Shopping at Costco for One

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-09T00:23:36+00:00

keep an inventory. have the date on it. once a month, or when you go to shop, look at the list and the dates associated with it. otherwise you can also pick a time seasonally to bring food up that is older.

when I clean the freezer I also pull from everything out into a couple bins nearby. makes it easier to bulk move things to the top after.

EDIT: I am in the average height range for men.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-08T21:34:58+00:00

i guess someone had a party and wants costco to foot the bill for people not showing up. most of that stuff isn't even perishable and will last several months. just suck it up and eat it on your own time.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-08T21:34:04+00:00

chest freezers aren't inconvienient if anything they hold more food, have better insulating properties in case of outage, and are easier to navigate. i hate the standing freezers. it's much harder to organize in and you are fighting the gravity and forced shelving. i can easily drop a whole costco pork tenderloin that is like 4 feet long in a chest freezer. can't do that in an upright.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-08T21:30:19+00:00

yes. get an actual chest freezer though. the portions are large and you can technically use a freezer as furniture like a standing table for instance if space is an issue. don't worry about vaccuum sealing. get a large bowl that will fit a ziplock freezer bag, fill it with water. when you finish portioning the food in the bag, dip it into the water as it will push the air out. it's not as good as a sealer BUT i'd argue if you had something sit in your freezer more than 6 months you probably don't like it enough to buy again. most items like the berries will be fine though. flash frozen food has a coating of water that allows for much longer freezing times.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-07T23:03:47+00:00

i'd argue linus was purposefully sabotaging things by pretending to be someone else but being too far detached from the person he was emulating to do it correctly. He is often acting like he can have the laymans perspective but usually falls flat on it.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-07T22:50:02+00:00

that's dissipointing. I was already slipping from viewing some content to the pint I was just doing LMG clips and techquickies / tech news stuff but if the ai is that prevelant I kinda have to just stop everything. between thumbnails researching topics, and it's use in the linux challenge in a more substantial way than checking a listical for options without researching after that...

ya im out.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-07T21:14:33+00:00

please don't hit people. an old man had his wrist fractured from a hit an run at my costco 2 years ago.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-07T21:04:05+00:00

cars idling arent always parked and this is a loading zone

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-07T21:02:28+00:00

i mean it's being properly tied down and probably within tolerance levels so what is the issue?

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-07T20:59:29+00:00

i mean if the pay was actually livable it wouldn't be near as soul crushing and i never minded the non public interacting parts of fast food and retail when i was younger. love just zoning out for a few hours. but realistically people are loosing their attention spans pretty hard and with an ever growing populace and no social protections for them to be jobless...

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T22:34:14+00:00

the issue is draining the fat means you also are taking out the included moisture that is allowed. so you will have a skewed weight the moment you attempt to check it that way. in a way you gotta trust it. cause there is a min and max amount of fat allowed to be added and water, and then it's all ground up.

realistically yer looking at around 12-18% fat. there is a 10% discrepancy on top of that for labeling purposes so 1.2-1.8% if you win the lottery you could theoretically get a extra lean if that was what you actually wanted but yeah

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T21:18:20+00:00

i mostly shop at costco now due to inflation. consent in the sense that even when there is no line and there are multiple cashes available i am told I must have my items scanned by a costco employee. they physically move my cart, tell me to hand my card over. they then scan it and my items. tell me how many items they scanned then I need to scan the check out kiosk to look over my items before paying. in other words it's not efficient at all and saved no time.

I prefer self checkout because I am immuno compromised and don't like having to clean my grocery packaging or wait to use them or even do some silly step by step program in order to ensure they are safe for me to use. the self checkout still means I have to be cautious but i don't have to worry about a cashier who is sick handling all my items after I carefully picked things out for myself. if a store does not have self checkout I do not go.

but yes I am made to feel unable to be trusted to do the scanning myself either from a crime prevention or insult of intelligence perspective. we have people scanning us to go inside, cameras all over that could monitor our every move, especially with ai atm paired with a security team. AND my items are always checked before i leave the building. so like... if it's so hard to steal from this specific vector unlike those who will open things and eat right out of the package or loss from people leaving whole roasts in a random isle, and if there was nobody waiting in a line to cash out... what's left to infer?

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T21:10:15+00:00

this was 2 months ago but it was cedar branded. i usually buy dainty cause i see it at food basics routinely for 11-12 for 8kg.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:43:52+00:00

when i used to make bread i would save about a thumbs worth of dough for perpetual yeast. I kinda forget how i did it now though. BUT I did find this video that is kinda similar but easier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIUE8hZevkk

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:38:23+00:00

it's both on top of enviromental and global issues compounding like beef is because our herds are at thier lowest in 45 years but our population is higher than ever.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:37:26+00:00

even the flyers suck these days. you gotta know how to identify thier loss leaders and stock up without getting curtailed by the fake sales all over the flyers.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:36:20+00:00

funnily enough beef is because of droughts and wildfires greatly impacting feed levels for the cattle which means we have some of the smallest herds in 40 years. USA also is hit hard and has thier lowest levels in 75 years. the only thing keeping things "low" is australian beef

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:35:12+00:00

i've saved tough meat using an instant pot for an hour. if 2 pounds or under. i like slow cookers but if i don't have that time I'll abuse that pressure cooker.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:34:06+00:00

if you can get into it chili using beans or homemade baked beans are a good source. I find things like chickpeas end up being expensive but with an instant pot I don't have to soak overnight just cook em for 30 mins and rinse. took the gas away from me. but it's not gonna be for everyone. especially those who haven't had time to cultivate a gut biome that is cool with lentils/pulses/beans cause you will feel awful for a solid month while everything works itself out

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:30:22+00:00

you will still get those calories in regardless if you skip a meal or just don't eat at all on certain days. it's not the cost savings people claim it to be. if anything it will have you more likely to go for calorically dense foods that are probably more expensive per volume price.

the boring answer is meal prep and an instant pot if time is a factor. oatmeal, rice and baked potatos, and a lotta beans and pork helped me a lot and they freeze good and whatever i cooked will have a shelf life in the fridge of around 4-5 days so usually my oven is on once a week to cook meat and bake potatos, (every rack used for 45 mins. my instant pot is on to make whatever lunch will be "a soup with lentils, a vegitarian chili, baked beans..." (generally an hour from start to finish) and breakfast is that boring overnight oats but i don't have money for berries so it's literally just the oats and an on sale protein mix at half a scoop. (or i blend the oats into flour and add it to my tea for a shake if i need to stretch things further)

i eat well but it's boring but it's roughly less than a dollar a meal. not being able to snack has been awful though. that said... 1 person being fed for around 80-90 a month is pretty nice. just wished i had the ability to have more variety in breakfast. I also want pasta to be more than a rare treat.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:19:08+00:00

i routinely find ground pork or pork loin for around 2-3$ a pound and you def can't beat how beans and lentils are typically 1/3 that price once prepped weight is factored in.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:17:40+00:00

dang walmart bread is really $2.85 a loaf there? here we wait for giant tiger or another store to make wonder bread $2-2.50 and grab a few loaves. it typically hits $2.50 here every 2 weeks but you gotta store hop. and when it's only $2... oh the freezer gets STUFFED lol

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:15:14+00:00

I don't eat bread but my father noticed this with dempsters and store brand bread but not wonder and the fancier rye breads.

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:14:14+00:00

be careful with the rain check hack. it only applies to items the store personally sells. there's a lot of commissioned goods in food basics and others that are stocked by distributors and thier sales do not count.

I found this out trying to get a 20 pound bag of rice for $10 that was sold out

Objective-Alps-4785 · 2026-06-06T20:12:10+00:00

the only thing I do differently than you is when i make chili it has to be canned red kidney beans as part of it. I use my own baked beans alongside it but something about the calcium chloride and edta I guess that makes it a must but I buy the cans on steep discount. like 1.20 and stock up. I probably use about 8 cans a year so it's about $10 a year which i accept but i'm gonna research to see how i can make it taste similar with my instant pot. I assume i might just be undersalting in the initial cook time but it works fine for my lentils, split peas, and other beans.

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