It's no secret that warehouse clubs like Costco have fantastic deals, especially when it comes to feeding a family. Whether it's olive oil, cheese, or something as simple as half-and-half, there are so many reasons why we love Costco! It continuously proves itself to be one of the best places to find deals to fit the budget and lifestyle of many families.

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Why we love Costco

Watch any of my YouTube videos and you're likely to find that I'm not only using pots, pans, and ingredients purchased at Costco, but I'm probably wearing a shirt from Costco too!

In this episode we explore the very best food-related deals Costco has to offer, from nuts, oils, and cheese, to meat, honey, and seafood, we outline all the reasons why we love Costco!

Note: we did not receive any compensation from Costco and the opinions expressed in this podcast are solely our own.

Resources

Biscotti

Walnut Snowball Cookies

Pignoli Cookies

Braciole

Salmon Oreganata

Riso al Forno

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Transcript

Intro

James (00:00):Welcome back to The Sip and Feast Podcast. This is episode 19. We're talking Costco today. What exactly about Costco, Tara?

Tara (00:08):We're talking about the things that we love to buy at Costco because they're the best value possible. And I'd like to add here that, although we wish we were, this video is not in any way sponsored by Costco.

James (00:24):That's right. I mean, I often joke, I joke all the time on the main channel because we get a lot of comments, be like, "You keep shilling for Costco." Costco does not sponsor us one bit, and I don't know if they really sponsor anybody. They don't have to. They're just a great business. They're one of the best success stories of a business probably in the world, and they have extreme brand loyalty. People will travel. Not everything is like here in Long Island where we have a location every 20 minutes away. There's parts of America that people will drive two hours to get to a Costco and they do it because the deals are just phenomenal. And we're going to talk specifically about food deals for you today. We're not going to talk about office supplies and-

Tara (01:12):Tires.

James (01:12):… tires, landscaping equipment, cars. We're not going to talk about that. This is a podcast about food. So Tara, let's get right into it. We kind of bulleted these out and not priority-wise, but I think maybe you could tell by the tone of my voice what are the best deals and which I really think you should pursue.

Olive and other oils

Tara (01:33):First stop Jim, oil.

James (01:35):Okay. Olive oil. This is just an unbelievable deal at Costco. I recommend you wait to buy your oil until you get to Costco. Now that being said, we do use different types of olive oil. We use Partanna quite frequently, and that's the good extra virgin olive oil. That's a Sicilian olive oil. I use that a lot for when I want a high quality extra virgin but not the highest quality. And when I'm using the highest quality, that is Frantoia Barbera. So let's just get those two out of the way. Those you will not find at a Costco.

Tara (02:10):That's right. The brand that we are talking about is the Kirkland brand, which is Costco's own brand.

James (02:17):Yeah, it's their in-house brand. Obviously they're not in the olive oil making business, so it is probably one of the larger olive oil brands that Kirk is selling directly to...