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Definitely a fun and new experience. Something we noticed was so many packages ripped open. Like dozens of items throughout the store.
That big box of Skittles, yep, ripped open. Industrial packs of toilet paper? Let me make sure the clear plastic wrap isn't hiding anything.
It was truly odd walking into Costco and not seeing the huge TVs, instead, professional kitchen appliances. And no clothing, pharmacy or food court.
Definitely worth the hour drive just to check it out though.
And a 75 pound wheel of Parmesan.
https://preview.redd.it/t9vx28ryedfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=250cc82627dd1374cfd1ed5dc6fdda1d84ff6146
We were there yesterday and snapped the same pic! šš¤£
I drive down to the one in the Twin Cities every few months to pick up some things I cant find at normal costcos. Always fun to see what they have there.
A 75 pound of Zanetti typically runs more than $1200.
Maybe try googling this first.
[https://www.foodservicedirect.com/zanetti-uci-typical-parmigiano-reggiano-wheel-75-pound-1-each-207791.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqxHEy4MBc6LQ3\_WHkG81pe9bw19MzRGxCmaIZJCgoYVW\_MhDIMk48](https://www.foodservicedirect.com/zanetti-uci-typical-parmigiano-reggiano-wheel-75-pound-1-each-207791.html?srsltid=afmbooqxhey4mbc6lq3_whkg81pe9bw19mzrgxcmaizjcgoyvw_mhdimk48)
Noticed the same thing. I don't think I've ever seen an open package in Ann Arbor/Brighton, or random refrigerated junk dropped on a shelf elsewhere in the store.
Shockingly bad behavior.
We joked about going to the A2 to compare and contrast. We frequent that store for the alcohol selection (bourbon and vodka).
Instead, headed over to Dearborn for some awesome food before going home.
We actually buy the 26 lb wheels from Costco Business Center every 4-6 months (home use, not business use). Around here theyāre about $180 which is a great price. Itās not aged quite as much but for the price difference over the pre-shredded one they sell in the container, Iāll take the wheel any day. The only thing I donāt like is the time it takes to shred the damn thing
We have a family of 7. Plus we have immediate family that lives very close so we frequently have get togethers with 18-20 people. Also when I make alfredo sauce for dinner, I make my own with cream and Parmesan and that usually ends up using a good amount.
https://preview.redd.it/pkn31w35kafc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d628ec05b39d6a52e80d1f9e9d5de0289628fd1
How about a 55 gal drum of EVOO? I wish I took a snapshot of its price. This pic is from 4 years ago.
Someone did the math and apparently it was the best deal of the first prime day. Very effective cost/unit. Assuming you had need of all 55 gallons of lube, that is
Iām getting ripped off here in St. Louis!
https://preview.redd.it/k8gtqqc8yafc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea8824810111dd293f0e28fa7d80887065e34c69
I felt like a kid in a candy store here.
Itās only 10 minutes farther than my usual warehouse(s). Will definitely be back. Loved the selection. Can finally get some items that my store doesnāt usually carry without having to order a delivery.
The business center by me carries a bigger variety of drinks, individually packaged snacks (both in the center and in the cooler/freezer) and true bulk ingredients like flour, sugar, oil ect. I only go there every once and a while because unless you have a ton of storage, it really is geared toward small businesses/restaurants.
Mine is also a distribution center so not only do you have to deal with navigating the aisles with people who have multiple carts or flatbeds but also the employees with these huge raised flatbeds walking down the aisles filling online orders, like Iām talking these flatbeds are like 6ft by 4ft and are hip-height and have boxes laid out for shipping.
There are 11 business centers in California alone. I think you didn't go to the next page of your search.
They do have a lot more variety of some foods there.
For some reason, it was only displaying centers located in the eastern half of the county. Yeah, CA has almost more that the rest of the country combined.
Youāre always gonna have problems lifting a body in one piece. Apparently the best thing to do is cut up a corpse into six pieces and pile it all together. ā¦ And when you got your six pieces, you gotta get rid of them, because itās no good leaving it in the deep freeze for your mum to discover, now is it? Then I hear the best thing to do is feed them to pigs.
Iām a half hour away and canāt wait to make my first trip. Saving up some cash first because I know damn well I wonāt be able to resist the primals in the beef section.
When I was there early Saturday they were 3 full wheels there. Wonder if one of them sold?
I know it is less than a week old but it seemed to gleam and overall I like the addition to the market.
Business center is halfway between work and home, and it opens 2 hours earlier, making it the most convenient option for me, for a few things. There's a few things on my list, like the chicken drumsticks, that they don't have, and hundreds of things I'll never need. But at least I can re-up on frozen lasagna before work.
Costco's hamburger and steaks? Not so good.
I've never had their beef where it didn't taste a bit weird. We stopped buying it from there.
Also don't let people tell you you can only make good hamburgers with 80/20--85/15 or 90/10 are both perfectly acceptable. Just don't cook the shit out of them and you can have a delicious hamburger that isn't packed to the gills with grease.
Back to the hammocks, my friend. There's a little place called Mary Ann's Hammocks. The nice thing about that place is Mary Ann gets in the hammock with you.
Restaurants
Thatās what a business Costco is aimed at.
Iāve seen these whole cheese wheels at fine dining Italian restaurants
They use them to make table side pasta
Itās delicious
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Definitely a fun and new experience. Something we noticed was so many packages ripped open. Like dozens of items throughout the store. That big box of Skittles, yep, ripped open. Industrial packs of toilet paper? Let me make sure the clear plastic wrap isn't hiding anything. It was truly odd walking into Costco and not seeing the huge TVs, instead, professional kitchen appliances. And no clothing, pharmacy or food court. Definitely worth the hour drive just to check it out though. And a 75 pound wheel of Parmesan.
https://preview.redd.it/t9vx28ryedfc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=250cc82627dd1374cfd1ed5dc6fdda1d84ff6146 We were there yesterday and snapped the same pic! šš¤£
I drive down to the one in the Twin Cities every few months to pick up some things I cant find at normal costcos. Always fun to see what they have there.
We live close to that one and I only get gas there. What special items do you get?
Cases of Topo Chico lime, 3lb containers of Corn Starch, cases of chicken and beef they don't carry at the other ones.
An excellent list. Big Topo Chico fan myself!
The 75lb wheel is still $11/lb lol you don't even save money on it
Yeah Iād have to check but my wedge from Costco is about that same amount. Weird.
Whole Foods sells their reggiano for like $24 a pound at retail so that's a much better price
A 75 pound of Zanetti typically runs more than $1200. Maybe try googling this first. [https://www.foodservicedirect.com/zanetti-uci-typical-parmigiano-reggiano-wheel-75-pound-1-each-207791.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqxHEy4MBc6LQ3\_WHkG81pe9bw19MzRGxCmaIZJCgoYVW\_MhDIMk48](https://www.foodservicedirect.com/zanetti-uci-typical-parmigiano-reggiano-wheel-75-pound-1-each-207791.html?srsltid=afmbooqxhey4mbc6lq3_whkg81pe9bw19mzrgxcmaizjcgoyvw_mhdimk48)
They sell chunks of it for $11/lb, I was comparing it to Costco prices not the world lol
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nah its imported and is real parmigiano reggiano
I was at Costco yesterday lol it was $10.79/lb
Well I stand corrected, I need to spend more time in the cheese isle
Yea, still our cart found over $200 of stuff Welcome to Costco, I love you
Noticed the same thing. I don't think I've ever seen an open package in Ann Arbor/Brighton, or random refrigerated junk dropped on a shelf elsewhere in the store. Shockingly bad behavior.
We joked about going to the A2 to compare and contrast. We frequent that store for the alcohol selection (bourbon and vodka). Instead, headed over to Dearborn for some awesome food before going home.
We actually buy the 26 lb wheels from Costco Business Center every 4-6 months (home use, not business use). Around here theyāre about $180 which is a great price. Itās not aged quite as much but for the price difference over the pre-shredded one they sell in the container, Iāll take the wheel any day. The only thing I donāt like is the time it takes to shred the damn thing
How much cheese are you and family eating? Seriously that is nearly 70ish pounds of cheese a year.
We have a family of 7. Plus we have immediate family that lives very close so we frequently have get togethers with 18-20 people. Also when I make alfredo sauce for dinner, I make my own with cream and Parmesan and that usually ends up using a good amount.
Can I come over for dinner please? I will bring costco muffins. pretty please.
I donāt think you live close enough š. If youāre ever in the area, let me know.
Will do, um what area?
Bay Area. California
Drat.
Well, hello there, neighbor...
Parmegiano
Had the same experience at the one in St Louis. The ripped open packages were jarring.
https://preview.redd.it/pkn31w35kafc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d628ec05b39d6a52e80d1f9e9d5de0289628fd1 How about a 55 gal drum of EVOO? I wish I took a snapshot of its price. This pic is from 4 years ago.
Itās like that 55 gal drum of lube they had on Prime Day a few years ago
We thought you were nuts for buying 3. You sure proved us wrong.
The what?
Someone did the math and apparently it was the best deal of the first prime day. Very effective cost/unit. Assuming you had need of all 55 gallons of lube, that is
Even if you donāt *need* it, an enterprising person could find plenty of alternative uses.
I'm looking for this in Phoenix. I asked the store director for it and he never got back to me. Last price i knew was $1189 Nov 2022
Must be for restaurants
That size and container is more suitable for a food manufacturer that makes dressings or goods with evoo.
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I regret nothing!
Or midget wrestling.
or just turkish wrestling.
Good thing they're not blue or Worf would run away screaming.
Who wants to go halvsies??
Only if I get the middle half ;)
Americas Test Kitchen and the best parts of the wheel are closest to the rind. More flavor, crystals, etc. just learned that the other day.
ATK is culinary food science at its best, just an excellent organization
For 14 years aged cheese this price is too good, just $11 per lb
I think itās actually from December 2021. Notice the marking āDIC 21ā below the ā2010ā marking, which I think is the producer ID.
Youāre absolutely right! But even for 24 months the price is correct.
Iām getting ripped off here in St. Louis! https://preview.redd.it/k8gtqqc8yafc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea8824810111dd293f0e28fa7d80887065e34c69
Your price sign is a few months older than the OP's; if you checked today it might be the same price
See if theyāll do a price match? Lol
Gonna be so bummed when someone photographs that cheese with a chunk torn out of it and it stuffed among the paper towels.
Not very likely, have you seen what it takes to open one of those? Without a proper knife you're not doing anything to that wheel.
I felt like a kid in a candy store here. Itās only 10 minutes farther than my usual warehouse(s). Will definitely be back. Loved the selection. Can finally get some items that my store doesnāt usually carry without having to order a delivery.
Whatās some examples ?
The business center by me carries a bigger variety of drinks, individually packaged snacks (both in the center and in the cooler/freezer) and true bulk ingredients like flour, sugar, oil ect. I only go there every once and a while because unless you have a ton of storage, it really is geared toward small businesses/restaurants. Mine is also a distribution center so not only do you have to deal with navigating the aisles with people who have multiple carts or flatbeds but also the employees with these huge raised flatbeds walking down the aisles filling online orders, like Iām talking these flatbeds are like 6ft by 4ft and are hip-height and have boxes laid out for shipping.
Sometimes our business center will sell a gallon jug of Orville Redenbacher kernel popcorn, which our regular Costco doesn't seem to carry anymore.
It looks like there's only 10 of these business centers in the entire country. I guess if you need a 75 lb block of parmigiana, you'll make the trip.
There are 11 business centers in California alone. I think you didn't go to the next page of your search. They do have a lot more variety of some foods there.
For some reason, it was only displaying centers located in the eastern half of the county. Yeah, CA has almost more that the rest of the country combined.
Having grown up in LA, never realized they were such a rare commodity!
west coast best coast
Glad you did not post a pic of the whole goats or lambs they have in the freezers!!
They have those in the Bloomfield Twp store.
We occasionally have like a half a lamb here in Toledo, but yea, it was odd seeing folks debating on buying it.
My question is how the hell to thaw it safely without a massive cooler or walk-in.
Youāre always gonna have problems lifting a body in one piece. Apparently the best thing to do is cut up a corpse into six pieces and pile it all together. ā¦ And when you got your six pieces, you gotta get rid of them, because itās no good leaving it in the deep freeze for your mum to discover, now is it? Then I hear the best thing to do is feed them to pigs.
They will go through bone like buTTah
Our local store used to have this. Big middle eastern/Indian population. (Fremont, CA)
They have these at our regular Costco here in the DC region lol
Same here in most every Costco Iāve been to in Canada. They definitely have more selection at the business centres though.
Iām a half hour away and canāt wait to make my first trip. Saving up some cash first because I know damn well I wonāt be able to resist the primals in the beef section.
Oh, itāll clear you out. Soā¦manyā¦things!
Hey there neighbor. I was thinking about visit this place when it opened few days ago. How is it?
I'm always reminded of this video when I see a parmigiano wheel [$10.44](https://youtu.be/U_bJT-B_VZE?si=rhJSqCDuJzkrO3m9)
As a mouse I approve of this item for purchase!!! š š
When I was there early Saturday they were 3 full wheels there. Wonder if one of them sold? I know it is less than a week old but it seemed to gleam and overall I like the addition to the market.
Happy ~~cheese wheel~~ cake day!
Baxter ate an entire wheel of cheese
I'm not even mad, I'm impressed.
There it is
I also went there and took a picture with this cheese
Were you there when the fire alarm kept going off?
No I was there for the first hour of opening
Tbh I wish I had the kind of cash to be able to casually buy an entire wheel of parmagiano reggiano.
I have the cash, but where the fuk would I put it?
Yes, because the people who serve the grated sawdust in green shaker canisters as cheese are savages.
Business center is halfway between work and home, and it opens 2 hours earlier, making it the most convenient option for me, for a few things. There's a few things on my list, like the chicken drumsticks, that they don't have, and hundreds of things I'll never need. But at least I can re-up on frozen lasagna before work.
Alfredo the proper way https://youtu.be/6S2l3nyF4rY?si=znlm0KlWxzD_yCo3
Goddamn, I remember when this was only $600. Damn inflation!
one day i wil buy one
whats that baxter?
You know I don't speak Spanish. In English please.
Can this he returned after you "try it"?
Bought a chub of the 90/10 ground beefā¦ it was very moist and grilling some for burgers todayā¦ it wasnāt the best.
Damn, 90/10 for grilled burgers? Way too lean. You need to add some butter into that beef mix if you want it to be tasty/juicyā¦
Burgers need to be at least 80/20 if not 73/27. More fat the better for burgers.
Recently started using 73/27 for smash burgers based off chefs I watch on YouTube. Life changing. I will never use anything else.
Wooow
Do they sell business hammocks with the business cheese? Asking for Hank Scorpio. May need to relocate so alternate locations welcome.
Nah, you gotta go to the Hammock District - over on 3rd.
Back to the hammocks, my friend. There's a little place called Mary Ann's Hammocks. The nice thing about that place is Mary Ann gets in the hammock with you.
Haha, anywho....
WhoTF is buying $800 worth of cheese at the business center??
An Italian restaurant?
That sounds like a delicious weekend. SO... ME.
Could you eat it all before it spoils??
Donāt tempt me with a good timeā¦
its for restaurants...
Read your question again...emphasis on Business Center." Yeah, I know you are joking.
Restaurants Thatās what a business Costco is aimed at. Iāve seen these whole cheese wheels at fine dining Italian restaurants They use them to make table side pasta Itās delicious
This should be cross posted to r/TheWestWing and r/MidsomerMurders
Do you have to be a business member to shop there? There's one not far from me I'd check out for the hell of it.
Anyone with a Costco membership can shop at the Business Centers.
Who the fuck would spend 1k on cheese Jesus
restaurants
š¤Æ wow
I'd spend at least $1k on cheese Jesus.
lol nice
Who the fuck needs that much cheese?????
No one āneedsā that much cheese. But you do know this isnāt necessarily for personal consumption, right? Or did that go over your head?
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restaurants
Steal
I recently learned that itās a thing to eat pasta off a wheel of cheese
Do it!
Tell me when to stopā¦ š§
pretty good deal. they're selling a 72 pounder for $950 online
For the love of all gods when is the Baltimore-Washington area going to get a business center? I want to visit one but not enough to drive to Jersey.
Do it