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For the past few years, I've been finding that I'm doing more and more of my Passover/Pesach shopping at Costco. I'm originally from Brooklyn, but I live in East Denver, and we are fortunate to have a Costco in nearby Aurora, Colorado that stocks a nice-sized kosher section and a plethora of KFP/KLP (kosher for Passover/kosher la'Pesach) items. But even if you live somewhere where the local Costco doesn't stock special KFP items, there are still TONS of must-have Passover items that you can buy at Costco that will cost much less than at your local supermarket.
Many of these deals (except for the specifically seasonal KFP items, like shmurah matzoh) are available for months before Pesach. What I love about that is that I can make a significant dent in my Costco Passover shopping well before Purim, and save a ton of money as well. That takes a lot of the panic out of Passover shopping for me.
I've included price comparisons to previous years (if available). Of course, your local Costco is going to have different items and prices from my local Costco. If you'd like to send me photos of KFP items at your local Costco, by all means, please do (and make sure to include the price in the photo)! It's still relatively early and I plan to do a great deal of updating to this post as we get closer to Pesach.
FYI, I'm not affiliated with Costco at all (other than being a shopping member) and I was not compensated in any way for writing this post. I put this together strictly as a reference for Daily Cheapskate readers. And while I'm Orthodox, I'm definitely NOT a posek, so if you have any halachic questions, please contact your own local halachic authority.
Please note that when I say that the OU allows an item for Passover without special certification, that means that the item must have an OU on it but does not need an OU-P. To clarify, the OU can only certify items supervised by the OU. So if your item has another hechsher on it, it is probably not covered by the OU for Passover.
I've been doing these massive Costco-Passover posts for the last five years, and each year, they grow longer, as Costco adds more and more items to their Passover repertoire. These Passover-at-Costco posts are among Daily Cheapskate's most popular posts on saving money on Passover shopping.
Things that I haven't included: vegetables (other than Pesach staples like romaine lettuce and potatoes), fruit, and cleansers. Some of these I consider rather obvious. In creating this listing, I wanted to focus on must-haves for Pesach that might not be on your radar.
Ok, grab your cart, make your list, and away we go.....
