And he's not alone.
Being married to a professional chef, I’ve accepted certain things about our kitchen. The salt we buy, the storage containers we use, and even the towels we clean with are specific and intentional. I get it. When it comes to cooking, he's used to doing things quickly, efficiently, and with the best products and tools available. Oven mitts? Don’t get him started. transparent trash bags
The same goes for plastic food wrap. I used to laugh at his disdain for the thin tubes we’d buy from the grocery store. I’d hear him grumbling and swearing as he tried to wrap leftovers with it. He’d go through rolls quickly, claiming he needed more to “do it right.”
“This is what normal people use!” I’d insist. “That's all there is!” Silly me.
Fast forward to a few years later, when we moved within driving distance of a Costco. One day, thinking simply that it was a good deal, I purchased a two-pack of Kirkland Signature Stretch-Tite Plastic Food Wrap. It didn’t even occur to me to mention it to my husband. I just slid one of the boxes into a drawer and forgot about it.
A few weeks later I heard him rustling around the kitchen. “I love this plastic wrap!” He called out to me. “It’s just as good as what we have in the restaurant!”
In love? I was stunned!
“It comes with more plastic, which in turn makes it heavier, which makes it easier to wrap things because it stays steady,” he explained when I asked him to elaborate. “You want to put something on the counter and be able to pull the plastic wrap out without the whole box sliding. Plastic wrap clings better when you stretch it, the weight makes it easier to stretch.”
“As a result, you actually use way less,” he added happily. He hates waste.
He went on to say that the teeth on the Kirkland box are extra sharp, which not only provides a clean cut, it also helps keep the roll from getting tangled.
“You don’t want to have to untangle the plastic wrap every time you use it. It’s a waste of time and money,” he said. “Plus, it’s nice to leave it ready to go for the next person who uses it.”
Though it hadn’t evoked the same passion in me, I realized that I too had been experiencing the most positive plastic wrap experience of my life. And we’d barely made a dent in it.
As it turns out, my colleagues at Southern Living also adore Costco’s Kirkland Signature Stretch-Tite Plastic Food Wrap, noting that it “lasts for years” and boasts not only a superior stretch but a superior slide cutter as well.
“I initially bought it for the value but it is a great quality. I’m pretty sure ours has moved houses with us, we’ve had it so long,” associate editorial director Katie Rousso says.
Costco sells its Kirkland Signature Stretch-Tite Plastic Food Wrap in two sizes: 750 square feet rolls (sold in a pack of two) and a single, giant 3,000-square-foot roll. I prefer the two-pack option because the 750-square-foot roll fits nicely in our kitchen drawer.
Southern Living associate food editor Alana Al-Hatlani is the proud owner of a 3,000-square-foot roll, though she notes that it is too big to fit in a drawer. Instead, she keeps hers on top of her refrigerator.
large garbage bags “It’s fine though,” she says. “I’m never buying plastic wrap again.”