October 20–26 Warehouse Club Scorecard: Costco's New Book Lands, and the Tide Gap Is $4.99
Costco's savings book turned over on October 19, and the one bottle both clubs sell identically is $4.99 cheaper there; Sam's Club is eight days from its next book, and BJ's takes tires on installation.
Costco replaced its member savings book this week. The September 21 to October 18 edition closed on Sunday, and a new one opened Monday and runs through November 15. 1 Every Costco price in last week's scorecard died with the old book.
Sam's Club still has no Instant Savings Book. The last one closed September 20, and the next is expected October 28. 2 What Sam's files under savings this week mixes small markdowns with Sam's Cash rebates that want a $100 basket first.
BJ's is eleven days from the end of its 42 percent birthday event, which runs through October 31. 3 It opens Early Black Friday on Friday, October 23, with up to 40 percent off TVs and electronics. 4
Every price below was read at the source on October 20, 2026.
Headline picks
1. Tide liquid, 152 loads — Costco, by $4.99 on an identical bottle.
Both clubs sell the same jug.
Costco takes $5 off the 170-fluid-ounce bottle, 152 loads, item 1709318, limit two: $24.99 down to $19.99, through November 15. 15 That works out to 13.2 cents a load.
Sam's Club sells the 170-ounce, 152-load bottle at $24.98 with no discount on it this week. 6 The line beside it is a Sam's Cash offer: $15 back on a $100 spend across select P&G brands, ending October 27.
Sam's comes to 16.4 cents a load, so the gap is 3.3 cents a load and $4.99 a bottle.
Run the rebate and the gap holds. Fifteen percent off $24.98 is about $21.23, still $1.24 above Costco, and you spend $100 on P&G to get there.
A 152-load jug is roughly a year of laundry for two people, so any household with a washer can take the whole saving.
2. Protein shakes, 12-pack — Costco, by $4.29 across a larger pack.
Costco takes $5 off Orgain's 35-gram dairy-free shake: 12 bottles of 14 fluid ounces, item 2017037, limit six, $21.99 down to $16.99 through November 15. 15 That is 10.1 cents a fluid ounce, or $1.42 a bottle.
Sam's takes $5.50 off Fairlife's 30-gram shake: 12 bottles of 11.5 fluid ounces, $26.78 down to $21.28, ending November 9. 6 That is 15.4 cents a fluid ounce, or $1.77 a bottle.
Costco's carton carries 30 more fluid ounces and costs $4.29 less. By gram of protein it is 4.0 cents against Sam's 5.9.
Costco's everyday $21.99 is already 13.1 cents an ounce, under Sam's sale price.
3. Tires, a set of four — the $80 on the tire ties; BJ's adds $80 off installation.
Costco's new book takes $80 off any set of four Bridgestone tires through November 15. 1 That replaces the Michelin and BFGoodrich offers that ran to October 18, so the brand changed with the book.
BJ's best offer this week is up to $160 off BFGoodrich, valid October 19 to October 29: $80 off a set of four plus $80 off installation. 7
The tire discount is $80 at both chains. BJ's hands back another $80 on the fitting, and most of its tire offers close October 29, inside this publication week.
Read the Michelin tile before you plan a trip around it. BJ's headlines $150 off Michelin Cross Climate 2, valid October 20 to October 29, and the terms printed beneath add to $120: $40 off the set of four plus $80 off installation. 7 The Goodyear tile reconciles, at $70 off a set plus $80 off installation.
The percentage offer is the one to check against your own size. 42 percent off a set of four Uniroyal tires runs through October 31, limit two sets. 3 On a $150 tire that is about $252 off four, more than any flat-dollar offer on either board.
4. Gas — BJ's runs 38.9 cents under the national average.
BJ's averaged $3.890 a gallon for regular across 216 stations in 22 states on October 20, with premium at $4.660 and diesel at $5.953. 8
AAA's national regular average that day was $4.2786, down from $4.3413 a week earlier and $4.4761 a month earlier. 9 BJ's sits 38.9 cents under it, about $6.22 on a 16-gallon fill before any reward.
Club+ takes another 5 cents a gallon off. 10
Costco and Sam's publish no chain-wide average, so this measures BJ's against the market. The gap has widened slightly: a month ago BJ's averaged $4.102 against a $4.4761 national figure, or 37.4 cents.
Category by category
| Category | Costco | Sam's Club | BJ's | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food | Orgain shakes, 12 × 14 oz, $16.99 after $5 off; Tyson Crispy Chicken Strips, 48 oz, $7.39 after $4.60 off; Marie Callender's Pot Pies, 8 × 10 oz, $8.99 after $4 off; Swanson Chicken Broth, 6 × 32 oz, $7.49 after $2.50 off. Through Nov. 15. 5 | Fairlife shakes, 12 × 11.5 oz, $21.28 after $5.50 off, through Nov. 9; Member's Mark sandwich croissants, 12 ct, $4.96 after $1 off, through Nov. 6; Atlantic salmon fillet, $2 off a package at $9.82 a pound, through Oct. 25. 611 | 42 percent off through Oct. 31 with no coupon, on a list that prints percentages in place of shelf prices. 3 | Costco takes the one head-to-head race, the shake 12-pack, by $4.29. None of Sam's three food markdowns has a comparable item on sale at either rival. |
| Household | Tide, 152 loads, $19.99 after $5 off; Gain + OXI, 159 loads, $15.99 after $4 off; Downy softener, 257 loads, $11.49 after $3 off; Kleenex Soothing Lotion, 12 × 85 ct, $15.99 after $4 off; Ziploc, 322 ct, $11.99 after $3 off; Air Wick scented oils, 1 warmer + 9 refills, $13.99 after $4 off. Through Nov. 15. 15 | Tide, 152 loads, $24.98 with no markdown; Dawn Platinum, 90 oz, $11.88 with a $100-spend Sam's Cash offer, through Oct. 27; Member's Mark paper lawn and leaf bags, $8.78 after $1 off, through Nov. 1. 612 | Three priced Qunol supplements on its fuel-saver list, and no readable shelf prices on household goods. 13 | Costco takes the Tide bottle by $4.99. Sam's holds that jug at list price and puts a rebate on the Dawn instead. |
| Electronics | Acer Aspire AI 16-inch, $699.99 after $200 off; Dell all-in-one 23.8-inch, $1,199.99 after $400 off; LG OLED evo C6H, 55 to 77 inch, $999.99 to $1,999.99. 1 | No electronics price was readable this week. | Advertises up to 40 percent off TVs and electronics from Oct. 23, with no item price printed. 4 | No two-chain pair. No identical model is priced at two chains, and BJ's figure is a ceiling rather than a price. |
| Tires | $80 off any set of four Bridgestone, Oct. 19 to Nov. 15. 1 | Publishes no tire offer this week. | Up to $160 off BFGoodrich (Oct. 19 to 29); $150 headline on Michelin Cross Climate 2 (Oct. 20 to 29); 42 percent off Uniroyal (Oct. 7 to 31). 37 | The $80 on the tire ties, and BJ's adds $80 on installation. BJ's closes most offers Oct. 29, Costco's runs to Nov. 15. |
| Travel | Costco Travel's featured tile is a Disney Destiny sailing with a digital Costco Shop Card. It prints no card value and no package price. 14 | Publishes no readable package price. | A BJ's gift card worth $25 to $500 on a qualifying cruise, tiered by booking total and capped at $500 above $10,001. 15 | Two rebates, one price ladder. BJ's publishes what its card is worth at each booking band; Costco's featured sailing publishes the card without an amount. Neither prints a cruise fare. |
| Gas | Publishes no chain-wide average. | Publishes no chain-wide average. | Regular $3.890 a gallon across 216 stations in 22 states on Oct. 20; Club+ takes 5 cents more. 810 | BJ's leads the only readable benchmark, 38.9 cents under AAA's national regular average of $4.2786. 9 |
Reading the per-unit tags
The division behind each verdict:
- Per load. $19.99 across 152 loads is 13.2 cents; $24.98 across 152 loads is 16.4 cents. 56
- Per fluid ounce of shake. $16.99 across 168 ounces is 10.1 cents; $21.28 across 138 ounces is 15.4 cents. Counting cartons would have called this a $4.29 win; by the ounce it is a 5.3-cent win.
- Per gram of protein. 12 bottles at 35 grams is 420 grams for $16.99, or 4.0 cents a gram. 12 bottles at 30 grams is 360 grams for $21.28, or 5.9 cents.
- Per gallon. $4.2786 minus $3.890 is 38.9 cents, or $6.22 across 16 gallons. 89
One Sam's row suits a small kitchen better than a stockpile: sandwich croissants at $4.96 for 12 are 41 cents each, near bakery-counter pricing and easy for two people to finish. 11
Cherry-picker's route
Single best stop: Costco. It wins both product races, and its shelf is the only one where every row carries a printed net price and an end date.
On the Costco list:
- Tide, 152 loads, $19.99 through November 15, 13.2 cents a load. 5
- Orgain shakes, 12 pack, $16.99 through November 15, 10.1 cents an ounce. 1
- Kleenex Soothing Lotion, 12 boxes, $15.99, and Ziploc variety packs, 322 count, $11.99, both through November 15. 5
- Cheez-It, 45 count, $3 off and Kirkland boneless pork shoulder, $10 off a package, both ending October 25 with the weekly set. 14
The Sam's stop worth making is breakfast and dinner rather than stockpile: sandwich croissants at $4.96 through November 6 and the salmon fillet at $9.82 a pound through October 25. 6
The BJ's stop is fuel and tires. Gas sits 38.9 cents under the national average, one qualifying in-club purchase banks 10 cents a gallon toward the next fill, and four purchases stack to 40. 810 The BFGoodrich offer ends October 29.
Membership math
Costco lists Gold Star at $65 and Executive at $130, the second being the first plus a $65 upgrade that returns 2 percent on qualified purchases. 16 The upgrade breaks even at $3,250 of eligible spending in a year.
Sam's Club lists Club at $60 and Plus at $120. 17 Plus returns up to 2 percent Sam's Cash, so the $60 upgrade breaks even at $3,000. Plus also carries early online access to deals and early shopping hours. This is the week that benefit has nothing to open early for.
BJ's lists Club at $60 and Club+ at $120. 10 Club+ returns 2 percent on eligible in-club, online and app purchases, capped at $500 per 12-month period and excluding gas, gift cards, alcohol and third-party services such as BJ's Travel. The upgrade breaks even at $3,000, and Club+ adds 5 cents a gallon at BJ's Gas.
The live promotion is BJ's own: a $10 first year, against its usual $60, for new members only. 18 That is $50 under both BJ's own list fee and Sam's Club's, and $55 under Costco's Gold Star. At 38.9 cents a gallon under the national average, 26 gallons covers the $10.
Next week's clock
Six dates change a price inside the next seven days, and the first two land before the weekend.
Friday, October 23: BJ's opens Early Black Friday, with up to 40 percent off TVs and electronics. 4
Sunday, October 25: Costco's dated weekly set turns over, taking the Cheez-It, pork shoulder, Graza olive oil and Starbucks iced coffee rows with it. 14 Sam's salmon offer ends the same day. 6
Tuesday, October 27: the Sam's Cash offers on P&G and household brands expire.
Wednesday, October 28: Sam's Club's next Instant Savings Book is expected, running to November 29. That is the week the three-way comparison gets its second full book back. 2
Thursday, October 29: BJ's Michelin, BFGoodrich, Goodyear and Cooper Endeavor tire offers close. 7
Halloween, October 31: the 42 percent birthday event ends, taking the Uniroyal percentage with it. 3
References
- 1Costco Warehouse Savings
costco.com
- 2Sam's Club Instant Savings book schedule
thekrazycouponlady.com
- 3BJ's 42nd Birthday Celebration
help.bjs.com
- 4BJ's Early Black Friday announcement
gurufocus.com
- 5Costco coupon book prices
thekrazycouponlady.com
- 6Sam's Club Savings & Deals
samsclub.com
- 7BJ's Tire Center offers
tires.bjs.com
- 8BJ's Gas Prices
bjsgasprice.com
- 9AAA Fuel Prices
gasprices.aaa.com
- 10BJ's membership tiers and benefits
help.bjs.com
- 11Sam's Club Grocery & Household Savings
samsclub.com
- 12Sam's Club Home Savings
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- 13BJ's gas page deal rail
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- 14Costco Weekly Warehouse Insider
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- 15BJ's Travel last-minute cruises
travel.bjs.com
- 16Costco membership types and fees
customerservice.costco.com
- 17Sam's Club membership
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- 18BJ's membership deal
thekrazycouponlady.com
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