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There are a lot of grocery stores in which you can walk directly, but those who Buy in Costco are ready to pay membership fees just to visit the wholesale retailer. It is therefore not surprising that these buyers expect to obtain premium products, and they are not afraid to speak when they believe that this is not the case. Recently, many Costco customers went to social networks to share their disappointment at the products of the Kirkland store brand. Read the rest to find out which Costco Buyers' items swear have "descended".

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The most recent complaint of Costco buyers has to do with the bacon of the store. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

In a February 20 Reddit Post , a customer shared that he believes that the "quality of bacon has changed for the worst" in the last month. They said that bacon now had a "game flavor", adding that they even made a pack because it had a "so off" taste.

And they were hardly alone in what they felt. Throughout the Reddit Post comments section, many other users have shared a similar disappointment with Kirkland Bacon. "I don't buy it anymore," said a person.

Another replied: "The last bacon that I obtained about a month ago was stringy and horrible."

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It's not just bacon either. As a commentator noted in the Reddit thread, many believe that "it happened to many Kirkland stuff and products".

At the end of last year, it was Kirkland Butter who had Costco Buyers in arms. In a November 26 Reddit Post , a user explained that he and their mother had been "loyalists of salted butter" costco 'salted "until they try to use the butter for their Thanksgiving pie crust, and noted that he did not resonate.

"Something has changed with their butter," they wrote. "Has anyone else had problems during the holidays with the butter? I hesitate to cook with any recipe now."

Others sounded by saying that they had the same problem, some saying that it was due to "a change in the water content" of butter.

"They have definitely changed the Costco Butter formula between October and December 2023. You can see the difference visually," replied a person. "The butter made using the new formula does not base so quickly in the pan. It is pale yellow now."

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Last year, there was also a major public outcry on Kirkland Signature of Costco's American Vodka. During the summer, buyers went to Reddit to discuss problems with business alcohol.

"I went in the last two times to buy the vodka Kirkland brand, the two times, she had a terrible taste," wrote a person in a August 2023 Reddit Post .

A month earlier, Another post Reddit shared similar problems with vodka, a speaker saying that he "taste lighter liquid".

In the end, Costco ended up Offer reimbursements to buyers Who bought certain batch of American vodka from Kirkland signature after complaints, Nexstar reported.

"It has gone to our attention that the taste profile of units marked with certain Lot codes may not have encountered the expected profile normally coherent with this product," Costco said in a press release in Nexstar. "Although this is not a food security problem, this does not meet our quality expectations."

Critics against Kirkland brand products are not limited to these products - and it is not new either.

Back in January 2023, a Costco buyer Reddit taken To ask if others had noticed a recent drop in the quality of some of the items sold under the private brand of the store. They said they had known new problems with several Kirkland products, including the brand's popcorn, disposable wipes, chicken noodle soup and nuts.

"Last month, bought a large box of Kirkland popcorn. It doesn't get closer," they wrote. "I have been buying it for years, and always two minutes flat for a perfect bag. I tried each temperature / time setting, and the popcorn always comes out burned or fatty with tons of grains. I have I have Buyed a second box and the same problems. It seems to be a great failure of quality control. "

In the comments section, more Costco buyers have spoken of the drop they had noticed in other Kirkland products, including juices, detergents, fruits, vegetables, breasts, salsas , hygienic paper and diapers.

"Costco started to go down as soon as Covid Hit," a buyer wrote in the Reddit wire. "I leave my subscription or a downside to the base."

Better life Contacted Costco about these customer complaints, and we will update this story with its answer.