It’s Gone? Discontinued Products

As I think I have made clear, I think Costco is a great store.  However, it is not perfect. One of my gripes is the frequency with which Costco discontinues products.  I’d say that these always seem to be my favorite products and therefore think that I have bad (or unusual) taste and like unpopular items or that Costco is out to “get me” by getting rid of my favorite foods. The more logical hypothesis is that I tend to only notice the items that I like that have been discontinued because I look for those. (For example, if they get rid of Spam, men’s wool socks, or 300-pack cartons of toothpicks, I wouldn’t know).

Now, a post about discontinued products really won’t bring them back but I want to see if others remember and/or liked these, if others have other products they miss, and if people have other sources of finding these or similar items.

1. Two-bite cinnamon rolls: sold in a bucket of about 30 of these delicious mini cinnamon rolls, I can purchase them at other stores but they are pretty expensive.

2. Royal fjord salmon: I reviewed this salmon right before it was discontinued. Now they replaced it with a honey maple salmon.

3. Golden Taste tuna deluxe: oh I am so disappointed. I love this tuna. When I called to see if it was in stock, I was told that it was not currently on order but *might* be back. I sure hope it is!

(I called back and they did have it in stock so I am not sure if this product is on its way out but I am happy that it may still be sold!)

4. Hoody’s Orchard trail mix: the most popular review on my blog so I know others are interested in the product. There is a Kirkland variety that looks similar.

5. MaraNatha almond butter: the replacement Kirkland variety is very good so this is not a huge problem.

6. Sea creatures and alphabet vanilla cookies: I ate way too many of these during college. The freshman weight gain was more from these cookies in a huge tub (think the bear jar of animal crackers in a boring round shape) than from the all-you-can-eat dining hall.

7. Alphabet graham cookies: same as above but a sweet graham cookie.

8. Classic Cooking vegetable kugel: Similar to the holiday broccoli kugel but with mixed vegetables.

Do you remember these items?

What products do you miss?