<p class="ingestion featured-caption">I fill my cart at Costco with various ingredients for easy meals.Carolyn Koenig</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>I've been <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-coscto-buys-for-dinner-executive-membership-2024-3">shopping at Costco</a> for over 30 years and have figured out some of the best items to get.</li><li>I almost never leave the store without a <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-things-to-get-at-costco-according-to-employee-2022">Kirkland Signature rotisserie chicken</a>.</li></ul><p>When my husband and I became <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-costco-buys-executive-membership-large-budget-2024-2">Costco members</a> in 1991, I was shopping for my family of three. Now, at 80 years old, I'm a happy grandparent shopping for my household of two.</p><p>Throughout the years I've shopped at the retailer, I've noticed some of the same people, a bit older and a little grayer (like me), still deep in the Costco experience. To me, this isn't any surprise — after all, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-costco-builds-customer-loyalty-low-prices-returns-hot-dogs-2024-7">Costco has built a loyal following</a> of customers.</p><p>Though I've downsized from my old "Costco closet" (a utility closet I outfitted with numerous shelves and a wine rack), I still head to the warehouse each week for ingredients to make simple meals. Here are nine <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-costco-buys-for-easy-meals-executive-membership-2024-6">things I always get at Costco</a>.</p><p><em>Prices may vary by location.</em></p>