Costco Food court in Kansas...or anywhere for that matter. I'm sure those people were fat before they ate there.

I’ve mentioned before that I love Costco, and I think their food court is pretty decent if you factor in the price.  Not that you could tell from looking at me, but I’m interested in nutrition as well, so I picked up Costco’s food court nutritional data.  The sheet of paper they gave me is dated July 6, 2010.  I scanned it for you because I care…click to download a pdf:  Costco food court nutrition data 

There aren’t a whole lot of surprises on it.  We already knew the pizza slices are fat bombs – even our kids use napkins to sop up the puddles of grease on top.  The ice cream bar is way too tasty to be anything less than half a day’s worth of calories, a whole day’s worth of fat, and 140% of  saturated fat.  Berry sundae, though, not bad at a fat-free 410 calories.  

The biggest surprise?  There are food courts serving gelato!  No where I’ve been, and I seem to find my way into a Costco whenever I travel. 

Here’s an excerpt from the chart – use the link above to download the full chart (and see how fatty the churros are).  Or just go to customer service at Costco and ask for a nutrition chart.  Note:   The full chart has data on sodium and carbs, which I didn’t include in the excerpt below. 

Anyway, this is about Coke at Costco, not a show that “celebrates the beauty and sensuality of women”.  (That post comes later).

Coke is back at Costco, which is old news (always behind the times, I’d written about this little spat here and here).  The Coke products are more expensive than equivalent Pepsi products, but not by much.  So who won the battle?  Who knows, who cares.  It was a stupid fight to begin with (though I had to side with Coke). What I found noteworthy is the presence of Mexican Coca-Cola.

"Coke de Mexico" - it's like I'm back in California!

See?

Viva la raza, baby - it's the real thing!

I struck me as odd to find mexican Coke (not to be confused with mexican coke) in Costo.  Sure, there’s a decent sized hispanic population around here (Baltimore suburbs) but this is Maryland.  I’d be less surprised if I found Coke for sale in mason jars.

The magical Internet came to my rescue.  Apparently this is the Coke to drink because it’s sweetened with sugar and not high fructose corn syrup.  Double bonus – it comes in glass bottles.  You know it’s good if the New York Times wrote about it.

I was excited that Pepsi came out with their “throwback” formulation, also with real sugar…and I don’t like Pepsi (I gave it up after ODing on it in high school…same reason I don’t drink Budweiser, well, that and I’ve developed taste). 

Real sugary Coke in glass…well, smack my ass and call me Sally.  I’m buying me some of this love in a bottle.

I’ll have to keep it at work so my wife doesn’t find out…I’ve put on a couple (ahem) pounds over the last few months and she’s nagging me about it.  She’d probably be happier if I started using coke instead…until she saw my credit card statement. 

Wait, do drug dealers even take credit cards?

Crap, I haven’t had cash since my kids started buying school lunches.  I guess mexican Coca-Cola it is then.

I know that dealer takes credit cards…