Image via WikipediaI dashed into Costco in Hackensack today for a few things, including organic spring mix and tomatoes.
I also wanted a pound of Boskovich Farms organic spinach, but I could see many brown leaves in the two or three packages I picked up in the cold room. I passed.
The Earthbound Farm organic spring mix had a use-by date of May 4, so I took a one-pound package for $4.79.
The sign over the Sunset-brand Camapari tomatoes said the 2-pound package had jumped by 50 cents, to $5.99, but the first two packages I picked up showed rotting or a split skin.
At checkout, the package of flawless orbs I chose rang up at the old price.
Recently, I bought two 1-pound packages of the same tomatoes at Fairway Market in Paramus for $5, saving a half-dollar. My wife complained they weren't as sweet as the ones from Costco.
I still haven't finished the three, large hothouse cucumbers I bought at Costco early last week.
Parts were bitter or discolored, but I didn't have the energy to take them back and wait in line for a refund.
Parts were bitter or discolored, but I didn't have the energy to take them back and wait in line for a refund.
