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Castile soap brands/Costco questions
My health store has both Dr Bronners and Dr Woods. Dr Woods is cheaper. Is there any difference between the two? The ingredients seemed the same.
Also do they sell either of those at Costco? I'm debating getting a membership there and haven't found enough reason to actually go get one. Costco's Kirkland brand is fairly green right?
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Re: Castile soap brands/Costco questions
I've only just started using Dr. Bronners so I can't comment on your first question but if the ingredients are similar than I am sure either would be ok.
I've never seen either at my local Costcos.
I've never heard of Dr. Woods. I looked it up and it looks like they just copied Dr. Bronners, only its not fair trade! And you don't get the crazy labels. Dr Bronners is a great company, that beyond being fair trade, does a lot for community organizations and promotes organic standards.
Costco here (its local, so might be different, I don't know) has a lot of local and organic produce options. They also sell the Ecos laundry detergent that I use. But I wouldn't consider the Kirkland brand even remotely green.
Oh, I wonder who told me that then, probably an employee.
That sucks. I don't know whether I want to get a membership then.
Dr Bronners being Fair Trade is enough to influence my choice alone. Thank you for the info.
I did a little google-sleuthing, and found that the Kirkland brand does sell an "environmentally-friendly" laundry detergent, and a line of "eco-friendly" cleaners. http://www.easyecoblog.com/160/costco-kirkland-signature-eco-friendly-cleaners/
So there are some 'green' choices in Kirkland. While I prefer smaller companies, I'm a big supporter of Costco, in theory. In reality, I don't have a membership for practical reasons. I do go now and then with my friends, or split items from Costco.
Do you know any members you could tag along with to see if its worth a membership? Like I said ours does carry a decent amount of local and organic produce. I haven't looked too much at what they carry overall, mostly because I find the place so overwhelming!!
You are awesome. As of right now I wouldn't have anyone to split a membership with, but MH and I moved fairly far for a job after I graduated college. Hopefully soon enough we move back and I can split a membership with my sister.
Costco will let you go in with a one-day pass and check things out. If you do want to buy anything they just add the membership fee to your shopping total.
I've never seen Dr. Bronner's there. They don't carry every brand. There will usually be a handful of brands per type of item instead of 25+ at Target.