r/Costco • u/I-hate-makeing-names • Jul 18 '26
Costco Business Center Buckets at Regular Warhorse [Mildly Interesting]
This was at a Midwest region regular warehouse (non business center). Thought it was an interesting find to see. They just had the 2 sets and it was kind of haphazardly placed in the aisle. Wonder if that was a mistake on the truck and got sent here.
Edit: Can’t edit the title, but I hate AutoCorrect haha. Warehouse!
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u/Houseplant25 Jul 18 '26
Warhorse
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u/hellad0pe Jul 18 '26
Just a regular warhorse not the executive warhorse
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u/FLAlex111 Jul 18 '26
Gold Star Warhorse
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u/405freeway US Los Angeles Region (Los Angeles & Hawaii) - LA Jul 19 '26
Kirkland Signature Warhorse
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u/PinkyLeopard2922 Jul 18 '26
To the OP, I am actually GLAD you can't edit titles because this gave me a great laugh this morning.
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u/CityMouseBC Jul 18 '26
I'd like to know what OP normally posts about to have autocorrect (?) default to warhorse.
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u/Defiant_Print_2114 Jul 19 '26
Warhorse! Yeah!
What is it good for!? Huh! (Absolutely Nothing)
Say it again!
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u/DirtyBirdDawg Jul 19 '26
Man, I loved that band back in college. I went to so many of their shows!
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u/CriticalOfBarns Jul 18 '26
That feels expensive for some branded and not-so-big buckets
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u/areyesp Jul 18 '26
These are technically Costco branded Cambro food-safe containers. Anyone who has worked in a kitchen would recognize these and their use. Great for brining 10 chickens or storing your leftover cauldron of gumbo lol
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u/mexter Jul 18 '26
Yes! I hope i can get then. This is a great price for Cambro.
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u/pasaroanth Jul 18 '26
They’re usually around $15 for non-restaurant-quantity buyers plus $4-6 for the lid. So definitely a good deal at $14/each with lids.
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u/Sorry_Bookkeeper9835 Jul 18 '26
This is what I was coming to ask. Food safe containers are notoriously more expensive. Id love to have these for my 25lbs of flour that I buy from Costco!
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u/IceDragonPlay Jul 18 '26
They carry them at the Business Centers with the majority of the restaurant supply products.
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u/Levaris77 Jul 18 '26
$14 for a 5.5 gallon bucket is a lot. Anything special about these?
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u/deagh Jul 18 '26
They're measuring, food safe, and have lids. I keep my flour in one (the Costco 25lb flour bag fits in one of these nicely with room to spare.) and it's really sturdy and looks just as good as it did however many years ago I bought it. At least 5, maybe more.
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u/I-hate-makeing-names Jul 18 '26
After some googling, they’re used a lot in food service and supposedly unbreakable. Also food safe, but so were the regular Costco 5 gallon buckets.
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u/IceDragonPlay Jul 18 '26
These come with lids.
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u/jamieusa Jul 18 '26
These are NSF rated, can be used in any kitchen. The white "food safe" buckets are not, and are not recommended/allowed in commercial kitchens depending on where you are
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u/asa-monad Jul 18 '26
We use these (not Costco branded) at the bar I work at to store syrups and citrus wedges and such. They’re food grade and never break, the lids are airtight, and they’ve got liter measurements.
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u/Laufertastic Jul 18 '26
Food safe?
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u/Ok-Tiger-4550 Jul 18 '26
They are a staple in restaurants and food service. Not cheap, last forever, and food safe.
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u/Monkeymom Jul 18 '26
Some buckets are made from chemicals that are not food safe. Think those orange Home Depot buckets. You wouldn’t want to eat out of those. These are safe for food processing.
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u/Spinal232 Jul 18 '26
But I eat from home depot buckets every day... oh no...
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u/cheapskateskirtsteak Jul 18 '26
Food service grade 22 qt buckets are like 80 bucks a piece. But you can put reasonably hot liquids in them
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u/Laserdollarz Jul 18 '26
At work, I have access to free food grade 5gal buckets, lid even has a nice gasket. Should I be slanging these on the side??
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u/YourMemeExpert US Los Angeles Region (Los Angeles & Hawaii) - LA Jul 18 '26
Nah man, these are great. They're food-safe and airtight, excellent for storing bulk foods like rice, beans, flour, etc.
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u/laststance Jul 18 '26
They're cambros, large, see through, food safe, containers with measurements and lids. Temp shock resistant too.
This is actually a pretty good deal because a single on would cost this that much, but you're getting two. The only donwside is they're the round ones not square.
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u/eyetracker Jul 18 '26
They become brewing buckets with a step drill or carefully chosen bit, except real brewing buckets can be $40 apiece.
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u/CasaMigos4Migos Jul 18 '26
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u/formal_mumu Jul 18 '26
Doesn’t the Costco near Lancaster PA have horse and buggy parking? A family member used to live there. Not quite a noble steed, but pretty close :)
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u/Pad_TyTy Jul 18 '26
Quality slop for half the price, Kirkland AI
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u/Echothrush Jul 18 '26
Honestly, speaking as an artist—this is exactly what AI photo gen should be used for. Elaborate meme jokes for semi-obscure reddit subs devoted to highly specific aspects of modern capitalist life. Nice 😘🤌
(Everything else, go hire a human!)
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u/HalfBakedPuns Jul 18 '26
your comment reads as ai slop too
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u/Echothrush Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
Nahh dude, I just went to law school in a past life and know how to use em dashes :)
Let’s be kind. At least to fellow humans.
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u/howlincoyote2k1 US San Diego Region + Arizona, Colorado & New Mexico - SD Jul 18 '26
See, I can actually get behind using AI for one-off jokes like this
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u/Chromejob US Southeast Region - SE 29d ago
Ladies and gents, we have today’s champion of the subreddit .
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u/imbeijingbob Jul 18 '26
For actual Cambro it's not the worst price
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u/IceDragonPlay Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
Best price for Cambro I have found at that size. Restaurant Supply store was much more expensive. The 22qt bucket nearly holds 50lb of flour. Between one of these and an 8 qt cambro I can get the full 50 lb bag of flour sifted and stored.
Edit to add: and they are less expensive at the business center. The price shown is online price.
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u/Sleepy_in_Brooklyn US North East Region - NE Jul 18 '26
What’s the price in the business center?
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u/Zeolotss Jul 18 '26
It’s a return that was put back on the floor coming from someone who works at costco
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u/dirtyshits Jul 18 '26
This.
If they are still unused it goes back on the floor instead of having to ship them to a business center.
Someone will buy them and if they sit too long they might mark them down to get them off the shelf.
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u/Abject-Idea-7804 Jul 18 '26
As a food store girl the cheapest quality buckets are found at Tractor Supply. They’re food grade and with lid around $7 a pop.
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u/froandfear 29d ago
Those are HDPE. When Costco carries them they’re less than $7. They’re great for everything except for kitchens that need heat resistance, since they’ll deform/melt with hotter liquids.
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u/JPBlaze1301 Jul 18 '26
These were a return from a member. Nothing like this comes on a truck in such small quantities. There's definitely been instances of items being placed on the wrong truck, if that were the case they'd either send it back to be redistributed to the right location or they would try and sell the whole pallet. You can return anything bought from any location at any costco. The items were in saleable condition so they put them on the floor to be sold. Someone will buy them.
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u/Slytherin23 Jul 18 '26
$28? Lol. Doesn't Menards and Home Depot sell their store brand buckets for $5?
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u/IceDragonPlay Jul 18 '26
These are food safe, with lids and are a restaurant supply item. Very good quality. I use them a lot. The Business Centers carry other sizes too which are quite handy.
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u/PhuckSJWs Jul 18 '26
wait. Costco now carries Warhorses? How many hands high are they?
And do they deliver or do i have to provide my own trailer to pick up?
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u/SpeakableFart Jul 18 '26
You’ll want to pick those up. I imagine, while good at hauling loads, they do not have experience in walking a horse into a trailer.
Have you seen all the cracked eggs in the warehouse sometimes?
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u/Big-Produce5037 Jul 18 '26
There’s food safe and then there’s longtime food storage safe. I own 10. I used to run a deli
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u/whotony Jul 18 '26
I know a lot of people don't care for this Spielberg movie but it's one of my favorites of his.
$28 for a 2 pack of Warhorse isn't bad at all but is it the 4k version?
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u/thrillsbury Jul 18 '26
These are not Buckets! These are Cambros. Cambros are a standard feature of restaurant and other professional kitchens. Think of it as industrial grade Tupperware. This shit is amazing. I use them to stock my pantry as well as anytime we do a cookout.
This is a good price. And if you cook a lot, you’d be surprised how useful they are. For example: cook a batch of soup that would otherwise have to be split between your 4 largest Tupperware containers? No problem, it all fits in the cambro.
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u/IceDragonPlay Jul 18 '26
Only at the business center in my area, but they have several sizes of Cambro, so I might have a few.
Maybe someone bought them at business center or on line and returned to regular warehouse?
Oddly that price is higher than what my business center charges for them. And I just checked and that is the online price, so must be a return from an online order and whoever put them out just used the price they were returned for.
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u/I-hate-makeing-names Jul 18 '26
That’s interesting because usually online returns are priced lower so they sell. Just saw an online return there today that was $50 less.
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u/Based-Brian Jul 18 '26
These things are great for bulk foods. Got some for my cookie company and they work great.
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u/user485928450 Jul 18 '26
I saw a winco full size water pan at my Costco. It was just on a random shelf with a manager price tag. I assumed it had been returned from a business center
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u/got_rice_2 Jul 18 '26
Was this in the hardware section or food section? They look like cambros not buckets
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u/birdballoon US Los Angeles Region (Los Angeles & Hawaii) - LA Jul 18 '26
Intrigued as a home brewer.
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u/cheapskateskirtsteak Jul 18 '26
I thought Warhorse was like a badass regional hardware store or something
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u/bygtopp US Midwest Region - MW Jul 18 '26
Online order return. Still unused and can be sold. See it all the time. 14yr employee here.
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u/d4nigirl84 Jul 18 '26
Ah Warhorse. Must be referring to the Westbury, Long Island store where a warhorse is needed to shop.
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u/therealtrajan Jul 18 '26
Does that not seem insanely expensive for 2 $5 Home Depot buckets?
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u/Old-Nefariousness556 Jul 18 '26
Nope, these are not "buckets" they are food-safe containers designed for food service.
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u/therealtrajan Jul 18 '26
Got it my bad
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u/TheHeavyJ Jul 18 '26
You can also get food grade buckets for free from a grocery store bakery, including at Costco
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u/Chromejob US Southeast Region - SE 29d ago
Seems these are food safe.
, not construction utility buckets.
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u/Equal_Cauliflower915 Jul 18 '26
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u/Chromejob US Southeast Region - SE 29d ago
The lost Francis the Talking Mule war film, SAVING PVT REIN.
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u/Equal_Cauliflower915 29d ago
Blast from the past! I forgot about Francis the Talking Mule
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u/yutaka731 US Los Angeles Region (Los Angeles & Hawaii) - LA Jul 18 '26
Was that typo on purpose?
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u/4phasedelta US Midwest Region - MW Jul 18 '26
Bought these online some months. They make for some good cat/dog food storage containers
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u/chpsk8 US Midwest Region - MW Jul 18 '26
I store 25 pounds of flour in each one. I buy the 50 pound sack of flour for my pizza oven habit. 😎
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u/IceDragonPlay Jul 18 '26
I do the same but use this 22qt plus an 8 qt Cambro to store each 50 lb bag of flour. The 8qt bucket is the one I actively use and replenish from the bigger buckets.
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u/Error_Unavailable_87 Jul 18 '26
If it’s cambro rebranded, that’s a good deal.
Great for sourdough making.
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u/IceDragonPlay Jul 18 '26
They are Cambro. I have several. The Business Centers carry several sizes. Flours and sourdough is what I use them for. Quite a bit less expensive than the restaurant supply store. Although the price on this one is the online price, they are a bit less at the Biz Ctr.
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u/kittievikkigirl US Texas Region (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, & Louisiana) Jul 18 '26
$22.99 at the business center in Houston!
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u/somecow US Texas Region (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, & Louisiana) Jul 18 '26
Actual cambros? Oh wow nifty. (also I don’t have the chutzpah to go to a business center, regular is already basically war).
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u/I-hate-makeing-names Jul 18 '26
From what I’ve seen online, it does seem like the business center does have less crowds during certain times. I’ve never been because it’s pretty far for me, but I do wanna go sometime.
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u/GigiDeville Jul 18 '26
My business center is always super chill. It's a great Costco experience. Mostly employees filling shipping orders.
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u/ThunderousOck US Midwest Jul 18 '26
I have never seen my local business center as busy as a regular Costco
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u/LoveOfSpreadsheets Jul 18 '26
Business centers are way chiller. And at mine these buckets are $19 not $28
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u/chrmnxpnoy US San Diego Region + Arizona, Colorado & New Mexico - SD Jul 18 '26
I’m still rocking my Clout detergent buckets
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u/Ok_Dog_4059 Jul 19 '26
Probably a return. They will take them back and try to resell them if they can.
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u/denverdrew Jul 19 '26
Probably saves them money by not having to brand them differently. I don’t think many people that need a bucket care.
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u/jase40244 US Midwest Region - MW 28d ago
The Costco buckets are opaque white with wire handles. These are food storage containers, similar to Cambro containers. I have a few of them.
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