Costco and Bran Muffins
Howard Kaikow
If you agree that Costco should not drop such an item, make your feelings
know to Costco.
And they should add a low sugar version of the bran, and maybe other,
muffins.
PeterD
Or just shop elsewhere?
There are two reasons why companies drop products:
1. Ingredients or resources (staff, etc.) become unavailable at a
reasonable cost.
2. Not enough sales to justify the fixed cost of product manufacture.
I suspect #2 in the above situation, not enough people bought their
bran muffins!
As to new product ideas, you should contact corporate management
directly. You will need to show them there is a market for low sugar
products (which there probably is not, unfortunately... People buy for
taste, not food nutritional value) and if they see they can make a
profit on such a product, they'll sell it.
SMS
I expect that most people are buying the sweeter muffins, blueberry,
banana nut, and chocolate, and few buy the bran muffins.
Costco has been discontinuing a lot of items, or substituting lower
quality items for previous products they carried.
Robert Neville
>Costco has been discontinuing a lot of items, or substituting lower
>quality items for previous products they carried.
Costco has been hit by a triple whammy. Their same store sales are down 8%,
people aren't buying luxury goods and lower gas prices are reducing sales as
well as traffic counts.
Presumably they are looking at lower margin/volume items as candidates for
elimination...
The Real Bev
> Howard Kaikow wrote:
>> The Costco in Nashua, NH has stopped carrying bran muffins.
>>
>> If you agree that Costco should not drop such an item, make your feelings
>> know to Costco.
>>
>> And they should add a low sugar version of the bran, and maybe other,
>> muffins.
>
> I expect that most people are buying the sweeter muffins, blueberry,
> banana nut, and chocolate, and few buy the bran muffins.
I never saw bran muffins there. The absolutely best bran muffins are made with
raisins and pineapple and lots of honey and have sort of a sticky-crispy top.
The ones at Marie Callender's look like that, but I haven't tried one yet.
Wrap the Costco muffins individually in saran wrap and freeze them.
> Costco has been discontinuing a lot of items, or substituting lower
> quality items for previous products they carried.
Things are tough all over. They brought back Knott's blackberry preserves,
though, which shows their hearts are in the right place; Smucker's doesn't use
anywhere near enough whole fruit,
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Cheryl Isaak
"PeterD" <pet...@hipson.net> wrote:
Besides - how hard is it to buy the package of bran muffin mix and make your
own.
C
Howard Kaikow
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> On 5/9/09 8:28 AM, in article hhta05t0fpv5renjm...@4ax.com,
> Besides - how hard is it to buy the package of bran muffin mix and make
your
> own.
Very hard, if one was not aware such critters were available?
Howard Kaikow
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> I never saw bran muffins there.
A few months ago, the members desk told me that they did not have bran
muffins.
On 20 March, I stumbled upon them and have bought two 6-packs every week.
They look very much like the double chocolate so they were easy to miss.
The absolutely best bran muffins are made with
> Wrap the Costco muffins individually in saran wrap and freeze them.
Too late, they are not at Costco any more.
>
> > Costco has been discontinuing a lot of items, or substituting lower
> > quality items for previous products they carried.
Well, with healthy foods, customers should live longer to spend more money.
Rod Speed
Nice theory. Pity that the 'live longer' is only a week or so and
thats mostly with you in the nursing home with dementia where
you dont get to decide what gets shovelled into your mouth.
The Real Bev
> "Cheryl Isaak" <chery...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Besides - how hard is it to buy the package of bran muffin mix and make
>> your own.
>
> Very hard, if one was not aware such critters were available?
There's a fine recipe on the All-Bran box. At least there was 20 years ago.
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The Real Bev
> "The Real Bev" <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I never saw bran muffins there.
>
> A few months ago, the members desk told me that they did not have bran
> muffins.
>
> On 20 March, I stumbled upon them and have bought two 6-packs every week.
Huh? Muffins come on cards of a dozen. Bagels come in 6-packs.
> They look very much like the double chocolate so they were easy to miss.
>
> The absolutely best bran muffins are made with
>
>> Wrap the Costco muffins individually in saran wrap and freeze them.
>
> Too late, they are not at Costco any more.
No muffins at all? I was speaking generically.
>> > Costco has been discontinuing a lot of items, or substituting lower
>> > quality items for previous products they carried.
What, specifically, do you find to be Kirkland low-quality stuff?
> Well, with healthy foods, customers should live longer to spend more money.
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Cheryl Isaak
<kai...@standards.com> wrote:
Time to wander the entire store - both Costco and your grocery store.
C
Bill
> Howard Kaikow wrote:
>
>> "The Real Bev" <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I never saw bran muffins there.
>>
>> A few months ago, the members desk told me that they did not have bran
>> muffins.
>>
>> On 20 March, I stumbled upon them and have bought two 6-packs every week.
>
> Huh? Muffins come on cards of a dozen. Bagels come in 6-packs.
Actually, they've switched over to 6-packs. You take 2 packages
for the price ($6.49 at my Costco). When I first saw this a few
weeks ago I thought the packaging was smaller and I was sure
they'd reduced the size. But it's the same weight as before
(well, half of that for one package), just much more convenient
to carry and freeze, since they are smaller and you can leave
one of the 6-packs sealed if you want. It allows them to stop
making variety packs since people can mix and match, so there is
probably some cost savings for them.
Bill
The Real Bev
If you get there while they're making up the variety packs they'll be happy to
make one up the way you like it. I just looked a few days ago -- muffins in
Chino Hills still come in packs of a dozen.
I wish they had more choice in bagels. They're made by Noah's and are very
good, but more choice would be nice.
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Bev
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