Customer reviews for Member's Mark Mediterranean Kale Pasta Salad, priced per pound forMember's Mark Mediterranean Kale Pasta Salad, priced per pound
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5 out of 5 stars review
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It’s an inexpensive meal you can feel good about.
CK
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2 out of 5 stars review
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Not what it use to be...
SGL
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- 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase1/19/2026I never thought I would write a positive review for a Kale & Pasta, cold salad. But here I am. My family and I LOVE this. It is not sweet. It is not spicy, it is not salty, but somehow, it is delicious. The pasta is usually firm, the kale is tender. The sun-dried tomatoes are lightly sweet and plentiful but not overpowering. The dressing completely coats without being oily, and is flavorful, the parmesan is fresh and generous, adding a bit of saltiness but too much. It is filling and stays with you without making you feel bloated or sleepy. It's great as a side or as a light lunch. My husband takes it as a light meal on nights he has martial arts. I even convinced my picky 30 something to finally try it and they begrudgingly admitted that i...
It’s an inexpensive meal you can feel good about.
CK - 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase1/7/2026This is one of the better store bought salads I’ve tried. It tastes like it was made at home. It’s not like other pasta salads and the dressing has a great taste. There aren’t a lot of ingredients, but it’s delicious. If you’re not a fan of kale, you will be once you try this. This would make a perfect dish during the hot summer months.
Light and Tasty!
Jay - 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase1/13/2026This salad is so, so good. Its always fresh. I love the crunch of the kale. Ive told many people about Sam's Members Mark Mediterranean Kale Pasta Salad. For the ones that have tried it, they also agree. Hint - sometimes I pop my bowl of salad in the microwave for about 10 seconds and to me it is very tasty warm too.
Happy Shopper
Larain - 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase12/7/2025This pasta-kale salad was a big hit at the potlucks that I have brought it to! I don’t cook, so picking up this premade salad is easy enough for me to do. I sometimes swing by Sam’s Club just to grad one of the salads to munch on over a weekend. The pasta gives some chewy texture, and the cheese gives a nice tang to the salad. The real stars are the dressing that the salad. White balsamic vinaigrette, and the kale! The kale takes up a lot of the dressing flavor. Love it
Great for Potlucks and as a side Dish!
SWalker - 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase9/27/2025The salad is high as Snoop Dogg, but it tastes great. I can’t justify the $4.98 price per pound being twice the price per pound of sausage and higher than boneless chicken meat. Further more, the pasta is delicious, but it is a cheap weighty ingredient that is increasingly pushing out the kale. They should now call it a pasta salad with a relish of kale. If they would reduce the pasta by two thirds and triple the kale (yea, push it in there), the salad would be a more reasonable offering for that sky high price per pound.
Tastes good, but price is high as giraffe horns.
Ryan kelly - 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase4/11/2026Delicious! We have this with the grilled chicken breast sold at Sam's. It's a perfect meal and enough leftovers for a couple lunches.
A favorite side dish
Dee - 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase8/28/2026Love this salad as a base. I buy it pretty much anytime I'm in a Sam's Club. While it's good by itself, it really satisfies and improves the nutritional content when you add some fresh cut fruit or berries to it, and/or walnuts or slivered almonds, etc. I like mine with a mix of cut strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and/or sliced black grapes to lend sweetness/antioxidants, and addition of some type of nuts really brings it all home, and helps it keep you satisfied much longer than just the salad alone will.
Excellent!
CG3 - 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase6/29/2026This is a hidden gem! This salad is absolutely delicious. Love the flavors and textures. The burst of flavor from the sun dried tomatoes is nice as you enjoy knowing this salad of kale and pasta is healthy. If you are looking for a salad to serve to guests, bring to a bbq, this is the one!!
Hidden gem!
Grape of nor cal - 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase3/16/2026This salad is amazing! I genuinely hope they do not discontinue or change it at all. I wish they offered the "individual" serving sizes more frequently up at the cafe area since my family doesn't enjoy it as much as I do.
Wonderful salad
DeidraM - 5 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase8/24/2026This salad is so good, grab it on your way to the party. Friendly tip, bring a big bowl with a lid, dump salad in, and say you made it!! Nobody's gonna know...LOL
A party favorite ;)
ZEE814 - 4 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase5/8/2026This is literally the best salad I’ve ever eaten! Took away one star for two things - I’d like to see healthier ingredients like olive oil vs the oil that’s used, and I’d also recommend Sam’s removing every kale stick that can’t be eaten and only include the leaves. But over all, it’s great taste wise and I will continue buying.
Great flavor!
MyTide22 - 4 out of 5 stars review8/20/2026I love this salad and buy it all the time. But the last 2 times I've noticed that there must be some ingredient in it that doesn't agree with my innards. I'm a guy, and being so, I tend to just grab the salad still in the container, and a fork, and pretty much eat the entire thing in one sitting. that's my entire meal for the day, and within about 24ish hours I'm back n forth on the throne with the green apple splatters. I have to turn the sink faucet on high just to try to mask all the trumpets and trombones comin outta my lower region. Don't eat one of these the night before a date. All that aside, it's a good salad; not perfect, but good. Too be better it could have sliced black olives on it, a bit more feta, a bit more sun dried toma...
Eat it near a toilet
Scott - 4 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase4/25/2026Nutritious and delicious salad that works as an entree. I love the variety of food textures and tastes. Best way to eat kale. A bit oily for me, so I add some pre-washed dry kale. I buy it for friends, also, who love it just as it is and never tire of it.
This salad surprise will become your favorite
Nancy - 3 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase5/28/2026I've always loved this salad until my last purchase. There was a lot of hard kale stems mixed in. This makes the salad weigh more therefore your paying for something you can not eat.
Hard kale stems
Nay - 3 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase8/26/2026Love this option but packaging is too large. Really enjoyed it when it was sold in package half the size of current. Now is not practical for our small family so we buy it only on occasion now.
Smaller package preferred
Scott S - 2 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase3/19/2026Loved it in the past. But the last few times I've purchased the salad have not been great. There were too many kale stems that ruins the joy of eating it. I've spent 15 mins picking them all out. In addition, ther is little to no feta chunks or parmesan cheese anymore, which gave this dish its unique flavor. I've had to add my own. Its gotten to the point where i'm considering not buying it anymore, and just make the entire dish myself.
Not what it use to be...
SGL - 2 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase1/10/2026Appears this locally made salad includes Pecorino Romano cheese that was first recalled on Nov 26, 2025 due to Listeria bacteria and upgraded to a class 1 (potential death) recall on Jan 7, 2026. We purchased frequently (nine purchases over this period) and did have a few stomach issues during holidays but was unaware of issue until most recent recall. Unacceptable Sam’s continued to sell and provided no alerts to consumers that purchased.
Ignored Consumer Safety
TEC - 2 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase6/29/2026Pasta and kale were extremely hard last time I purchased this salad. A very small amount of dressing/vinaigrette was added. The expiration date was good so I can't say that was the problem. I was too tired to return so I just tossed the salad.
Hard pasta and kale
AP - 1 out of 5 stars reviewVerified Purchase9/25/2025This salad has more stems than greens. Not sure why it isn’t required to remove them, they ruin the entire taste of the salad since they’re so acidic.
90% Stems
Pg - 1 out of 5 stars review7/5/2026Used to but this regularly but now it’s full of kale stalks which are like chewing on a tree branch. On raw kale you simply can’t include the stalk. So tired of picking these out of the salad so we finally stopped buying it. We check every week to see if you’ve finally taken our complaints seriously (we have sent directly to manager) but every week they are still in there. Super sad.
Stop including chopped up stalk
Paul