We got a free 2 month trial trade card a few weeks ago, went for a look round and to pick up the free gifts we got offered.
It was OK, nothing really in there savings wise to make me visit regularly or pay a subscription to.
What with Aldi/Lidl and online shopping places like Costco and Makro seem a bit 'old hat' and not really that cheap.
I was there yesterday. Apart from the usuals (toilet rolls, bin bags etc) you can make good savings at the moment on a giant set of christmas nativity figures or some spectacularly bad life-size illuminated polar bears and reindeer for the lawn. Too late for a [url= http://www.costco.com/93-inch-plush-bear.html ]giant teddy bear[/url] though - the last one was riding round in someone's trolley.
I thought they were the worst beans I've ever bought
They have several sorts of beans, some of which I have found quite good but others less so. Trouble is to find which ones you like you end up with a lot of the beans you don't like which negates any savings in the short term. I really tried to like the Rwandan beans (save the gorillas and all that) but they're not really very nice.
The espresso beans are really good. I've used these as my regular coffee for the past year.
I'm pretty disciplined with what I buy as it's easy to come home with something that's only a few percent cheaper but in crazy bulk quantity.
Bog roll - Fairly well discounted
Tissues - High discount
Coconut Water
Coffee beans - Close to the best you can buy and the saving is over 60%
Pasta - Massive discount at top quality
Fish - Ok discount but the quality is good if you don't have anywhere better
Contact lens fluid, 40% off
Herbs
Frozen ingredients - eg blueberry's at 50% off.
Cooking oil
Women's Cosmetics
Plus if you are having a party, you can really make use of the bulk buy fresh food which is really cheap.
I was tempted to go and have a look. My suspicions confirmed though. Little in the way of useful savings unless you want pallets of big roll in your house.
I think you get suckered into buying mega packs of stuff you don't need that probably gets wasted or is really bad for you. I always saw for families doing a shop and the kids having massive 3kg tubs of Haribos that they probably munch through in a weekend.
Take your smart phone and google prices. Especially TVs and stuff.
They did have an ex demo 70" sharp LCD in Bristol the other day for £850 + vat 😯 (and you get the 5yr warranty on it)
Our default list:
Free coffee and muffins before anything else
Apples
waffles
chocolate pancakes
mince
chicken portions (thighs and breasts)
cheese
Kirkland bottled water (36 500ml bottles for £3.50)
butter
chicken kievs
maybe a cooked chicken for £3.50 or something
frozen salmon portions
lasagne
steak pie
squash
fabric detergent
look roll
kitchen roll
maybe wine if on offer
trays of soup
trays of beans
mayo
cereal
on top of that there may some other bits and pieces. I've found their customer service absolutely second to none (e.g. giving me all my money back for a tv that died two years out of warranty, and a free smoked salmon when I accidentally left one in the trolley).
It's not just about saving money.
Well for us the cheapo stuff is
Prescription glasses I saved about £200 on the lenses alone and the appointment times are longer than most.
Meat and the quality is excellent
Beers and cider
TVs etc as there is an excellent warranty
some stuff can be had elsewhere cheaper
We had a membership for a while. Also found it limited for stuff I actually wanted to buy.
My view is that any shop that charges me to enter needs to have a guarantee that the goods I buy will cheaper than I can get elsewhere.
I was tempted to go and have a look. My suspicions confirmed though. Little in the way of useful savings unless you want pallets of bog roll in your house.
I think you get suckered into buying mega packs of stuff you don't need that probably gets wasted or is really bad for you. I always saw for families doing a shop and the kids having massive 3kg tubs of Haribos that they probably munch through in a weekend.
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