Saturday, February 13, 2010
$3.89 for 32 oz of yeast = Costco lifetime member
32 oz of yeast elsewhere? $71.92!
How can grocery stores sell it at $8.99 for 4 oz??? Highway robbery!
And Costco tortilla chips, so wonderful. $3.09 for 48 oz!
Grocery store prices? Scandalous. $2.99 for 14 oz.
48 oz of tortilla chips would cost $10.25 at the grocery store.
I estimate I go through 77 ounces of yeast a year. That's a rough estimate based on the last time I bought yeast at Costco and how long it's lasted me.
$11.67 at Costco for a year's supply + three months.
$179.80 at my grocery store for a year's supply + HALF a month.
Hmmm...easy choice.
I eastimate I go through 28 ounces of tortilla chips a month (again, roughly). 336 ounces/year. Again...
$21.63 at Costco for a year's supply of tortilla chips.
$71.76 at the grocery store for a year's supply of tortilla chips.
That means that even if I were to ONLY buy tortilla chips and yeast at Costco, my membership would STILL be more than paid for by the difference I save not buying those things at a regular grocery store! The difference in tortilla chips alone covers the cost of membership. The difference in yeast leaves me $168.13 to put somewhere else in my budget!
Isn't that awesome?
There are so many things at Costco that save time and are convenient, but what do you buy at Costco that saves you money? I'm all ears!
P.S. - I also love that I can buy two churros for $2.20 and split them four ways for myself and three girls to eat in the car on the way home.
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Oh man, I have to tell you my Costco yeast story. Sorry if it's long. So, I had never made bread, or seen anyone make bread. But my mom-in-law bought us a KitchenAid mixer for our wedding, so I thought I'd give it a try. She also had given me a Costco package of yeast. So I'm looking through recipes, and one I wanted to make called for 2 packages of yeast. Darn, I only have 1 package... see where I'm going with this? I found a recipe that only called for one package of yeast and, yes, I poured the WHOLE THING into my bread dough. When John came home our whole apartment smelled like yeast, and I said, "Honey, do they sell yeast in little tiny packages? Have I seen that at the grocery store??"
I was super excited when I figured out the good deal on yeast too.
Diapers, contact solution, wipes.
Sugar snap peas and mini peppers, my kids will chow down on them. And broccoli. So much broccoli for SO cheap!
Frozen fruit for smoothies.
Go-gurts and string cheese for snacks.
Chocolate covered macadamia nut caramel things . . . just for me, hidden from the kids :-)
And how much do I love the mozzarella spinach ravioli in the frozen section!?
And every ONCE in awhile . . . that big box of Haagen Dazs chocolate & almond covered ice cream bars. Mmmm.
(And I'm Liz's SIL . . . so not a COMPLETELY random blogstalker . . . just a semi-random one.) :-)
Molly - butter! Yes! I am a butter snob too.
Guys, these are all awesome. Isn't it funny how Costco isn't even that big of a store, and yet, some of the things you've mentioned aren't ones I remember to buy there?!
Hilary, hi! Any friend or family of Liz's is more than welcome here. She's so awesome, isn't she?
P.S. Calenders?
That math is beautiful. That's my favorite kind.