I used to have a membership at Sams - we do not have a Costco in our town. I found that I went there for only a few items that I felt were really good quality, etc. like some of the fruits and some of the meat. I found that if I shop the grocery stores in town and look for deals, I get what I want at a good economical price and I also get what I want, i.e. if I want organic low salt broth, I can get that and sometimes the Sams choices were too limited so that I would not be able to get low salt or something like that. It is just my husband and myself too so we don't really need large quantities of items.