Three quick takeaways:
- The News & Observer conducted a taste test of rotisserie chicken, vanilla sheet cake and butter croissants from Costco, Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale.
- Newsroom staff declared Costco to have the best vanilla sheet cake and rotisserie chicken, while Sam’s Club had the best butter croissants.
- The taste test, while unscientific, aimed to determine quality alongside quantity and pricing at these wholesale clubs.
Back in February, I had to figure out how to fit six rotisserie chickens, three packs of large butter croissants and three 10-inch sheet cakes in my trunk, all at the same time.
For some wholesale club shoppers, those are rookie numbers. But I was playing trunk Tetris to figure out how an unexpected slam on the brakes wouldn’t smash gobs of vanilla frosting across my windshield.
These items are popular buys at our area’s warehouse clubs — a trio of Costco’s Kirkland Signature, Sam’s Club Member’s Mark and BJ’s Wellsley Farms products.
I was bringing all these goods to The News & Observer’s newsroom in downtown Raleigh so our staff members could conduct a blind taste test as part of our package on the best deals at wholesale clubs.