Kirkland products? Yay or Nay?
Ahh, Costco! One of the most appreciated stores in the entire country, Costco gained its popularity because of the amazing products and bargains it constantly offers its customers. If you want to save money, shopping at Costco might be the best idea. However, the fact that they mostly have items sold only in bulk made a lot of people change their opinion about this store. Why?
Sometimes, because of the affordable prices, we are tempted to buy more than we actually need, and by doing this, we actually spend more money than we initially thought! In today’s article, I am going to show you which Kirkland Signature products must be avoided the next time you plan on shopping at Costco.
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104 thoughts on “9 Kirkland Signature Products You Should NEVER Buy”
I must defend the Costco roasted chickens.They are so plump and delicious. They are a time saver and money saver. Not only does my husband and I have a quick chicken dinner (adding a starch and vegetable) but also I made delicious chicken enchiladas and then still had chicken left over to make chicken noodle soup (using the bones and scraps boiled to make the chicken broth). I’m sure there are many other meals one could quickly make with these chickens.
I guess stuffing your gullet is more important than the way the animals are treated.
Yes, it is important to eat. Man cannot live on bread alone. The chickens are just fine.
Yes Man is not to eat bread alone, this signifies chicken and all food, but feed on the Word of God the giver of all food. Meaning, don’t feed on food alone, but also on the Word.
What about women? Can they live on bread alone?
Actually, not so fine. They are dead.
Your name really fits
It is
I cannot read the article due to the graphic photos you have to scroll down & by that time I am very sick. Have complained to facebook, unfortunately with no response!
Are the chickens treated poorly ?
I agree! I can’t eat anything that had a face. It is disgusting.
What do you eat?
Thank you Karen go hug a tree
The Animal a kingdom via hierarchy will stuff gullets alas the same human hierarchy.
I guess not being a vegan and loving all kinds of meat, chix, pork and beef..id say as long as the animals have food and water and are not being beaten with a relatively clean environment, I’m ok with the way they are being raised! Sorry, if eating meat offends you but most of us like a good steak now and again!
Sally, what do you eat…don’t try to say you don’t mistreat animals…even if you’re a vegan, animals are killed during production of frowning of vegetables,,,,or do you draw rhe line on just big animals
They are chickens, not pets. Get real, go vegetarian if you are bothered so much. By the way, that leather bag you carry came from an animal as well.
You betcha. My stomach comes first.
Wow what a nasty comment. I guess your liberal beliefs are more important than being civil!
They didn’t say anything about roasted chickens, but about the chicken bake at the concession stand. But know that if you treated chickens in your backyard the way these chickens are raised, you would be cited for cruelty to animals. Would you wish that your pet or anyone’s be kidnapped and live a long, slow tortured death so that someone could have cheap chicken? Check your finances and see if there is somewhere else to cut costs.
First of all people don’t eat pets, buddy…And the conditions are better than most free-range birds.
They don’t have other animals trying to eat them all day.
where I was raised chickens roamed fenced in pasture land during the day and housed in coops at night. Most farmers had a watch dog with the chops to ward off predators. Chickens are not natural grain eaters. They peck at bugs and grass seeds. A friend once gifted us with a pair of chickens fed mostly wheat. The meat was terrible, slimy with a bad flavor. By the way, if you keep a few roosters with the flock and have left the spurs on, those birds are not defenseless. They can inflict severe damage on predators. You don’t want to tangle with an armed rooster on the defense-I have the scars to prove it.
Well said Oola. People don’t care as long as they dont see whats going on. Why we think meat should be a part of every meal is beyond me.
Yep insulting people who don’t agree with your lifestyle will definitly get people to come over to your way of thinking.
I agree. the chickens are great!!! We just bought 10 last week. We buy them in bulk, debone, freeze the meat, & make broth with the scraps. I don’t know why anyone would complain about this kind of convenience.
why would anyone complain? because this kind of “convenience” takes animal cruelty to a new level, and it’s also destroying the planet.
I have not had that problem with the batteries & I have been buying them for 10 plus years; also the eggs are a great deal; you can always hard boil them; besides eggs keep much longer than the date; that is a sell by date; not a USE BY date. I have cooked eggs 2 weeks past that date & they were perfectly fine; believe me, you know when you have a rotten egg!
Get a life..If the animals they breed for food and hunting were to just live out their lives,the world would be over run by them..Then where would we be???
Don’t agree with it,don’t eat it.
Maybe start a chicken rescue.
People must eat and chicken is a great protein for all.
They were put on this earth to supply food for humans and
fox,coyote, and others I guess.
Many things in life are not the way everyone wants it but life for humans will go on.
I will stop eating animals when they stop eating each other….
They are the best tasting chickens ever 😳 great idea about freezing them for later. 👍
I totally agree, I make 3 different chicken dishes with the rotisserie chicken. Thank you, Costco, for keeping the cost down on it .
I have to agree with Jo! I just bought one today! I get so many meals out of one chicken! And when it’s gone I throw the bones and carcass into my slow cooker and add water to cover and simmer it for 24 hours. I add vegies to it for myself and my dog gets it for a treat instead of fattening dog treats. My cat loves it too!
This kind of comments helps a lot.
First off, I love Costco and visit on a regular basis. However, those roasted chickens are absolutely horrible. They weigh in at over 7 pounds. The leg portions are so tough. The breasts are dry and tasteless. Do yourself a favor. Go to a local meat market and buy a 3-4 pound chicken. Bake it in the oven. You will be pleasantly surprised at how tasty that chicken is. (Probably tastes like the ones your Mother made).
Did you ever think the local meat markets vender does the same thing to the chickens. I enjoy Costco chickens
How do I locate a local meat market in my area? I don’t know of any.
David, there is no way the costco chickens weigh 7 lbs? don’t know what store your shopping at? Ui am a senior age lady who has done a fair amount of cooking throughout my life raising four children, plus italian background of eating and cooking a lot and i have to disagree with your comments about the chickens? I really thing they get a bad wrap/ i have looked at the comparable chickens from other supermarkets and i dont see any kind of improvement, yes i must admit they do look a little smaller? i will continue to buy costco chickens , I think they get a bum wrap and i am surprised at so many people complaining of such a good deal?
sorry, they are chickens and most states are now going to cage free eggs so I assume most chickens would be cage free but again, if they are raised for FOOD, they aren’t living long and if you are not a vegan or other non human….COSTCO chickens are to die for and a very reasonable price!
must be a problem with your Costco because I have NEVER heard of those complaints or any for that matter about their roasted chickens! One of the best and cheapest options for an excellent dinner! Try the dried out pigeons they have at other supermarkets for twice the price and then complain about Costco’s ( I don’t think so…)
The chickens NEVER weigh in at over 7 pounds! When you go to a local meat market, you say? Where would you find a meat market? I would love to find a butcher…..BUT, trust me, you will not be paying $4.99 for what you said……7 pounds of chicken, whole, cut up and never cooked! Even at 99cents a pound, that is $7.00 and you will only find that in a 10lb. Bag of frozen leg quarters!
your ” plump and delicious…. …time saver and money saver” takes animal cruelty to a whole new level, and it’s destroying the planet in the process. aren’t you proud of yourself?
Yes, you people are absolutely ridiculous. They are chickens do you think for one minute they know anything different. Wild animals really don’t have it any better, and you are able to shoot and kill them for food. Costco chicken is the best.
Please, tell us how chicken at Costco is cruel??? The chickens are already dead when they cook them! However if you are a “vegan” nobody wants your opinion!
cruelty to animals? Please? These animals were created when the world was formed to feed the masses? So the killing of them is natural and necessary, the cruelty part or inhumane part if that is done, i agree that it shroud be the simplest, easiest way possible?
VERY! Not a vegan, love my beef, chic and pork and love Costco…feeding people for less! I’m all for non inflationary prices and I can choose if I want organic or non organic in most veggies and fruits…SOME PEOPLE just have to complain! I’m not for cruelty to animals but have you ever raised animals for consumption, especially chickens? Just asking because doesn’t seem like you have real knowledge
“Plump and Delicious” from a corporate animal processing chain often = ‘vaccinated’, loaded with msg, hormones, pesticides, and other chemicals to make it taste deceivingly “good”.
Are you on any petropharmaceutical drugs? If you are over age 60 and eating this stuff on a regular/weekly basis, I bet you are.
I like roasted y but the corporate ones are pumped full of water and are genetic hybrids that lack the nutrients and protein content that heirloom birds have they have less meat and more fat on them
You’re one smart woman. Those chickens are plump full of sodium and preservatives.
Karen, I think the cannibals used to say the same things about the texture between the meat of the WATUSI AND THE BRITISH. However they still had them for Sunday brunch. I am joking here, admittedly in poor taste. But as one who spent 30 years in third-world countries, I think most of us will continue to buy the roasted Costco chickens and appreciate the low price. Another little known fact, Americans have NO appreciation of quality taste in fruit and vegetables. After my retirement, I was raising market hogs. I would get free fruit and vegetables from discount stores to cook them to feed to my animals. I had an older “illegal from Guatemala” person who helped me just for the free fruit and vegetables he took from the large amount of stuff the stores would give me. He had a large extended family. He always wanted the very ripe mangoes, avocados, plumbs and other fruits he was used to eating in Guatemala, and vegetables that were getting soft. These items were refused by the customers at the high end stores and ended up in the discount stores. He showed me what tasty fruits and vegetables actually taste like. Americans judge food by the color just like we judge our people. We are wrong more often then we are correct on what is good for us and what will hurt us.
The Last 3 roasted chickens i bought were either bloody by the bones or had a slimy stuff between the layer of meat when shredding. Will not be buying again and the chickens were part of reason for joining club.
I made the same mistake at first, they show the Roasted Chicken picture then talk about the “Chicken Bake” from the food court.
Taste great.. HOWEVER.. soaked in BRINE and so terrible for high salt content and lymphedema or those on low salt diet.
I agree.
I totally agree with you. Those that do not should go vegetarian
I agree Jo!
I totally agree! I also make an amazing chicken salad with grapes, green apples, celery and cranberries. Can’t go wrong with the Costco chicken!
Agreed and Thank you for information
The review was about the Chicken Bake item you can get at the Food Court even though they show a picture of the Holy Roasted Chicken that can do/be no wrong on this planet Earth. The Bake is a hot pocket-y thing that I have never ordered.
Amen
Chicken and dumplings is my favorite go to..The broth from the Chicken is so flavorful..Yum
You just keep eating poisons. They use poison to season then top it off with putting into plastics which release more poison for good measure.
I agrre. Costco chicken is a bargain from the initial buy, to the eating, repurposeable left overs, and to making stock.
The reason I stop buying the chicken bake is that they are fill with air. Gone are the days when they had a lot of chicken unless the cosco in NY gives more chicken than the Winston cosco. That is why my family stop buying it. Thanks for the other info. Question why cosco not carrying some products he use to.
I was quite surprised to read all the critical comments about some of Costco’s best-selling products.
First, I will comment on the eggs, yes Costco sells eggs in bulk (2 or 5 dozen), but if you have a business or a large family these eggs are consumed within 1-2 weeks at most. Second, the Kirkland baked chickens are a hot seller and they are quite good! The price attracts lots of customers, eager to purchase these Chickens. I have seen customers standing and waiting for them to complete the rotisserie process and be packaged, steaming hot, and grabbing two or three at a time. Third, the produce, well these packages are large and perishable if you don’t consume them or store them in the freezer properly. I truly believe customers who frequently visit the produce area have some prior knowledge of which products to select that will last longer, and the items that require immediate storage or freezing to prevent contamination or spoilage. As for the milk, I am not pleased with the container itself, it is made of a very thin layer of plastic, and these cartons are often dented and do not package well with other products on the journey home. Often I have experienced the milk carton dripping milk when I arrived at my destination. Yes, the milk is a good price compared to the local grocery stores, but one gallon is too much for our house, I prefer a half gallon or a quart just for cooking purposes. In summary, Costco is a great money saver, if you need to buy in bulk. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Kirkland products. I have an Executive Membership, as a business owner, I so appreciate receiving my rewards checks at the end of the year as a thank you for shopping!
Doctor, i am so glad to read your article defending the Costco chickens? i feel the same way? Thank you for writing, more people might accept your letter and explanation than just another person such as myself, but as a 91 year old woman who is still pretty active italian background ,so i have done lots cooking through the years, i find many of the comments unbelievably ridiculous ?
Love the rotisseri chickens. So tender and tasty. Leftovers feed the two of us for several more meals.
We are Costco-roasted chicken fans…a couple of meals…taste good too
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I totally agree. Great taste and great buy!!
Maybe you should change the heading to don’t buy these bulk items if you are a single person! Would be more relevant to the article! BTW I love Costco chicken!
Ditto
The Kirkland bar soap is one I will never buy again.
Yes it doesn’t smell good. Almost like a dory rag.
I agree. It is nothing like White sensitive Dove bar soap. I shop at Costco every 3-4 weeks however for just myself.
We have enjoyed the roasted chicken more than once. It is perfect for several meals.
Common sense leads me to choose fruit, vegetables and other perishables carefully. The quality of all is far above local groceries. I can use up a container quickly by stir frying or varying recipes. Waste only occurs if I forget I have an item. I try to keep those items visible. There are three adults in my home.
We don’t buy much stuff from Costco generally as a couple, as we really don’t have enough space to store it. Freezer is not large and always full, plus I enjoy shopping just about every day in smaller amounts. But the rotisserie chicken is the one thing I HAVE to buy when there! It is good!
Have had no problem with buying in bulk
It is easy to repackage into smaller portions if necessary. Also love the Rotisseried Chickens. They are a family favorite Only problem I find with Costco is when they stop carrying items or brands that O always bought.
Yes, Costco regularly shows up on animal welfare sites warning against purchasing Costco chickens. The animals are treated terribly and priced by the way we value animals … that is, the chickens are raised in abhorrent and crowded conditions to yield the cheapest & most inexpensive “product” possible … all at the expense of the animal’s welfare. Also, Costco toilet paper is obtained by deforesting Old Growth Forests. It is also a “No-No” for any sustainably minded person.
it’s so sad to read all the comments about people buying costco roasted chickens. it takes animal cruelty to a whole new level. and factory fqarming like this is helping to destroy the planet.
i frequently leave suggestions in costco’s suggestion box to please stop this abhorrent practice…
Doug, you have your opinion so let’s just agree to disagree.
Your comments are not going to make a difference in choices that people make. Hope you have great day!
Give me the white meat , I don’t care about the legs….What can you get today for 5 bucks, an you can
make a couple of meals out of. But my father, who lived on a farm,]. Said the chicken is the dirtiest animal .
No actually pigs are.
Alas, we don’t have a COSTCO here in NZ, (yes there is one in Aukland), but I have heard many terrible things about the prices and lack of items I was accustomed to back in Hawaii Kai- it really doesn’t deserve the label. ( And its like 500 miles away!) I so miss the great prices, massive selection, quality fresh meat, dairy, and produce & awesome island poke !!! The $1.50 Polish, and fresh Caesar salads- the extensive and cheap beer, wine & spirits- and the tools & culinary supplies- and most of all the social aspect of seeing your friends and neighbors and the dedicated staff w/ so much Aloha Spirit.
I so miss COSTCO Hawaii Kai !!
I total 1000% agree with this article on COSTCO . It is a waste and ripoff. They charge you for membership fee when you do the maths if you local stores has sale and coupon your atba better place with saving believe me . You buy these thing in bulk DONT have a large family or running some restaurants or something like that it’s a TOTALLY WASTE. PRICE ON VEGETABLE NOT GREAT. AND OTHER THINGS BUT I LEAVE IT THERE.
sorry but its just me and my husband, and we love Costco! Every time I go somewhere else and notice the price for a smaller package of stuff including produce, milk, eggs and the like…I immediately go back to Costco and I’m happy again!
How sad, that here in America, so many people are blind to the fact that animals have all of the same feelings that we do, and ignore the terrible fact that factory farming is still going on in civilized countries like ours. After seeing videos of factory farming methods, I have totally given up eating animals at all. And until the laws are changed or science has progressed in the process of growing meat from cells, I will remain a vegetarian, a vegan, actually, because even eggs are produced with pain and suffering from the animals that lay the eggs.
Think of the pain and suffering of childbirth! It is female cruelty. I will not be eating them any more, period!
good for you, but NOT for me….love my meat and eggs and all kinds of FOOD! Maybe you should take a gander at how many people need to be fed and what good farms that provide food for America really look like…I think you’d be surprised, in a good way!
I am single and agree that the packages, for the most part, are way too much for a single household. Non-edible items, shampoo, toilet paper, etc. are a good buy if you have the room to store it. The quality of the toilet paper is just fine for me. But, I can see those people with sensitive skin, may not like the feel against their body. Where I save the most are: Vitamins, eye ware and travel. The Kirkland Signature vitamins are high quality and cheaper than most places. I have purchased eye ware and very satisfied with the service and quality. The price for progressive lenses, frame, UV protection, thin frame was $100 less than the eye ware offered by VSP (my eye insurance). The selection of frames is decent. I don’t like ordering eye ware online and cherish the face-to-face service and measurements. Never have had an issue after buying 3 pairs thus far. Travel deals are great..just depends where you are going and the time of year. Check it out if you get a chance.
You are a complete jack ass! The most ridiculous comments against Costco.
Some of the items at Costco’s are much cheaper. It is important to compare and utilize the supermarket to get the sales on certain items when they are available. Something’s are truly worth buying at Costco’s because you get much more for your money.
The chickens are great, and don’t bother replying Doug as you’ve said the same thing over and over again – you’re just ranting. You actually have convinced me to buy two today and I’ll make a few extra meals with them.
I’ll take my chicken dinners ‘to a whole new level’
The rotisserie chicken is good but it is not cooked enough. We always have to bake it more. But the coffee is great. We brew it every day, usually 6-8 cups. It tastes good.
I got as a gift at Xmass It was the cinainmon loaf it was the worse thing I every ate. One piece and out it went
We have an Executive Membership at Costco and love it. When we used our membership to vacation in Maui, we got $20. off for each night on our hotel stay, discount on our SUV rental and a $250. gift card at Costco.
Costco has the best toilet paper hands down…..Scott toilet paper is trash!
Most of these are silly! If you have a big family, you can easily use the items (milk, eggs, etc) before they go bad. Are you trying to tell us the milk goes bad after two days?! Ridiculous! And, even for a single person or a couple, if you know how to meal prep, or such, you can prepare the food and freeze for later use. As for soap, TP, jeans, etc… probably a matter of preference, depending on the person. I do agree that the produce is less than fresh, occasionally.
I couldn’t find the complete article between all the adds!!! Ridiculous!
Here’s the deal. I don’t know what kind of family you are basing your choices on but every family is different and to tell us we should NEVER buy something because it will spoil before we use it all up is just assuming to much.
Eggs don’t go bad for months in the refrigerator (actually, fresh, unwashed eggs can go for several weeks on the kitchen counter) so yea, I bought eggs 5 dozen at a time and we still do. The dogs get an egg every morning so that is 14 eggs a week if we don’t have any and I don’t bake.
TP, we have used Costco TP for decades with NO issues.
Milk….you can learn to pour those cartons. I would buy 2 gallons a week when my children were growing and we didn’t spill much at all.
The Duracell batteries are leaking because Warren Buffet moved all the production to China 5 years ago.
We bought Jeans there, but the fit was terrible. Low rise, really for men?? I know if you save a few inches over a few thousand pair, but poor workmanship. They were URBAN STAR BRAND. SAD.
Ways too many ads on this page for this information.
Ways too many ads on this page for this information. First time I said this.
I find most of these suggestions not true. Never seen milk in square boxes. Clothes were never an issue, especially jeans, Kirkland batteries are actually just as good as the name brand. Don’t know what this person is talking about.
I guess saying something relentlessly stupid is more important to you than having something intelligent tp say