PrizeMart

Prizemart makes me cry every time whenever it is time for me to head back to Hong Kong. Why?
They’re making me feel useless by carrying good and popular products I use here in the United States. Whenever I come back to Hong Kong, I like to bring these products for my relatives because for many years the quality of products found in local supermarkets like food wrap, laundry detergent, etc. weren’t as good as it was in the United States.
So imagine my reaction when I saw the stuff Prizemart sells. Popular stuff I like to bring back, they got it.
Brookside Acai/​Blueberry chocolates. They got it.
Craisins. They got it.
Kirkland everything? They got it.
They carry quite a bit of Kirkland stuff which are basically Costco Wholesale’s own internal brand. Which tells me they import quite a bit of stuff from Costco (yay for 5% cashback, yay for free trade!). Among the better things to buy there are the food wrap (much better quality than what you find usually in HK), Downy fabric softener, and Tide.

Hands up if you miss Costco! *Me *me *me!!!
I don’t know about you, but I miss buying bulk. I miss having everything I need at home when I need it, just because I decided to stock up at costco.
When I first moved to Hong Kong, that’s one of the places I missed most. Whenever I go home, Costco is always a destination I must visit — it’s always on my list of things to do.
Well, low and behold, we have one here in Hong Kong — well… close enough.
I walked by one day, not knowing what I would find, but at the entrance, there stood something that caught my eye… that huge bag of almonds, with the words «Kirkland» on it. That’s the moment this shop brought a smile to my face. I found you! Finally!
I rushed in, completely forgetting that I was already late for dinner and scanned everything very quickly. They have everything, Kirkland toilet paper, Kirkland cookies, Kirkland laundry detergent, huge boxes of Special K, huge boxes of wet naps, really, it seemed like they had everything.
Well, they don’t. Close enough though. For HK standards, they have done a pretty darn good job at sourcing a lot of the things I normally stock up on.
They charge a bit more than Costco (duh), but it’s really still not a bad deal.
I wish they had more signature items from Costco though, such as their dips, their frozen snacks, books maybe, International magazines? The ones I’ve been to don’t have fridges, so I’m guessing it’s hard to bring in their jalepeno poppers… gosh, I miss those!