If Your Sam’s Club Doesn’t Make Fresh Tortillas, You’re Missing Out

Sam’s Club does a lot of things. You can get your bulk-buy goods there. You can have lunch at its food court. You can get your gas. You can get your tires changed. You can pick up prescriptions. You can get your eyes tested. You can sample its swicy dips and its festive mixes. You can get your pet insurance through it. The list isn’t quite endless, but it’s long. 

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One thing that Sam’s Club kinda keeps on the quiet, though, is the fact that in some locations, it makes fresh flour tortillas. Look, it’s an instance of going the extra mile we didn’t know we needed – but now we’re aware of it, we’re spreading the good word. 

Sam’s Club’s Fresh Tortillas

For some people, Sam’s Club’s fresh tortillas might be on their weekly rotation. To be totally frank, though, we weren’t aware it was even a thing until a post from Erika, operator of @samsclubfoodreview over on Instagram, alerted us to the existence of these freshly baked flatbreads. As Erika showed in her video, the tortillas are cranked out by a machine, which rotates individual pieces onto a conveyor belt and delivers them to the bakery attendant. The tortillas are then bagged up and sold. 

Sam’s Club’s fresh tortillas have a more rustic quality than the prebagged kind you’d find elsewhere on its shelves: They’re ever-so-slightly misshapen, and they have a just-baked chewiness. If the response of various Sam’s Club shoppers is anything to go by in @samsclubfoodreview’s comment section, though, the fresh variety is far from common: Plenty of people have never seen these before. They seem to be more of a thing in newer stores, though, so if you have a Sam’s Club popping up near you, cross your fingers. 

Hope On The Horizon

For everyone keen to get their hands on a stack of freshly baked tortillas, there are rumblings that this option could be rolled out more widely in the coming year. If so, it’d be a smart move from Sam’s Club (although we should stress that nothing’s been confirmed by the store). The difference between most premade and freshly made breads is obvious to pretty much everyone, and having the latter be more common is (we presume) a relatively small change that would bring the store a lot of goodwill. We’re not saying there aren’t good tortillas out there, but let’s be real. Fresh is better.