Costco Snacks vs. The Real Thing

[@alostrich]

Check out Hoot’n & Holler’n here: youtube.com/@hootnandhollern

[@jamescooley5744]

Now do Sam's Club Member's Mark vs store brand

[@TravisBoazz]

@alostrich why do I keep getting unsubscribed??

[@clintwalls5217]

Hay Matt!! Kirkland sits on a hill overlooking Clover Valley!!🫡

[@donjackson5522]

I can't watch the podcast. You are sitting on my parents' love seat from the 1980's, complete with the crochet throw on the back. I'm already in enough therapy.

[@davidthedeaf]

Buffalos live in Montana. Not extinct.

[@SecretAsianManDude]

Love the couch... I feel 8 years old again... the nerd in me needs to tell you that the Kirkland name comes from the location of Costco's original headquarters in Kirkland, Washington

[@tonyaparham2654]

Thanks! The nerd in me came to do the same! LOL

[@privacyvalued4134]

I'm replying to say: NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRD!

[@FreedomJane-bx4um]

The couch should've still had the plastic slip covers for authenticity.

[@heather2493]

@@FreedomJane-bx4umbahahaha, facts ❤😂

[@Hidden_Sage]

Thank you for posting this and saving me the effort, fellow nerd!

[@Birdnerd1968]

The couch, the giant old TV in the corner, the crocheted blanket over the couch, and the wood paneling. I feel like I'm back in the '80s growing up and reliving what my living room look like. This is some serious nostalgia.

[@LaughlessTheClown]

I feel like "Name brands" have gotten away with coasting on their image for so long and cutting so many corners that off brands are in most cases superior as they've had to compete on price and quality the whole time.

[@Jaxmusicgal23]

Yeah, I feel the same way too… I’ve also skimped on a lot of the flavor that made them famous and have had to do it. Inflation issues because their companies are so large and bloated. It’s gonna be hard when one of these large conglomerate companies actually falls due to inflation . I’m not paying twice the price for namebrand when you’ve made the product crap and the box smaller than your competitors … especially when I can go to Costco and get what I need and inflation has barely hit them…

[@kevingray8616]

Yup. Beyond Kirkland, I’m a big fan of HEB products. Kraft Miracle Whip was cheapened so much I stopped buying it. (primary ingredient is now water) HEB Whip is where it’s at.

[@ScottBly-vh8mw]

I finally know where my grandmother's living room furniture ended up.

[@sylviaespinoza8530]

Lol! Good one 👏

[@jeffbanks5103]

Matt: "I've never seen a raisin tree." Grape vines: "I mean we aren't trees, so he's technically correct."

[@charlene-zw]

🤣

[@Dennis_Heaton]

I had a friend from NY come to GA and ask to be shown the "peanut trees".

[@RAD6150]

Needs to be mandatory: Matt's Double Point Double Down Lock of the Game. You have to double down once and if you don't use it, it has to be used on the last item.

[@PocketRave865]

And prob needs to be announced before you try the products lmao

[@thelastjohnwayne]

No but it could be used at anytime during the Game.

[@seatspud]

Matt: "What is Kirkland? Who is Kirkland?" Drax: "Why is Kirkland!"

[@kellylaliberte548]

"I understood that reference!" - Captain America, probably

[@davidvasquez08]

Man, I don’t have a reference to throw here

[@ChibiPanda8888]

How is Kirkland?

[@hoopsm6106]

That Davenport “as my grandma would say” in the background is bringing back so many memories! That print is iconic!! Plus the throw blanket!

[@ericpaul4575]

I think my grandma had the exact same couch.

[@funnyfarmdad9997]

@@ericpaul4575I think everyone in the 70s and 80s had that living room set. I know my wife and I did.

[@bamachine]

Plus the Bear Bryant plaque...for those of us that grew up in Alabama, in the 70's.

[@Gatorbaitress]

I met him back in the mid 70's at a Pighly Wiggly conventionvback when it was still the original one. Yes, my dad, grandcdad, uncles, ciusin, great grandma all had franchises. I was like 12 when I met him. He was a speaker and a nery kind and nice man. But I am LSU all the way! 🐅 @@bamachine

[@bamachine]

@@Gatorbaitress I met him twice, once in '81 and again in '82. I won a diabetes bike-a-thon he sponsored, in '81 and my brother played for him from '80-'82. I was 10 and 11, respectively, for those two meetings. Besides that, you can probably tell my fandom, from my username. I had Bama season tickets from 2004-2019.

[@bloodysushi]

That couch and blanket is my childhood.

[@janburkin357]

Yes! 😂

[@runnerxc212]

I am a Kirkland Stan. YOU HAVE TO TRY THE TRAIL MIX THEY PUT PEANUT M&Ms INSIDE. I REPEAT PEANUT M&Ms INSIDE THE TRAIL MIX.

[@nolarobert]

I've heard folks praise how good the Kirkland brand is and Matt just confirmed they were telling no tales. We have a Costco here in Huntsville and I need to check them out.

[@alostrich]

My only 2 complaints with Costco is their parking lot is an active warzone on Saturday and their selection of snacks is all over the place. I just want some Kirklands Reese Cups. Best they can do is 21 varieties of granola stuff.

[@HeadCannonPrime]

@@alostrich Its a warzone BECAUSE everything they have is SO GOOD. You can get name brand stuff at every grocery store but only Costco has Kirkland.

[@chrisross9799]

@@alostrich But you have to give them credit on the parking spaces. All parking lots should be like Costco's

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

@@alostrichCostco does have peanut butter cups, but only sometimes 😢

[@hillorisartin6129]

Kirkland hot dogs are the best!

[@thattinawoman5119]

I want to see a Texas-sized edition of Ain't No Count with all HEB products STAT. I'll even mail them all to you.

[@08mhudd]

HEB is the best.

[@satagaming9144]

HEB clears all of these lmao. Even their budget brand.

[@Mirmirsor_Sunback]

But if he tries tortillas, will it be Hill Country Faire or the in store HEB tortillas? Or all three!!? (Make brand, HCF, HEB). I miss the in store tortillas. So much.

[@HedgeFundAnalyst]

I have an HEB and Costco both a few miles from my house. It depends on the item. HEB produce is better, but Costco meat and bakery are better. Honestly go to each weekly

[@ronswanson8563]

@@HedgeFundAnalyst our HEB has so little organic food; I find better organic produce at Costco for 40-60% less. I've had to return a few things that were not ripe at all in Houston, not in NorCal though.

[@kayjacoby290]

Internally screaming, "Water! Give that man something to drink before he chokes on those dry snacks!" Matt has learned the secret: Get the KS version of food at Costco, if available. Now do yourself a favor and try the ice cream bars - bigger, and cheaper than Haagen Dazs and at least as good as I remember those pricey things to be. I lived there for a year or so and shopped at the Kirkland Costco location. Parking was hell, but their 'cafe' was outside, so you could just go get a Costco dog & iced coffee without having to go inside.

[@HedgeFundAnalyst]

I believe you can get the ice cream bars at under 50 cents per bar, may need to be on sale though. Also, not all Costco's have bad parking. They opened one a couple miles from my house in the Austin suburbs in 2018, and it is still very empty most of the time. I grew up needing to look for parking for 10 minutes at my local Costco outside of DC, now I can park in the 2nd row from the entrance just about any day that isnt mid-day on a weekend

[@kayjacoby290]

@@HedgeFundAnalyst I only meant that the Kirkland Costco had horrible parking. The one in Rochester is fine. If I wait for a space it's because I'm lazy and see one opening up 1-5 cars from the door.

[@gitnbizy]

Kirkland, WA where it all started 😊

[@alostrich]

Well that’s pretty anticlimactic

[@Kelnx]

@@alostrich Oh yeah, the climate up there is terrible.

[@Wyndamn]

​@@Kelnx😅😅😅I see what you did there.

[@Chris-Huntley]

@@Kelnx Better than living in the hell that is the south. Washington forever.

[@rachoc74]

Western Australia?😂

[@charlenecastaldo3602]

BTW, What we call a buffalo is actually a bison and they are definitely NOT extinct. Go Costco!

[@NPC-yb3rw]

I learned the difference between buffalo and bison during an argument over mozzarella. Turns out, true, Italian made mozzarella requires buffalo milk. And that buffalo looks nothing like the bison we have in North America.

[@jdollar5852]

​@NPC-yb3rw we've actually done some experiments with milking our Bison for mozzarella. It's a tough process, and the milk is extremely expensive. Sho nuff Eyetalians seem to still be interested in the project so we are continuing the tests at our ranch in Montana.

[@amytarvin2776]

Voice from Nebraska here- we have a wildlife park ( our family calls it the Drive Thru Zoo) where bison happily swish their tails around a watering hole!

[@waffleninja1000]

In fact, they are so not extinct you can buy buffalo meat at most stores. I think you can even get bison/buffalo meat at Costco.

[@mattwo7]

Neither bison nor buffalo are exinct. Wild water buffalo and anoa are endangered but domestic water buffalo have the conservation status of "domesticated" and African buffalo are only near threatened.

[@christineh14]

Hootin’ and Hollerin’ is hilarious. Mustard on My Hamstrings almost made me wreck my car.

[@WilliamAndRose1]

Hi Matt, former West Texan turned Seattlite here. Kirkland is a town here in WA close to Seattle, just north east, where Costco started. Washingtonians love their Costco as much as Texans love their HEB. If only we could get Bluebell there ...

[@PookysMom6]

I love Costco! Every product we've tried has been excellent 😊

[@2009kygal]

I love my grandmother's couch and afghan behind you.

[@sylviaespinoza8530]

😂😂😂 Began adult life in the 70s. Your comment is funny! 👏

[@deaconblooze1]

I feel like you actually got the popcorn one because you could sense the sheer enormity of the kirkland box.

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

No Costco nearby, but I'm still here because Matt makes me laugh and I could use some laughter in my life.

[@ConnieBroski]

Amazon sells some Kirkland brand items (though at a higher price than at the Costco warehouse).

[@CharleneCTX]

@@ConnieBroski You can get Kirkland brand at Target because Costco and Target are owned by the same company (similar to Sam's Club and Walmart).

[@joshrebel00]

Launched in 1995, the brand takes its name from the original location of Costco's corporate headquarters in Kirkland, Washington.

[@juanita_rocksteady2761]

Cool. I didn't know that.

[@cloudsn]

I live not too far from Kirkland, WA and feel silly because I didn't realize people might not know that Kirkland is a town. 😅

[@adamantyr]

I'm a WA native, drive through Kirkland all the time. I also lived in Issaquah, which is now where the Costco corporate HQ is located. They even bought up a bunch of stores around their HQ that used to be a theater, Barnes & Noble, etc. and converted it to office space.

[@chadwickmoore3656]

Matt thinks he's failing when he picks wrong, but he's actually proving which brands are are trying to skate by on name alone Thank you for your service Matt 🫡

[@jonjon737]

Shout out to Matt's half-naked doppelganger rocking out at the Creed concert in Birmingham this past week.

[@Chuck-Wagon]

Someone stole my grandma's living room and now I know who. I swear your set is an excellent recreation of Granny's sitting room.

[@MidSouthUTV]

10:25 That's a good legendary blooper reference. 🤣 Maybe you should redo their commercial for them.

[@SheriNewton]

I saw you at Costco this week when I was getting pizza with my Mom, didn't want to disturb you and you were in a rush, but we love your videos! Roll Tide! :)

[@joyful]

I seriously love Costco. Even just going in for lunch to get their hotdog and drink for under $2 or a giant slice of pizza.

[@FrenchToastedSouls]

I love Costco. Everything is so good. Their bakery items tempt me every time I shop 😂

[@a.v.328]

My husband worked in quality control for a factory for years. While yes the store brand and the name brand maybe made in the same factory on the same machines, the quality specifications may be vastly different. For example: store brand might allow for more variances in the taste and recipe make up, while the name brand could have very narrow specifications. He made products for one name brand that had very high standards. Also if a name brand product is made that is outside those specifications and cant be fixed to be brought into line with them, it may be possible to rework the recipe by adding stuff to make it into the specifications on the store brand but that was the exception not the rule for the factory he worked in. To sum up, yes the store brand and name brand may come from the same factory but the recipe and quality standards are not necessarily the same

[@a.s.3904]

Now you need the ultimate mash up of store name brand vs store name brand. Sweet and Salty theme, cause someone is gonna be sweet and someone is gonna be salty over which one is better.

[@claytondennis8034]

Respect. It takes real honesty to say that Clover Valley is as good as it is. You have to do Girl Scout cookies vs Clover Valley cookies. I'm convinced that Clover Valley is the supplier to the Girl Scouts.

[@aguynamedguy309]

"Thats Orville Redenbacher" i felt that

[@karenwagner6880]

I have to drive an hour to get to the nearest Costco - totally worth it! When someone asked me why I don’t just go to Sam’s Club, I explain that Costco’s priority is QUALITY FIRST. Then, because they are so big, they can provide a great deal on the best quality. (And not for nothin, they also treat their employees well - pay + benefits, general respect. Costco employees can actually support their families!

[@Jaxmusicgal23]

Because Costco is itself and not tied to Walmart or another company, their membership is a little more expensive but that’s where they make all of their profit… so they can undercut themselves with all of the grocery and items in the warehouse and they’re still making handover fist because most people get the membership and don’t use it…

[@HedgeFundAnalyst]

Costco actually sells almost all of their products at break-even cost. They make the majority of their profit on the memberships

[@Lawrence-k4d]

" I don't know how fruits work" ....Me neither, I have found they usually taste best if they are on top of a waffle or in a pie.

[@porkmilk8984]

The couch, the CRT, just everything is so perfect 😂

[@NPC-yb3rw]

DUDE! YES! More of this

[@markthompson9755]

As a refugee from Seattle and now 3 year Alabama resident in Mobile. Kirkland is a bedroom community where Costco had its first Headquarters. I'm a Yankee by birth but now considered by many to be a Galvanized Southerner. Tide fan since '92 BTW.

[@tacticalmattfoley]

Welcome to Alabama.....hope all is well for you in our lovely state.

[@markthompson9755]

@tacticalmattfoley Thank you for your polite Southern Hospitality. I love it here. Even the heat is acceptable. Amazing people, food and tons of Jesus!

[@tacticalmattfoley]

@@markthompson9755 Glad you're doing well. I've lived here 51 years and have never acclimated to the heat and humidity. LOL.

[@markthompson9755]

@tacticalmattfoley I'll be 54 soon. The heat is far better than ice and snow. A lot less Hills here on the Gulf. 80 degrees on Christmas is awesomeness 👌

[@tacticalmattfoley]

@@markthompson9755 I have type 1 diabetes and the heat/humidity makes it more difficult to control....

[@slackerdc]

Yeah other than canned vegetables which are indeed all the same there is no hard and fast rule wether the store brand is the same or different than the name brand. You just have to experiment on which ones you like better and if you can't tell em apart go with which ever one is cheaper.

[@kennethrodrigue1324]

This was fun. I died at "buttery flaky crust" though - great reference! Lol.

[@Sarenixen]

I would like to see a comaprison of generic brands! Which is the best generic brand from walmart, costco etc... Popcorn or cookies, or I dunno fish sticks please!

[@JkSapp]

The little tv in the corner makes me feel at home! ❤❤❤

[@morefiction3264]

FTR, you can make your own microwave popcorn by just putting some popcorn kernels in a paper lunch bag and nuking it until it stops popping; no oil or chemicals required. Top with melted butter and Kosher Salt for the win.

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

I have eaten way too many of the Kirkland peanut butter pretzels and can concur that they are amazing. 😍

[@blakeshoemaker2478]

I need you to know that I got and appreciate the heck out of your buttery, flaky crust reference. 🤣

[@matttypes2695]

Kirkland Signature is in a category I like to call “Premium Store Brand”. It’s one of, if not the only store brand I’ve come across that is truly as good if not better than what it is trying to copy.

[@missflowerpower8724]

Thanks, Matt!! Another great comparison show. I love Costco products.

[@killahgrag1]

I can smell that podcast room. I bet it smells like Memaw's been smoking and watching wrasslin' there for 30 years.

[@marybratton5514]

Could smell like dr. Pepper and So Co too

[@JBinFL]

@@marybratton5514oh lord I died reading that 😂💀

[@rnptenafly]

3:39 buffalo are not extinct. There is estimated to be over 500,000 American bison a.k.a. Buffalo.

[@bestinworld83]

I had the same VHS drawer storage growing up in the late 80’s-early 90’s.

[@ChibiPanda8888]

I did too!

[@tdkirkland]

Hay Matt,love your time and effort especially in the Fall ,but wanted to say I'm a KIRKLAND FROM EAST TENNESSE..LOL keep up the good work bro

[@NZComfort]

Maaaaaaaaaaan, I haven’t seen that couch in a LONG time….. we had that same set. Thank you for the video. You have added a level of joy to my life!!!

[@radioactiveduck6]

Okay that couch was ripped straight out of my childhood.

[@gaddmatt]

Roll Tide and two thumbs up for a classic Alabama expression, Ain't No Count. It's up there with cattywompus.

[@EightPieceBox]

This was so short! I don't even Jace a Costco membership, but I'll be waiting for part 2. They are the most interesting store brand.

[@shaunbrachmann2636]

Great stuff 👍 I'm always surprised when I try the Kirkland items. Next to try: whiskey!

[@tennredneck101]

Come on Matt, everyone should know that Kirkland Signature isn't a generic brand!!! It's good, better than the names and one of the only "name" brands I look for! Thank you for proving it with a variety here haha COSTC rocks!!!

[@Bluesage2024]

For my 2 sons, I would buy the cheap stuff and put it in the name brand boxes. Worked every time.

[@StardewStartup]

I used to work next to the factory that made Kirkland's salsa in San Antonio. The smell from that place was amazing! I tried the salsa later on. It would easily give the name brands a run for their money.

[@gatornationforlife2001]

I work at Costco and just got off there so this was a nice surprise. As for the foods Kirkland stuff is hit and miss some stuff is good some bad. My personal favorites are the Vitarain drinks the Kirkland Vitamin water and honestly like their Chicken Nuggets compared to the Just Bare ones less fatty. The Tortilla chips are also pretty good though they don’t have the most salt. The two things I had that I hated were the sparkling water and their Seaweed chips stay away from those🤮🤮🤮

[@stephaniewinn9306]

I worked in a bacon factory and often worked with the delicious Kirkland brand. The other lines were other brands but had different "recipes" into how the bacon was prepped whether it was thickness, flavorings or even how long it was cooked.

[@chiberjuberdourado2487]

Nailed it with the animal guesses! 😊

[@KevinWindsor1971]

Matt's got that dog in him. That $1.50 Costco hot dog.

[@denonhd8]

My wee nephew ordered a dog, and a chicken bake. He threw the bun away, and worked the dog into the chicken bake. 🤯 We each had a half, and I was amazed how good it worked together. 🤤

[@katemolly100]

I literally said, out loud..ooOoohh! Love Costco, Matt how about Sam's Club?!?! 😮

[@Mr-G131]

So you're the one who has my old VHS tape drawers! That's the best podcast set imaginable.

[@jdollar5852]

We don't have a Costco anywhere near us, but every Kirkland item I've ever had was quite good. I retired from a company that grew fruits and vegetables. We packed our name brand, Kroger, Publix, and just about every other retailer and foodservice distibutor. They all came from the same fields, were picked by the same crews, and packaged in different boxes. The only difference was that customers required different sizes. Celery was our #1 product, followed by romaine lettuce. You're welcome. I was born and raised in Alabama, and other than your insane belief that White Claw lemon was good, you're pretty much spot on with your rankings.

[@sfowler1017]

Nobody should sleep on Costco. They're phenomenal.

[@HoneyBadger177]

The pot pie commercial reference had me crying 😂😂

[@nontypicalguy]

Normally I watch these with my wife, but she didn't like three of the snacks, so I was left to watch this alone because I like them all 😂

[@joeysimmons2779]

These are so genuine genius

[@joshhylden]

A city in Washington State 0:30

[@macklyn]

Your credibility is a bajillion!! Edit - I should've waited until I heard Big Bird's skin because your credibility is only exceeded by your humor! You rock Matt!

[@somerflowers]

Kirkland is where I mostly grew up. Also worked at the Kirkland Costco back in 1998. Was crazy to work there when we got beanie babies in. People would line up forever before we opened and then just run to the box and started just whole arm hugging them and throwing them in their carts 🤣

[@r5LgxTbQ]

what if you keep the double down as a standard rule but make it mandatory... like if they're all close and you make it to the last one without doubling down then you must double down there

[@alostrich]

I like this

[@franciscanstudent]

​@@alostrich Please make it happen.

[@darksidequeen1994]

Oh heck yeah a good video to listen to while I draw 😁🥰

[@leahstacey6705]

The Zoo that Tiger king had....

[@trevor_philips_industries]

Carol Baskins!

[@08mhudd]

“I’ve never seen a raisin tree before!” 🤣🤣

[@thomasknoll8840]

I feel obligated to chime in on the Kirkland thing.. It's where Costco for quite some time, was headquartered in WA state. Though it first opened in Seattle.

[@phillipjackson2877]

The same factory can make both and they are still completely different because even though they are made in the same place they still have to make it to the companies specifications

[@charlene-zw]

Educational!!! ✨👍 Thank you Matt . Before this video i was 😖yuk about Kirkland 🧐😖 products BUT NOW I know better !!! 😃👍 Tell Kirkland they owe You !!!! I will now try all things Kirkland 😃 😋

[@LabCat]

We not only had the video cassette version of those trays beneath his TV, we also had the audio cassette ones **AND** the 8-track one.

[@Daomus]

2:54 YOU DIED

[@LaughingSaint66]

do target next !! I love their brand of dark chocolate in all its forms its so ONO

[@TheChelseaCate]

I looked into the Kirkland brand Zyrtec and found it was made in the same facility as the name brand and is better priced for what it is. I pretty much switched most of my shopping to Kirkland Signature!

[@brennadailey1268]

We love watching your videos! Next you need to compare Sam's off brand vs Name brand! We are a Sam's family 🙃

[@ChassieNix]

The first picture of me, when they brought me home from the hospital in Sept ‘84 is on the same couch. 😂 Which my grandfather created. I don’t think I’ve ever been in a Costco’s.

[@KileyStansel]

Loved when you did the ACC football video before.. hope you will do one for us low level ACC fans who aren’t in the SEC :)

[@hardlyb]

That's my experience. I shop a lot at Costco, and find Kirkland stuff very reliably good. Batteries, food, motor oil, you name it.

[@jessicalester1115]

Kirkland started here in Seattle! And Kirkland is a city right across the lake from Seattle. 😊

[@tcortez]

Kirkland is a town in western Washington, the one that abuts Redmond (Microsoft) to the north. While Costco is headquartered in Issaquah, the distance between Kirkland and Issaquah is only about 15 miles, and one has to admit that Issaquah Signature would not have nearly the same sound as Kirkland.

[@kangarooninja2594]

Best Costco commercial ever.

[@dwalke26]

That zoo that tiger king had 😂😂😂😂😂

[@davidthedeaf]

Costco should endorse now. You did them good.

[@94bestyearever]

I need a ranking popcorn video!

[@noyou9379]

I'm confused the video says posted 1 minute ago yet comments are hours ago a couple over 20 hours ago.

[@VhaidraSaga]

You can make edits after it uploads or change the date of upload in KZbin Creator Beta.

[@noyou9379]

@VhaidraSaga I thought it wouldnt change the date unless pulled then reuploaded though

[@hillorisartin6129]

At holiday time costco sells the peppermint white chocolate covered pretzels. Those are amazing!!

[@denonhd8]

I love that big-assed box of microcorn. Great value for what you get. I could live off a box for about a month, just eating poppycorn. 🤤

[@timfrederick9992]

Chocolate covered raisens and popcorn together mmmm

[@jmjdetail]

So how does Costco brand compare to Sam’s club brand???

[@alostrich]

Sam’s gotta let me into the Club first

[@RAD6150]

That's the comparison we all need...

[@Chainsaw-ASMR]

Used to have both Sam’s and Costco; it’s not even close, Costco wins everyday and twice on Sunday. Sam’s has a larger selection of stuff for sale though.

[@Jaxmusicgal23]

@@Chainsaw-ASMR yeah when we moved from TN to where we are in NC, I change from my Sam’s Club membership to Costco… We had only had a Sam’s club where we lived… Once I went into Costco with a friend, and tried some of the products… I was sold… I have never looked back

[@shelbysittig1047]

That couch brings back memories of my husband and I’s first couch we got from his dad. I had a good relationship with my in-laws and I miss them. That couch is so ugly yet comfortable. 😢 Love ya, Momma and Daddy Sittig