10 Best Items To Buy at BJ’s Wholesale Club This Labor Day

This Labor Day, Americans are shopping for food. In a May 2024 GOBankingRates survey, 53% of Americans said they planned to spend their money buying food during Labor Day weekend. 

BJ’s Wholesale Club members will be excited to find that many bulk groceries, including waffles, mac and cheese, and snacks, are eligible for special coupon offers. Once the coupon has been clipped, BJ’s members save extra money on their purchase. Best of all, many items on sale make great buys ahead of back-to-school shopping season to pack school lunches and gift college students moving into dorms.

But shoppers will want to hurry because these sales end on September 2. Ahead of Labor Day weekend, see which 10 items you should buy at BJ’s Wholesale Club.

• Price: $13.49 

Breakfast is served with a side of savings. BJ’s members who apply the $2-off coupon to their Eggo blueberry waffles purchase will be able to snag these 60-count waffles for $11.49. This comes out to spending just $0.19 per waffle.

• Price: $19.99

For the mornings that you’re in a rush to pack school lunches, Smucker’s Uncrustables are here to save the day. 

BJ’s members can clip the $3-off coupon and pay $16.99 for 18 large peanut butter and grape jelly flavored Uncrustables. This means shoppers wind up paying only $0.94 for each Uncrustable in the box.

• Price: $11.49

Mix up school lunches with tuna sandwiches or salads. These tuna pouches are regularly priced at $11.49 per pouch, but BJ’s members can apply the $2-off coupon and pay $9.49 for the set of 10.

After seeing those numbers, you can probably guess the price of each tuna pouch is $1 or less. Members pay about $0.95 each, which is much cheaper compared with the price at big-box retailers like Target, where the same StarKist tuna is $1.49 per pouch.

• Price: $10.99

BJ’s is running several sales on snackable cheese now through September 2. After careful review, GOBankingRates determined the Polly-O string cheese brand gives BJ’s shoppers the most bang for their buck. 

BJ’s members can clip the coupon to receive $2 off each 36-count package. Each individually packaged string cheese would then come out to about $0.25. In comparison, Sargento cheddar cheese snacks are also on sale for $1.50 off. While the sale price would bring the total down to $6.49, there are just 24 cheese snacks in every package compared with Polly-O’s 36.

• Price: $10.79

Stock up on Wellsley Farms chewy chocolate chip granola bars for all your snacking needs while the sale is on at BJ’s. Members can put the $1.50-off coupon toward their purchase, bringing the total down to $9.29. With 60 bars inside, BJ’s shoppers pay only about $0.15 per granola bar.

• Price: $14.99

For tiny tots who need softer snack or lunch options, add a box of GoGo SqueeZ applesauce pouches to your BJ’s shopping cart. Each applesauce pouch has one-third a cup of fruit and veggies inside. The 24-pack includes two flavors, with 12 speedy strawberry and 12 bowlin’ blueberry.

Once BJ’s members apply the $3 coupon to their purchase, the total drops to $11.99. After doing a little math, you’ll see that this comes out to paying $0.50 for each applesauce pouch.

• Price: $15.49

Be the hero of your student’s campus dorm (or your household!) when you shop the 18-pack of Kraft macaroni and cheese dinners at BJ’s.

Regularly priced at $15.49, BJ’s members who apply the $2.50 discount will be able to buy the set for $12.99. This brings the cost of each blue box down to $0.72 — a lot cheaper than what you’d find for sale at big-box retailers. (Target, for example, regularly prices each Kraft mac and cheese dinner at $1.39 per box.)

• Price: $14.99

Totino’s pepperoni pizza rolls are the quick, easy and cheap meal your freezer needs on the days you don’t feel like cooking dinner. Once BJ’s members apply the $2.75-off coupon to their purchase, the total cost is just $12.24 for a 160-count box.

• Price: $12.99

GOBankingRates did a little price matching to see if it’s a better deal to buy Mott’s fruit flavored snacks or Welch’s mixed fruit snacks at BJ’s. Both boxes contain 90 snacks and come with coupons to clip.

The winner turned out to be Mott’s by just a few cents. Shoppers who clip the $2.75 coupon pay about $0.11 cents per fruit snack, whereas those who purchase Welch’s, with its regular price of $14.99 and $3 off coupon, will pay $0.13 per snack pouch.

• Price: $9.29

Don’t forget about drinks for lunch boxes! BJ’s members receive $1.50 off the Kool-Aid Jammers variety pack after clipping the coupon, which brings the total down to $7.79. Each package includes 40 Jammers in 10 cherry, 10 grape, 10 tropical punch and 10 strawberry kiwi flavors. 

Prices are accurate as of August 9, 2024. Prices and availability may vary by location.

Methodology: GOBankingRates surveyed 999 American women aged 18 and older from across the country on between May 3 and May 7, 2024, asking twenty-two different questions: (1) What will you spend the most on this summer?; (2) Has inflation impacted your summer vacation or travel plans this year?; (3) If you’re going on a vacation, how do you plan to travel? (select all that apply); (4) If you’re going on a vacation, where do you plan to stay? (select all that apply); (5) How much do you expect to spend on vacation this summer?; (6) What’s the best way to save money on vacation costs?; (7) If you are a parent, how much will you spend on summer activities/camps for your child(ren)?; (8) If you are a parent, how much will you spend on weekly child care costs this summer?; (9) Which retailer do you shop at most for your summertime needs?; (10) Which retailer do you think has the worst deals on summertime essentials?; (11) If you shop at Dollar Tree, what’s your summertime must-buy? (select all that apply); (12) If you shop at Costco, what’s your summertime must-buy? (select all that apply); (13) If you celebrate Memorial Day, how much money do you plan to spend?; (14) If you celebrate the Fourth of July, how much money do you plan to spend?; (15) If you celebrate Labor Day, how much money do you plan to spend?; (16) If you’re shopping during Memorial Day weekend, what are you planning to buy? (select all that apply); (17) If you’re shopping during the Fourth of July, what are you planning to buy? (select all that apply); (18) If you’re shopping during Labor Day weekend, what are you planning to buy? (select all that apply); (19) Do you plan on working a side hustle this summer to cover expenses?; (20) What are some ways you plan to save extra money this summer? (select all that apply); (21) How do you plan to build your wealth this summer? (select all that apply); and (22) Which summer purchase is worth every penny, in your opinion? (select all that apply). GOBankingRates used PureSpectrum’s survey platform to conduct the poll.