May 2007
How much you’ll save
For the products below, Costco and Sam’s almost always charged less than supermarkets, drugstores, electronics chains, and
the Internet. Club prices are from a local Sam’s or Costco (their prices didn’t differ much); competitors’ prices represent
averages from three merchants. We bought the most economical sizes.
| Product | Clubs | Competitors | Club savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glad ForceFlex tall kitchen bags, 1 | $0.07 | $0.19 | 63% |
| Duracell AA batteries, 1 | 0.32 | 0.85 | 62 |
| Cheerios, 1 lb. | 2.11 | 4.00 | 47 |
| Tylenol caplets, 100 pills | 4.00 | 6.80 | 41 |
| Skippy peanut butter, 1 lb. | 1.17 | 1.80 | 35 |
| Oil of Olay Regenerist serum, 1 oz. | 8.19 | 12.31 | 34 |
| Maxwell House coffee, 1 oz. | 0.15 | 0.22 | 32 |
| Huggies diapers, 1 | 0.21 | 0.30 | 30 |
| Sharp microwave oven | 70.00 | 98.59 | 29 |
| Tropicana orange juice, 1/2 gal. | 2.62 | 3.69 | 29 |
| “Hannibal Rising,” novel | 15.19 | 18.16 | 16 |
| Panasonic 58-inch plasma TV | 3,800.00 | 4,273.00 | 11 |
| Mobil 1 oil, 1 qt. | 5.45 | 5.99 | 9 |
| Olympus digital camera | 268.00 | 283.00 | 5 |
| HP color laserjet printer | 440.00 | 416.32 | none |
