/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>6572659
>stand outside, keep looking at your watch like you're waiting for someone.
>wait until you spot a medium/large family of similar ethnic makeup to yourself
>quietly walk in with them

>>6572659
The Costcos here have an outside food court so everyone can go, and I think if you just ask to get food they'll let you.

At both Costco and Sam's Club, the food courts are open to anyone. Just walk in briskly, it shouldn't be an issue. They don't scan your card or anything when you buy food. And at my local Costco, they just finally started accepting debit cards at the cashier, thank Christ.

>>6572659
welcome to heaven

1.Ask polity many let you to food
2. Walk in behind a family/act with someone
3. Get a cheap gift card they let you in with it

>>6572700
#3 suffers from the chicken egg problem

>>6572708
Just ask to go to the membership desk. You can get one there.

>>6572708
this is true

>>6572659
>the food court off-limits to me

no its not you faggot youre allowed to eat there. go back to your joey thread fat ass

Some people say walk in the exit but I tried that once and the checker stopped me. So don't do that, OP.

Just tell the people at the entrance that you need to use the pharmacy. They let you right on through.

>>6572659
1. Stop being a pussy
2. Grow a spine you spineless prick
3. Just walk in, this is america not fairyland, europe.

some have to food court outside, no membership necessary.

others have them inside. might have to go through the return/exit side. just tell them you're there for the cafeteria.

>>6572659
Just walk in. Cardless people can walk in to get membership. Grab the pizza then get out before they call the FBI.

>>6572733
I guess it depends on the store. At the Costco here the return merchandise and membership counter is right before the exit, so I always just walk in and say I'm going to that counter and they're cool with it. The food court is like 5 feet further on so it's easy to just go straight for it. All else fails just tell them at the main entrance you're there to sign up and they should let you in.

I just walk in the exit. Never been stopped, I do have a card, but buy food first so I can eat while I shop and grab a refill on my way out.

>>6572700
>ask polity many let you to food

what does this mean in english?

Also OP don't get your hopes up. The last time I had Costco pizza it was super greasy. Most people rave about their polish hotdogs, so you might try that, but just be careful of the pizza.

>>6572659
Just tell them you're going to the food court. They should let you in.

>>6573091
it is suppose to be greasy. pepperoni and mozzarella are not fat free. when they cook, they produce grease..................................it's a sign what they use is real. go back to your vegetarian pizza with soy cheese substance

>>6573114
Good pizza is never "supposed" to be greasy. The ones I make at home never are and I use real cheese. Stop making excuses for shitty budget pizza.

>>6572659
Stand outside the front door and ask someone walking in to get you some pizza and slip them a $5 bill. It's just like trying to get booze as a teen-ager.

>>6573117
>.
so let us examine this..where does the grease come from? They certainly don't have a can that says "orange grease" and soak it in it..so what "shitty ingredient" on a pepperoni pizza causes it at low cost (good flavor) places?

>>6573117

>high budget pizza uses magical cheese that doesn't leak oil when heated

>>6573114
>it's a sign what they use is real.
Actually, it's a sign that what they use is cheap. Cheap pepperoni and cheap mozz result in a grease bomb. Which I happen to love, so I'm not complaining about it. But shit pizza restaurants (chains, etc.) will use a higher fat mozz so it melts better and in the preferred manner of most individuals. Then it is evenly distributed, stringy, and just the way everyone likes it thanks to the high-fat version (even more so than regular mozzarella). Cheap pepperoni is gonna have plenty of filler fat that "melts" into grease on the pizza.

>>6573127
Up in western NY state we get orange pizzas. They use real cheese, real this, real that. I don't order from chains there and I know the owner personally and have cooked for him there before when I was 8. I don't live there any more but I've never had a dominos, papa johns hungry howies pizza come out orange with grease and supposedly they are cheaper than all fuck. So I don't get it

Costco pizza is so fucking good. Probably because of even sauce distribution.

>>6573137
pic related

>>6573123
It comes from shitty low quality cheese Costco buys in bulk to satisfy the 3000 pizza orders they get each day.

>>6573139
What?!

>you wouldn't download a pizza, would you?

>>6573140
when I buy low quality cheese it doesn't even melt so what gives

>>6573131
You can use real cheese, real this, and real that, but just because it's "real" doesn't mean it's "high quality." You get away with cheaper ingredients in pizza by using fat as a filler to ensure a better melt or reduce costs. It's still real mozz (and lots of places and chains use real cheese), but it's just a very high fat mozz that most pizza makers buy.

I should amend what I'm saying, because I am sure you can buy high quality, exceptionally high fat mozzarella, but in general, if you've got a pizza covered in grease, you're eating something with exceptionally high fat mozz that's used as a cost cutting and uniformity (in taste/melt) measure, especially when OP goes to places like Costco. And fat is used as filler.

>>6573139
murrka

>>6573140

So why is it that only low quality cheese leaks "orange grease" if it has the same fat content as high quality cheese?

Oh wait, it doesn't fucking matter. The reason mozzarella is usually used on pizza is because it creates less grease pools.

>>6573153
>>6573153
well I like the high fat then. Better than a dry piece of cardboard, at least

>>6573143
How much fat is in it? Is it preshredded and covered in cornstarch shit? Do they have to hit certain percentage ratios to be able to call it "cheese" instead of "processed product"? There could be a lot of reasons your cheap cheese doesn't melt, and it doesn't have to do with costco bulk buying cheap, fatty mozzarella cheese.

>>6573156
Water content. High fat, wet, cheap fucking mozzarella for bulk use. Add pepperoni, and you've got a orange grease storm ready to drip down your gullet.

The food court thing is open to the public at all Costco stores.

>>6573157
Lower fat, higher water cheese will not result in "a dry piece of cardboard". I use fresh mozz on my pizzas and the difference isn't between wet or dry, but rather just greasy or not greasy.

Like soup with oil. It's oily soup. That doesn't make the soup without oil "dry".

>>6572659

fun fact for all of you. You don't need a costco card to purchase liquor. Same goes for Sam's club. Cheers

>>6573139
>no matter how many times you watch it the sauce will never be completed

ITT: Socially awkward, probably overweight weirdos sharing techniques and stories to not look awkward when trying to get some shitty food.

>>6572659
former Costco employee here. just say you just need to go to the pharmacy, no id needed

You should seriously consider getting a membership
the bulk is not the appealing part
-frozen foods you can't get anywhere else
-cool shit like kimchi that you can get in jars larger than your fist for an acceptable price
-huge bags of excellent arabica coffee beans
-the only place to get cheese that isnt crazy overpriced
-toiletries
-some fruit
-large amount of fresh meat any time you're having a barbecue or something
-free samples: when I was a kid I could feed myself an entire meal from Sams

>>6573735
daawwww

In Issaquah, it's just outside, OP. And they don't accept cards, it's just cash. They also don't ask you to show a Costco card or anything. So you can pretty much just go with a $5, and order food. Worst case scenario it's an inside one, just walk through the exit and say you're picking up your glasses/contacts and go to the food court.

>>6573754
>even when it finishes it doesn't finish

>>6572659
You walk into the exit side, and then you just buy the food
Food court is open to public

I've never had the time to stop and eat there, but if it's anything like their take out pizza... no thanks.

>>6572659
I was pretty sure you can just go in and eat without a membership. Kinda like getting gas.

>>6573843

bullshit non-members will be refused service

>>6573117
because your fag self dabs the grease

*punches shoulder*
be a fucking man and eat pizza the way it was meant to be eaten

>>6572659
What's in costco pizza that makes that unique distinguishable taste?

Also fuuuck, leftover costco pizza tastes like balls.

>>6573860
Costco pizza isnt that special.
But their beef hot dog and their cup of ice cream are both dirt cheap and taste pretty great.

>>6573880
polish sausage > hot dog
but both are fucking great and the god emperor of cheap fast food

>>6573927
>>6573880
mustard of choice + as many onions u can fit on top

wash down with sierra mist

>>6573810
shit

>>6573155
flurpty derp.

Is this /ck/'s version of cinemas and the no singles policy?

>>6573979

hey, fuck you the singles policy is real and it's happened to me, asshole.

>>6573979
Not every theater has a no singles policy. My preferred theater has one in place on the weekends. I just ask my mom or grandparents to go with me. Its worth it because the crab legs are much better there and the other theater frowns upon clapping after the movie.

>>6573851
They wont be able to buy gas, but you CAN go into the food court through the exit.

I used to do it and buy hotdogs before I got my membership.

>>6572666
hahahaha

>>6572659
you can use costco's foodcourt/pharmacy without a membership retard

>>6572659
You don't need a card to buy from the food court. You also don't need a card to buy tobacco or alcohol. Just ask for a pass at the front.

>>6574715
>>6574713
to add to this, you can buy literally anything in the store without a membership if you have a costco gift card

>>6572659

They have an entrance to their food court that doesn't require a card, you idiot.

It's usually built on the left side of the location, just right of their tire repair/refit center.

>>6573855
>*punches shoulder*
fag made me cringe

>>6574720

What's really funny is that half the time the employees don't actually scan the barcode. You could walk out with half a kitchen and the employees wouldn't give a fuck.


I went there with my grandfather eight months ago and he basically said "are you sure you're not going to check my receipt?"

"Naw, you're OK." Frankly, with all the shit we were hauling out with the pall-loader I could have had two flat screen televisions (or maybe I did). It was fucking hilarious.

>>6573834
confirmed for having a shitty oven

>>6574707

GOT EM

>>6573173
gotcha

The section after the registers with the food court and customer service desk is open to the public. How else do you buy a membership? The people standing there are looking to check receipts on people exiting. They don't care who goes in.

Little Caesars hot and ready $5.00 or Costco pizza? which one /ck/?

Your oven wasn't hot enough.

>>6576257
Costco is twice as large and you can get a supreme

>>6573123

I have a friend who asked for extra "pizza juice" once and got disgusted when he was told what it actually was.

>>6573810

>>6573123
Pepperoni is supposed to greasy. If it isn't its not pepperoni and has a dramatically different taste.

>>6573117
Faggot.

I understand. just go and ask for a temp visitors pass. if they say no you ain't lost much. like "sam's club" 50 bucks a year to save 10 % on 300 rolls of tp. or 20 sacks of dog food also 30 miles and parking is worse than a stadium lot on home coming day.no thanks also if truly wanting Costco pizza go to any gas station or buy red baron and bake. was gonna say Subarro, but baron or gas station is better

>>6572659
Stop being retarded. Get a membership. Then enjoy all the delicious stuff they sell.
http://www.costco.com/.product.3164.html

>>6574046
>the other theater frowns upon clapping after the movie.
Where the fuck do you live that this happens?

>>6573081
At most, they would call the local police. Never in a million years would they call the FBI for someone going into the store without a membership.

>>6577766
at most they would politely ask you to leave, its not like you can buy anything but food court food without a membership

>>6573085
I bet you're a fat poor guy.

I remember a few years ago a guy had a thread like this, one anon suggested this:

>if there is a pharmacy within explain you are going to use the pharmacy
>go to food court
>???
>prophet

>>6573810
Fucking atrocious.

say you're going to go sign up for a membership, then go to the food court.

what a stupid thread.

>>6572659
>membership-only supermarkets

>>6578849
Or a fat bitchy mother

I walk in through the exit all the time and head straight for the food court. They don't care, and actually mine recently started taking debit too.

Shit I even walk through the main entrance and take all the fucking samples. Just be confident when walking in nigga. Or make up something like 'oh my dad walked in earlier, i need to find him'

>>6578889
If you do most of your shopping there, the membership literally pays for itself in rewards.

>>6572659
Is costco cheaper on average than a regular grocery store?

>>6579091
absolutely, it's great

>>6579116
Even for a single person? If the membership outweighs what I usually pay I might sign up

Just go "are we really arguing the validity of membership here? I just want to go to the food court to try the pizza." Wam-bam, you're usually in unless the employee is a cunt.

Otherwise just wait for somebody to leave through the exit.

>>6579015

By confident man what it means is- I'm going to slap the shit out of you if you try and stop me from what I'm doing. Works for me, but I'm 6'2 and a muscular 195. I have a costco membership and what the hell ever.

If you act like you're not supposed to be stopped then you probably won't be. Pure edgy.

>>6579139
>6'2
>muscular
Okay anon.

>>6579147

Spiderman is a faggot.

Summer is definitely here. Even smart people are going nuts because even air conditioning won't save you from THIS FUCKING HEAT. Goddammit.

>>6579152
Dude, Spiderman is not a faggot. What the fuck?

>>6579169

He's the worst super hero ever, so......

Anyways, he gives fat retards hope. Since he was a douchebag, got bitten by a radioactive spider, and suddenly he's awesome.

>>6579177

It's escape altitude for people who can't do anything for themselves.

>>6572733
walked in the exit last time cuz you /ck/ told me i could, got stopped and the fat staff fucking eye balled me

i had a friend with a costco card. glorious chicken bakes. make friends

>>6577766
you just had to ruin to joke dont you, dont you, faggot?

>>6578849
No u

>>6578942
I have a penis


There's nothing wrong with a hotdog and a litre of cola.

>I need that pizza man
>I'LL SUCK YO DICK MAN
there you're in ==b

when i was a kid me and my friends used to go to costco all the time, we just asked the guy at the front if we could go to the food court and he let us.

>>6579705
this. at least where i live, the food court has a separate entrance. you dont need a membership

>>6579152
He gets to wreck that Mary Jane pussy, I'd say he's not a faggot

>>6572711
Ohh shit, that's brilliant

>>6572659

>new sams club opens here
>they have ribbon cutting
>As part of the business community, I go to said ribbon cutting.
>All the formalities, cut ribbon
>now join us inside!
>go inside
>Get 10 feet before Sam's Gestapo" shouts "your papers please"
>Keep my brisk stride, point to female friend who I see at these events and say I'm with her and don't stop walking

I mean wtf, I wasn't going to buy anything. It was the first day they were open and it was a public event. Sorry but that shit is overrated unless you're a family like the Duggers or really need 55 gallons of apple sauce. There is just that mystique of "hurr durr, you need a pass to be in dis club"

As for their pizza, fuck that shit. That's like trying to devise a way to get Sabaro.

>>6573810
That makes me so mad.

>>6572659

Just go to the nearest mall. You'll find the exact same pizza at whatever Italian place they happen to have in the food court, and you won't have to worry about the SS stopping you at the entrance.

I asked them about this and they said that if you can get in the building, you can buy food court stuff. They even added card readers where it used to be cash only.

besides why would employees care lmao

>>6573810
I've never felt more cheated in my entire life

you don't need to be a member nigga. food, alcohol, and optometry is open to public.

>>6573139
>>6573810

You don't put sauce in the center so the cheese can adhere to the dough, and when it's sliced up the sauce doesn't drip everywhere when it gets served. That much sauce is gross af tho

>>6581425

you can only use debit cards though

>>6577766

walking in without membership is instant 4 star wanted level. same with going to the movie theater alone.

>>6572700
they do cash only at my Costco cafeteria

You can also ask to use the restroom through the exit checker, they usually let you in like that i've done it a few times for free samples lunch

>Burgerstan the land of the free
>Literally have to pay a fee to do grocery shopping
My fucking sides

>>6581678
What?
They have only recently added debit card readers.
Why would they stop taking cash?

They used to ask me if I wanted cash back for the food court, every single transaction

>>6582095
It keeps undesirables out, it keeps margins lower
It also allows them to pay more than double minimum wage to the workers.

Its a great system

>>6581691
yea just sneak in behind a family, get a gift card for your next birthday, or just ask the door people nicely

>>6582095
>its cheap as fuck/high quality and there are free samples galore
>we have niggers
fine by me

>>6582095
Then go to the walmart with the rest of the peasants, Eurocuck.

>>6582095
go to a sam's club, a wholesale store with no membership fee run by Walmart

then go to costco, with fees, with much better products

I guarantee you'd prefer Costco once you see the ghetto trash inhabiting the Sam's Club

>>6582156
Why would I go to some discount shit place in the biggest shit hole in the world? You amerilards are truly delusional. Uncultured swine.

>>6582095
canada here
went to costco once and loved it and have been going ever since

Huh, All the times i've been going to costco after work I've NEVER been asked if I had a card when I go to the food stand/

>>6582938
washington state here
fuck off, we don't want you at our costcos

>>6572733
no, this is what youre supposed to do.

most costco locations have the food court accessible via the exit for this exact reason.

I used to work in another store in the same parking lot as a costco. I ate lunch there all the time, food's really cheap and an acceptable amount and quality

just go in the exit and proceed to food court, and smile at the guy at the door if he looks at you. enjoy their cheap-ass frozen mocha thing and pizza and hot dogs. the hot dogs might give you death farts but it's worth it once in a while

some of them don't take debit card, so bring cash.

>>6583024
we supply almost 40% of costco's money

>>6572659
Why wouldn't you buy stuff in bulk? You won't need to shop as often and it's a better deal in the long run. I suppose it depends what you're buying, but still.

>>6583034
FACT. once I didn't have enough cash for a hot dog and a soda and the clerk just gave it to me. one of the best hotdogs ever

asked boyfriend since he used to work there. just tell them you're picking up a prescription, you don't need a card for that and they'll let you right in.

>>6583024
We have Costco in Canada tho.

>>6583278
They're for American tourists only. Stay out, beaver fucker.

Costco let you refund your membership at any time. Just become a member for 364 days

>>6583281
Take a look at their godlike return policies.

>>6572659
Food court areas are often in front of the actual store, and even if it isn't you can just tell them you're getting a membership or something and walk in, they never check your card at the food court, pretty sure you could just even tell the people at the front you were just buying food, it's part of the marketing to get people inside.

>>6583034

we have 2 anons saying that they were stopped when going through the exit. this is not good advice.

>>6582938
you guys need to fuck off from montana and stick to your bagged milk

>>6582168
>get a sams club membership from a friend
>local sams club is filled with ghetto trash who uses their foods stamps to buy food

god I wish there was a Costco that is closer to me.
closest one is about 50 miles away

>>6572681
Costco actually asks for your card when you come in but you can walk right past them anyway. Sometimes they'll yell but they never do anything

>>6584105

They are authorized to physically restrain you if necessary.

>>6584129

No. By law establishments that sell food and pharmacy, etc, cannot restrict your access.

They could stop you from shopping in the main part of the store, but legally they cannot bar a non-member from the pharmacy, optometrist, and counter that serves food.

http://www.wisebread.com/7-things-non-members-can-get-at-costco-including-cheap-eye-exams

>>6573173
>I use fresh mozz on my pizzas

What a waste of good cheese.

>>6584156

Did you read your own link? On the very last item, about the food courts, it's only the OUTSIDE ones that you can get to.

>>6584192

Which is all of them. Because legally they can't put the food court inside the "club" area.

The article is somewhat poorly worded; the point is that they cannot stop you from eating the ready-to-eat food served at the food court, but they can stop a non-member from buying the retail groceries in the main part of the store.

So, just so we're clear, there is absolutely no way to infiltrate Costco, right? Anons have tried in this thread, and failed.

>>6585296

>>6572659
When I was younger, I'd go with a friend and we'd just walk in behind people who would look like our parents. I'd get heavier white people and he got Mexicans.

where do you guys live? both of the costcos near me have outdoor tables and seating and a take away window where you can order everything they have without even going into the store.

>>6585348
I live in new england. so yeah no outdoor food courts up here lol

Do your Costcos still actually check the card when you enter? All the ones I've been to here in Canada don't care any more because ultimately you'll need a card when you pay for your items. I see most people walking in without showing the card and only oldfags who have been around since the "secret club" days still do it...

Did they change the recipe? I remember costco pizza being fucking god tier 2 or so years ago, now it's just alright.

>>6582112

It keeps SOME of them out, there's no nig nogs, but still mexicans. Fucking tired of some stupid fucking gargoyle with her 5 kids running around knocking over shit.

The one in Burbank, California has their food outside. So you don't need to be a member there. Move out of your po-dunk town, and come live in a a real city.

>>6587516

I'm in New Haven, CT thank you very much. But it's cold up here and so there are no outdoor Costco food stands.