Look up "staple foods" and it will be a rare list that doesn't START with (let alone doesn't contain) rice. But that was just one example of something that Costco sold for years, and then didn't have for years. They may have it again now, but I've given up wasting time looking for it there and now buy it at an Oriental-foods market.
I don't go to Costco "first" in most cases because trips there are far less frequent than regular grocery-store trips. I keep a separate shopping list for Costco, which includes the core items I've been buying there for years. When the list gets long enough, I make a special trip to Costco to restock. That's why it's infuriating to find that a bunch of the items have suddenly disappeared.
I will say that what remains on my list has been pretty steadily available for some time now, with occasional outages. There are quite a few Kirkland products on there. Their peanuts (in the white-labeled metal cylinder) are outstanding, for example.
I don't go to Costco "first" in most cases because trips there are far less frequent than regular grocery-store trips. I keep a separate shopping list for Costco, which includes the core items I've been buying there for years. When the list gets long enough, I make a special trip to Costco to restock. That's why it's infuriating to find that a bunch of the items have suddenly disappeared.
I will say that what remains on my list has been pretty steadily available for some time now, with occasional outages. There are quite a few Kirkland products on there. Their peanuts (in the white-labeled metal cylinder) are outstanding, for example.