Dietary Supplements
Any supplement can be pricey, especially if bought at a pharmacy. For instance, at CVS, a 300-count bottle of Centrum Complete Multivitamins is $25.99. A two-bottle package of the same vitamins at BJ’s is $19.99.
If you’re only concerned about cost, BJ’s is the apparent better deal. Regardless, unless more than one family member shares the vitamins with you, they may expire before you finish the bottle.
Even though vitamins don’t really “go bad” after expiration, they can lose their strength. So, taking expired pills may not be wise if you’re taking a dietary supplement to help with a specific deficiency.
To ensure you get a good deal, you should check the expiration date and calculate how long it would take to finish that big-size bottle. You might want to buy your supplements in smaller quantities elsewhere if it’s after the expiration date.
Doing this math helps avoid tossing out half-empty bulk-size bottles of vitamins, which equals wasted money.
I live alone and buy Dawn dish soap at Costco in their largest container and put in smaller containers. Never seen a change in quality using Dawn over the years.
I never found those club stores to be much of a bargain considering what they want you to pay for a yearly membership You have save that on shopping to begin with The prices at local grocers can be just as good price wise Some sell in large quantities at better prices Staple goods can be very reasonable at local stores especially if you use coupons and they all don’t raise prices on buy one get one free Buy one get one is usually a good deal but you need to know your prices When all is said and done big box stores are not that much of a bargain except maybe in the bakery goods
Costco is very disappointing to me. My wife got hearing aids there and has bought nothing else. So even if she did save a little on hearing aids….btw she found lower prices later elsewhere….we haven’t saved enough to pay for the membership. It IS very popular as the parking lot is always jammed. But I think a lot of that is their special on a meal or two. And try to get one of those with a seat to sit in. People go and park their butts and stay like it’s a coffee shop in a rural area. They haven’t hurt me so I shouldn’t be so critical, but to advertise as a discount store and not have many discounts, it’s all deceptive as can be. One does need to learn the color coding of prices to see if things are on sale. I haven’t found anything enough on sale to justify my walking thru their door. My membership will be canceled. My wife will probably keep hers.
Living a LOOOOONG way from town, some of these reasons are valid, others are not !
We buy our Meat from Sams Club, and a few other things, dog food, paper-goods, Produce in the off season.
But then again, 50 miles for a stick of butter or bag of cereal is a bit far, besides we get paid once a month, and so Stock up when we do shop, we do NOT, do designer clothes.
some of your arguments do make sense, like expiration dates.
All I can say is thank you for saving this household money
Great job