Costco takes pride incarefully screeningall of the grocery products it sells.
And in many instances, this has proven to be a winning formula for the company.
Costco has no shortage offan-favorite meals,snacks,baked goods, andfrozen itemsgracing its shelves.
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Here are 10 Costco items garnering the most customer complaints this fall.
Kirkland Signature American Vodka
“It’s terrible.
Couldn’t get past the first sip.
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I knew it smelled off, but the taste was even worse.
Never again,” a customercommentedon one of the complaint threads.
“Kirkland wrecked a kind of expensive flashlight of mine.
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Never again,” one memberwroteon Reddit.
“Costco batteries are the only consistently awful products Costco puts their name on,“anotherwrotein another thread.
Of course, there are others whosaythey’ve never had a problem with these batteries.
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But the complaints are far too plentiful to dismiss it as a limited issue.
“I used to always buy Kirkland brand [toilet paper].
But not anymore…it’s not very good anymore,” a customercommented.
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Despite the backlash, Costcobegan adding the roast beef sandwichto even more warehouses over the summer.
“With a price point like this, I hope it fails hard.
“$10.00 for a roast beef sandwich from Costco?
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That’s a rip-off.
I’ll pass,” a member commented on a separatethreadabout the sandwich.
Definitely go to a legit BBQ place and get real ones,” one criticwrote.
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“These were awful.
Never again,” anothersaid.
It certainly canat least according to Costco shoppers.
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The texture, however, isn’t the only major issue that members cited while criticizing the meat product.
Fresh Produce
Costco’s fresh produce has been plagued by a very long running complaint.
Customers say it tends to spoil or grow moldy pretty quickly after it gets home.
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“Stopped buying produce from Costco a long time ago.
I think this is the main thing they can improve on,” a shoppercommented.
“Costco has the worst produce.
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Every time,” anothersaid.
On the one hand, somesaythat the lasagna has been a crowd-pleaser whenever they’ve served it.
It kind of tasted like a wet dog too,” the customer wrote.
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Bought this one and never again.
The short rib was like a meat paste,” one membercommented.
