Costco Limiting Fresh Meat Purchases to 3 Items Per Member
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For a limited time, Costco is implementing additional measures to create a better shopping experience for its customers in response to the coronavirus.
Beginning May 4th, customers are limited to a total of three fresh meat items including beef, pork, and poultry products. These limits have been put in place to help ensure more members are able to purchase what they need.
Costco is also working with suppliers to ensure that in-demand merchandise is available in their warehouses.
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My sams in IL has a limit of 1 on fresh chicken its been like that for a while now.
I understand why, but what if you have 10 children? It’s hard on some to feed their families and not be in the store several times a week with these limits.
I agree. But I try to find ways to make meat go further- add rice or beans to the taco meat, meatless meals, etc. Hopefully this doesn’t go on for long.
We’ve decided to try out some vegetarian dishes because if this.
How many people have ten kids, though?
10 kids is a big number to throw out – and it doesn’t help anyone if families of 10 take all the meat and the families with 3/4 don’t have anything. Think about the bigger picture! The few families I know that are larger in number are great at stretching meals and adding things like rice, noodles and homemade bread…. no one goes hungry.
You can buy frozen in addition the limit is only in fresh
I myself have 10 children, so it’s not a random number I just threw out there. I’m honestly not having a problem right now with food. We have our own beef, I’ve always bought in bulk, have a nice stockpile, and know how to get creative. But not everyone shops like I do or has the funds to do so. I’m not saying they should buy it all up, but they want to feed their families decent meals like everyone else without having to go to shopping every few days (I also live in a rural community with no grocery store nearby). The milk and egg limits are more troublesome for my family, but we’ve found ways to get what we need. I just know some don’t have the resources and family nearby that I do.
I also have a large family and live in a rural community. In the past we went into the city to stock up once a month but now that’s not possible. We have been purchasing meat from local farmers until we get our own cows established. Eggs are very easy to find in rural communities, many people with chickens have more eggs than they can eat. We’re taking this time to garden and farm as much as possible.
4 kids here and 4 hours from a Costco. When I drive 240 miles I need to be able to get more than 1 package of chicken.
Good
I am sure people can survive with eating less meat, it’s actually a lot healtier, try bean soup, tofu or fish 3 times a week
I am not a vegetarian (before people assume I am) but I really feel sorry for the people working at these meat plants. They are getting sick by the hundreds and they tried to close the plants to clean and protect workers but then the new order made it so that it is illegal to close. Now the poor people have to go to work because they would not be eligible for any kind of help. Their conditions are not safe at all.
Agreed. The work they do is already dangerous as it is. Maybe this could be a time to learn about the factory farming industry’s history of profit over safety. If you can, buy and support local farmers who humanely raise their animals. It can also be a time to get creative and use recipes that have more grains, vegetables, meat alternatives (beans are a great source of protein) and know that we don’t need to rely on meat so much to survive.
Ugh, I often think about these workers and this beyond huge demand of beef and meat in this world nowadays, not just in the United States. That’s an extremely hard job. I can’t imagine the level of mass production and strain that puts on the industry and workers.
Fish is nit necessarily healthy to eat that many times a week. Depends on the type and where you’re getting it from. Farmed fish are fed corn and have little nutrient value. Freaks have caught fish in grocery stores are often really just farmed fish as many farmed fish escape and it’s estimated most fish labeled fresh caught in market places are actually escaped farm fish. Not to mention heavy metals in some fish. Just gotta be informed and eat a balanced diet in general.
The packs of meat here are huge. Even a family of 10 could get by for a week with 10# ground beef chub and 20# chicken or vice versa. Meatless meals work great! Breakfast for dinner anyone? Veggie soup and homemade bread? Regardless.. I do appreciate stores being proactive to avoid another TP conundrum. Unfortunately, those who hoarded the TP would probably also be filling up their freezers just because they can. There’s always curbside pickup of meat at other stores so you don’t have to enter. Be flexible.. it’ll be over soon! Stay well everyone!
I agree. 3 packs of meat at Costco is a lot of meat!
Wonder if this includes rotesserie chicken 🧐
It does not at my Costco
No
H-E-B stores are also placing limits. It actually varies in which area you are in. Trying to stay a step ahead. At all stores, you are also already seeing the price increase 😞
I read an article awhile back about HEB and how they’ve been planning for something like this for years.
They had a plan in place and started talking to contacts in China when it first started there.
My Costco had very little stock today in the meat dept… they haven’t had any chicken other than the rotisserie for weeks, today there was only a few packages of steaks and hamburger😬 the whole section was bare
Does this apply to the frozen meat, like bagged chicken?
My Costco (and ones in my region) have limited it to 1 frozen chicken product for a few weeks now.
This is so frustrating, especially in the Midwest where many people live hours away and doing stock up trips…
Grocery stores limiting meat and milk, and prices in store going up. Meanwhile, ranchers can no longer sell their animals, prices have fallen greatly, and dairy farmers are having to dump thousands of gallons of milk.
No, limits in the grocery store are not a good thing. Stop believing everything you’re told By the media and government and start asking some questions. You’re being fed propaganda.
With schools closed, and many people working from home and not eating as much at restaurants, they don’t have that market to sell to. It has to do with supply chains. Not everything is a conspiracy.
lol. would you rather eat contaminated meat? how is making sure that more people have access to purchasing clean meat a conspiracy
Supply chains falling apart is hopefully crossing the lines for some people. Low risk people need to get back to work. Healthy and young people have a very low risk of fatality closer to flu. It skyrockets past 60 and 75. Sweden didnt shut down for example and theyre doing OK as much as can be expected.
Sweden is doing 4 times worse with cases and mortality than the countries that surround them and did shut down. so no, they aren’t doing ok
Healthy and young people can still get it and pass it on to their elders. It doesn’t only affect them if they catch it. They’ll be fine and most likely won’t die but their parents or grandparents might.
Sweden’s 2,586 deaths compare badly with Denmark’s 452, and Norway’s 207. Taking population into account, Sweden has suffered more deaths per million people than the U.S.
You are wrong. And stop comparing it to the flu.
Death rates are relative and there is no one solution that works across the country. In my county of 620K people, we’ve had only 8 deaths in our loose lockdown, but we’ve got tens of thousands of people out of work that can’t get unemployment. No conspiracy, we simply can’t keep this up another year+ until a vaccine. Low risk workers have to get back to work.
To the people making or about to make comments regarding farmers throwing food away (livestock, dairy, etc) and grocery stores placing limits on the same things, these two things are not incompatible. Farmers sell in bulk to restaurants and schools. They dont package their goods in styrofoam packets ready for sale at publix. Doing this NOW will have them incurring debts for not only the packaging but also the manpower to take on such a task. For most people, this is understandable. Why some people actively choose to ignore this reason baffles me. Let’s stop with the “sheeple” and “government is lying” comments. It is irresponsible.
Thank you for explaining this. Most people That are reasonable know and understand what is going on.
Good, everyone should have a chance to buy some. Plus, it is healthier to eat less meat. We get a butcher box and we get about 15 lbs of meat every other month, we always have leftovers (which I plan on donating). A few years ago I could not imagine not eating meat every day, then I went on a 2 week vegan diet and although I eat meat now I know how well it feels to quit it all together or limit the consumption.
I’ve been adding beans, rice and veggies too. Making soups, chili and stuff like that to stretch the meat flavor.
Sure, let’s make people come back to Costco over and over again! And spend more money every single time customer shops there!