Costco Shoppers Absolutely Love This Affordable Kitchen Organization Tool (It Has So Many Uses)

One of the common mistakes customers make when shopping at Costco is sticking too closely to their grocery list and not scoping out some of the incredible home goods the warehouse retailer stocks. Recently, Costco dazzled us with a kitchen staple we can't get enough of: versatile, budget-friendly, clear plastic bins. You've seen them on HomeTok, Pinterest, and Instagram restocking videos; now, be prepared to revolutionize your own kitchen organization game. As of this writing, Costco was selling two different packs of four containers: the iDESIGN Kitchen Bins for $28.99, and the iDESIGN Linus Plastic Fridge/Pantry Kitchen Organizer Bins for $29.99. The former set comes with one wide bin, two long, narrow ones, and one with a scooped front perfect for stacking soda cans. If you like a little more uniformity, the second set is a quartet of bins that all have the same dimensions. We suggest, at minimum, one of each set for maximum space efficiency.

Clear plastic bins are ubiquitous for a reason: there are so, so many things you can do with them! Using clear bins to organize your freezer is a hack that changed our storage game, and when we finally figured out what goes on the top shelf of the pantry, we were delighted to learn that bins helped us keep it all in order. Our kitchens can look and feel better with these space-saving, aesthetically pleasing containers, which suit practically every décor style and convey a clean, minimalist vibe.

Inside a fridge, clear bins ensure that everything stays contained. From loose snack packs that might otherwise roll around to fresh produce — customer reviews note these are great for keeping delicate fruits and veg safe — to all our cheeses that we hoard like dairy gnomes, to packages of deli meat, almost everything you like to chill can be corralled into a plastic bin. "The narrow bin is great to keep my grandchildren's juice packs from falling all over the place," said one reviewer. For bonus points, grab a dry-erase marker and label those bins with expiration dates. As another reviewer noted, the bin system "makes it easier to keep these items rotated by purchase date. In the stacks they could easily become out of order."

Within pantries and cabinets, clear plastic bins ensure that random items don't drift to the back and get buried under a sea of detritus. We know all too well how easily a "clean" pantry turns, seemingly overnight, into a hellish no-man's-land from which nothing edible ever emerges. When everything has a place, you tend to put it back where it belongs ... and bins give a "place" to just about anything. Got kids in the house? Use bins to store pre-portioned baggies of grab-and-go snacks that eliminate the constant need for an adult to dole them out.

Don't neglect to utilize these Costco bins in your freezer, either, as multiple customers noted they are well-suited to that purpose. A neat line of plastic bins is much nicer to look at than a jumble of cold food that tumbles out when you open the door.