I had to make a quick trip to my local Costco today, and while strolling by the meat section I noticed blue styropacs of strip steaks. Sure enough, they were Prime…and they looked fantastic! Great marbling and priced at $13/lb. This is not news to many of you, but our Costco has never stocked fresh or frozen USDA Prime beef. I talked with one of the guys in the back, and he said that based on the success in other markets they have recently decided to roll out fresh Prime to ALL Costco locations. I only saw strips, but I have to think that they will increase their selection of cuts if it does well.
There was also a recent thread about VitaMix at Costco, and our store had a demonstration running with units (5200) selling for $349. She said that they were going to be there until Dec 23rd, so I’m guessing that this is also the case in other markets. That’s a pretty good price, as I believe it’s at least $50 less than what I paid for mine over a year ago.
The only reason I buy the whole loins is to be able to cut the steaks (roasts really) to thickness I want.
I tend to trim pretty aggressively so the discount tends to be a bit of a wash by the time I’m done breaking down the loins. If my family enjoyed ribeyes more, I’d love too buy a whole one so I could make a rib cap and then a bunch of steaks.
I love that Costco is selling whole prime ribeyes. The ones that they cut are ridiculously thin, maybe 3/4 of an inch. Now I can cut them to 2"+, the way they are meant to be.
They mismarked a bunch of ribeye as sirloin the other day at my Costco. I bought out the store and rolled my cart back over to pick up the vacuum sealer.
Off topic, Kent, but your avatar cracked me up. I always thought that was a really random part of the Delta safety video - it’s like she’s telling a 3 yr old he can’t have a toy.
On topic - I’ve had some gorgeous Prime steaks from my local CostCo. Sometimes you have to root around a bit, but usually there is a package or two where the marbling is pristine.