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I hope I am not being ignorant here but as I read their name (never been to a store) BJ is wholesale.
COSTCO not quite. Yes cheaper prices based off large ordering but not considered cheaper quality--or wholesale. And Costco mentioned in their report that " big ticket items " hurtthem..
That does not seem to me to BJ's customer.
Upon walking into Costco, I'm used to being immediately barraged by the membership-card checkers, the display of seasonal products that line the walls, and the electronics section stocked with large state-of-the-art TVs.
Besides the TVs, Costco's enormous electronics section expands further into smartphones, computers, laptops, tablets, and more.
However, all of these elements can cause bottlenecking at the front of the store, which is stressful for those who don't like crowds.
BJ's entrance also faces an electronics section, but it's an overall gentler approach.
The TVs on display are smaller and the staff is far more relaxed at checking membership cards. When I walked in, I was reminded more of a Walmart rather than a warehouse, especially since the display of promoted items toward the entrance is smaller.
You have to work your way into the store to see the bigger TVs, which I didn't mind.
There are a lot of similarities between the two stores — both warehouses have tire centers, bulk-buy items, gas stations, fresh-baked goods, and cheap rotisserie chicken.
Overall, Costco is not for the faint of heart and the sights, sounds, people, and the sheer commitment of buying industrial-sized quantities of everything can be overwhelming.
However, Costco does offer certain things BJ's doesn't: a wide variety of packaged and fresh food, a pharmacy, home-improvement supplies, strong name-brand representation, lots of Asian food items, fresh flowers, and the convenience of more locations.
On the flip side, BJ's offers a calmer environment, its own card shop, a cut-to-order deli, smaller sizes of packaged items, access to coffee grinders, a large baby section, and more curated choices.
The environment also has friendlier and more personable customer service and ample parking thanks to less crowding. At BJ's you'll probably spend less and have more storage space in your house than if you shop at Costco.
But "best" is also based on what you prefer and can tolerate.
Unless you're a restaurant owner — in which case, Costco's Restaurant Depot-levels of package sizes and commercial-grade items are definitely the way to go — you have to weigh your priorities for a typical family's needs.
Personally, a ssomeone in a smaller household whose head cannot be trusted with 5 pounds of potato chips at a time, BJ's is worth the drive and may have become my new default.
Well Option King.... you're learning its not quite so easy now is it.
Where are these at now?
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Unlike Costco, BJ's accepts manufacturers' coupons—and is the only club to do so—meaning that shoppers can save on individual name brands likeC heerios, Wheat Thins, or Nature Valley bars. BJ's company website even encourages members to "stack them on top of in-Club coupons."
Unlike Costco, BJ's accepts manufacturers' coupons—and is the only club to do so—meaning that shoppers can save on individual name brands likeC heerios, Wheat Thins, or Nature Valley bars. BJ's company website even encourages members to "stack them on top of in-Club coupons."
Well, I asked, and Yulia has friends that love BJ's.
(They really gotta change that name lol)---How can you write about them and not get a chuckle...
Anyway, apparently the fruits and vegetables are really good. And they mark stuff down when it gets close to expiration. That's always a plus imo... its like selling cheap gas... people come in for the bargains on stuff like that. And then buy other stuff. That's why Krogers has been selling eggs at cost. When eggs are $5/dozen, people will beat a path to pay $3.45... and then they buy all their other groceries there.
Well Option King.... you're learning its not quite so easy now is it.
Where are these at now?
SOUN was your idea, I've never heard of the Co. I was trying to help you out. I guess the stk sold off.
Maybe You Should of got back in up 400% Friday? Is that possible?
Speaking of expiring fruit... start buying bananas Stoney when the stores mark them down to a few pennies/lb when they're brown. Apparently you mash them up up,mix with water, (you can freeze it if its winter)... and then pour it on your garden or flower beds. I have never tried it, but there's people on FB that say it makes plants go nuts. We'll see.
THE OPTION KING ONLY STUBBED HIS FOOT ON WORKDAY RECENTLY that may become loss No 2.
Hopefully BJ works out.
IF I CAN GET THE RECORD TO 10-2-1. I WILL BE HAPPY. //
Thanks for the tip on gardening-- I'll look into it!
Hopefully BJ works out.
IF I CAN GET THE RECORD TO 10-2-1. I WILL BE HAPPY. //
Thanks for the tip on gardening-- I'll look into it!
BJ's 3 POUNDS of bannanas = $1.49 Holy crapola!! 
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Yeah $0.50/lb is about right. I dunno how they do that. They never go up in price. I think it's funded by the cartels... keeps customs busy searching cartons of Doles.BJ's 3 POUNDS of bannanas = $1.49 Holy crapola!!
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Either way, if you have a big store in CT by the farm, buy the brown ones... they always mark them down to $0.19ish ... people buy them to make bandanna bread... we'll see if they work on gardens.