4. Cooked and Take-and-Bake Meats

Grocery stores across the world have a smart strategy that helps them make a lot of profit: impulsive buying. There was even a study conducted in 2018 that showed how much we spend monthly on impulse purchases. Are you ready to be shocked?

The answer is $400! That’s a lot!

Those sauced-up spare ribs, pop-in-the-oven pizzas, and rotisserie chickens are among the products that tempt us, the customers, the most. They look like a tasty meal and feel like a good deal. However, you may want to skip them when you do grocery shopping at Costco, as they are more expensive than the same option at Kirkland or other grocery stores.

Costco executives are very aware that a trip to their gigantic store can be exhausting, so they rely on the impulse purchases that exhaustion fosters.