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Cheap macaroons!!!!   Online (and on the label of the can I bought) I see all sorts of flavors listed that I can't find in the chain stores....chocolate hazelnut, pistachio orange, cold brew Earl Grey tea (?)....I need to check out some of the independent grocers to see if they stock any of the unique flavors... Matzos are cheap this time of year, too. Yes, I'm one of those odd folks who actually likes matzos....last year I picked up a couple of different kinds to try when Costco did the post-Passover price cut.
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I bought a five x one pound box of matzo last year. We only ate one of the one pound boxes. I'm going to finish it off this year. I never see leftover matzo in the stores... not like halloween candy. I saw no matzo at Costco. I don't think I ever have.
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Costco tends to tailor their food selection by area. There are a lot of people from India and Pakistan who live in Schaumburg, a suburb that's a 15 minute drive from my Mount Prospect store. The Costco in Schaumburg has a lot of Indian food items that I don't see at MP. The only store where I had previously seen matzos is located in an area where a lot of Jewish people live; I occasionally go up there if I'm looking for kosher goodies. Last year was the first time matzos showed up at my Costco. Apparently not a strong seller because there were a ton of them left, so I picked them up for next to nothing when they did a post-Passover price reduction. They had these really cool hand baked round ones that are like 16 inches in diameter. Delicious with chopped liver.... 
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There's a pretty significant Jewish population in the inner eastern suburbs of Seattle. I guess Costco has not gotten the memo, even though corporate headquarters is in the eastern suburbs of Seattle. The HQ is in Issaquah. Someone decided that would not be a catchy name for the house brand. So, they picked the name of the suburb to the north and west of Issaquah: Kirkland. Oddly, the Kirkland store has jars of really really good bleu cheese dressing, but the Issaquah store does not carry them. I never understood why.
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Indeed it does. Of the two Costco warehouses near me, one I can consistently find Korean roasted seaweed but not precooked lamb shanks, the other I can consistently find precooked lamb shanks but not Korean roasted seaweed. 
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Another mystery is that at some stores the cucumbers are in the cold produce section and in some they are out on the main floor.
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