I've had my eyes on the Member's Mark grill at Sam's for a couple years now... My Sam's sold their last one about 2 months ago... then they got the other model with the enamaled steel lid, and smaller cooking space... I had very little interest in that model... However... after a month or two absense, my local Sam's club just got about 10 new Member's Mark grills in stock. This after they've alread started stocking Christmas stuff... So... I know for sure that some Sam's Club stores are still getting these grills in... One thing always has me scratching my head on these MM grils, is the cooking grate... those 'bars' must be hollow tubes, as they are not all that solid it seems. I can easly bend them with my bare hands... I'm not sure it's a problem, but just something I noticed... Theose grates would probably also weigh about twice as much if they were solid... Anyone ever bend their grates on these grills when using a little extra elbow grease when brushing these grates off?

I also just purchased the "morgan" set tonight. I have been looking at it for months. And actually the couch I got on clearance, it was $100 less than normal because it is the floor model. Let me say, given the color, if its the couch that has been there since they displayed it(many months ago), it has held up just like new. There are a couple of marks, took damp washcloth and patted them AWAY! Rarely do they if ever sell the floor model until they are all gone. Of course, the true test will be time in my house. I have girls and they are pretty neat, so I think it will be OK. I looked everywhere for a review or another person that has purchased it and this is the first time I have seen anything. Thanks! On a side note about the fabric. The woman I work for has a microfiber couch that is the same color, not well taken care of, (they have a great dane that has full use of it) and I took some mild cleaner on a cloth the other day and worked in a circular motion,it took the black (dirt) back to almost the original color. Now I did not work too hard at it, but was encouraged and is mainly what made me go with this set. I hope yours enjoy yours and I know that I asked what if I am not happy with how it holds up, and at my sams they said bring it back no matter what, 1 day or 1 year, it did not matter. Just bring it back. Thats impressive!

Hi Susan, I guess it depends on what is in the food you feed now. See which one best matches the criteria that The Whole Dog Journal uses to judge foods. I know that the foods that meet these criteria are more expensive. Here is a portion of an article that Patches123 posted in the Iams thread: We look for foods that contain a lot of high-quality animal proteins. We like manufacturers to disclose the approximate percentage of meat, poultry, or fish in their food, but they rarely will, so we look for foods that appear to have lots of animal protein. Ingredients are listed in order or their weight, so ideally a food will have one or two animal proteins in the first few ingredients. Understand that whole meat (chicken, beef, lamb, etc.) contains a lot of water weight. If a food list starts out with chicken, and there is no other animal protein listed until 7th or 8th on the list, the food does not actually contain a lot of animal protein. But if it starts out with chicken, and chicken (or another animal) "meal" (essentially dehydrated chicken) is number two or three on the list, chances are the product contains an admirable amount of animal protein. Animal proteins tend to be more digestible and palatable than plant proteins and offer a wider array of essential and nonessential amino acids. We reject any food containing meat by-products or poultry by-products. ItÂs just about impossible to ascertain the quality of by-products used by a food manufacturer. WeÂve spoken to representatives who swore they used only the finest sources of by-products, but when asked, they all say that! The fact is, there is a much wider range of quality in the by-products available for pet food manufacturing than there is for whole meats. Whole meats are expensive, and because they are expensive, dog food makers insist on their quality to an extent that is unreasonable when buying bargain-basement by-products. So, because the quality cannot be confirmed, we advise that you just avoid foods that contain by-products. NOTE: Some of our past selections do contain meat and/or poultry by-products. To winnow down our list to the very best foods possible, we no longer select products that contain meat or poultry by-products.  We reject foods containing fat or protein not identified by species. "Animal fat" is a euphemism for a low-quality, low-priced mix of fats of uncertain origin. "Meat meal" could be anything. We shudder.  We look for the use of whole grains and vegetables. That said, some grains and vegetables have valuable constituents that accomplish specific tasks in a dog food formula. We donÂt think itÂs worth getting too excited about one vegetable fragment and one grain by-product on the ingredients panel. Our tolerance diminishes in direct proportion to the number of fragments and by-products contained in a food and the prominence on a label; the more there are, and/or the higher they appear on the ingredients list, the lower-quality the food.  We eliminate all foods with artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives listed on their ingredients panels. NOTE: Some ingredients  usually fats, and some fish products  arrive at the pet food factory containing artificial preservatives; these do not have to be disclosed on the ingredient list, since the maker did not add them.  We eliminate all foods with added sweeteners. Dogs, like people, enjoy sweet foods. Like people, they can develop a taste for these nutritionally empty calories. To meet our approval, food need not offer the following. But we like it when they do.  We really appreciate it when the date-code or production code is easy to find, read, and interpret.  The more items listed on a product labelÂs "guaranteed analysis," the better.  We like to see the caloric content of the food listed on the label.  It makes things so much easier when all of the food makerÂs contact information (address, phone, Web address) is listed on its product labels.  We feel better when a food has passed an AAFCO feeding trial.  We appreciate organic ingredients. WDJÂs Dry Dog Food Selection Criteria 8:FEBRUARY 2005 Copyright © 2005, Belvoir Media Group, LLC

We have a Costco locally ... but as I'm an old guy, who doesn't buy much, I figure that their deal wouldn't be of much use to me, especially since much of their goods is large sized stuff. When I was young, we felt that we were doing a store a favour by darkening their door - and when they tell me that I HAVE TO PAY THEM FOR THE PRIVILEGE ... ... I tell them that I don't think so! ole joyful