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摘要

With, food prices so high, even upscale buyers are flocking to the warehouse stores. We visit three to find the best. CECILIA STREIT USED to pay no attention to her grocery bills. But then the price of everything from a gallon of milk to a package of her favorite coffee beans started going up, forcing her to cook up something new: a food budget for her family of four. Now - although she'd rather not have her neighbors know about it - the Montclair, N.J., sales executive sneaks away to Costco every two weeks or so to find bargains on groceries. As other shoppers stuff their carts with a year's supply of pickles and enough detergent to clean 95 loads of laundry, Streit sticks to basics like chicken nuggets, lettuce, sugar and eggs. And though it takes her five minutes to find a space in the crowded parking lot, she figures it's worth the trouble: She saved nearly USD40 on a recent trip, with bananas alone costing half the price she'd pay at her grocery store.