I know it’s the second Costco related thing I’ve posted on this, but it’s a pretty big deal.
If these MAGA turds want to try to boycott, I’ll laugh my ass off because this one of the best performing retail stocks in the US in the past 20 years.
MAGA will be the ones who “go woke go broke” if they can’t access the rotisserie chicken. I don’t know for what % of Americans that $5 chicken is like the cornerstone of their diet, but it ain’t just a few of us lol.
If I had actual space to keep bulk purchases I’d sign up today. I wish they had a small purchases, “no frills” store like an Aldi.
Honestly, it may still be worth it even if you don’t have the space to buy much in bulk, I’ve gotten some pretty good deals from Costco on things like clothing and electronics
And you don’t have to, and probably shouldn’t, buy everything in bulk, just some things that you use a lot of.
Get a friend/friends to split the costs and items with you. Most stuff comes in multiple packages, so it’s pretty easy to split this way. If you have an uneven number, split so the person who is likely to use it faster gets more.
I’ve done this before and it works very very well to keep costs down for 2+ people who don’t live together. It probably won’t cover everything you want to buy but it dramatically reduces the “omg I’ll never eat all this” feeling.
Costco, is, at heart, a buying club. Your membership gets you in the door, but also gives you group purchasing power.
Extend that down to personal scale. Organize bulk purchases with friends, socializing while splitting up the loot. Vacuum seal, put things in jars and zipper bags, learn to can, and dehydrate.
Ask around once you get a fever for it, there are often more formal buying groups that are large enough to purchase wholesale. Don’t start one yourself at first, join one, as the logistics and spreadsheet action can be complicated. This is a really great way to afford higher quality organic food, for instance.
Buying bulk skillfully means a healthier diet, generally, as you get leas heavily processed foods on your menu. You also can massively reduce shit packaging.
can you explain?
Buying clubs = buying bulk with friends. Save money and packaging, get better quality. More work because you are acting as your own casual retailer and have to manage storage and some paperwork keeping track of who got what, and placing orders.
Can be simple like going to Costco and splitting it with the neighbours. Easy and casual.
Can be complex like getting an account with a wholesaler and arranging orders and delivery/pickup once a month; usually requires a minimum of 6 or 10 households, and some good spreadsheet skills. Lots of volunteer hours.
Can spill over into food storage collaboration, like canning 20 crates of peaches that are ripe TODAY so you need a crew who want canned peaches for payment.
It isn’t always food. It can be lots of things. I know of 5 households who got together to buy an entire 20-ft shipping container full of solar panels. Cheap!
It can be housing. I am friends with a bunch of people who live in a 6-story building that they bought and built together, 20 apartments or so, and they made it the way they want, lots if amenities and shared spaces. Small kitchens so they can have one big awesome dining room and regular bulk meals, again, cheaply. Board games and couches scattered around.They built less parking than code required because a lot of them just use car co-ops. So they made a music room and workshop with the extra basement space.
Oh yeah, car-co-ops, and I guess tool co-ops too, are another kind of buying club.
If you ever have been in any kind of club, it’s kind of the same, just focused on saving money or keeping control over daily expenses.
I hope they do someday, they could easily compete with those little neighborhood walmarts.
Costco’s legal department being the last remainining Constitutional lawyers in America was not something I expected but am not surprised about, either.
On top of that, Costco could probably make tons of money because of the tariffs if they wanted to. Any time prices skyrocket, retailers that can afford to give things at discounted prices can make a bundle. When everybody’s prices go up, people lose the ability to shop at more expensive places.
I think Costco is doing this because they want to continue prioritizing their customers.
I may just switch to the platinum plan.
Oh good! Now I won’t have to interact with them while shopping.
Harassment in stores drops off a cliff.
Great. Who is going to leave shopping carts in random parking spots now?
Great, no more MAGA at Costco, now I can know everyone there is a liberal hottie.
No more turds starting drama in the washrooms 🎉
I too welcome not having to see a MAGA hat in a Costco.
Wow, I’ve never seen that at mine. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I’ve seen one. What state?
Arizona, Colorado, Missouri.
I can believe the other two for sure. I’m from CO, and I haven’t seen them in a while, but I don’t go to Colorado Springs much, but mostly around Denver area.
I think the state I saw them the most in was South Dakota, but holy crap, that place is very deeply red.
Hi, Texan here. I see them at least once a week…
I can believe that. I’m in Colorado, and I’m sure some parts of the state have people still proudly wearing that hat, I mostly spend time in and around Denver and haven’t seen it in quite some time. Last time I saw one was on some Asian School of Mines kid in Golden, I think. But I’m not sure if he wasn’t wearing it ironically?
I hate Costco…but I’m more likely to go now :)
Welcome to Costco. I love you.
Yah I know this place pretty good, I went to law school here.
…you went to law school at costco?
How many JDs did you need to get in a Costco sized education?
in a draft of the script for the 2006 film “idiocracy”, it was originally walmart, but changed to costco (which explains the walmart-type greeter).
oh and i think the theme of 2006 film idiocracy is NOT really “intelligence went down”, that’s to distract people from the real theme which is “corporatism rots the brain”. seriously!
Can’t wait for all the videos of people trying to destroy stuff they bought at Costco.
So you’re telling me we won’t have to deal with trash at Costco anymore?
costco’s doing the right thing
Costco is doing the correct thing.
It’s the right(wing) who are wrong.
that’s what i mean
Bud Light seems to be doing fine.
That’s because people boycotted them by buying other beers owned by the same brand
Didnt Modelo overtake them as the number one beer brand in America thanks to the whole fiasco? At least that’s what my MAGA mother in law likes to announce anytime there’s beer commercials during football games.
According to Forbes, Bud Light sold the most volume, Modelo sold the most by dollar. Modelo is apparently priced as a “premium” beer.
Michelob Ultra just beat them both out, but they are owned by the same company as Bud Light.
Modelo / premium : Choose one
I wouldn’t consider Modelo to be a premium beer but it’s certainly a better beer than the standard options like bud (light) and Coors (light) that are served everywhere.
I prefer Sol as my standard beer. On its own, I wouldn’t say it’s a premium beer, but relative to bud/Coors it is.
I suppose nearly everything is more premium compared to bud or coors.
Well again, my source is someone with an agenda, so I’m not surprised the info is either incorrect or lacking nuance.
Duff, Duff Lite, Duff Dry.
Michelob Ultra is a bread La Croix.
How dare you say something so controversial yet factual.
And Guinness is just an entire loaf of dark bread with a side of coffee. Almost as if beer and bread are both grain products.
X commenter Leftyslayer complained, “Costco immediately passed the burden to its customers. They took the profits during the good times and now they screw the citizens during downturn. They have no loyalty to the customer.
Actually not true (imagine my surprise at an X user being uninformed)
From another article:
Millerchip said that while Costco was seeing a direct impact from tariffs on imports of some fresh food items from Central and South America, it decided not to increase prices “because they are key staple items” for its customers.
Costco has been eating the costs of the tariffs (at least in some cases)
…but who am I going to believe? Do I really think Leftyslayer would go on the internet and just lie? I’d have thought Leftyslayer would be even more fair and balanced than fake NBC news. /s
“did mah own research!”
Hey now, being objective demands that we lend equal credence to Leftyslayer’s opinions as to Costco’s, or are you some sort of biased person?? 😂
lol, lmao even
We know they mostly shop at Sam’s Club anyway because Costco doesn’t build in their shitholes. Saving yourselves a 90 minute drive to own the libs.
While the rural areas are a red stronghold, it’s not that much, and while cities tend to trend blue, there are large bastions of entrenched reds. If you were to hazard a guess as to what those entrenched red areas look like, you would be right if you guessed they fit the costco demographic pretty well.
Ive had a theory that in some places where the wages are super low and life is hard they do not want costco to come in and pay better than all the shitty local factories thats have been taking advantage of people for so long
Yep. We used to live in an area near two Costcos and we knew some people that had several of their (extended) family - adult kids that had moved out and lived in the area as well - working at Costco. They were living middle class lives. Maybe not upper echelon stuff, but it seemed like they had some affinity for the place and they seemed to get treated with an amount of dignity instead of some places that seem to do everything possible to crush the souls of their workers. These people actually seemed…happy. This is even when we ran into them at a Costco store while they were working.
That’s not true. I petitioned Costco to come in to a town over that had the space, but they went several towns over to the next state, because of traffic volume being greater, and bigger tax breaks for business.
