Costco Restaurant Changes

[Johnny Makarov]

Romaine is back in stock at Costco. Almost back to regular pricing.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Isn't it all kiosk touchscreens already? How will that change? Like scan your membership card at the kiosk before it will even give you options?

Yeah that's what's supposed to happen eventually. I think there's still a few Costcos with a cashier.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Don't think I've have had anything from the Costco restaurant, I always forget it's even a thing.

Its decent food that cheap as borscht!

However I'm usually in a hurry to GTFO of Costco so I rarely stop for food.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Tell them you're going to the pharmacy.

Food court is eventually going all electronic ordering and will require your card to enable ordering so down those hot dogs as fast as you can.

In the states, they required me to show my membership card before I could get food. It was kinda jarring for a moment after getting used to what we do here. I almost always send the wife and kids to grab food while I paid. I spawned the extra card to my wife, but she's the type who doesn't bring her purse because she "didn't think she needed it" so it might become an issue if this is a thing going forward.

It was also weird to see they take VISA and debit in Costco USA vs Mastercard and debit here.

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

I wish we had the churros in Canada that are available at the US food courts. Those things are awesome.

I had twisted churros in the States. I agree, I don't get why we don't get those here. Cultural thing or something else?


Losing the onion option for hotdogs kinda sucks. I thought it had to do with the confusion due to the single use plastic ban... but who knows. I think banana peppers are gone for a similar reason.

Sippy cups are kinda neat. Paper straws are getting on my nerves. Can't they revive that super loud Sun Chips bag material and use it to line a straw so it doesn't turn to mush after 5 minutes ish?

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Don't think I've have had anything from the Costco restaurant, I always forget it's even a thing.

Originally Posted by Locke

Its decent food that cheap as borscht!

A hot dog, root beer and a poutine make for a fun cheap date night.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

A hot dog, root beer and a poutine make for a fun cheap date night.

My wife and I used to do two hot dogs and a bucket of chicken. Agreed it's so cheap and you get so full.


Does anyone still do the $40 feast as a bachelor party game or game in general? Or at least witnessed it? Basically groom has to spend $40 ish at the Costco restaurant and eat it all or face punishment, but he can do $15-20 buy-ins for the groomsmen to join in. The groom can demand that others in the group do a $20 feast on their own for a $5 add on to themselves.

You don't have to order all the food on the spot. You can keep adding $5-10 bucks at a time so it's easier to get to the table and the food doesn't get cold.

$40 is a lot of food there. That's like 8 poutines, or like 25 hot dogs + 25 drinks, or 4 full pizzas or a bucket of wings and a pizza.

I tried to do this with friends on a few occasions and they always get cold feet at the last minute. One friend got grossed out and told me to stop and now calls me Kobayashi to this day after watching me eat 12 hotdogs. I didn't tell him this, but I'm pretty sure my max would have been 15. No way I was doing the full 25-26 hot dogs.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

In the states, they required me to show my membership card before I could get food. It was kinda jarring for a moment after getting used to what we do here. I almost always send the wife and kids to grab food while I paid. I spawned the extra card to my wife, but she's the type who doesn't bring her purse because she "didn't think she needed it" so it might become an issue if this is a thing going forward.

It was also weird to see they take VISA and debit in Costco USA vs Mastercard and debit here.

I like that Costco plays hardball with Credit Card companies.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

In the states, they required me to show my membership card before I could get food. It was kinda jarring for a moment after getting used to what we do here. I almost always send the wife and kids to grab food while I paid. I spawned the extra card to my wife, but she's the type who doesn't bring her purse because she "didn't think she needed it" so it might become an issue if this is a thing going forward.

It was also weird to see they take VISA and debit in Costco USA vs Mastercard and debit here.



I had twisted churros in the States. I agree, I don't get why we don't get those here. Cultural thing or something else?


Losing the onion option for hotdogs kinda sucks. I thought it had to do with the confusion due to the single use plastic ban... but who knows. I think banana peppers are gone for a similar reason.

Sippy cups are kinda neat. Paper straws are getting on my nerves. Can't they revive that super loud Sun Chips bag material and use it to line a straw so it doesn't turn to mush after 5 minutes ish?

I'd rather have fries and poutine here instead of churros. The Montana one didn't have fries.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

A hot dog, root beer and a poutine make for a fun cheap date night.

We have that every Monday at 11am.
$9.50

and my wife doesn't drink pop so I get 2 drinks.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

I'd rather have fries and poutine here instead of churros. The Montana one didn't have fries.

Oh true. The Hawaii one didn't have fries as well which was a strange surprise to me.

[sketchyt]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

I was at the Deerfoot Meadows/Heritage Costco today and I noticed they actually took down the sign board advertising their Costco Chicken wings/drumsticks that you could buy by the bucket with Buffalo sauce. It's also gone from the touchscreen menu.

The wings are still available at the Taza Costco to keep your cholesterol nice and high.

[tvp2003]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

I'd rather have fries and poutine here instead of churros. The Montana one didn't have fries.

I don’t believe any US Costcos have fries. They do have chicken bakes though (which used to be awesome but now are just okay — not sure if they changed the ingredients or if it’s just me).

The US used to have MASSIVE ice cream bars (covered in chocolate and then coated in almond slivers for $1.50. They discontinued them several years ago — those were so good.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

My wife and I used to do two hot dogs and a bucket of chicken. Agreed it's so cheap and you get so full.


Does anyone still do the $40 feast as a bachelor party game or game in general? Or at least witnessed it? Basically groom has to spend $40 ish at the Costco restaurant and eat it all or face punishment, but he can do $15-20 buy-ins for the groomsmen to join in. The groom can demand that others in the group do a $20 feast on their own for a $5 add on to themselves.

You don't have to order all the food on the spot. You can keep adding $5-10 bucks at a time so it's easier to get to the table and the food doesn't get cold.

$40 is a lot of food there. That's like 8 poutines, or like 25 hot dogs + 25 drinks, or 4 full pizzas or a bucket of wings and a pizza.

I tried to do this with friends on a few occasions and they always get cold feet at the last minute. One friend got grossed out and told me to stop and now calls me Kobayashi to this day after watching me eat 12 hotdogs. I didn't tell him this, but I'm pretty sure my max would have been 15. No way I was doing the full 25-26 hot dogs.

I'm totally using this as a bet for something. I'll make it $50 and you can't leave until you've eaten all that food or the store closes. God I hope I don't lose whatever this ends up being for!

[Draug]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Since I was a kid, sippy was the way to go! I love the new lids so much! So happy to see paper straws get evicted from Costco. I wish other places would follow suit with the same style lids.

Or, you know, we could use compostable plastic straws. Way better than a non compostable sippy lid.

Does anyone know why paper straws became the norm instead of compostable plastic? Is it just a cost thing?

I'd happily pay the increased cost of the compostable plastic straw instead of paper - I do anyway as I have a supply of them in my vehicles.

[#-3]

Originally Posted by Draug

Or, you know, we could use compostable plastic straws. Way better than a non compostable sippy lid.

Does anyone know why paper straws became the norm instead of compostable plastic? Is it just a cost thing?

I'd happily pay the increased cost of the compostable plastic straw instead of paper - I do anyway as I have a supply of them in my vehicles.

As far as I am aware compostable plastic is only compostable with a fairly high level of heat, so not that much better.

I think the best option is compostable plastic sippy cup lids. Might be a little bit challenging at their $0.87 price point.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by Draug

Or, you know, we could use compostable plastic straws. Way better than a non compostable sippy lid.

Does anyone know why paper straws became the norm instead of compostable plastic? Is it just a cost thing?

I'd happily pay the increased cost of the compostable plastic straw instead of paper - I do anyway as I have a supply of them in my vehicles.

Compostable/bio-degrable plastics are still considered unconventional plastics by the feds who say they are still a threat to wildlife and do not decompose as advertise in landfills or get sorted out by facilities and are getting banned as well. I personally like plastic straws but I have seen some of the horrors when ingested by wildlife like turtles.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local...l-plastics-ban

[FanIn80]

Costco hot dogs, Ikea meatballs... what other ones are there?

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by FanIn80

Costco hot dogs, Ikea meatballs... what other ones are there?

Used to be totem popcorn

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

A hot dog, root beer and a poutine make for a fun cheap date night.

Funny thing is my wife eats crap like that all the time (doesn't get fat). That actually does sound like her perfect date.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Draug

Or, you know, we could use compostable plastic straws. Way better than a non compostable sippy lid.

Does anyone know why paper straws became the norm instead of compostable plastic? Is it just a cost thing?

I'd happily pay the increased cost of the compostable plastic straw instead of paper - I do anyway as I have a supply of them in my vehicles.

I have a ziplock bag full of plastic straws that I keep in the glove box of both my vehicles. Handy to have when eating out at a fast food place. Paper straws are useless as they fall apart before you finish your drink.