How are queues and stock at your local Costco?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 11:59 am    Post subject: How are queues and stock at your local Costco?

It seems when panic shopping struck about a month ago all food,medicinal, and cleaning stock was being ransacked. Leaving only things like appliances, clothes, and miscellaneous home goods.

Now it seems like toilet paper, paper towels, and cleaning supplies go early in the morning but most food stuffs is still available in the afternoon.

Queues are long in the morning, particularly before senior hour on Tuesday,Wednesday, and Thursday but normal in the afternoon.

I live between Torrance and Lakewood Costco, shopping both.

How do you perceive things in your neck of the woods?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 12, 2020 12:18 pm    Post subject:

I got a 12 roll pack of TP the other day from Staters. Just FYI. Was shocked.

Anyway, ordered some sh from Costco via insta rite now, but the site has all stores in limbo schedules rite now. The TP/PT industry screwed the pooch with their production at the outset of this thing. Seems like they would've been churning this out at max capacity 24/7 to profit from the demand, but who knwos. Maybe they were creating a shortage on purpose so we could all go around with a stinky left hand.

What irks me more than shortages and outages as far as instacart goes is having to wait around and check your phone and comp over and over to see if a shopper/deliver popped up earlier than the latest estimate. Even if one does, more than one item is either a replacement or a return to shelf of a replacement you don't want. Every store is running about 3 days ahead of sched if you wanna buy from them. Planning ahead is a must. Course you could also brave the store experience and masks, etc. That's worse afaic.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 12:29 am    Post subject:

The normal state of affairs for most toilet paper factories is they run 24/7.

There are two types of TP. Commercial and residential.

Demand for Commercial TP has cratered because people aren't going to work or to stores. A small exception is vendors that sell both to businesses and retail customers. Restaurants that have become popup grocers are also selling commercial TP because it is not being used inside the restaurant right now. But that is a bucket in the ocean.

Demand for residential TP has skyrocketted 140%.

Most factories that make both don't want to spend the time and money to switch because the altered demand is mostly temporary. Some people may permanently work from home or buy more online vs shopping in brick and mortar stores but the demand shift is mostly during the pandemic.

Read to many horror stories of new instacart shoppers stealing your groceries. Times are tough and many are desperate. Police ain't arresting folks for petty crimes(especially for food) and DAs aren't prosecuting.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:35 am    Post subject:

Yeah, TP is a high volume low margin business (mostly because of the bulk to unit ratio, fill a truck with far less than legal weight) that is kept filled just in time, no back stock or significant extra production capacity. When the demand spikes, there’s no way short of building more capacity to fill it, and no one is going to make massive capital outlays only to mothball that capacity very soon (as it would take years to recapture the investment).
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2020 8:52 am    Post subject:

I'm staying away from Costco, (except the gas station) too many people, luck for us my wife has always been a TP hoarder, so we are still good at around 100 rolls on hand...
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PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2020 7:47 pm    Post subject:

Went to Costco Torrance today.

No fresh Chicken,chicken patties, and no frozen chicken thighs,breast, or tenderloin. No fresh turkey ground round.

There were frozen turkey burgers and beef patties/ground round.

Plus bacon, beef/chicken/mystery meat hot dogs and ham.

There were chicken nuggets and tenders plus frozen chicken wings.

I bought Del Rey Foods Beef Barbacoa.

Pretty good frozen fish selection.

Good selection of cheeses too.

I also bought the less expensive white cage free eggs there was also the more expensive brown ones.

Purchased salted butter too. There was unsalted as well.

Not a big juice selection.

Kirkland paper towels no TP.

If you want expensive cuts of beef,seafood, or duck Torrance Costco is your place.

Starting tomorrow you can only buy 3 items of poultry,beef,or pork per membership.
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PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2020 9:12 pm    Post subject:

I can never seem to find lysol spray or rubbing alcohol
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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2020 2:03 pm    Post subject:

I went to Van Nuys Costco on Friday just before the close, and there was Kirkland toilet paper. Organic whole milk was nowhere to be found though. No chicken meat either.
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PostPosted: Sat May 02, 2020 9:15 pm    Post subject:

Wvc0925 wrote:
I can never seem to find lysol spray or rubbing alcohol


Supply Chain issue for these products. Probably won't be back to "normal" until July/August.
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 2:11 pm    Post subject:

Same as unleasHell try to stay away from Costco just because in my area it is also usually crowded. Under the circumstances try to make more online orders especially it it concerns clothing. Not long ago found agreat offers via https://cools.com/shop/womens-dresses with considerable discounts. Knowing the sizes it is particularly easy to buy clothes online and not put the life at risk by going to offline shops.

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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 4:06 pm    Post subject:

I worked a household hazardous waste collection Friday and someone brought in 2 gallons of hand sanitizer. That will come in handy around the office.
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 4:15 pm    Post subject:

Went to Costco for the first time since a pre-pandemic visit in January.

This time in Tacoma last Saturday morning because we needed to stock up daily use items that are much cheaper there than buying at the market in the small town where our house is.

It was quite sane. Definitely the least busy of any other Costco visit I've made (and no line to get in and check out lines were only 1 deep). They had everything we were looking for and didn't notice any obvious shortages of anything else.
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 5:17 pm    Post subject:

AD23 wrote:
Wvc0925 wrote:
I can never seem to find lysol spray or rubbing alcohol


Supply Chain issue for these products. Probably won't be back to "normal" until July/August.



Rubbing alcohol in stock at Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/2-Pack.../706238851

Bears reminding to not be a lil punk ass and order more than you need. (Not you directly but in general for anyone).
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 9:27 pm    Post subject:

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I worked a household hazardous waste collection Friday and someone brought in 2 gallons of hand sanitizer. That will come in handy around the office.


Why did they throw away the sanitizer?
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 10:16 pm    Post subject:

jonnybravo wrote:
AD23 wrote:
Wvc0925 wrote:
I can never seem to find lysol spray or rubbing alcohol


Supply Chain issue for these products. Probably won't be back to "normal" until July/August.



Rubbing alcohol in stock at Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/2-Pack.../706238851

Bears reminding to not be a lil punk ass and order more than you need. (Not you directly but in general for anyone).


Got a few bottles at Target the other day, but not the 91% that I usually get. Now I just need antibacterial hand soap refills.
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 10:40 pm    Post subject:

I bought a Lenovo desktop online from Costco.com. They sent a higher spec version (which was listed as out of stock) for the same price, so win-win .
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PostPosted: Tue May 12, 2020 10:44 pm    Post subject:

Costco.com 2 day deliveries took 3 weeks when I received my items last month.

Today Costco claim 4 days.

Frito Lay is selling direct to consumers at snacks.com

Ordered Sunday night, they said it would take 2-3 days. Normal retail prices with free delivery. $15 minimum.

Sister brands available at pantryshop.com

These two owned by Pepsico. Ironically no Pepsi Cola available.

Economics don't work to ship soda with free delivery I guess.

They are selling gatorade though.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 9:33 am    Post subject:

Wvc0925 wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
AD23 wrote:
Wvc0925 wrote:
I can never seem to find lysol spray or rubbing alcohol


Supply Chain issue for these products. Probably won't be back to "normal" until July/August.



Rubbing alcohol in stock at Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/2-Pack.../706238851

Bears reminding to not be a lil punk ass and order more than you need. (Not you directly but in general for anyone).


Got a few bottles at Target the other day, but not the 91% that I usually get. Now I just need antibacterial hand soap refills.


Found some Amazon brand on Pantry last night. Just checked and they're already out. Hasn't shipped yet so keeping fingers crossed I don't get the cancelled order email.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 9:52 am    Post subject:

CandyCanes wrote:
venturalakersfan wrote:
I worked a household hazardous waste collection Friday and someone brought in 2 gallons of hand sanitizer. That will come in handy around the office.


Why did they throw away the sanitizer?


Who knows?
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2020 9:53 am    Post subject:

Wvc0925 wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
AD23 wrote:
Wvc0925 wrote:
I can never seem to find lysol spray or rubbing alcohol


Supply Chain issue for these products. Probably won't be back to "normal" until July/August.



Rubbing alcohol in stock at Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/2-Pack.../706238851

Bears reminding to not be a lil punk ass and order more than you need. (Not you directly but in general for anyone).


Got a few bottles at Target the other day, but not the 91% that I usually get. Now I just need antibacterial hand soap refills.


I have my still in the garage, alcohol will never be a problem.
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 2:50 pm    Post subject:

According to r/Costco, some more items will be axed from the Costco food court menu, here’s what will likely be left:

Hot Dog
Cheese/Pepp Pizza
Chicken Bake
Vanilla Ice Cream (w/ chocolate or strawberry topping)
Fruit Smoothie
Mocha Freeze

*Link to source thread here*

It’s a shame the polish dog was removed a while back, instead of bringing it back, they’re cutting even more items. RIP combo pizza, salads, churros, hot turkey provolone, and açaí.
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 3:03 pm    Post subject:

XTC wrote:
According to r/Costco, some more items will be axed from the Costco food court menu, here’s what will likely be left:

Hot Dog
Cheese/Pepp Pizza
Chicken Bake
Vanilla Ice Cream (w/ chocolate or strawberry topping)
Fruit Smoothie
Mocha Freeze

*Link to source thread here*

It’s a shame the polish dog was removed a while back, instead of bringing it back, they’re cutting even more items. RIP combo pizza, salads, churros, hot turkey provolone, and açaí.

I'm not surprised, some of the items like the burger were never good sellers....I'm surprised the combo pizza is getting the axe though, that was a pretty popular item.
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 5:42 pm    Post subject:

Germ X sanitizer in 4oz and 2oz available at Office Depot.

https://www.officedepot.com/catalog/search.do?Ntt=sanitizer%20germ-x&cm_mmc=Affiliates-_-CJ-_-1122587-_-11272891
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PostPosted: Sun May 17, 2020 4:41 am    Post subject:

There is supposedly a chicken processing shortage and Costco Torrance is selling a box of 20 lbs of chicken quarters. This is Costco but usually 10 lbs of chicken is da max. That is a lot of freak'n chicken.

Re Costco Food Court burgers. No fries to accompany the burger makes it kinda pointless.

Cali regulations killing self serve soda fountains is really gonna make Costco Food more of a PITA.
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PostPosted: Tue May 19, 2020 8:39 am    Post subject:

Still waiting outside to get in for 10-15 minutes or so. The lines at the registers go very quickly though and are usually 1 or 2 people deep.

The stock has been fine. I haven't tried to purchase cleaning products though. Just the essentials like food and alcohol.
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