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ed
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 3:07 am Post subject: did costco buy the kirkland company? |
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It seems most every time we go to costco more and more of our favourite products are gone and replaced by kirkland crap.
Is it that way at every branch or just yangjae? |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 3:41 am Post subject: |
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| Kirkland is Costco's house brand. |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:28 am Post subject: Re: did costco buy the kirkland company? |
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| ed wrote: |
It seems most every time we go to costco more and more of our favourite products are gone and replaced by kirkland crap.
Is it that way at every branch or just yangjae? |
What has been "replaced"? Kirkland has been in Costcos worldwide since before any stores opened in Korea. |
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globusmonkey
Joined: 19 Aug 2011
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| Kirkland is a suburb of Seattle, and is Costco's home base. Like the other posters said, it's their generic name. Try the Kirkland Red Vines if you can find them - so much better than Twizzlers! |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:53 am Post subject: Re: did costco buy the kirkland company? |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
| ed wrote: |
It seems most every time we go to costco more and more of our favourite products are gone and replaced by kirkland crap.
Is it that way at every branch or just yangjae? |
What has been "replaced"? Kirkland has been in Costcos worldwide since before any stores opened in Korea. |
sojusucks, I've missed your food posts. Speaking of food, the Lotte Hotel Christmas buffet was out of sight. Except for the French restaurant at Lotte, it was the best food I've ever had in Korea. |
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ed
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject: well |
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| we would always buy folgers coffee and bounce and a few other things....sigh |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: well |
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| ed wrote: |
| we would always buy folgers coffee and bounce and a few other things....sigh |
Im happy that they replaced Bounce drier sheets with the Kirkland brand. About half the price for essentially the same thing. |
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tatertot
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm shocked that anybody doesn't like Kirkland brand. Costco doesn't actually make the stuff. They buy it from other companies and basically put the Kirkland logo on it. For instance, the 6-pack of undershirts are actually Hanes, I think. They also sell a 24-pack with four different kinds of beer in it, and those are obviously made by some brewery. The Kirkland brand products are usually really high quality products at low prices. I only buy Kirkland brand contact lens solution, because you can get 3 16 ounce containers for about $7.50. |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| Kraft Dinner > Kirkland's Gritty Cheese Surprise |
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:59 am Post subject: |
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| Kirkland Bacon pwns the overpriced, sad excuse for bacon I've seen at Emart every day of the week and twice on Sundays. I only buy bacon at Costco and freeze. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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| motiontodismiss wrote: |
| Kirkland Bacon pwns the overpriced, sad excuse for bacon I've seen at Emart every day of the week and twice on Sundays. I only buy bacon at Costco and freeze. |
Yeah. I find the Kirkland brand stuff to be superior to any Korean brand western-style product......which isn't hard I suppose..... |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:27 am Post subject: |
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| tatertot wrote: |
| I'm shocked that anybody doesn't like Kirkland brand. Costco doesn't actually make the stuff. They buy it from other companies and basically put the Kirkland logo on it. For instance, the 6-pack of undershirts are actually Hanes, I think. They also sell a 24-pack with four different kinds of beer in it, and those are obviously made by some brewery. The Kirkland brand products are usually really high quality products at low prices. I only buy Kirkland brand contact lens solution, because you can get 3 16 ounce containers for about $7.50. |
Yes, the Kirkland products are made by the same guys who produce top brand name products. In Korea, they'll actually list the names of the manufacturers on the labels (in Korean, of course). For example, the Kirkland Omega-3 gelcaps are made by Weider. |
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CPT
Joined: 25 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| northway wrote: |
| Kraft Dinner > Kirkland's Gritty Cheese Surprise |
lol, so true |
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Greekfreak
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Not sure about other locations, but the "kirkland" beef patties, though inferior to ones I make, got replaced by some Korean brand and are now thoroughly awful, so we stopped getting them, but the meats at Costco have always been top-shelf, especially the beef cuts. The ribeye is better than anything you'll buy at a "family" restaurant. |
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