than about 60 dollars a week, you can save more by choosing a Gold Star Executive membership.

If you're unsure about becoming a Costco Club member or want to try out how it works before you commit, find a friend who's already a Costco member and ask them to buy a Costco card for you. Only members can purchase these cards, but anyone can use them - in stores, at gas stations and on the Costco website.

Get an extra refund for purchases with a credit card

Visa is the only credit card accepted at Costco (you can also pay online with cash, check, debit cards, and Costco cash cards). If you spend a lot in Costco, you should apply for a Visa card, which gives you rewards for online purchases. The Costco Anywhere Visa card is especially generous; it includes 2% return on all purchases at Costco and 4% return on money spent on network refueling.

Buy essential goods

Costco has pretty low prices on most items—stores should give shoppers a reason to buy a membership—but some items that almost everyone buys are especially cheap at the chain. In particular, milk, bread and eggs at Costco are often much cheaper than at your local supermarket—even cheaper than Walmart and discount grocery stores.

There is a good reason why Costco keeps prices low for these products. Most buyers regularly buy these products at least once a week, and the bargain prices of these important consumer products help attract them by making them regular customers of the store.

Buy super-cheap grilled chicken

In all Costco stores you can find incredibly cheap cooked food. The network is available cheap hot dogs, pizza and ice cream.

But perhaps the best prepared food at Costco is the $4,99 rotisserie chicken, which comes hot and baked with seasonings.

Costco makes little profit on these items—the chain may even lose money on them—but they serve as one way to continually attract shoppers to stores.

Buy alcohol even if you don't have a membership.

Costco's low-cost strategy also extends to the sale of beer, wine and spirits. In fact, Costco is one of the largest wine sellers in the USA with consistently low prices for high-quality wines.

Depending on where you live, you can even buy alcohol at Costco without having a network membership. This feature extends to stores in California, Connecticut, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York and Texas. In these regions, sellers are prohibited from requiring proof of membership for the sale of alcohol.

Membership is also not required if you want to buy a hot dog, pizza or any other ready-made food or drink in the costco food court.

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Look for goods from Kirkland

Almost every major grocery retailer has its own signature brands that are sold only at that chain—Market Pantry and Archer Foods at Target, Great Value at Walmart, etc. House-brand items tend to sell for less.

At Costco, its own brand is Kirkland, as well as proprietary versions of Kirkland Signature products. Under this brand, you can purchase coffee, trash bags, peanut butter, potato chips, maple syrup, wine, medicines, toilet paper, dog food, clothes for men, women and children, and much more.

Costco buyers say that Kirkland brand products have excellent quality and at a very affordable price.

Learn to understand codes on costco price tags.

Costco has a pricing system that helps you understand whether a product has been discounted and whether you should expect a discount on it in the future. Regular prices at Costco end in 0,99 (for example, $ 10,99 or $ 29,99).

If an item has a price that ends in other numbers - such as .97, .88 or .00 - this is a sign that the item has been marked down.

Here are the codes in Costco price tags that indicate special prices:

• If the price of the product ends with, 97 (for example, $ 18,97), this means that the final sale of this product has begun, that is, there will be no more discounts.
• If the price of the product ends with, 00 or, 88, this indicates that the product has been discounted, possibly only for a limited period of time and only at this outlet.
• If the Costco price tag has an asterisk, it means that the network will no longer purchase this product (at all or until the end of the season), so if you need it, then you should not postpone the purchase.

Use Costco coupons

Costco does not accept coupons manufacturers. However, he distributes his coupons, club members receive them by mail once a month.

Costco coupons often offer discounts on a variety of products, including food, electronics, furniture, and seasonal items.

Do not buy too much

If buyers ever complain about Costco, it’s just because many of them, when they go to the store, buy more than they planned. This usually happens for two reasons: it is an impulsive purchase, and you actually did not need this product; the package of the purchased goods is so large that you will not have time to eat everything before the product deteriorates and has to be thrown away.

In any store, it is worthwhile to shop wisely and avoid impulsive decisions. But at Costco, this advice takes on special importance, because in most cases any food you buy is packaged in huge packages, and you have to store it in your pantry or refrigerator for some time, and this must be taken into account.

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