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Customer reviews for Member's Mark 88/12 Ground Beef, priced per pound for
Member's Mark 88/12 Ground Beef, priced per pound
4.6 out of 5 stars
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5,796 ratings1,242 reviews
  1. 5 stars77% (4,444)
  2. 4 stars14% (804)
  3. 3 stars4% (245)
  4. 2 stars2% (89)
  5. 1 star4% (214)

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Jul 20, 2026
Reviewer name: Donna D
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great bargain

Great value

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Aug 9, 2026
Reviewer name: Anna VanSyckle
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Ground beef

Best price. Very fresh

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Jan 10, 2026
Reviewer name: SUZANNE
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Color isn't natural %26 taste is awful

This does not taste like beef. it was only OK - IF we covered it in pasta sauce or strong seasonings. We tried making our nor.al stove top hamburgers but it sure didnt taste like a burger.

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Feb 11, 2026
Reviewer name: Craig
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

they include the packaging in the weight that you pay. that is why they include that cold pack thing which is really heavy. do we really need to be doing this sams? we have to try and slight the customer at every turn?

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Feb 6, 2026
Reviewer name: flower
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

water

More and more water is added every time i purchased it, which is about once or twice per month. The added water makes the meat to not stay fresh too long and you must cook it as soon as you bring it home.

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Feb 28, 2023
Reviewer name: Darrell
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Gristle and even bone!

We have bought this product for years, but the last two batches of this ground beef have had lots of gristle and even some bone bits in them. Almost every bite has gristle. Sams needs to check their ground beef providers and make sure their packages are gristle and bone free. If someone breaks a tooth on bone in Sam’s Club ground beef, there may be a lawsuit.

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Nov 10, 2024
Reviewer name: CRS Iowa
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

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Unfamiliar taste to us.

Usually get our hamburger from locker so we don't buy much hamburger in stores but grabbed this as a time savor that day & it tasted unusual to us. Don't know how to describe it. Was not old or rancid taste. Smelled & looked good. The taste was a processed taste. Perhaps somerhing to preserve it?

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Jan 22, 2023
Reviewer name: letty
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

Not the same as before

I have bought this many times, but lately the quality is awful. I bought 2 packages and I made Albondiga soup with one, When I was rolling the meatballs you can feel and see so much grease. When I was done the bowl had so much fat residue at the bottom.. With the other pack I fried it to make tacos, While frying it released so much grease and it smelled, even when I washed the pan, it had a lingering smell of the fat, I had to bleach the pan because it smelled disgusting. What is going on with the quality?? I made soup again and I bought the ground chuck, only 10% fat, I hope it works better!

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Aug 21, 2021
Reviewer name: Cowboy
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

SAM's and Walmart not Real Ground Beef

I have been working in the food industry for 30 years and this meat is beef, true it all comes from a cow. If you love organs and brains and don't mind it being mixed into your ground beef then by all means buy this disgusting meat. I will continue buying Dillon's meat. I do not work for Dillon's but they are the only place in my area that sells real meat, when it comes to a large supermarket.

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Mar 10, 2025
Reviewer name: A longtime member
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

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The new grocery return policy

Purchased when I visited the store back in January, froze it to cook for a later date. I took it out the freezer on March 7th and thawed through 24 hr refrigeration, by the time I was ready to season the ground meat it was totally brown all around and just the inside was pink. I didn’t want to take a chance because of the smell so I called Sam’s immediately and was informed that you have 7 days to return a grocery (meat) item. Basically what I am getting at is, if you’re not going to cook the meats you purchase within 7 days don’t buy. I think it’s crazy, because not everybody grocery shop by the day I mean it is a bulk store.

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