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6 products and products that are not worth buying at Costco

Purchasing goods and products in bulk is not always a good way to save money. Large American retailer Costco offers customers across the country relatively low prices for large volumes of goods. It can be a worthwhile investment, but there are a few foods that are best avoided.

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Редакция Time I asked experts in the field of saving money, as well as popular bloggers. Here are six products they said - Never buy this at Costco!

rice

If you are cooking Asian food that blends best with rice, it’s best to go past the wholesale store and head to the local ethnic market, suggested by YouTube-blogger Flo Lam. A regular Costco buyer and chef, Lam repeatedly purchased rice at Costco, arriving there for the ingredients for the dishes. In her opinion, meat and eggs in this network were sold at good prices, but Jasmine rice at its local Costco cost 30% more than a similar product on the Asian market.

“If you're not aware of prices outside of Costco, you run the risk of experiencing major discrepancies,” Lam says.

A 25-pound (11-kilogram) bag of Jasmine rice costs about $40 from Costco's own brand - Kirkland Signature. Prices in Asian markets vary by store, but one of the bloggers was able to find an 25-pound bag of rice. for only 14 dollars in the market near your home - saving 35% of the cost.

Milk

Although the Costco price for milk may look quite good, there is one good reason why Americans hate buying it here.

'Those square milk bottles are terrible,' says blogger Rachel Teodoro from Seattle. “I’m a grown woman with a college education, and I can’t pour milk out of there without spilling it.”

Teodoro is not the only one. On the Internet, videos, Reddit requests, and blog posts, people warn each other against buying Costco square milk bottles because it’s difficult to pour out milk without spilling it around. Since the cost of Costco milk and milk from grocery stores is not too different, Teodoro suggests buying a container from which you can pour milk without pouring the entire kitchen countertop.

Sweet Soda

If you gather a crowd of people to play football in the backyard, and plan to stock up on sweet soda (soda, or pop, if you are from the Middle West), do not be deceived by the wholesale price from Costco.

A box containing 24 12 oz. Coke bottles (340 ml) each costs Costco 10 dollars. It may look like a good deal, but savings expert and Youtuber Milea Johnson only buys a soda if a 12-pack costs $2.75 or less. This is exactly the price you can find Coca-Cola for in regular grocery stores or drug stores with coupons. It's easy to figure out that one can of cola costs 42 cents at Costco, but only 23 cents at a discount pharmacy, almost half the price.

“It’s funny how people buy soda at Costco thinking they’ll save a lot of money on their box, but that’s not the case,” Johnson says.

Flakes

Like soda, cereals often fall under sales and promotions at national grocery stores, or you can buy them by coupons.

Johnson suggests spending no more than $1,50 on a box of cereal (11 ounces - 310 grams, or about 13 cents per ounce) when purchasing it at a discount at the grocery store. At Costco, two 20-ounce boxes of Cheerios cost approximately 7 dollars, or about 17 cents per ounce.

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Blogger Gina Zakaria also avoids buying cereal at Costco. She noticed that national grocery stores have sales of cereal every three weeks or offer two-week coupons. “They always have tons of coupons for cereal,” she says. “This will save a lot of money.”

Shampoo and conditioner

Savings experts are unanimous: to meet any hygiene needs, go around Costco and go to the pharmacy.

The number of coupons for shampoos and conditioners in pharmacies such as CVS, Walgreens and Publix seems to be endless. According to Zakaria, different brands sell them at a discount every week.

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In addition, you can use the manufacturer's online coupons or use them directly in the store. A blogger says she bought Xenumx bottles of Pantene shampoo for just 10 dollars thanks to coupons and discounts, while at Costco one big bottle costs 20 dollars.

Cupcakes

Kirkland Signature Muffins can be delicious, and they are really cheap, around 10 dollars for six pieces. But there is one big disadvantage: if you don't cut them into quarters, but eat the whole one at once, you get too many calories. According to Zakaria, it's not worth it. Chocolate muffins are the biggest diet buster, with around 690 calories per slice, while blueberry muffins weigh in at 600 calories each - that's 174 calories more than a regular muffin.

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“I love their muffins, but if you're watching your weight, I'd stay away if I were you,” Zakaria says.

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