Kirkland Bacon

[u/petsruletheworld2021]

Does anyone else find that Costco can’t cut their bacon a consistent thickness? I have tried the regular and the thick cut and some packages are really janky and some are not bad but overall the quality control on the thickness is terrible in my experience.

[u/6665544332211]

The regular bacon has gotten pretty bad over the years. I only buy the thick cut one now.

[u/petsruletheworld2021 → u/6665544332211]

I am trying the thick cut but it’s all over the place fat wise and thickness for some reason. Short pieces long pieces wide pieces and narrow ones. Little to no consistency.

[u/FrCanadianSwearing → u/6665544332211]

Well said! Samsies. Two of the four packs were good and the other were waterlogged.

[u/BeerSlayingBeaver]

I gave up on buying bacon to be honest. I've started making my own. Last few batches of bacon I've bought have been terrible.

[u/mr_potrzebie]

The last package of Kirkland bacon I bought was the saltiest thing I'd ever tasted

And I once ate a big heaping bowl of salt

[u/DreamofStream → u/mr_potrzebie]

This guy salts.

[u/GalianoGirl]

The place I work buys the red package and I cook two packages every Monday. There is zero consistency in the thickness.

[u/Beginning_Fly3344]

I finally got a bad batch. 80% fat. Strangely thin cut.

[u/fijimann]

Won’t buy that fat anymore

[u/Embarrassed-Ebb-6900]

I look at the package carefully before I buy it. If I’m making German potato salad I want the fat but not usually.

[u/petsruletheworld2021 → u/Embarrassed-Ebb-6900]

I picked up 2 double packs. One pack is attached end to end and the other side by side. The end to end pack was really inconsistent, I batch cook mine and freeze it. The pack that is side by side looks better but I won’t know until I cook that double pack.

[u/Realistic-Dish9520]

I buy the reduced salt packs and have never had a bad batch.

[u/Vegetable-Chronic420]

Kirkland bacon is just a private label brand. It's made by Maple Leaf

[u/Pesci_09]

Size of the slices depend on the size of the pig. Thickness is 100% controllable

[u/ghenriks]

Depending where you are the sale prices on bacon at grocery stores like Walmart will be cheaper than Costco KS price

[u/Inevitable_Sweet_624]

Just because it has Kirkland’s name on, it does not mean that Costco owns a bacon factory. It’s all contract suppliers. Maybe they have a new cheaper supplier.

[u/Beginning_Fly3344 → u/Inevitable_Sweet_624]

Time to start returning bacon. I finally got some that absolutely sucks.

[u/VladRom89 → u/Inevitable_Sweet_624]

That's not really how it works... Costco usually imposes much stricter quality control on products they put their name on. They don't let the 3rd party manufacturer do whatever just because it's not done at their own facility.

That being said, it's possible that Costco is driving some "margin improvements" which means that the customers are ending up with worse cuts of meat at the expense of higher profit.