local goods at Costco= impressed

We were very pleased to see that the Costco in Lihue had so many local businesses represented at the store. Not only were there the normal Mac nuts and such, but cakes (Icing on the Cake in Kapaa), Anahola Granola, Mac nut cooking oils, Aunty Lilikoi products and much more.

It was great to see so Costco supporting the local business, still making money themselves, and giving their members opportunity to save as well.

Kudos to Costco.

local goods at Costco= impressed

Thanks for the info. I was going to ask this exact question yesterday.

local goods at Costco= impressed

It is a great place to get Kona coffee too! I always get extra and bring it home.

Are there other places to get Kona coffee on Kauai?

You can get Kona coffee at Longs, ABC, Walmart and many other stores on the island.

We did not make it to Costco and now I wish we did. I%26#39;ll put it on my list for next trip.

thanks for the info! We%26#39;ll be there in October and I was hoping I could find Aunty Lilikoi products. And I can get some Kona coffee to boot!

We use Kaua`i coffee. Every bit as good as Kona and locally produced. Costco sells large bags of whole beans.

Costco has really good poke, too.

Aloha from Kaua%26#39;i!

Poke, tako poke, boiled peanuts, takuwan, kimchee, kimchee pickles, laulau, furikake, arare, Kaua%26#39;i Coffee, Kona Coffee, wun tun strips --- these are just a few of our ';local'; goodies at Costco - and these are only from the top of my po%26#39;o - there are tons more!

Malama Pono,

Janet

So they carry both Kona and Kauai coffee? Awesome, I want to try the Kauai coffee too.

Does Costco have a specific section for local goods, or is it spread all throughout the store?

The products are spread throughout the store but most of the visitor oriented stuff (ie packs of chocolate covered mac nuts, etc) tend to be towards the front.

We (my wife is the OP) found the local products all around the store. There are two tourist-y sections as mentioned above. The Aunty Lilikoi set ($16,dressing,jelly,syrup,mustard) was in the front of the stores, directly across from the cash registers. That%26#39;s where most of the chocolate/macnut products were. We got our macnut oils near the back, in front of the meats in the center row of the store. Everything there was very gift-basket like, so that area might actually be there for the winter holidays...early and crazy, I know.

Other things like coffee and refrigerated goods were located in their proper locations. The line for buying poke was long....always a good sign when buying fish.

Other tasty looking items I saw, a dim-sum party platter, fresh saimin, Portuguese sausage (5lb for $8!?), manapuas, kalua pork, and char-sui. Now we can make local food in our condo for Costco prices!

But a couple negatives to report though. We went there about 15 minutes before closing. The food stand outside had literally ran out of everything except Caesar salads and chocolate soft-serve (and three churros). Never seen that before. And gas wasn%26#39;t much cheaper, while on BI it was over 20 cents/gallon.

And a question for the local experts, I bought a pound of Hanelei Poi there, and it%26#39;s in my fridge at home right now....how long does poi ';last'; in the fridge?