Dammit, Costco...

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01/29/2019 at 19:40 • Filed to: None

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Why aren’t you ordering more of these amazing olives? I’m sure as hell not going to buy a jar from Amazon for $35 when you were selling the same size for $8. I guess I’m going to have to make these last two jars last a few months, but the way I indulge in these  delectable morsels I know that this is not going to happen...

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Kinja'd!!! JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
01/29/2019 at 19:57

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Most good european/mediterranean markets should have this type of olive in the deli section. Maybe not that exact brand, but a good fresh green Italian olive. I have bought them at Italian, German, French, Greek, Turkish, Bulgarian, Syrian, Romanian, Croatian and Spanish markets... pretty much anywhere there’s a store that serves an immigrant population from those areas. A good cheese shop should have them too. I still don’t understand why more mainstream North American supermarkets don’t regularly carry that style of olive though, they’re so damn tasty.


Kinja'd!!! Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
01/29/2019 at 20:10

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I did see them over at a higher-end market today, but I think that they were $3.99/lb. My local international market has all sorts of olives, but I’ll have to check again to see if they have Castelvetranos; I think they might, but only in the small jars that cost not much less than the huge Costco jar.

I need to head waaay out to the west county area to one of my favorite middle eastern/Indian markets to see if they have any. I just don’t get out that way very often, but for a deal on these I might just do it.


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
01/29/2019 at 20:14

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Costco has really started to screw me over on items that I have bought for years. They recently stopped carrying 1 percent milk, which really ticked me off. 


Kinja'd!!! Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn
01/29/2019 at 20:52

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No more 1%? Really? That’s insane. Or is 1% the 89 octane of milk...

Back in California I had to buy two gallons of milk at a time, but here in STL I was pleasantly surprised that I could just buy a gallon if that’s all I want.

They only have these olives on occasion; I’m assuming it’s just when they get a good deal on them. I did put a request in their suggestion/comment box, but I doubt much will come from that (unless they look at my account and see how many jars I’ve bought in the last 6 months...)


Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
01/30/2019 at 11:44

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Those are the best olives.


Kinja'd!!! bubblestheturtle > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
02/03/2019 at 20:43

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I find them a bit oily.


Kinja'd!!! Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > bubblestheturtle
02/05/2019 at 07:02

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That’s the best thing about them