The prices seemed slightly higher at Sam's. Plus Sam's was somehow dry (how does a rotisserie even get dry?). The biggest issue is that Sam's Club uses cheaper containers for their chickens, so if you hold it by the ends, it folds in the middle. I didn't like the spice mix on Sam's (too peppery). If you took the meatloaf and mashed potato one and put Costco's and Sam's side by side, it would be impossible to know which was which.īoth have $5 rotisserie chickens, but Costco's is huge and Sam's is just normal chicken size. The prepared food was a mirror of Costco's.

So much of the stock is the same between the two stores. Far from awful, but noticeably less nice. Sam's Club itself, the parking lot, building, and employees, seemed like a run-down version of Costco. The Scan and Go feature (scan things as you put them in your cart, then walk out the door) is the best thing ever. Pay $25 for the membership, the first time you shop (using Scan and Go in the app), they send you a $20 gift card, plus free rotisserie chicken, plus free dozen croissants.įirst off, the Sam's Club app is amazing. Thanks to a comment on this sub, I discovered that through Groupon, you can get a Sam's Club membership for basically free.

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