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Jun 21, 2024
9:52:50pm

Zoobieman All-American

Yep. . . Just took me 20 years to catch on

Never really noticed or thought about it before.

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Originally posted on Jun 21, 2024 at 9:52:50pm

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Zoobieman

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Costco. . . For a large warehouse with tons of customers. . . Not much variety.

Zoobieman

Jun 21, 9:39pm

that is the point of Costco. They choose for you. They don’t want many Skus

Jun 21, 9:41pm

RE: Costco. . . For a large warehouse with tons of customers. . . Not much

RH84025

Jun 21, 9:41pm

This is part of their business model. They want customers to trust them to

garyfan

Jun 21, 9:42pm

And if you find that you disagree with costcos choice you can return it for a

Powerbait DPM

Jun 21, 9:45pm

Yep. . . Just took me 20 years to catch on

Zoobieman

Jun 21, 9:52pm

Most of all, they want people to pay them to shop there. We are all lemmings.

Acorn

Jun 22, 7:58am

Po-tay-to po-tah-to.

garyfan

Jun 22, 1:59pm

Paradox of choice - less is more. Costco’s Buyers are expert assortment curators

Riggins Rigs

Jun 22, 8:45am

Never buy your SKUs at Costco.

Russell Feathers

Jun 21, 9:50pm

I tried to order a couple pizzas at mine. They didn't pick up.

MarylandFan

Jun 21, 9:58pm

I’m sorry. Are you solutions oriented or still in the feelings stage?

Longseason

Jun 21, 10:09pm

Same model as every other grocery store outside the U.S. we're the weird country

runnincoug

Jun 21, 10:12pm

One time my dad was looking at buying something he needed, we were at some

Warner

Jun 21, 10:29pm

Costco is pickier about the products they carry. I like that.

BlooCoug

Jun 21, 10:40pm

They are horrible to their vendor “partners”.

Jun 22, 12:06am

As is Walmart

TNT

Jun 22, 12:08am

No question. I work closely with companies in Costco, Walmart, Sam’s, Target,

Jun 22, 12:17am

It’s their secret. High quality, few options. Most people hate a lot of choices.

Boring

Jun 21, 10:52pm

Do you want canned tuna or not? That’s your choice

CBaass

Jun 21, 11:27pm

No albacore?

TNT

Jun 21, 11:50pm

That's the idea behind Costco. They narrow it down for you. Makes it simpler.

Jun 22, 12:05am

curation. this is what they do.

dixieutahbyuzag

Jun 22, 1:44am

The membership fees allow them to find good deals for members.

BNcoug

Jun 22, 7:39am

Per a recent WSJ article, they've shave 2/3 of their SKUs over the past 2 years.

P-Widdy

Jun 22, 8:32am

Yeah, apparently their margins on the stuff they sell

Still Blue

Jun 22, 11:08pm

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