10 Worst Items to Buy at Warehouse Clubs

Soda

Shopping at a warehouse club can help you save big on a variety of kitchen staples, but there are a few you should consider buying elsewhere. This includes soda and other soft drinks. Consumers can pick up these same items at a traditional grocery store or big-box retailer at cheaper prices when shopping their weekly sale promotions, says LivingRichWithCoupons.com’s Livesey.

At a Washington, D.C.-area Harris Teeter location, we spotted a buy-one-get-one-free sale on a 12-pack of 12-ounce cans of Canada Dry Ginger Ale (regularly $7.49 each). That amounts to 24 soda cans. At Sam’s Club, a 24-pack of the same size cans of Canada Dry Ginger Ale cost $7.58.

That’s nine cents more than Harris Teeter’s BOGO deal. A weekly sale promo at a D.C.-based Lidl location included a 12-pack of 12-ounce cans of Lidl’s store-brand sparkling water (the packaging was very similar to La Croix’s) for $2.69 each. At Costco, a 24-pack of La Croix sparkling water totaled $8.59. You could purchase two 12-packs from Lidl for $5.38. That’s over $3 less than at the warehouse club.