07-29-2008, 09:20 AM
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Valid question! I buy toilet paper and paper towels there rather than searching every two weeks for coupons and sales. Our area has few coupons in the newspapers (like 7/27 everyone got P&G but not us!). If I happen to find a great sale and have a coupon, I make the purchase at a store and that puts off buying at Sam's for an extra week. Otherwise, I save time with buying at Sam's. I like the one stop shopping.
I buy Tyson Boneless Skinless Trimmed Chicken Breasts that costs $22.48 for 10 pounds. The chicken is clean and trimmed - no waste at all. Being frozen, it cooks on the grill straight from the freezer and it's juicy and tender when done.
I'm in total agreement with the other poster - $5 for an already cooked chicken for dinner is an awesome price, extended warrenties are cheap on electronics - which usually beats Best Buy prices.
I purchase their 10% fat ground beef and it's always fresh (sometimes even have to wait for them to grind it) and it's like $2.27 a pound all the time. In buying the larger quantity, I simply break it up and put in freezer bags or pat out in hamburger patties and freeze - again ready to go on the grill for a quick dinner. (No McD's burgers here!).
Other fresh meat prices - boneless ribs are $2.37 a pound usually, Filet is under $10 a pound most of the time - I buy it very rarely but the meat is prime plus, love their thick cut pork chops for grilling or crockpot cooking.
Small bags of chips, 100 calorie snacks, etc... are much better buy at Sam's than grocery stores even with coupons. Can't remember the price right off but in comparing when Walmart has 'sales' and there are coupons, I still save about $1 plus time of shopping two places plus the gas.
The one problem I have with Sam's is the impulse buying...I have to curb my looking in there!
All in all, we've been members at Sam's for 20 years and the cost of membership is saved in time and money by middle of the year or sooner. I love the convenience of one stop shopping and the large quantity. Might want to think about sharing the membership with another family so you could split the cost of the membership fee.
We are also members at Costco but do most of the shopping at Sam's!
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