Pls help make Costco work for me - specific products available in the GTA?
We are a small household with very specific needs and preferences for food and other consumer products. For example, I am hoping to eat more organic food, which I hear that Costco is starting to stock more of. I also have some broken appliances sitting at home that stopped working soon after their short warranty period, and thought that by being a member, I could at least bring any future purchases back for an exchange if they stopped working.
It's been three weeks and I have visited 3 stores in the GTA. Here is what I liked so far, as many of you might have reflected in the other discussion:
- household products, especially paper ones
- photo finishing, excellent price and turnaround time, although not so much on quality
- imported cheeses, organic milk and salad greens, frozen organic blueberries, kumato tomatoes
- flash pasteurized fruit smoothies
- nuts
- New Zealand/Australian lamb, duck products
- wild-caught fish
- frozen lasagna
- kids books
On the other hand, these are what I was hoping would work but do not so far:
- the gas bar is way too crowded
- the supplements they carry are still not as good a deal as what I can get online
- not much of the kinds of food products that I was hoping to find. For organic, I only saw flaxseed and quinoa.
I am told that products vary by store, so is there anyone who can tell me if there is any store in the GTA that actually carries the following?
- organic meat (beef, chicken, pork)
- free range/Alberta beef
- free range/organic eggs
- any other organic produce or processed food products
Please share, and also tell me about any "gourmet" food products you like, and which store carries them, thanks!
It's been three weeks and I have visited 3 stores in the GTA. Here is what I liked so far, as many of you might have reflected in the other discussion:
- household products, especially paper ones
- photo finishing, excellent price and turnaround time, although not so much on quality
- imported cheeses, organic milk and salad greens, frozen organic blueberries, kumato tomatoes
- flash pasteurized fruit smoothies
- nuts
- New Zealand/Australian lamb, duck products
- wild-caught fish
- frozen lasagna
- kids books
On the other hand, these are what I was hoping would work but do not so far:
- the gas bar is way too crowded
- the supplements they carry are still not as good a deal as what I can get online
- not much of the kinds of food products that I was hoping to find. For organic, I only saw flaxseed and quinoa.
I am told that products vary by store, so is there anyone who can tell me if there is any store in the GTA that actually carries the following?
- organic meat (beef, chicken, pork)
- free range/Alberta beef
- free range/organic eggs
- any other organic produce or processed food products
Please share, and also tell me about any "gourmet" food products you like, and which store carries them, thanks!