For fans of rice

[Mik]

I’ll look for it. Usually eat brown rice as I prefer it, but a wild blend is good.

[Big_Al]

Will see if they have it at our closest Costco.

I don't always understand Costco's stock policies. There are three Costco stores in the metropolitan Pittsburgh area and they don't all stock the same products.

Big Al

[Mik]

My biggest problem with Costco is you find a wonderful product and never see it again.

[AdagioM]

I was at Costco yesterday for basics: Gasoline, TP, Tasso olives stuffed with garlic & jalapeno, frozen shrimp, chicken stock, makeup remover wipes, sardines. The big winner, Mr. AM’s favorite cereal.

64 ounces for $7.49. Local Fred Meyer (Kroger) sells 20.5 ounce box for $6.29. I bought 2 boxes. They come and go.

The stuffed olives are pretty inexpensive, and they add a fun umami kick to this recipe I found in the Washington Post.

Other great buy: Glasses at the optical shop. Last month I bought glasses, sunglasses, and replaced a set of lenses in my own frames. All of it came to $490. The optician at my eye doc office wanted $600 just for the lenses in my computer glasses frame. Membership is definitely paying for itself!

[Steve Miller]

I bought a truck battery at Costco yesterday. They consistently have the best deal available.

The batteries aren’t great - 36 month is all they offer - but they are really good at swapping them out if they don’t make 36 months.

And they do it oddly. Most pro rata arrangements are that if your 36 month battery only lasts 34 months you get about $8 off of the price of a new battery. Costco does the opposite - if you turn in a 34 month old battery they sell you a replacement battery for about $8. They don’t test them, they just take your word for it.

This can’t be right but I’ve been buying their batteries for some 20 years at stores in CA, AZ, and OH and they all use the same system.

I wonder if they pro rate tires the same way. Winter is rapidly approaching and I need a new set.

[pique]

Jodi,
Not to discourage you from coming to Helena and a possible rendezvous with us, but even though Missoula is a little bit farther away, I-90 to Missoula is a much safer road in winter, and there are a lot more interesting things going on there. And the medical care there is top notch. It's about two hours from Helena and we go there on a pretty regular basis for goods and services that are a vast improvement over what we can get at home. I personally hate driving over Boulder Hill and avoid that stretch of I-15 as much as possible. Costco in Missoula may even have a better selection.

[Big_Al]

I didn't even know they still made Grape-Nuts.

Big Al

[Mik]

Which have neither grapes nor nuts in them.

[AdagioM]

“Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible!” ~ Euell Gibbons for Grape Nuts

[Big_Al]

@wtg

Big Al