There is vanilla (extract) made from ground up vanilla pods, and there is vanilla extract with synthetic vanillin, there is vanilla extract with vanilla pods steeped in alcohol … anyways, there are vanilla extracts and vanilla flavorings … to many to name.
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That’s just show. Costco is not going to fine its customers. And have you ever seen police in the parking lot?
Yeah, probably easier to see a clown sunbathing at his rooftop… 
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You could take a photo and report on the police online reporting system
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They’re back (in Neihu at least).
Yesterday.
Lot’s in XiZhi yesterday also.
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In Costco today (Hsinchu) where a tragedy is unfolding-
- No Skippy peanut butter. Instead there’s some oil-on-top “multi-nut butter” horseshit with like an inch of oil on top that I suspect they want to sell off before they’ll pull the Skippy back out and restock. C’mon Canadians, you love that shit: step up.
- No KS butter. They do have Lurpak in 10g/100ct boxes.
- Less than two boxes of KS bacon left. The trauma from the peanut butter situation has me worried that it, too, will take some time off at Costco soon.
It’s good! If you like mixed nuts ground into a butter.
This however is an extremely worrying development. What does anyone do with salted butter. Inexplicable
In my experience, if you pour the oil off the top the mixed nuts are super dry. Works that way for peanuts anyway. So every time you want a PBJ you gotta spend ten minutes gunking up a butter knife while stirring. Huge PITA, super messy; in a word, inconvenient.
If you stop in Hsinchu please stop at Costco and buy a couple, though. I may be wrong, but my theory is when this stuff sells out then Costco will put out the good stuff.
That is a bit of a pain. I like it though. I’m a nut, what can I say. They’ve had it for a while now up here, I don’t think it has anything to do with the peanut butter situation. Probably some kind of temporary supply line issue.
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I couldn’t get Skippy when I was in Costco last week either. Luckily, I was able to pick up a couple of jars of Jif at Carrefour for about the same price as the Skippy at Costco.
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Yeah Jif would work. Thanks for the heads up, may have to visit the Carrefour in Zhubei soon.
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Nut butters with oil on top are a good sign it’s natural. Commercial nut butters that don’t separate have been whipped with hydrogenated fats. I’ve been buying this peanut butter at rt Mart. You have to stir it. https://koeze.com/cream-nut-smooth
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Looks good, I’ll look for it. “that’s what the jelly is for”, makes sense
are you saying the butter, the Costco butter, the 4 packs x 4 sticks of butter Costco butter, that butter, that is the butter that you didn’t see?
And importantly: salted, unsalted or both?
It seems once again that we must make preparations for appealing to the magistrate.
That’s exactly what I’m saying. Neither salted nor unsalted Kirkland Signature (the 4-brick pack) were available. Went back yesterday, too, and both were still missing.
Maybe you’re luckier; my only experience is at the Hsinchu Costco.
It’s not been available in Taipei Costco outlets for at least 6 months now. Definitely a supply chain issue.
It works great in Kraft Dinner.