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However, not every item at the warehouse hits a home run with shoppers.
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There are some items that people warn against buying altogether.
Taste is subjective, but here are 7 recent items that shoppers maintain are not worth the hype.
“Tres Leches Cake at Costco!
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An authentically rich & soupy sponge cake soaked in three milks…it tastes INCREDIBLE!
Plus it has a delicious whipped cream and cinnamon powder topping!
“Costco Buys wroteabout the 32 ounce dessert selling for $9.99.
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“I got it when they had it last year.
No bueno,” another added.
Batteries
Batteries get paltry reviews at Costco.
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“I refuse to buy batteries at costco anymore.
They always leak after a year or two even when they say they are good for 10 years.
No other duracell batteries i’ve purchased anywhere else leak like the costco batteries,” one Redditorwrites.
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“Good I’m not the only person.
Onelengthy Reddit feedwarns against buying “funky chicken” at Costco.
“Im thinking about buying chicken breast from asian supermarkets instead.
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“Yea, it’s Spaghetti Meat myopathy.
It’s not hormones but selective breeding for a chicken that grows incredibly fast and large,” anotheradded.
Costco looked into it and said the chicken is totally fine though!'”
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“They don’t dissolve well at all and keep staining my clothes blue!”
“I don’t like them either.
Thankfully, I don’t have the blue problem but nothing ever felt clean, and always felt filmy.
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I was so disappointed!”
a second personchimed in.
“Wouldn’t buy again,” onewrites.
“Sushi bake sounds horrific,” onesaid.
Basically…they are the Hungry Man of Costco…with more water weight,” anothercommented.
“If you bake it, it’s not sushi anymore,” anotherchimed in.
Kirkland Sliced Turkey
Deli meat can be iffy at Costco.
“It’s slimey and tastes gross.
“The turkey is not just wet.
It’s drippy and too thick.
Not worth buying,” anotheragrees.
“Maybe I’m crazy but I remember it being addictive.
Nowadays it tastes like somebody walked by and knocked a salt shaker into it.
No flavor except straight salt,” one shoppercommented.
“Yes it changed and now it seems like they just add a cup of oil to the recipe.
Used to love it, no more,“agreesanother.
The “last few times was inedible,” a previous fan of the saladmaintains.6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e
