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Eco Friendly and Costco membership
Hello all,
I usually lurk here and I know this is kind of a strange post, but do you have a Costco membership and is it worth it if you are EF?
Our family only has DH & I and we buy recycled paper products and use/buy as much EF stuff as we can. I make my own laundry detergent and use baking soda/vinegar/borax to clean. Most other stuff I buy at Trader Joe's - Dr. Bronner's etc.
Is it really worth it to have a membership? Can you get any EF/organic stuff there?
on a side note, I know that Kirkland's is an ok dog food for the price and it is sold there.
Thanks!
Re: Eco Friendly and Costco membership
I'm not sure if their products are green washed or not, but Kirkland brand does have a lot of green products.
Recycled TP
Recycled Paper Towels (? I see 7th generation on costco.com but I have honestly never looked in my store)
Big jugs of vinegar
Amy's Organic products (canned soups)
Annie's Organic products (mac & cheese)
I know you said you make your own, but here is info on their green cleaning products:
http://www.costcoconnection.com/connection/200902/?pg=79#pg79
and one of our biggest purchases at costco is weekly fuel for cars
Oh bummer! Ours is usually a couple cents cheaper.
They definitely carry some organic produce and processed foods. They also carry bulk baking supplies (yeast, flour, etc) if you bake at home. I get my fair trade coffee there, and have noticed more fair trade brands carried.
It's worth it for us.
I love shopping at Costco for certain EF things because I can buy larger, bulk sizes. My shopping list for Costco's usually consists of:
Organic sugar, Organic olive oil, Organic meats, Vinegar (I go thru tons of it). We try to cook from scratch as much as possible but I like to keep stocked up on Annie's Organic Mac 'n Cheese & Annie's Organic Soups for those crazy weeks when there's just no time to cook.
Plus, I'm a big fan of wine - as is DH - so we stock up our wine cabinet while we're there, as well.
my parents get organic sugar there, they've also found other random organic items- i don't have a membership there, so it's pretty rare that i go there.
we have a BJ's membership (i have it through my job)- we buy organic milk, cheese, butter, EVOO, etc. there. we also buy the filters for my PUR faucet mount water filter. their organic milk (1/2 gal) is about a $1.25 cheaper than at the grocery store. for us it's worth it.
We get our butter, EVOO, flour, sugar, vinegar, coffee and wine there. I also buy things like gas, vitamins, condoms, movie tickets, bird seed. We tried Kirkland's dog food, but our dog is super-sensative. His fur fell out, so we had to go back to the $$$ stuff. Honestly, if it was just about savings on purchases, probably not worth it. But we have the Costco AE, which gives pretty nice rewards on travel, gas, and additional cash back on Costco purchases. I think that tips the scale in our favor (we pay the card off every month). We get enough rewards (above what we would get on our other rewards card) to pay for the membership.