Sam’s Club’s private label earns its reputation one side-by-side comparison at a time — these seven Member’s Mark picks each beat a name brand on quality, price, or both, and most members walk past them without a second look.
1. Member’s Mark Ultra Premium Soft & Strong 2-Ply Toilet Paper – $24.58
Switching away from Charmin Ultra Soft — and Costco’s Kirkland, for that matter — felt like a gamble until I actually tried this. Forty-five rolls at 235 sheets per roll for $24.58 puts the math so far in your favor it almost feels unfair, and the quality holds up: plush, durable, and lower-lint than either big-name alternative.
Standout Features: Strong 2-ply construction that holds together without pilling or breaking down, with 235 sheets per roll extending the life of each roll noticeably further than standard grocery-store counts. Less lint means less residue — that matters more than most people admit.
Best For: High-traffic households that burn through Charmin fast and want to stop doing the math on price-per-sheet. Stock a hall closet with a pack and you’re set for months without thinking about it.
Parting Thoughts: Buy one pack and you’ll convert completely.
2. Member’s Mark Power Flex 13-Gallon Tall Kitchen Drawstring Trash Bags – $16.98–$17.98
After a kitchen cleanup involving chicken carcasses, vegetable scraps, and a few glass jars, my measure of a trash bag is whether it makes it to the curb without drama — and these do. At $16.98–$17.98 for 200 bags, they undercut Glad ForceFlex on price while matching it in stretch and puncture resistance.
Standout Features: The flexible plastic gives under heavy or awkward loads instead of ripping straight through; the drawstring closure pulls clean and holds even when the bag is loaded to capacity. Two rolls of 100 bags each gives you a practical long-term stock with no scrambling between grocery runs.
Best For: Families and frequent cooks who fill a kitchen bin fast — anyone who has had a Glad bag split on the way to the trash knows the cost of going cheap here. These handle sharp, heavy loads reliably.
Parting Thoughts: The price-per-bag math is so clearly in your favor, Glad becomes hard to justify.
3. Member’s Mark Deluxe Mixed Nuts with Sea Salt, 34 oz. – $13.98
A 34-oz canister packed with almonds, pecans, hazelnuts, cashews, and pistachios — this is what Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts aspires to at a price that undercuts a comparable Planters can by several dollars. Keep it on the counter for everyday snacking or pull it out when guests arrive; the canister lid reseals cleanly.
Taste: Each variety stays crisp and fresh with none of the stale, slightly rancid edge that can creep into mixed nuts stored in a big bag. The sea salt is light-handed, which lets the natural richness of the pecans and the buttery depth of the cashews actually come through.
Make It Better: Fold a handful into muffin or quick-bread batter for extra crunch and texture, or scatter over a salad with dried cranberries for a quick upgrade. The canister doubles as a practical serving vessel — no bowl required.
Parting Thoughts: Worth grabbing every visit.
4. Member’s Mark Rotisserie Chicken Bites, 2 lbs. – $11.48
Sous vide-cooked in a rotisserie seasoning blend and sold fully ready to eat from the refrigerated section, these 2-pound bags outpace even Costco’s rotisserie chicken for weeknight convenience — no carving, no carcass on the counter, nothing to deal with. At $11.48, they go directly into tacos, salads, wraps, pasta, or flatbread pizza.
Taste: The sous vide method keeps every piece genuinely juicy rather than dry and chalky the way most pre-cooked chicken tends to go — each bite has real moisture and a savory, lightly herbed rotisserie flavor that works in almost any direction you take it. No rubbery texture, no off-notes, just clean protein.
Make It Better: Toss cold over romaine with parmesan shavings for a fast Caesar-style lunch, or fold into a warm pasta with olive oil and cherry tomatoes for a ten-minute dinner. The label also calls out stir-fries and flatbread pizza — both hold up well.
Parting Thoughts: Meal preppers, this one’s yours.
5. Member’s Mark Natural Creamy Peanut Butter, 40 oz., 2 pk. – $7.78
Two 40-ounce jars of no-stir natural peanut butter at $7.78 makes the Jif comparison almost unnecessary — but for the record, this uses sea salt and cane sugar with no high fructose corn syrup, and delivers the same everyday creaminess for less than the price of a single Jif jar. For spreading, dipping, or baking, it covers every use.
Taste: Clean, roasted peanut flavor with just enough salt to make it interesting and none of the aggressive sweetness Jif fans either love or want to escape — it tastes more like actual peanuts. The texture is thick and genuinely smooth, spreadable straight from the jar.
Make It Better: Stir briefly when you first open a jar to fully incorporate any natural oils, then close the lid and it stays consistent through the rest of the jar. It behaves well in baking too — cookies and sauces don’t get thrown off by excess sweetness.
Parting Thoughts: A true pantry two-for-one you’ll reorder on autopilot.
6. Member’s Mark Chicken Broth, 32 oz., 6 pk. – $7.98
If you cook from scratch regularly, running out of broth mid-recipe is exactly the kind of problem a six-pack of 32-oz cartons eliminates. At $7.98, this roasted-chicken broth made from free-range chickens — no MSG, no artificial flavors — undercuts Swanson while delivering a noticeably more aromatic, herb-forward result.
Taste: The roasted chicken base has genuine depth with a herbal undertone that makes it taste closer to something you simmered yourself than the thin, one-note quality of a lot of shelf-stable broths. It’s savory without being aggressively salty, so it doesn’t throw off a sauce or risotto the way overseasoned broths can.
Make It Better: Use it anywhere water would work but feel like a missed opportunity: cooking rice, deglazing a pan, making a quick pan sauce. The cartons stack easily in a pantry cabinet, and the six-pack means you’re covered for a solid stretch of weeknight cooking.
Parting Thoughts: Cooks who rely on broth weekly will burn through six cartons faster than they expect.
7. Member’s Mark Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 68 fl. oz. – $16.88
The case for this over name-brand organic EVOO is simple: 68 fluid ounces of USDA Certified Organic, first cold-press extra virgin olive oil at $16.88, down from $17.48, where Bertolli charges more for a fraction of that volume. The 2-liter bottle makes far more sense for daily cooking than the undersized grocery-store options.
Taste: Robust and fruity — the difference between this and a cheap refined oil is immediately noticeable on a salad or drizzled over pasta where the oil is front and center. First cold-press quality means the flavor isn’t stripped out, so it earns its place as a finishing oil just as much as a cooking one.
Make It Better: Store it in a dark cabinet away from the stovetop — heat and light degrade olive oil faster than most people realize, and protecting it keeps the flavor where it should be through the life of the bottle. It pairs well with salads, meats, and pastas, and those three uses alone will get you through the bottle before it has a chance to turn.
Parting Thoughts: Down from $17.48 right now — a genuinely good moment to grab one.
