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Hi All I was just wondering how much truth was in this E-mail, I got from Costco Meat Manager? Please let me know your thoughts and comments..I think it is a bunch of BS.
Thanks DanB

Our warehouses carry a totally different line than our business centers. Our Hackensack unit was a business center, where they carry different SKU's and cuts and primarily focus on businesses (Restaurants, etc) and typically carry more food SKU's than an average Costco. At a non business center, we carry a larger variety of non foods and other departments that the business center did not have.
 
I've seen it to be true at my local business center vs. regular Costco.
 
RacrX said:
I've seen it to be true at my local business center vs. regular Costco.
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Hi Please explain. OK all of those buying Costco packers are only able to buy them at a Costco Business Center..That is really hard to believe?
Thanks DanB
 
The business centers carry different products than the regular warehouses. You will find larger quantities and whole subprimals at the business centers.
 
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sudsandswine said:
The business centers carry different products than the regular warehouses. You will find larger quantities and whole subprimals at the business centers.
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Hi OK all of those buying Costco packers are only able to buy them at a Costco Business Center..That is really hard to believe?
Any one buy packers from NON Costco Business Centers??
Thanks DanB
 
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I have never been to a costco business center and I get packers there all the time. Usually prime but, whatever looks best
 
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Hi All According to this there are only 17 Costco BUsiness Centers. So it is hard to believe that all the post I've read , that packers were only for sale in their Business Centers

Here are some replies I am getting
My Costco isn't a business center and I get brisket there all the time

The Costco I go to is a regular Costco. Get prime or choice anything.

Costco Business Center, a branch of the warehouse giant tailored to small businesses, is open to all paying Costco members. There are only 17 of them in the United States, and nearly 70% of the products they sell can't be found in a traditional Costco, according to the Star Tribune.Jul 7, 2018
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I have tons of friends that work at Sam's/Walmart corporate. Here is how these things work. A company like Costco TELLS the distributor what they want and what they will pay. The distributor then makes that happen. If they can't, then Costco/Sams/Walmart find someone who can. That is why one week you have Smithfield ribs and the next week you have IBP. I would trust what he says, but just know...all they are doing is getting the best quality they can for whatever corporate will let them pay.

I am sure there are some people that will "know more" than me and say this is absurd. Those people are wrong. I actually had dinner with the national account manager for Sam's/Smithfield (think back to the "Smithfield Reserve Line") and they could not stay in Sam's because they could no longer meat the price point/quality.

The good news is, they have a high quality standard. The bad news is, no matter what the lowest bidder that can meet that standard gets the business.
 
DanB said:
Hi All I was just wondering how much truth was in this E-mail, I got from Costco Meat Manager? Please let me know your thoughts and comments..I think it is a bunch of BS.
Thanks DanB

Our warehouses carry a totally different line than our business centers. Our Hackensack unit was a business center, where they carry different SKU's and cuts and primarily focus on businesses (Restaurants, etc) and typically carry more food SKU's than an average Costco. At a non business center, we carry a larger variety of non foods and other departments that the business center did not have.
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What you are saying, in regards to Costco Business Center vs. traditional Costo is not reflected in this post. Do you have additional information from them?
 
pharp said:
What you are saying, in regards to Costco Business Center vs. traditional Costo is not reflected in this post. Do you have additional information from them?
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Hi So What you are saying that it is case of hit or miss.My Costco Business Center always had the same brand for their briskest & ribs.
Thanks DanB
 
You can buy packers at non-business centers, I've only seen prime briskets at my regular costco but I can get commodity choice at the business center. A lot of other cuts of meat there as well that I don't see at the regular costco.
 
DanB said:
Hi So What you are saying that it is case of hit or miss.My Costco Business Center always had the same brand for their briskest & ribs.
Thanks DanB
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Sure. The business centers might have a national contract (All locations will stock this SKU). Hence the consistency. These warehouse stores have more consolidated buying power than anyone else...they make the rules.
 
I've seen pics of east coast/west coast Costco Business Centers that blew me away.

The Chicago business center was a huge disappointment when I visited last year. Some different cuts from the normal stores, but mostly low level choice and select grade. No prime grade at all. A complete waste of a day for me.
 
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pharp said:
Sure. The business centers might have a national contract (All locations will stock this SKU). Hence the consistency. These warehouse stores have more consolidated buying power than anyone else...they make the rules.
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Their rules suck as far as I'm concerned..I was getting prime briskets,beef ribs at the business center.
Thanks DanB
 
DanB said:
Their rules suck as far as I'm concerned..I was getting prime briskets,beef ribs at the business center.
Thanks DanB
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I agree...I bought all my pork and ribs from Sam's in 2018. Then they stopped having it....I asked the butcher, and the manager, and the Smithfield rep...finally figured all this out...and to save you the time....they could not care less about your opinion....I spent almost $5k at the store that this discovery occurred at...that figure did not even register with them...haven't had a consistent pork/rib supply since then.
 
pharp said:
I agree...I bought all my pork and ribs from Sam's in 2018. Then they stopped having it....I asked the butcher, and the manager, and the Smithfield rep...finally figured all this out...and to save you the time....they could not care less about your opinion....I spent almost $5k at the store that this discovery occurred at...that figure did not even register with them...haven't had a consistent pork/rib supply since then.
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Hi Well if that is the case I'll just take my business elsewhere. I got spoiled getting prime briskets at the business center for 3.49lb.
Thanks DanB
 
Hi All I guess this thread has reached the end of the line?
Thanks for your replies
DanB
 
Hi . Thanks to the Costco district meat manager and his great communications with me.All I was able to purchase Prime briskets @ Regular Costco but it was a drive/trip for me
DanB
Meat managers reply @ a regular Costco
Our warehouses carry a totally different line than our business centers. Our Hackensack unit was a business center, where they carry different SKU's and cuts and primarily focus on businesses (Restaurants, etc) and typically carry more food SKU's than an average Costco. At a non business center, we carry a larger variety of non foods and other departments that the business center did not have.
Totaly false. The average Costco's carry way more food products then what the business center had.
 
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DanB said:
Hi . Thanks to the Costco district meat manager and his great communications with me.All I was able to purchase Prime briskets @ Regular Costco but it was a drive/trip for me
DanB
Meat managers reply @ a regular Costco
Our warehouses carry a totally different line than our business centers. Our Hackensack unit was a business center, where they carry different SKU's and cuts and primarily focus on businesses (Restaurants, etc) and typically carry more food SKU's than an average Costco. At a non business center, we carry a larger variety of non foods and other departments that the business center did not have.
Totaly false. The average Costco's carry way more food products then what the business center had.
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Sorry, but I have to chime in here.
Dan, have you been to both? As far as regular coscto carrying way more food, maybe for the average person, but remember that the business center is for small stores and restaurants. The center of section of the business center is mostly food, where the center section of a normal Costco is clothes, housewares, seasonal stuff. As far as the meat, yes it’s different. I have been able to buy more sub primals at the business center, but that doesn’t mean it’s not available at the normal Costco if you ask.. also remember a normal Costco has a pharmacy, vitamin and drug section as well as eye section, where the business center has bulk food. So the statement he made is probably technically true.. as a regular Costco has less non food items.
 
Bbq_lover said:
Sorry, but I have to chime in here.
Dan, have you been to both? As far as regular coscto carrying way more food, maybe for the average person, but remember that the business center is for small stores and restaurants. The center of section of the business center is mostly food, where the center section of a normal Costco is clothes, housewares, seasonal stuff. As far as the meat, yes it’s different. I have been able to buy more sub primals at the business center, but that doesn’t mean it’s not available at the normal Costco if you ask.. also remember a normal Costco has a pharmacy, vitamin and drug section as well as eye section, where the business center has bulk food. So the statement he made is probably technically true.. as a regular Costco has less non food items.
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Hi I've been to both Costcos.The Business didn't even have a butcher,the normal one had much more meat products,just like to you see in your local supermarkets.

Business center 1 steak to a package it came in that way.
DanB
 
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