Costco

[Jonny5]

The Wall Street Journal has a piece on Costco today and I found these factoids amusing:

700: Percentage more hot-dogs that Costco sells annually than all Major League Baseball stadiums combined.
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11 million: Number of eggs sold by Costco per day
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Half: Portion of the world’s cashews sold at Costco
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33 million: Prescriptions filled by Costco in 2019.
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6 million: Pumpkin pies sold at Costco each year—all between September and December.
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$1,150: Starting price for a Costco casket.

 

[AlbertC]

$1.5 for a Costco hotdog and comes with a fountain drink cup, gotta love that especially in 2023.

 

[PinkLucy]

$1.50 for 5 days worth of salt and sugar intake -- I'll pass!

 

[Northern Light]

$1.5 for a Costco hotdog and comes with a fountain drink cup, gotta love that especially in 2023.

Hmmm, 767 of those have the same value as a Costco Casket.

So one Costco hotdog per week for 14 years, 9mos. is equatable to the casket.

Sounds about right.

 

[Richard White]

Hmmm, 767 of those have the same value as a Costco Casket.

So one Costco hotdog per week for 14 years, 9mos. is equatable to the casket.

Sounds about right.

Hm.. I may go buy a Casket tonight actually.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

$1.5 for a Costco hotdog and comes with a fountain drink cup, gotta love that especially in 2023.

Never forget when a meme account tweeted the price would go up to 2.50 and the Costco stock plummeted 12% (read about it here).

 

[AlbertC]

The new Costco at 2260 Islington Ave (north of the 401) opens on Nov 2nd, 2023:

There's a new Costco opening in Toronto & they're hiring

Costco Canada is opening a new location in Toronto and they're officially hiring in almost all of their departments.

curiocity.com

 

[AlbertC]

Lineup of folks waiting to get into the new Islington Costco yesterday

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[Towered]

The line up idiocy of this town never ceases to amaze me.

 

[torontowest91]

if only the queensway location was less busy.. lol not

 

[Northern Light]

The line up idiocy of this town never ceases to amaze me.

I'm quite fond of Towered; but everyone will know I may occasionally chide him for a wee bit of hyperbole; LOL

In his comment above, I see none. In fact, I might find it a tad restrained, LOL

I like good things; which is to say, right off the bat, mostly stuff you can't find at Costco,

But, seriously..........I'm not lining up to eat at Alo, orJacobs, I'm not lining up to shop at Holts or Eataly......

I'm sure as hell not lining up to shop at Costco............

I will never understand people's willingness or even desire to wait with a few thousand strangers for access to anything, let alone something distinctly mediocre. But w/e LOL

 

[afransen]

Lineup of folks waiting to get into the new Islington Costco yesterday

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Normal day at Costco, no?

It never ceases to amaze me that people as such fans of a company with such a bad customer service experience.

 

[Towered]

I'm quite fond of Towered; but everyone will know may occasionally chide him for a wee bit of hyperbole; LOL

In his comment above, I see none. In fact, I might find it a tad restrained, LOL

I like good things; which is to say, right off the bat, mostly stuff you can't find at Costco,

But, seriously..........I'm not lining up to eat at Alo, orJacobs, I'm not lining up to shop at Holts or Eataly......

I'm sure as hell not lining up to shop at Costco............

I will never understand people's willingness or even desire to wait with a few thousand strangers for access to anything, let along something distinctly mediocre. But w/e LOL

I fully deserve to occasionally be chided by those more knowledgeable than I - it's a helpful reminder when I'm too over the top!

 

[Northern Light]

The Star's wine critic praising Costco over some of the wines they are offering and their value pricing:

Carolyn Evans Hammond: Costco is selling wine. (It’s cheaper than the LCBO!) Our wine critic shares 6 picks

Our wine critic hit her local store this morning to scout out the selection and find her favourites.

www.thestar.com

OF note, the six wines she lightlights are all priced below LCBO price, generally around ~10% less, though in one case, closer to ~20% off. So far as I understand the current pricing regime, that means Costco is more or less selling many wines at-cost.

 

[G.L.17]

The Star's wine critic praising Costco over some of the wines they are offering and their value pricing:

Carolyn Evans Hammond: Costco is selling wine. (It’s cheaper than the LCBO!) Our wine critic shares 6 picks

Our wine critic hit her local store this morning to scout out the selection and find her favourites.

www.thestar.com

OF note, the six wines she lightlights are all priced below LCBO price, generally around ~10% less, though in one case, closer to ~20% off. So far as I understand the current pricing regime, that means Costco is more or less selling many wines at-cost.

As unfortunate as most of that list is (promoting Bread & Butter - which is on brand for her), there's been talk that the Kirkland branded wines probably won't see shelves until 2026 in Ontario.

For a fleeting moment, I was excited at the chance to finally grab Kirkland Barolo and Brunello.