Location: Burnaby (Willingdon), BC Costco Warehouse
Hi Everyone!
I’d like to give a big shout out to Garnier for sponsoring this week’s post! It is with this company’s support that I can continue to offer great content and help to grow and improve the blog! This week’s sponsor is Garnier SkinActive BB Cream 5-in-1 Miracle Skin Perfector.
Please help support Garnier by picking up this great new product on your next shopping trip! The COVID-19 vaccination numbers look promising and things will start opening back up soon. Garnier SkinActive BB Cream 5-in-1 Miracle Skin Perfector will help you skin look radiant when you finally get to see people in person again!
Garnier has provided (3) $50 Costco Cash Cards to for us to giveaway! CLICK ON THE REVIEW BELOW to find out how easy it is to enter!
Make sure to check out the new and improved review here:
Some people have noticed that the blog has been slow to load or inaccessible on Tuesday Mornings. As a result, on Friday, we added another server to make sure that everyone can access the blog, even during peak times! For those curious, that makes eight load balanced servers running to make sure everyone gets their deals on Tuesday morning.
Product Search Update!
So it has taken quite a bit of back-end work on the blog, but we finally have a working product search. We are still working on the layout and the data entry, but this tool will allow you to look a the price sale history of your favorite product.
To try out the search just click on the search icon at the blue bar at the top of the page or using the search field in the main menu! We are making great progress! So far, we have entered 19,000 photos and we have about 47,000 photos left. We now have a full year of products and prices in the database! In the end the database will go back to 2014. Hopefully, this tool will make finding and anticipating product sales easy for everyone.
1,000 Costco Fan Blog Posts!
I’ve been watching this number creep up for a while, but next Monday will make 1,000 Costco Fan Blog Posts. I never thought I would still be doing this when I started over 10 years ago, but here I am! I’ll be celebrating with a great contest next Monday so stay tuned and thank you for coming back every week to check out the deals.
Thank you for the hard work you put into this site. Really appreciate it.
Lakanto Sweetener (Mon Fruit Blend) is discontinued at Langley Costco. Would that mean it’s discontinued at all the Costco’s in the area. Thank you.
Hi,
Thank you for all your hard work! I can’t believe the audacity of the people that complain about the smallest errors! They should try doing this, even one time.
Just my 2 cents worth…I am not sure of the value of entering items into your search system from longer than 3 years past. Prices go up, stock changes constantly, seasonal items are brought in once never to be seen again. The work to create 7 years worth of data is staggering. I think 2 complete years is more than adequate for any search database.
Hi there I am looking for a product that I purchased last summer it’s a three pack of clear bins I will send you the picture below I don’t know how much I paid for it I want to know how much it would have costed maybe last year and if they will bring it back this year because I need to do more reorganizing in the garage and those are the only ones I stack on top of each other if you could find out for me that would be so great I’ve tried to call Costco’s hotline and they say the item has been deleted in their fall but then it sometimes does come back so I don’t believe them. The item number is #706493. 3 pack stackable clear bins with black handles. 42 litres
Poor Mohammed,
Voiced an opinion and everyone jumped all over him. Learn to let it go folks, Mo will figure it out without your rude input.
My suggestion is to moderate/remove these negative comments as it makes the blog look bad, especially in light of your posts being sponsored.
I feel sickened by the harshness of some of the comments from your readers. Personally, I feel being magnanimous in a business setting brings better results than being a stickler for the rules. Read what you will into that.
I agree with grandgenius … mohammed voiced an opinion and many jumped all over him, being fairly rude to him, instead of nicely explaining another side of it to him.
And grandgenius also provides some good advice to the blog owner.
I didn’t feel that the responses to Mohammed were overly harsh. Certainly people were annoyed by what he said but I didn’t see anything that I felt was out of line and I certainly didn’t see anything worthy of censorship. I’ve seen far far worse things said on other sites I follow. This is a comment section and I don’t believe it exists solely so people can post only happy thoughts.
The last time Coke was on sale (according to the search tool) was December. It looks like it is due for a sale soon! https://cocowest.ca/?s=Coke+classic
Thank you so much, as always. I am wondering, did Costco extend the sale prices for the executive member items? It seems the expiry date on the sale has passed.
As always, thank you. I am sure I have saved hundreds of dollars thanks to you. A question though, I notice that you include some regularly priced items in your discounted list of items. For example, the Kirkland protein bars are $24.79.. I believe that is the regular price. I had bought them on sale (thanks to your listing) a few weeks ago for less than $20. There are other examples, why do you include non-sale items? Thanks!
On Mondays, I take photos of all of the sale items (when there is an endgame savings) clearance items (prices ending in .97) and any new items that I have not noticed in store before. Sometimes, I will include items that I know sell out quickly… like the pelican kids kayaks or bicycles.
Hi There,
Does anyone have the prices of the sandwich trays/meat cheese/ veggie platter trays? I thought there was a post awhile back about this, but can’t seem to find it.
Thanks!
Mel
Since this is Tuesday, I think that this post should be visible to everyone and we should not have to wait until Wednesday morning to view the post, just because of the long weekend.
Thank you for your feedback! I understand how you feel, but looking at it from the other side, I don’t think releasing the post early would be fair to the paying members.
I’m not commenting to complain as I don’t have any issues waiting for the next day as being on disability means I don’t have much to spend on “wants”; however, I was surprised to get the email “Costco West Fan Blog Costco Flyer & Costco Sale Items for May 25-30, 2021, for BC, AB, SK, MB” today being yesterday was a holiday. So maybe that’s why the original commenter was upset? I almost got excited that I could plan and go to today (dogs are out of their nite-nite cookies )! I totally understand that I don’t pay for the privilege of early access so I can’t expect it, but I didn’t expect the email reminder today either. So maybe that’s just a little tweak the website needs?
Hi Karen, Sorry about the E-mail this morning. I was a little overbooked today with dentist appointments for the kids and an appointment to give blood that I forgot about. I was trying to get a head start by pre-writing some of the post and I must have hit “publish” by mistake, which triggered an early morning E-mail. Sorry about the confusion. The regular E-mail will come out on Wednesday morning.
No need to be sorry! I was just commenting on the post with an alternative theory rather than be a Negative Nancy and jumping all over Muhammad. I appreciate what you do!
Another thing tho, I can’t reply using the Chrome browser on my iPhone. It’s my default browser but I have to copy the link and use safari, as when I hit submitq it tells me that I didn’t answer the reCAPTCHA correctly. There isn’t one to answer on both Chrome and Safari but the latter will still post, unlike Chrome.
Muhammad – you are not owed this post. If you don’t want to pay, you can wait or go look for yourself.
Tsk tsk Muhammad. No appreciation whatsoever that you get to use this service for FREE. Stop acting so entitled, if you’re not paying for this service you can wait like everyone else. Just be glad a website like this even exists to help make your Costco trips that much easier while saving you money. Thank you Mr West for your continued hard work. You shouldn’t even reply to people that inconsiderate. By the way how’s Boots! Haven’t seen him in a while.
Muhammad nothing in this world is free and your demand to be given the same entitlement as those who pay for this service is appalling. The paying members of this site are how the site owner is compensated for the enormous amount of work and time he puts into it. Ask yourself – what makes you equally entitled to the same early access as those who spend their hard earned money for such service. The fact that access to this site is free at all is a privilege, not a right. Your attitude is what is SO incredibly wrong with society!
CocoWest keep up the excellent work! The majority of us who visit your site are highly grateful and appreciative of all your hard work!
muhammad, I don’t always go on mondays to shop. I am normally very frugal, But I pay for membership to thank him for the hours he spends to provide this service to everyone!
So if I go on a Tuesday I get notified same day as those who don’t pay for membership.
I love that I can just go to the site and screenshot everything I need and it saves me lots of time. I also realize what products I can price match ahead of time.
It think it’s well for $30 which is $2.50 a month which is a little more than $0.10 a day.
Thanks
Has anyone seen the Tommy Bahama beach chairs yet?
They’ve been and gone.
Thank you for the hard work you put into this site. Really appreciate it.
Lakanto Sweetener (Mon Fruit Blend) is discontinued at Langley Costco. Would that mean it’s discontinued at all the Costco’s in the area. Thank you.
Hi,
Thank you for all your hard work! I can’t believe the audacity of the people that complain about the smallest errors! They should try doing this, even one time.
Just my 2 cents worth…I am not sure of the value of entering items into your search system from longer than 3 years past. Prices go up, stock changes constantly, seasonal items are brought in once never to be seen again. The work to create 7 years worth of data is staggering. I think 2 complete years is more than adequate for any search database.
Hi there I am looking for a product that I purchased last summer it’s a three pack of clear bins I will send you the picture below I don’t know how much I paid for it I want to know how much it would have costed maybe last year and if they will bring it back this year because I need to do more reorganizing in the garage and those are the only ones I stack on top of each other if you could find out for me that would be so great I’ve tried to call Costco’s hotline and they say the item has been deleted in their fall but then it sometimes does come back so I don’t believe them. The item number is #706493. 3 pack stackable clear bins with black handles. 42 litres
Went to get the Lifetime Picnic table you have showing for 40$ off. And you posted an old picture… it’s not on sale, the sale expired on May 16th.
1902245 LIFETIME PICNIC TABLE ($40.00 INSTANT SAVINGS EXPIRES ON 2021-05-16) $189.99
Please remove that from your list as others will go there thinking it’s on sale when it’s not.
Sorry about that. I thought I had deleted all the Executive Coupons, but I missed that one.
was just at Costco downtown
found a couple of things on sale that weren’t in your post
– Becel $11.49-$2.50
– Softsoap $11.69-$3.00
Poor Mohammed,
Voiced an opinion and everyone jumped all over him. Learn to let it go folks, Mo will figure it out without your rude input.
My suggestion is to moderate/remove these negative comments as it makes the blog look bad, especially in light of your posts being sponsored.
I feel sickened by the harshness of some of the comments from your readers. Personally, I feel being magnanimous in a business setting brings better results than being a stickler for the rules. Read what you will into that.
I agree with grandgenius … mohammed voiced an opinion and many jumped all over him, being fairly rude to him, instead of nicely explaining another side of it to him.
And grandgenius also provides some good advice to the blog owner.
I didn’t feel that the responses to Mohammed were overly harsh. Certainly people were annoyed by what he said but I didn’t see anything that I felt was out of line and I certainly didn’t see anything worthy of censorship. I’ve seen far far worse things said on other sites I follow. This is a comment section and I don’t believe it exists solely so people can post only happy thoughts.
Is it odd that Coke hasn’t been on sale in forever?
The last time Coke was on sale (according to the search tool) was December. It looks like it is due for a sale soon! https://cocowest.ca/?s=Coke+classic
Thank you very much for doing this. It is much appreciated. Hope the new baby is doing well and everyone is happy and healthy.
Thank you! Hope you had a fun long weekend!
Thank you so much, as always. I am wondering, did Costco extend the sale prices for the executive member items? It seems the expiry date on the sale has passed.
As always, thank you. I am sure I have saved hundreds of dollars thanks to you. A question though, I notice that you include some regularly priced items in your discounted list of items. For example, the Kirkland protein bars are $24.79.. I believe that is the regular price. I had bought them on sale (thanks to your listing) a few weeks ago for less than $20. There are other examples, why do you include non-sale items? Thanks!
On Mondays, I take photos of all of the sale items (when there is an endgame savings) clearance items (prices ending in .97) and any new items that I have not noticed in store before. Sometimes, I will include items that I know sell out quickly… like the pelican kids kayaks or bicycles.
Awesome! So much on sale. Thanks, as always.
Hi There,
Does anyone have the prices of the sandwich trays/meat cheese/ veggie platter trays? I thought there was a post awhile back about this, but can’t seem to find it.
Thanks!
Mel
Since this is Tuesday, I think that this post should be visible to everyone and we should not have to wait until Wednesday morning to view the post, just because of the long weekend.
Thank you for your feedback! I understand how you feel, but looking at it from the other side, I don’t think releasing the post early would be fair to the paying members.
I’m not commenting to complain as I don’t have any issues waiting for the next day as being on disability means I don’t have much to spend on “wants”; however, I was surprised to get the email “Costco West Fan Blog Costco Flyer & Costco Sale Items for May 25-30, 2021, for BC, AB, SK, MB” today being yesterday was a holiday. So maybe that’s why the original commenter was upset? I almost got excited that I could plan and go to today (dogs are out of their nite-nite cookies )! I totally understand that I don’t pay for the privilege of early access so I can’t expect it, but I didn’t expect the email reminder today either. So maybe that’s just a little tweak the website needs?
Hi Karen, Sorry about the E-mail this morning. I was a little overbooked today with dentist appointments for the kids and an appointment to give blood that I forgot about. I was trying to get a head start by pre-writing some of the post and I must have hit “publish” by mistake, which triggered an early morning E-mail. Sorry about the confusion. The regular E-mail will come out on Wednesday morning.
No need to be sorry! I was just commenting on the post with an alternative theory rather than be a Negative Nancy and jumping all over Muhammad. I appreciate what you do!
Another thing tho, I can’t reply using the Chrome browser on my iPhone. It’s my default browser but I have to copy the link and use safari, as when I hit submitq it tells me that I didn’t answer the reCAPTCHA correctly. There isn’t one to answer on both Chrome and Safari but the latter will still post, unlike Chrome.
Muhammad – you are not owed this post. If you don’t want to pay, you can wait or go look for yourself.
LOL… “I pay nothing for access to this site but I’m going to insist that you publish when I say so.”
Give your head a shake, Muhammad.
Was Costco open on Monday, May 24th, 2021 ( Victoria Day ) ?
Hi Karen, yes, Costco was closed on Victoria Day. That is why the post has been delayed 24 hours.
Tsk tsk Muhammad. No appreciation whatsoever that you get to use this service for FREE. Stop acting so entitled, if you’re not paying for this service you can wait like everyone else. Just be glad a website like this even exists to help make your Costco trips that much easier while saving you money. Thank you Mr West for your continued hard work. You shouldn’t even reply to people that inconsiderate. By the way how’s Boots! Haven’t seen him in a while.
Muhammad nothing in this world is free and your demand to be given the same entitlement as those who pay for this service is appalling. The paying members of this site are how the site owner is compensated for the enormous amount of work and time he puts into it. Ask yourself – what makes you equally entitled to the same early access as those who spend their hard earned money for such service. The fact that access to this site is free at all is a privilege, not a right. Your attitude is what is SO incredibly wrong with society!
CocoWest keep up the excellent work! The majority of us who visit your site are highly grateful and appreciative of all your hard work!
muhammad, I don’t always go on mondays to shop. I am normally very frugal, But I pay for membership to thank him for the hours he spends to provide this service to everyone!
So if I go on a Tuesday I get notified same day as those who don’t pay for membership.
I love that I can just go to the site and screenshot everything I need and it saves me lots of time. I also realize what products I can price match ahead of time.
It think it’s well for $30 which is $2.50 a month which is a little more than $0.10 a day.
As always thank you.
Stay safe