KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City, city officials revealed plans Friday for a massive economic development project in the northland.
The plans include a new Costco and possibly a new school.
Clearing land has already started for the two-part project. The first part of the project is a new Costco at the corner of 88th and Platte Purchase Drive.
The warehouse club hopes to open November 1. If the deadline is missed -- Costco will open in April, 2017.
The second part of the project includes the donation of 88-acres of land to the Platte County R-3 School District. The land is north and west of the Costco development. There are no plans yet -- but the land could possibly hold a new high school and middle school.
"I always joke, I've always heard about developers they give land to school districts, but I've never actually had it happen to me,” Platte Co. R-3 Superintendent Mike Reik said. “To Platte County schools and our children. But in fact it has happened, and we couldn't be more grateful for that."
The project is near the Twin Creeks Development. The plan is to develop all around the Twin Creeks Development and bring more economic growth to the northland.
Originally Posted by philfree:
I looked at the briskets and didn't buy one but I figure I can get one in short notice if I want to smoke one up. They're monsters that need a lot of trimming so that needs to be timed with trash day because nobody like maggots in their trash. The meat looked good though. I did buy some nice filets.
I bought a Prime packer from there a couple months ago and it was 14.5 lbs and I trimmed off probably 3.5 lbs. But it was $3.50/lb maybe 4 so still miles ahead of what Hyvee could do for me.
They run a really good deal on Prime Rib around the holidays in normal years. Something like $25 off the whole roast at any already very good price for prime. Dunno what they'll do this year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by philfree:
I have to say that the roasted chicken is great.
The retailer actually loses money on their rotisserie chickens
According to Costco’s chief financial officer, the retailer loses between $30 and $40 million a year on the chickens. Still, they refuse to raise their prices to a more reasonable $5.99. The reason: They really believe $4.99 is how much a chicken should cost. In a less selfless way, the chickens keep foot traffic high at the store, which benefits its bottom line.
Originally Posted by Fish:
The retailer actually loses money on their rotisserie chickens
According to Costco’s chief financial officer, the retailer loses between $30 and $40 million a year on the chickens. Still, they refuse to raise their prices to a more reasonable $5.99. The reason: They really believe $4.99 is how much a chicken should cost. In a less selfless way, the chickens keep foot traffic high at the store, which benefits its bottom line.
Originally Posted by Pablo:
I bought a Prime packer from there a couple months ago and it was 14.5 lbs and I trimmed off probably 3.5 lbs. But it was $3.50/lb maybe 4 so still miles ahead of what Hyvee could do for me.
They run a really good deal on Prime Rib around the holidays in normal years. Something like $25 off the whole roast at any already very good price for prime. Dunno what they'll do this year.
Shoulda hit me up I would have gave u my prime packer [Reply]
I actually prefer Sam's to Costco. At least around here the meat is cheaper is Sam's, noticeably so. There are a few things Costco has that I don't get at Sam's or vice versa. We effectively get our Sam's membership for free because we have the Plus plan or whatever you call it and we spend enough to cover it. Costco has been cheaper on gas than Sam's. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bump:
as a longtime costco shopper, it has gone quite downhill over the past few years in terms of quality but is still the best place to buy groceries and stuff. As a guy who loves cheese, there's no better place to buy 5 lbs of delicious pizza shop quality mozzarella and the crap in the grocery stores can't even compare at 5x the price.
Since China hit us with the the biological attack I've noticed the quality of everything has gone down. I'll have to check into the pizza. [Reply]
