September 14–20 Warehouse Club Scorecard: Three One-Cent Wins, and BJ's Finally Has Prices
Sam's Club wins three comparisons by one cent, Costco takes the widest gap and the detergent by the load, and BJ's leads the pump and facial tissue per tissue in the week both major warehouse books expire.
Costco's August 24–September 20 book and Sam's Club's August 26–September 20 Instant Savings Book both end on the same Sunday, and Costco's replacement opens the next morning. Most of what is on sale on September 15 will be gone by September 22.
Two things changed since last Tuesday. Costco's weekly page turned over on September 14 with a fresh set of dated offers, and BJ's Wholesale finally exposed merchandise prices — its fuel-saver page carries the current coupon carousel with a shelf price and a coupon amount on each item. That turns three of this week's near-ties into genuine three-way comparisons. An auditable in-warehouse photo was unavailable, so every price below comes from a first-party or attributed deal page.
Headline picks
- Downy Unstopables, 39.9 oz — the first real three-way of the run. Sam's Club lists the bottle at $19.98 and takes $4 off at checkout, so it lands at $15.98. Costco lists $19.99 and takes $4 off, landing at $15.99. BJ's lists $19.99 with a $2.00 clippable coupon, which leaves $17.99. Same bottle, same size, all three expiring September 20. Sam's takes Costco by a cent and BJ's by $2.00. One 39.9-ounce bottle of scent booster suits a small household and lasts months. 123
- Dawn Platinum Plus Powerwash dish spray, 3-pack, 64.5 oz — Sam's Club by a cent. Sam's lists the three-piece set at $12.98 with $3 off, or $9.98. Costco lists its three-piece set at $12.99 with $3 off, or $9.99. BJ's lists the same three-pack at $12.99 with $2.00 off, or $10.99. Each set holds one starter bottle and two refills, and all three end September 20. A one-cent gap is smaller than the fuel a second drive costs, so buy the detergent where you are already going. 123
- Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides, 24 oz — Costco by $6.00. Costco's 1.5-pound tub is $29.99 with $6 off, or $23.99. BJ's sells the same unflavored 24-ounce tub at $34.99 with a $5.00 coupon, or $29.99. That $6.00 gap is the widest on this week's list, on two tubs of the same size and flavor. Sam's Club's current savings book has no row for this item, so the comparison runs on two chains. Twenty-four ounces is about a month of daily servings for one person, which makes it a reasonable buy for a small household. 23
- Olay body wash, two 35-ounce bottles — Sam's Club by a cent. Sam's lists its Olay 2-pack at $15.98 with $3 off, or $12.98. Costco lists its Olay 2-pack at $17.99 with $5 off, or $12.99. Both packs hold 70 ounces of Olay body wash; the scent lines differ, and both offers end September 20. Seventy ounces serves one person for a long time. 12
- Kleenex Ultra Soft facial tissue, priced per tissue — BJ's. BJ's sells a 12-box pack holding 1,440 tissues at $18.99 with a $3.00 coupon, or $15.99. That works out to $0.0111 a tissue. Costco's 12-box pack holds 1,020 tissues at $16.99 with $4.50 off, or $12.49, which works out to $0.0122 a tissue. Costco wins the checkout total; BJ's takes the shelf. Sam's Club has no Kleenex row in the current book. Twelve boxes is a storage decision as much as a price decision, and a 1–2 person household should check the closet before buying either pack. 23
Costco's weekly page adds offers that were not on last Tuesday's list. The Kirkland Signature Sparkling Energy Drink variety pack, 24 cans of 12 ounces, is $12.99 after $4 off (item 1925833, September 14–20). A boneless pork loin takes $6 off per package. Activia Probiotic Dailies, 24-count, is $7.99 after $3 off; Don Miguel chipotle chicken mini tacos are $8.49 after $3.50 off; Laughing Cow wedges, 21.7 ounces, are $5.49 after $3.50 off. The Gillette Venus Sensitive Plus disposable razor, 15-count, carries $5 off through September 20. The longest-dated offers are the Maison Perrier sparkling water, 24-count, at $5 off through October 11, and the apparel and home rows running to September 27. 4
Category-by-category comparison
| Category | Costco | Sam's Club | BJ's | Qualified verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food | Kirkland sparkling energy drink, 24 cans, $12.99 after $4 off Sept. 14–20; boneless pork loin, $6 off per package; Activia 24-count, $7.99 after $3 off; mini tacos, $8.49 after $3.50 off; Laughing Cow, 21.7 oz, $5.49 after $3.50 off. 4 | Tyson chicken nuggets, 5 lb, $9.97 after $2 off; Nutri-Grain bars, 36-count, $7.98 after $2 off; Uncrustables, 24-count, $12.98 after $3 off; Danimals smoothies, 36-count, $10.18 after $2.40 off; Mott's fruit snacks, 90-count, $9.98 after $2 off. All through Sept. 20. 1 | Kraft mac & cheese cups, 12-count, $11.79 with $2.00 off; Heinz ketchup, 3 × 44 oz, $13.99 with $2.00 off; Maxwell House ground coffee, 43.1 oz, $20.99 with $2.50 off; Rao's marinara, 2 × 22 oz, $9.99 with $1.50 off. 3 | No same-brand, same-size pair qualified. Costco carries the broadest new list; Sam's still holds last week's five-pound nugget comparison at $9.97. |
| Household | Tide Advanced Care, 154 oz / 125 loads, $14.99 after $5 off, about 12 cents a load; Gain + Oxi, 170 oz / 159 loads, $15.99 after $4 off; Kleenex Ultra Soft, 1,020 tissues, $12.49 after $4.50 off; Cottonelle flushable wipes, 560 ct, $13.49 after $3.50 off. 2 | Downy Unstopables, 39.9 oz, $15.98 after $4 off; Dawn Powerwash 3-pack, $9.98 after $3 off; Charmin Ultra Soft, 32 rolls, $24.38 after $5 off; Bounty, 12 rolls, $22.78 after $5 off; Lysol disinfectant spray, 19 oz 3-pack, $12.98 after $3 off. 1 | Tide, 170 oz / 152 loads, $22.49 after a $2.50 coupon, about 15 cents a load; Kleenex Ultra Soft, 1,440 tissues, $15.99 after $3.00 off; Clorox disinfecting wipes, 425 ct, $16.49 after $3.50 off; Cottonelle Ultra Soft toilet paper, 36 rolls, $24.99 with double coupons. 3 | Costco takes detergent per load, at 12 cents against BJ's 15. Sam's takes the body wash and the scent booster; BJ's takes facial tissue per tissue. |
| Electronics | LG 77-inch OLED AI B6E, $1,699.99, valid through Oct. 4; Dyson Supersonic Nural, $100 off through Oct. 2; Dyson Airwrap i.d., $130 off through Oct. 2. 4 | Samsung 65-inch QN70FD Neo QLED, members-only price with $300 off, ends Sept. 20. 5 | The readable coupon carousel carries no current item-level electronics offer. 3 | No cross-chain winner. The two offers are different brands at different screen sizes, so neither undercuts the other. |
| Tires | No current tire offer with both a price and a validity window was readable this pass. | No comparable tire row was found. | The BJ's tire centre page loaded without a validity window. | No qualified winner. Confirm the installed price at the local tire centre before driving. |
| Travel | The current Costco Travel banner offer is an all-inclusive Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana package with a digital Costco Shop Card, for two nights or more; no package price is published to compare. 6 | The current savings book publishes no comparable travel package price. 1 | No comparable current BJ's travel price was verified. | No cross-chain winner. Check availability and price directly before booking. |
| Gas | No national Costco average was available; check the local station before adding a detour. | Sam's sells member-only fuel and publishes no national average. | Regular gas averaged $4.020 a gallon across 210 BJ's stations in 22 states on September 15. AAA's national regular average that day was $4.3289, so the BJ's chain average sits 30.89 cents lower. Club+ adds 5 cents a gallon, and the Fuel Saver event running through September 20 pays 10 cents a gallon for each of more than 100 participating items bought in one transaction, up to $99 or 40 gallons. 789 | BJ's leads the available benchmark; the local pump decides. |
Both expiring books keep the older household rows alive through Sunday, which is why this week's list runs long and next week's will run short.
Cherry-picker's route
Single best stop: Costco. It holds the widest verified gap of the week at $6.00 on the collagen tub, plus the cheapest laundry per load.
Put these on the Costco list:
- Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides, 24 oz, $23.99 after $6 off, through Sept. 20. One tub is about a month of daily servings. 2
- Tide Advanced Care, 154 oz / 125 loads, $14.99 after $5 off, through Sept. 20 — about 12 cents a load. A 125-load jug suits a household that runs several loads a week. 2
- Kirkland sparkling energy drink, 24 cans, $12.99 after $4 off, Sept. 14–20 only. 4
- Kleenex Ultra Soft, 1,020 tissues, $12.49 after $4.50 off — the cheaper checkout total, though the higher cost per tissue. 2
Add Sam's Club as a second stop when the trip already passes one, for the Olay 2-pack at $12.98, the Downy bottle at $15.98, and the five-pound Tyson nuggets at $9.97. The nugget bag and the 36-count Danimals pack are event quantities; buy them only with a freezer plan. 1
Fill up at BJ's, the one stop with a verified fuel edge this week. The Fuel Saver event pays 10 cents a gallon for each participating item bought in one transaction, and it stacks with the 5 cents a gallon that comes with Club+. 39
Membership math
Costco lists Gold Star at $65 and Executive at $130. The $65 upgrade divided by the 2% Executive reward gives a break-even of $3,250 in eligible annual spending, and gas purchases earn nothing toward that reward. 10
Sam's lists Club at $60 and Plus at $120, so the $60 upgrade breaks even at $3,000 in qualifying spending at 2% Sam's Cash. New members can pay $25 for Club or $55 for Plus through September 30, and a first-year promotion says nothing about renewal. 11
BJ's lists Club at $60 and Club+ at $120, which is the same $3,000 break-even on its 2% rewards. Club+ also adds 5 cents a gallon at BJ's Gas and two free same-day deliveries a year. Rewards are capped at $500 per 12-month period and exclude gas, alcohol, tobacco, lottery tickets, gift cards, propane, membership fees and third-party services, so the $3,000 figure applies to eligible in-club and online purchases only. 9
Next week's preview
Everything above expires Sunday, September 20, and the replacement Costco book opens Monday, September 21 and runs through October 18. Its early rows include Kleenex Trusted Care, 230 tissues across 10 boxes, at $15.99 after $4 off — about 0.7 cents a tissue, against this week's best of 1.1 cents — plus Lysol disinfectant spray, 19-ounce 3-pack, at $11.99 after $4 off, and Tide with Ultra Downy, 128 ounces and 100 loads, at $16.49 after $4 off. 2
Sam's Club's Instant Savings book closes the same Sunday, and the next one is expected October 28. Between those dates, Sam's shoppers are looking at targeted markdowns. Its Tampax Pearl box, 96 count, at $11.98 after $5 off, and its diaper rows all end Sunday. 1
Sam's Club wins three comparisons by one cent each, Costco wins the collagen tub by six dollars and the detergent by the load, and BJ's takes facial tissue per tissue and the pump. Three of the five headline races came down to a penny, and Costco lost two of them.
References
- 1Sam's Club Instant Savings Book
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- 2Costco Coupon Book
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- 4Costco Weekly Warehouse Insider
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- 5Sam's Club electronics Instant Savings
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- 6Costco Travel
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- 7BJ's Gas Prices
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- 8AAA Fuel Prices
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- 9BJ's membership tiers and benefits
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- 10Costco membership types and fees
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- 11Sam's Club membership
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