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Hook
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Items is Mexico Costcos?
All right, this is going to strike some as the height of gringo absurdity but I've just GOT to know.......
There are more than a few items we are DEPENDENT on from Costcos up here. Of course every dependency has it's cure, if the motivation is there, and a
move to Mexico just might do that.
But anyway, just to see how far down the 12 steps we might have to go, do the Costcos in Mexico have these items????
Kirkland 1lb bags of pine nuts
those giant wedges of romano cheese
the "everything" bagels
the 1lb. slabs of lox
jugs of E.V. olive oil
8-10 packs of albacore tuna in cans packed in water
Laura Scudder's peanut butter
big plastic canisters of large roasted cashews
the incredible beef and turkey jerky
the bags of dried mango
the organic ultra-pasteurized milk
That's about it for now. We dont buy much frozen stuff at Costco so we wont miss that. I'm sure there is no Naked Juice Berry Blast, right?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
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Yuk, as it the food we like is "yuk"??
Or yuk-yuk, as in "dream on, gringo?"
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Ensenada Costco has the cashews and the tuna... probably some of the other stuff that I didn't see.
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Didn't see the olive oil in Ensenada Costco and we looked. Don't know about the other things----
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Ensenada Costco has olive oil, EVOO as Rachel Ray says. It's the same two-pak as in the states only 50% costlier. $30 dollars.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Ensenada Costco has olive oil, EVOO as Rachel Ray says. It's the same two-pak as in the states only 50% costlier. $30 dollars.
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Must have walked right by it! We were in a hurry, it was hot and the dogs were in the car.
Some of the things we did notice, however, were the same, but more expensive. Living so close to the border, we are used to very crowded
Costcos---the one in Ensenada was almost empty.
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You were probably there early in the day. Mexicans are like bats. They come out at night.
You're right. Costco Ens. has expensive down to a science. If you want to get the wind knocked out of you, look at prices in the meat department.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
You were probably there early in the day. Mexicans are like bats. They come out at night.
You're right. Costco Ens. has expensive down to a science. If you want to get the wind knocked out of you, look at prices in the meat department.
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Hmmm.......so where are they disposing of all that meat that they cant sell at those prices. Certainly the middle class Mexicans arent buying it if
it's giving you sticker shock, Dennis?
Is there a taqueria serving USDA Choice carne asada in town???
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ensenada costco also has the kirkland pine nuts. i try not to notice prices anymore.  it used to get me in a bad mood.
now i just try and remind myself that i could always return to live in fresno. then the expense doesn't seem that bad
btw noticed that salmon at costco in the states is about 5 bucks a pound; here in ens it is 150 pesos/kilo or about 6.80 dollars/pound.
and at home depot, we just paid 80+ pesos apiece for 8 ft. length pine base boards, only to be told by a carpenter that he can get the same thing
(even better) at a local place (comercial maderera transpeninsular) for less than half that
oh well. the price you pay (literally) to live in méxico
i just keep remeinding myself that costco and home depot in mexico are more mexico than costco or home depot
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Ensenada Costco has olive oil, EVOO as Rachel Ray says. It's the same two-pak as in the states only 50% costlier. $30 dollars.
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Must have walked right by it! We were in a hurry, it was hot and the dogs were in the car.
Some of the things we did notice, however, were the same, but more expensive. Living so close to the border, we are used to very crowded
Costcos---the one in Ensenada was almost empty.
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Last time I was in there, it was in the northwest corner by the pharmacy.
Costco probably has most of the items on that list except the lox (but they do have smoked salmon in the hot-smoked, whole filet form), everything
bagels, and the organic milk. I've never seen those three items in any store in Mexico. As for the other stuff, if they don't have it, Commercial
Mexicana might (e.g., the romano cheese and pine nuts).
[Edited on 5-15-2007 by DanO]
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I had been insistent that we go to Ensenada Costco so I could buy steak, real steak like they sell in the US. So one day finally we went... and what
a huge disappointment that was! An entire case of brand-name pork tenderloin all at exactly the use by date. There were a few
packages of steak labeled rib eye... the best looking of them had three steaks, one of which had a round joint-type bone in it, for something like $65
US. Couldn't believe it. Rather embarrassing given how certain I'd been that we'd score good steaks.
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Cabo Costco has all of that, but like in the states, not all the time. About 25-30% more for most stuff
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bagels in Costco
| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
Kirkland 1lb bags of pine nuts
those giant wedges of romano cheese
the "everything" bagels
the 1lb. slabs of lox
jugs of E.V. olive oil
8-10 packs of albacore tuna in cans packed in water
Laura Scudder's peanut butter
big plastic canisters of large roasted cashews
the incredible beef and turkey jerky
the bags of dried mango
the organic ultra-pasteurized milk
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The lox in Costco is great...but the bagels? The fate of the bagel seems to be like that of the supermarket tomato. They look like they used to, but
that's as far as it goes. The bagels they sell at Costco, or any packaged bagel, have no relation to the original product. Even Noah's bagels are
awful in my opinion. The product LOOKS like a bagel, but it does not have the texture or taste of what used to be called a bagel.
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Sylens ----
There's baseboard and then, there's baseboard. Good quality, one piece or, poorer quality finger-jointed. I would guess you got the better
quality product and I would further guess the other stores don't have that and I would keep on guessin' when I say the expert who says you got
burned, doesn't know the difference.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by larry
The product LOOKS like a bagel, but it does not have the texture or taste of what used to be called a bagel. |
Well, it's real hard to compare fresh bagels to packaged. I'm not sure they're made the same, even Noah's.
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Hook ----
I don't know where all the unsold meat is going. I just hope it's going somewhere else. I truly can't imagine it's being sold there. I don't know.
Maybe it's going across the street to the Pelican store, their partner, to be repackaged and repriced.
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This is from Los Cabos
Kirkland 1lb bags of pine nuts-yes
those giant wedges of romano cheese-no, but they have a good parm in wedges
the "everything" bagels-yes they have bagels, baked on site and pretty good
the 1lb. slabs of lox=yes, plus they have this smoked rainbow trout that is to die for
jugs of E.V. olive oil-yes
8-10 packs of albacore tuna in cans packed in water-yes
Laura Scudder's peanut butter-no
big plastic canisters of large roasted cashews-yes and a killer mixed variety too. These plastic containers mean no more buying containers for rice,
flour etc.
the incredible beef and turkey jerky-dont eat it so I dont know
the bags of dried mango-they have dried fruits but why buy dried when you can get them fresh.
the organic ultra-pasteurized milk-no
The beef is expensive and not nearly as good as Sonora.
Anything else you crave from costco?
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Oh, yeah, Judy, what about the mondo bags of triple washed spinach?
Dried fruits for convenience on the road or in the boat, and as a change of pace.
REally, you gotta try some of the phillipine dried mango from Costco; it's almost like candy.
[Edited on 5-15-2007 by Hook]
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man...i really must eat weird...
your stuff sounds horrible
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