I feel like Benji going to the grocery store is like Judy shopping at Sephora or Target. The happiness 😊

I learned working as a vendor inside of Costco that they have stores catered to the area’s demographic, so in highly populated Asian areas they have more Asian products, my store was considered Hispanic so we carry a lot of Hispanic products.

Queso Oaxaca: Is a melting cheese, kind of mozzarella good for quesadillas, gorditas, ect. Queso Fresco: Is a wet crumbly cheese good to top on sopes, taquitos, tostadas or just over refried beans Queso Cotija: Is a really drycheese and a little bit more salty, we typically grate it to top on sopes, tostadas, taquitos, gorditas ect. Alot of people dont like it because of it's peculiar smell... Stinky Feet Cheese (thats what my boys call it 😂) Queso Panela: We use it as a side to accompany some type of protein especially when we make carne asada. Grilled or pan fried (with a little bit of oil) in a taco with a piece of meat, salsa and a gilled cactus or cactus salad and some guac...😋 YUMMERS!!

The mystery airheads were the batches when the factory switched to a different flavor. While some flavor from the previous batch was still in the machinery.

Benji is the shopping friend you need. Convinces you into buying stuff 😂

Its funny- I’ve been watching you and Judy since I was 14 and always skipped past the cooking content (sorry lol). Fast forward to now, I’m 27 and am LOVING your videos Benji. Thank you for sharing 😊

Costco worker here. The stores carry stuff that do well to the demographic that shops there. So two costcos within 15 minutes from eachother can have completely different products because of their members

all these costco content is hitting the right places. i've always enjoyed benji and judy's grocery hauls so this is just euphoric for me lol

I never thought I would enjoy watching someone grocery shopping so much, but here I am nodding my head and saying oh wow. Lol

Costco Business Centers also don't carry some items regular Costcos carry. So it goes both ways. No books, electronics like TV's and no clothing. The Business Centers are very much aimed at restaurants and small business. Not so much families or the general public.

I live in Southern Cali. We have diversity. I have noticed Asian snacks have been on an upward trend over the past 8 years or so. I am a foodie like you Benji. 😁

Key word from this vlog, “Hella” 😂..

I would LOVE to walk through a costco with that much variety and quantity. Randomly walking through grocery stores is my idea of fun 🎉

I think you should do a “try costco snacks” or “try japanese snacks” from all the hauls/grocery shopping! So we know if it’s worth the buy hahaha

I use Bachans on everything! I make poké, soy beans, marinate meats of course on my lazy days, but super yummy, i even add a little bit to my ramen, udon broth.

I'm loving these new videos by Benji... Thank you 🙏🏻❤

Thank you for this!! I have been so curious, but too lazy to actually check out my local business Costco. I am loving all these videos Benji! Just went crazy at Uwajimaya last week!

Hey just to let you know, I recently found out the mystery flavor isn’t actually a random flavor picked out from the bunch of airheads. The mystery flavor is actually its own unique flavor!!!!

I live in Salt Lake City, UT and we have the largest Costco here. Also, started seeing a lot of Asian snacks and seasonings in our Costco here and even just regular Kroger grocery stores now has it too! Thankfully still at an affordable price.

I have learned so much about food and the sources of food just by listening to Benji. As someone who frequently works out and tracks nutrition (for now!) I feel like I learn more from him about nutrition than a gym bro eating chicken and broccoli LOL balance is key

When shopping at a regular Costco, I love 💕 the big quantities of things like organic nuts, spices, and quinoa, because they sell tiny amount else where. 💕Really like the smirk 😏 on the thumbnail.

Hmm, I don't know if these are everywhere. The Costco's in my area have "business owner" hours, but it's all the same products (a lot of which you showed in this video), I believe. How fun to see this, thanks for sharing!

Bachan's sauce is great! We sometimes use it as a dipping sauce (add some chili's too) for at home KBBQ or a quick stir fried veggies or even any kind of quick fried rice! Tastes like a sweet teriyaki soy sauce. Great video!

We just moved to the Midwest from Seattle and the Costco here has no Asian food products. The people here are missing out!

Everyone that grew up in our tulime loves the white mystery airhead!! I use to flip them back and forth really fast making it push down to one side and get compressed. I gotta get some now lmao

There is also different brews of soy sauce, fermenting ages ect. I worked in a Roe house in Alaska with Japanese Roe techs learned a bunch about soy sauce’s and fish.

Love that u posting again

I love your costco trips Benji.

I think it’s both. Also, more people are embracing their Asian heritage, and with the spread of K-pop, and awareness of other Asian cultures, more people are curious and want to learn about different cultures, which is great!

Yes they are more Asian food here in bay area too I think the reason is where ever Costco get better deal they get love ur channel

Panela… Break it in small amount. Form it to a small ball and pan fry til golden brown. It’s a side item. Queso fresco is a crumble cheese for tacos nachos tostadas etc.

Entertaining as it is educational. Excellent video, Benji!

Hear ye! Hear ye! All hail the king of Costco shopper, Sir Benji! Wish we had Business Costco here in Hawaii! Costco is my go-to shop for everything (that included the photo dept, sadly it folded!) since food prices are so expensive here in Hawaii!

I love the Japanese barbecue sauce. Best on pork, chicken and fish.

Haircut lookin sharp, Benji 👌

Thanks for bringing me to business Costco. Great content as always 😂

Sam’s club has business hours where you get to walk right past the common folk waiting to get in. You get in an hour early.

I laugh every time benji mentions the fake kewpie mayo 😂 it’s his mission every Costco trip to warn us! Thanks Benji!!

I live in Southern California, and the ice cream truck brings back memories especially the air heads and the Lucas lol

This was really interesting, Thanks for taking us all along Benji! Not gonna lie, when you showed the lamb, I paused the video to see if the lamb was from New Zealand and it was 😄 There's a running joke here (and maybe with the Aussie's 😅) that there's more sheep in NZ than people....but I dunno about that 😆😅

When I go to Sam's Club (don't think we have any BJ or Costco or similiar such stores near me) to buy bulk, how half this vid was is what I want. Not just a bunch of variety packs. Or even a handful of bottles of the same thing wrapped together. Like that Soy, instead of a bucket I'd probably end up with a pack of regular bottles.

There's comparatively few Business Centers out there, but businesses can order that stuff for delivery. 3:47 Some trends are company-wide, but even normal Costco selection varies by local preferences. 5:48 When I went to Las Vegas, they also had straight soda syrup. Customize your concentration and carbonation level. 13:30 the chill vibes is nice, but the Las Vegas gas is still nuts because the Business Center is the Costco closest to the freeway for those passing through. 19:20 Yeah, the lack of a food court is disappointing, but makes sense. While Benji is primarily showing off the food, but there's similar selections for stationery and other bulk business supplies. Costco became less of a bulk warehouse as it became mainstream.

2:20 Same, I recently learned that it's usually a blend of leftovers from different batches.. I've definitely had ones that tasted at least 90% a single flavor.

Where I live in CA, we didn’t have a huge Asian population, a lot of Hmong, Loas, small Vietnamese community. Predominantly white and Hispanic. My husbands step mother is from Vietnam so we always craved banh mi, Pho, boba from Vietnam (way before it was popular) etc etc. About 10 years ago we only had 2 Vietnamese restaurants, Random Chinese food but it wasn’t very good. In the last 4 years we have a boom of Vietnamese places, boba, Korean, Japanese, Asian Indian, like I mean it’s exploded! Every store has Asian items in it now too. We only use to be able to find them at one Asian market but now even at our local sprouts they have the Asian items we need. I love it!

Whoa didn't even know they had a business one! I always thought costco was for business also. We have a resturaunt depot! Ill have to see if this exists here! Love how u shop benji yeah ill try that!❤🎉

Hi benjoe I love your contents . Your touring us at all grocery stores . I kiss the farmers market

I just saw a clip of pineapple cakes!!! They looked really yummy I nice little snack with coffee or tea

Im in the bay area where we have a massive Asian population, especially in Vallejo and Daly City. They have a ton of Asian foods at our Costco

Yes, I live in Rancho Cordova, CA (suburb of Sacramento) & our local warehouse carries some Asian items (varying during seasons), but the S Sac warehouse which has a greater local Asian population has a lot more Asian items.

Yoooo, you just took me way back. Not LUCAS, iykyk! The ice cream truck, that was a good time right there.

Oh I missed Leah in this video so much ❤❤❤

Benji, you have to try the lemon - S. Pellegrino! Ice cold, so gooood!! I bet Judy would like it! 😉

"you wanna bust out hella guac hella fast" totally got me lol'ed ! 😆

Oaxaca cheese is the best for quesadillas as well!

Thankyou for sharing 👍🤗

That's an interesting question about why Asian snacks are becoming more popular. I was thinking that there are a lot of services now that will send a variety pack of snacks from different countries so people are discovering a lot of new options.

You should get the maraschino cherries with the stems and lots of sprite or other lemon lime soda than you could use the cherry syrup to make Shirley Temples or use coke or Pepsi and make Roy Rogers for the girls.

Wow, going here to get things would be great if you need to cook for a large amount of people. The pre sliced things could be really handy so you can just go straight to cooking.

Love the business center, the meat prices can be awesome if you need 30 to 40 poind cases. Ive gitten chicken thighs as low as .39 per pound.

In Ontario there are more Indian foods and spices available in a lot of the grocery stores and more variety of rice too.

That yum yum sauce from walmart holds pressure so if you shake it up , its like a soda can basically, thats after a week after opening, its hard to clean it up everywhere lol

Nutella get dry and hard if you don’t use it within a certain time after opening it

love your videos, Benji!

1:50 They indeed don't "add sugar" but still half the product is just sugar as you can see in the chart, they can write "no added sugar" because the sugar in it comes from concentrated apple juice basically... so while it's "naturally sourced", it's still a kind of processed sugar and it's terrible for health, tooth decay, etc... You should give your kids actual fresh apples, it has way less sugar and it's not processed.

You should def try the pomegranate spellegrino! Its so good!!

I work at a cafe and can confirm Nutella goes bad :- )

Benji your content is always so great and done well. Thank you

I grew up with Lucas and tamarind aka (tamarindo) here in San Antonio TX. I used to have a duck in a small yellow shaker❤ When the girls have Hot Cheetos, add lime juice! BOMB!!!🎉

I liked banchan sauce, I use it to marinade my meat for yakiniku nights 🤤 you can just use the sauce for dipping too or mix with fried rice

I saw the appliances and i used to make custom cabinets and some of those appliances are being place in homes itd crazy they need something so huge lol but to each their own

It’s definitely based on region with the Asian snacks. I’m in Idaho and we only get a few Asian snacks at my costco

As someone who’s from Hawaii, who shops at Costco. We have a mix of cultures on our island. Majority of us are Mix-Plates (Hawaiian, Samoan, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Filipino, Caucasian, African American etc…) so I’d say majority of our Snacks at Costcos here more align with Asian Snacks since we mostly have asians here and tbh I think Asian snacks have more taste.

Interesting that the first ingredient on the fruit strips is concentrated apple puree, which is fructose, just sugar by another name but fructose goes directly to the liver to be processed.

Ive tried the Bachan bbq sauce and ya like you thought, it tastes like teriyaki sauce, so i use it for stir-fry or marinate. Quite good actually

If I didn't see the title of the video I would of swore you were in my local sam's club, not just the isle structure but where every product was placed corresponding to other products especially the refrigerated section its damn near identical. I've always viewed costco as catering to larger families, parties, events and sam's catering to small businesses, food trucks, b&bs, concession stands so I can see why it very simular at a business costco.

I live in Sacramento California and the Costco I live close to have tons of Asian food. Yes, there are a lot of Asians inside my Costco and a lot of Asians in the surrounding area. Btw..those pineapple cakes from Tawaiin are delicious. I had a layover from Philippines to Taipei and tons of ppl were buying those Pineapple cakes. Ppl were buying multiple boxes. They couldn’t keep it on the shelf. 😊 I had to grab a box and try it out. My family and I enjoyed it.

11:05 Get you a friend to teach you some basic Spanish! It’ll take you a long way in the US 🙌🏽

Honestly, I go here to stock up for Halloween. I don’t do “fun size” I do FULL SIZE.

The answer to your question about why there are more Asian snacks is because of anime becoming more popular

Yo benji,its about time do a cooking show with the kiddos at your backyard.

Wow! Never knew there was an actual Costco just for businesses.

I’m from Maryland & our Costco has maybe a solid 3-4 Asian items but that includes noodles 😂

Here in the East coast there isn’t as many Asian snacks. There’s more hispanic/latino type foods bc that’s our demographic here in my city specifically

My favorite store. All I need are drinks and subprimal cuts.

Bachan's Japanese Barbeque sauce is great on rice dishes! or just on rice.

I think the prevalence of Asian snacks and candy at the Costco business center is because of all the Asian restaurants owned by Asians. They always have some sort of Asian snack usually an Asian candy at the checkout counter!!!

I wonder if the white flavor of airheads is like the mystery flavor of dum dum suckers. they dont put a pig in the line when they switch flavors, they just load up the next flavor. So X amount of suckers coming out are wrapped with the mystery flavor wrapper cause it could be strawberry, or it could be cherry, or it could be a mixture of both. At least that is what a buddy of my who worked in the factory told me.

I was JUST talking to my husband about queso the other day and how someone who doesn’t know the language would think that queso is a cheese dip but when we hear queso we know it literally just means cheese 😂

Because we LOVE asian snacks 😊

The chili mangos are INSANELY GOOD

Interesting, as bulk buying IS the way to go. ps. Welcome to Costco... I love you.

I feel like Asian snacks are popular now because the ethnicities little stores to get produce from are Latin and they sell some Asian products now

The Nutella is cheaper than anything I can find in stores in Italy, but it's what I would have payed 5 years ago. Stores have a very tight margin on that stuff Edit: that's of course if the 22$ tag is what you ACTUALLY paid...

The flavored San pellogrino is delicious!

All my friends were ALWAYS getting Luccas. I never developed a taste for it, myself.

4:23 I live in Florida and our Costco doesn’t have as many Asian options compared to the west coast like California. A lot of videos I see of certain Asian products available at Costco are filmed in California. There’s a larger Asian community on the west coast vs east coast…. At least in Florida.

There’s even more Asian foods at the Renton Costco!

I’m from WA, boney lake Costco has way less Asian stuff then federal way! I think it’s based on the population

Awesome video 😊

So much better than restaurant depot wow