[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by UpNorth

BJ's gives away free 3-month memberships all the time. Costco doesn't need to. Should tell you something. Doesn't come close to Costco IMO.

Theyre all bulk buying stores which look the same. Costco does give free months for new members. So does Sams. Theyre all the same just diff name. Ill stick with Publix

[Bay Kid]

Doesn't everyone need a gallon of mayo?

[Jerry Leinsing]

Sam’s loss-leader is the cooked chickens. They are huge for $5. Get two every two weeks for 4 sit down dinners, 2 to 4 sandwiches, 6 meals chicken rice soup. Or a pile of home made individual chicken pot pies. Yum.

[Kensan1]

I agree doesnt compare to Costco I never liked the BJs in New Jersey

[laboutj]

I've had both Sam's and BJ's memberships, not at the same time. Only reason I get them is when I need tires for the cars. Each store will run a special at some time during the year for a deep discount on a set of four tires plus installation. For everything else you have to know your prices going in. Most times Walmart is cheaper for the same item, be it in a much smaller quantity

[PennBF]

We lived for years on the beach near Stuart, Fl and belonged to the BJ Store near us. I agree with the ones who rate Sam's Club about 10-20% better than BJ's although we liked BJ's when they were the only ones near us. We have now used Sam's for many years and like them. From what I have heard we would probably use Costco if they came to The Villages location. As the saying goes, "When your not near the Store you love, you love the store your near"!

[vintageogauge]

Over the years we have belonged to all 3 and after our initial visits we rarely went back if at all, joined Sam's down here twice already and never went back. I really don't see what is so great about them. I wanted to buy some new work benches/tool chests for the garage at Sam's and they were junk, went next door to Home Depot and got a much better product with a longer warranty for less money. I also don't like to freeze a bunch of meat, I prefer to get it when we want/need it and make it fresh. Paper products are always on sale somewhere.

[Carla B]

John W.: I can't imagine only buying one thing (lump crab meat) at Sam's. After many times of forgetting to pick up this or that from Sam's, I made a master list of items to check for before every Sam's run. I thought there wouldn't be many but the list turned out to have 45 items on it.

[Joe C.]

All three stores are pretty much the same. I'd go to whichever is closer, except when I need something in particular and only one store has it. But no matter what, BJ's coming here is a good thing. Maybe it will force the stores to lower their prices .....competition can be a good thing.

[Heyitsrick]

Originally Posted by UpNorth

BJ's gives away free 3-month memberships all the time. Costco doesn't need to. Should tell you something. Doesn't come close to Costco IMO.

Really? News to me. The only reason I joined Costco is that they gave away (with coupons) more than enough to cover the first year's membership.

[Heyitsrick]

Originally Posted by Jerry Leinsing

Sam’s loss-leader is the cooked chickens. They are huge for $5. Get two every two weeks for 4 sit down dinners, 2 to 4 sandwiches, 6 meals chicken rice soup. Or a pile of home made individual chicken pot pies. Yum.

Same price for cooked chickens at BJs.

[merrymini]

Costco is the best. Joined sam’s because do not want to make the drive to Costco. Sam’s is okay.

[Mike193534]

Is their a recipe for those great looking crab cakes?

[giorgio1948]

a CHOICE ~ America remember?

[John_W]

Originally Posted by Scott O

Looks good, recipe?

You need Old Bay Crab Mix. We use to be to find these at Publix. The packets are handy because they have the recipe on the package and it was the right amount. We even have a hard time finding them online unless you want to pay $7 apiece for what was $2 back in Baltimore. So we buy the can size, which Publix and sometimes the big Walmart will stock, but it doesn't have the recipe on the can.

Here's a packet.



Here's the Recipe

2 teaspoons of Old Bay
2 slices of white bread ripped up
2 tablespoons of mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon of yellow mustard
1 egg beaten
1 pound of lump crab meat

Mix it all up in a big bowl and then form crab cakes, my wife can usually make 6 to 8 and put then a pan in the refrigerator overnight. You can fry them in a frying pan, I use to do that and use the side burner on the grill outside because the seafood smell can be strong inside the house when cooking. You would flip them a couple of times, sometimes they will fall apart when frying if you're not careful.

Now we bake in the oven at 380 for 15 minutes and then the broiler for 2 minutes to brown the tops.

Take them out and eat with cole slaw and baked beans, sliced tomatoes, green onions. I like them on a hamburger bun with lettuce. I had one in Key West at Sloppy Joe's on a bun and it was delicious. You can put Lea & Perrins Worschestershire sauce on them if you like, I no longer do that. For lunch you'll have 1 or 2 and then the rest for later, put them in a container in the refrigerator. When your ready, put them on a plate and in the microwave for about 20 to 30 seconds.

I like it this way, on a bun with lettuce and tomato.