Archive for September, 2010

2010 International Photo Contest – Give Us Your Best Shot

Photo Contest

Today is the last day to submit your entry for the 2010 Costco International Photo Contest!  Hurry on up to www.costcophotocontest.com to enter.  Grand prize is a $1500 Costco gift card.  If you want to enter by snail mail, you can fill out this form and make sure it’s postmarked by today.  That page also [...]

Costco Coming to a Mall Near You?

Costco mall

Can you picture going to your local mall and shopping at Costco?  That is about to become a reality very soon.  The Westfield Group announced an agreement with Costco Wholesale to put the popular warehouse store in three of its malls: Westfield Topanga in Canoga Park, CA; Westfield Sarasota Square in Sarasota, FL; and Westfield [...]

The Star on the Item Price Tag

Kashi sign

Some of you may be wondering what that star or asterisk you once saw on an item price tag meant.  Or maybe some of you never even noticed it, or knew to look for one.  While most items don’t have a star in the upper right-hand corner, there are always a few that do in [...]

Organic foods highlighted

Organic sign

In my recent trips to Costco I’ve noticed that they’re currently highlighting the organic foods they sell. The New Items sign out front even had the word “organic” highlighted in green on all the item tags. And then in the front of the store where they usually showcase items on coupon there were instead all [...]

Food court gelato fun facts

  The gelato is made fresh every morning in the food court You cannot order the three scoops without a cone (in a  cup) You can order gelato with your other food items and come back later to get the gelato The adhesive used to hold the paper jacket on the cone is edible A [...]

The Costco price tag prank

Costco Drunk Food tag

Did you hear about the prank pulled off at Costco a few months back?  A guy printed/created a bunch of fake price tags with funny names on them and swapped them at his local Costco.  Sounds like other people around the country joined him as well.  I didn’t get a chance to see the video, [...]

Costco Coupon Book 9/16 to 10/10/10 (September 2010)

Coupon book cover September 2010

The September 2010 coupon book is out and you can download and view it right here on Costco Insider.  Coupons are valid September 16th to October 10th.  You do not need to bring it to the store to get the discounts, just mention it to the cashier. Download here

Coca Cola with Real Cane Sugar?!

mexican-coke

Coca Cola made with pure cane sugar is now available at some Costco locations!  This Coca Cola comes to us from Mexico where “the real thing” is made with real sugar, not that high fructose corn syrup our Coke is made with.  It’s sold in a 24 pack of 12 ounce bottles.  In a blind [...]

Video reveals horrible treatment of veal calves at Costco supplier

Costco Veal

Costco Wholesale Corporation is actually a pretty stand-up company.  One of their policies is that all suppliers must humanely treat animals.  Mercy for Animals just released a video showing horrible treatment of veal calves at one of the farms that Costco’s suppliers use.  Once Costco found out about this and saw the video they immediately released a [...]

Tire center service and warranty

Tire center

Within ten minutes I was able to narrow down which tires my car uses, what my options at Costco were, the costs involved, and how long it would take to get my tires changed.  You can call the tire center directly, and that’s what I did, by looking up the phone number at the Costco.com locations [...]

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