We Have a Lovely Table for Two (Right by the Toilet Paper)
1 Comment | Written on April 19, 2012 at 1:00 pm, by Lesley Kennedy
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Broke? Cheap? Multitasking? Or just plain hungry? What are you waiting for? Go grab dinner at Costco … or Ikea, or Home Depot.
That’s right, whether you love Costco’s pizza, dig the Swedish meatballs at Ikea or crave a hot dog from Home Depot, there are plenty of inexpensive eats at your nearest big box store, CNBC reports.
Because, really, who doesn’t want to grab six months worth of toilet paper, a giant tub of mayo, enough cat food to feed all the kitties on the block and maybe some new patio furniture along with a little lunch?
According to the network, you can find food courts at nearly all of Costco’s 592 warehouse stores worldwide.
“You don’t need to go through a drive-thru,” college kid Michelle Bates tells CNBC while dining on pizza and a smoothie at a California Costco. “You just pay at the checkout, and grab and go on the way out.”
Those on a college-like budget can understand the appeal. The network reports a hot dog and 20-oz. soda (complete with free refills) will run you a wee $1.50. For a couple quarters more, you can get a slice of pizza. Add a buck, and you land a churro for dessert.
Hello, beer money.
Of course, we’re partial to the food at Ikea. We’ll maybe grab a new rug, a bookcase and some picture frames just to have an excuse to buy the chain’s cinnamon rolls. They’re $1, people!
And when you see a deal that includes not one but two hot dogs, chips and a soda for a measly $2? Well, it’d be a crime not to stop and eat. (We haven’t even discussed the fact that you can get 15 meatballs served with mashed potatoes, cream sauce and lingonberries for $3.99 — sorry, honey, but we just had to pick up that floor lamp while we were there, too. Blame the lingonberries.)
Actually, does anyone need us to run out and pick up a deli platter to feed 50, a couple of cases of office paper or maybe a new vacuum cleaner? It’s lunchtime.
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One Response to “We Have a Lovely Table for Two (Right by the Toilet Paper)”
Wow – I can hardly wait to go to Pueblo to grab a hot dog at Home Depot. Surely wish we had an Ikea, as the meatballs there are great (sampled them while in New Jersey).