A brand new program is being introduced by Costco where they will now email you your coupon books, yearly renewal forms, and executive membership refund, among other things. It is part of their go green initiative, saving a lot of paper in the process. They will not entirely discontinue coupon books; the electronic version will […]
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New Costco In-Store Recycling and Waste Program
I was at Costco last week when I saw something very surprising. One of the Costco workers was pouring the recycling and compost bins into the garbage bin. I thought I was capturing the next breaking news scandal. Instead, it led me to learn about a fascinating new product being introduced by Costco. It turns out the workers are […]
Costco Family Night
Last month I attended an event titled Costco family night. In short, the employees and their family members get Costco all to themselves after hours. We got to shop the store quietly, Santa was there, there were raffle prizes, and best of all, there was free food court food. All the pizza, hot dogs, churros […]
2010 International Photo Contest – Give Us Your Best Shot
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?
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 […]
Organic foods highlighted
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 […]