I just signed up for Costco and visited the store for the first time. I'm a little disappointed. Everything there is really unhealthy. They have a full bread aisle, but no whole wheat bread. I feel like the store is 1% produce, 69% highly processed food, 30% objects.
Lots of types of groceries are missing. I overheard two other parties saying they would go to Walmart afterwards, to get stuff they couldn't find at Costco.
Everything there is such a disorganized mess. Most of the aisles are incoherent.
What's with the baggers? Why would they have bag boys but no bags? Do all Costco stores have no bags? I don't need an entire worker just to put my stuff back in the cart.
Costco also has great prices on nuts/dried fruit, protein/workout supplies, canned goods/pasta sauces, OTC drugs and sundries like soap/shampoo/razors.
It's a great place to get a lot of "fundamentals." They mostly sell at cost, as the bulk of their profit comes from subscriptions, not markup.