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grimhilde00 posted...

the thing I've been using Costco here for is cat litter and cat food, since yeah not really sure what else to use it for. Either I don't see the point (stores are right near by) and/or don't have room to store it if it's a big bulk size.

and when I first moved, things like TV, vacuum, etc.

my bf likes to get gas for his car from there too though, and various other things.

In a lot of cases, Costco packages are only 2-3 times larger than what we'd get from the grocery store, but *much* cheaper (like those larger packages are the same cost as smaller ones would be elsewhere). Paper products, frozen fruit, some toiletries, tofu (we'd do meat if we had the freezer space, but 3 kg of meat is a lot), some baking staples (chocolate chips, cocoa powder, vanilla), butter, some veggies, sandwich meat, cheese... We're not buying like 50 lb bags of rice or anything else that might fall into the realm of bulk shopping that mostly only makes sense for businesses, but it still saves quite a bit of money without having to go too crazy with storage space. I've got the executive membership that gives me 2% cashback, too, so in years where I have to buy tires (which is cheaper there than just about anywhere else), my membership is effectively free. Then we use a regular store for stuff that we don't have the space to store, that we won't be able to use in Costco quantities before it goes bad, and/or that isn't appreciably cheaper at Costco.

Granted, my recollection is that grocery prices in the UK tend to be a lot lower than in Canada (owing in part to having more small, independent stores instead of having two corporations controlling almost everything, but also because transportation is so much cheaper in a denser country), so it wouldn't surprise me if there are fewer potential savings for you.