Costco

Well organised, clean and such great value. Costco really opened my eyes to what you can save if are willing to bulk buy. The meat and vege are all fresh and well packaged/​displayed. Even the pre made food platters are great — the sushi us a real highlight. Im a total convert. Be warned — dont go hungry and be prepared to leave with a 48 pack of spicy peanuts and a garden lounge set (at very least!)

great store, staff were very nice.

For those who have never been to Costco, it is a place that people frequently refer to almost when anything needs buying in bulk, not matter how seemingly obscure.
‘We’ve just moved in to that new office but still need to get printers
Go Costco
The parties coming up, I’ll just have to make loads of sandwiches
Just go Costco
I’m planning on organising a mass rally culminating in a protest with bands and speakers under a huge marquee. I still need generators and amps…
How all these things are connected and found under one roof is at one bizarre but makes seems to make sense. The key word is whole sale. They seem to just sell the whole lot of stuff.

I used to love Costco when I followed my Parents there as a child to buy goods. Their big store sells a massive range of different products — like your all-​in-​one supermarket but food sold in their bulks.
It’s not just food that they sell though, its latest electronic appliances, home ware and cosmetics plus many other miscellaneous items. Usually, food is sold in bulk as it is a wholesaler so it is ideal for business buyers. You have to be a member of a business to benefit from Costco’s affordable prices but don’t forget to add on the VAT which they don’t include until the end when you reach checkout.
All in all, it is a unique store that you won’t find in many places. A lot of consumers rely on Costco and it deserves full credit for its quality products.
After a tired shop, you can enjoy a hot meal of hot dogs or pizzas at their little self-​service restaurant which serves a variety of hot and soft drinks too. By the way, cold drinks can be topped up free of charge which is cool!

In the very orderly queue again, all in line for the bargains we did not know we needed when we entered this little piece of American shopping heaven. Our particular trip is usually triggered by a lack of smooth Skippy peanut butter. But we all penalise this is just the same old excuse for a trip to a land of free food samples and high quality electrical goods.
It is simply not possible to visit Costco on two successive days and see the exact same range of goods. For me this is one of the delights and major setbacks, although it is clearly designed to move goods quickly and effectively from shelf to giant trolley or flatbed truck. Have I yet two very important facets of this experience, firstly you need to be a member of this wholesale shopping club or at least the guest of a member. Membership, though, is relatively easy to access if you are in business or a public service employee. Secondly, and much more importantly you must try the food — it is an absolute bargain. Giant baked potatoes with a range of fillings for £1.50 and American-​sized sandwiches and slices of pizza for a similar price bracket all to be washed down with a bottomless refill fizzy drink. God bless your belly!

Good place to shop if having a party and needing to buy in bulk.
electrical goods are also sometimes cheaper and photo developing place is also good.

I don’t agree with charging a membership fee, as the cost of most items doesn’t seem to be that much cheaper than other supermarkets. Great shop for food though!

To shop in Costco you must be a member. You can buy thing wholesale which makes the products therefore cheaper and there is anything you can think of there. From Toilet paper to cake (which is lovely!) to watches and chandeliers, you can find it at Costco! There is a café and yu can eat in or take out. The food is nice and cheap.

Been a member of costco for many years now and visited this one once, normally go to the essex one.
Costco is really good its like an american warehouse and sells all sorts of stuff, electricalls, food, bakery etc.
Normally buy the birthday cakes from here their really massive and serve around 30 people for around a tenner.
Also they sell vacum cleaners and stuff normally around £30-£40 cheaper than other shops.
You have to be a member and that costs around £20 per year but it is worth it as you get your money back after the first few purchases.

I love costco. it’s not the cheapest place in the world but it is the place to get good quality stuff cheaply. They have unusual items which you might not see anywhere else, plus oviously some really lovel food ranges. The bakery is fantastic, but lethal as you just have to buy the danish pastries and the cookies! Nice selection of clothes too, with a good range in designer name shoes. Ideal place to get your birkenstocks in the summer! You can’t beat them for birthday cakes either, just go in place your order with personalisation and then a day or so later pick up a huge delicious cake with the sweetest icing in thw world!

I love this place, exp around christmas time. we always get loads of bargains on meat and xmas food and it always clean and well organised.
The place is so huge its crazy and nothing comes in small size. Like you have to get everything in boxes of 12 or more so its great for catering or like me when you are having a party as you can get cheap booze. They also do the most amazing pizzas that cut into 24 pieces pepperoni and cheese and tomato are ther best (there are many others).
Dont forget you have to join costco you cannot just walk in so if your going for the first time take you details to join :)

I just love this place. You need to be a member — so bring some ID with you. Also keep an eye out for the instore promotions. You won’t go away hungry:-)

One thing that I never expected to ever encounter was free food. Who gives away free food? WHY would you give away free food?
So it was with surprise that I was stopped at the door of Costco and offered a free cup of tea or coffee. I looked at the bloke like a dog being shown a card trick and asked him to repeat his offer.
Would you like a free cup of tea or coffee? he repeated, pointing at the giant vats of tea and coffee in front of him. I asked him what the catch was and he said that there wasn’t one.
I’m no plonker. I’ve never before been caught out by a scam in my life, except for the hoopla stall in Blackpool (but that’s another story). So I asked him for a copy of the Terms and Conditions that accompanied his offer. There were none, he said, just that I got free tea of coffee. So I accepted a cup of coffee.
I waited around for a while, peering anxiously over my shoulder and waiting for the consequences of accepting this free cup of coffee. There were none. No plague of locusts, no police, no nothing.
Already I was thinking that this was the best place in the world. But it was about to get even better. Once inside, they had stalls offering free samples of nearly everything.
Me and a friend queued for the first free sample. It was for waffles. Not Birdseye waffles either. They were Belgian waffles with cream. We scoffed down the sample in no time while the girl told us, These are Premium Belgian Waffles. You get six in a pack and they cost £1.75. By the time she’d finished her sales spiel, we’d finished and walked away.
We realised that this could get even better. There were, in total, 12 free sample stalls. By visiting each one in turn and then waiting for the staff to change shifts, we could feast for practically the whole day. My friend gave this the term ‘Shift Knowledge Maximisation’, or SKM for short. I understand that he’s in the process of writing a book all about it.
Using a napkin from one of the free sample stalls and a pen stolen from The Free Coffee Guy on the front door, we scrawled down the name of the product on offer (e.g. Premium chicken nuggets with BBQ sauce) and the name of the lady manning the stall (e.g. Cassie) and how long they had been there and their mood (e.g. Been standing here now for roughly 30 mins, starting to look like she needs a loo break). By collating all of this information, we were then able to snaffle roughly 50 free samples.
The staff started getting suspicious when we started interrupting their sales spiel in our haste to move onto the next stall. One conversation went like this:
ME: Free sample of chocolate fudge cake? Thanks very much. (Tucks in)
LADY: These are Premium Chocolate Fu
ME: Shut up, I don’t care. Quick, Stacey off the pizza stall’s gone to make a phone call and she’s been replaced by Sandra. Get over there!
This took most of Saturday afternoon, but by the time we left we were completely full up. The only item that I actually purchased was a value pack of Rennies to ease the heartburn caused by the waffles.
Costco also sell tents, so it is my belief that one day, man will abandon work and will set up camp in Costco stores nationwide, leaving only to forage for freebies.

Spend half my life here. Weekday mornings for free coffee and muffins. Great cheap food in the café.