European's First Experience at Costco - European Reacts
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Costco is hugely successful. They sell products with minimal markup, and make their profit mostly by their annual memberships. The steaks at Costco are better than what we can buy at any of the grocery store chains near us.
They own the land they build on too so they don't have to charge more for their lease payments!
If I want fresh seafood I can go to Bodega Bay and get fresh caught fish.
Where are you. There are dairies and beef ranches right here where I live. I can get fresh, as in todays, butchered berf.
@@garycamara9955 living in middle of u.s. is like
whats fresh seafood ?
don't forget the prices for wild caught salmon.
Oh, and one great thing about Costco is that they actually treat their workers well, paying them a decent wage and giving them benefits.
A full time cashier with fifteen years with Costco makes over $90,000 a year in America.
Consistently rated as one of the top two companies to work for in the U.S.
My car got a flat tire at Costco about 2 weeks ago and the shop mechanic came out and told me to pull into the shop and they changed my spare tire for free!
The tire guys do nothing but tires, and they are amazing.
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1:36 Andre, if someone buys you a Costco gift certificate.. Even without a membership, you are allowed to use this to shop in the store.. So simply have one of your subscribers, purchase you a gift certificate for Costco, even if you have to transfer the money to them.
This is the easiest way to shop at Costco without a membership
Most of us are cool. If you asked to go in with a member they might say yes ( due to your accent and UA-cam). The items are enormous size, so you would not buy much since you're traveling.
You can also tell them you just want to check the place out before deciding if you want to buy a membership and they'll let you through. You just can't buy anything.
Or just tell them you are going to the food/snack counter and you can look around. Sam's Club is the Wal-Mart version of Costco
I was at Costco this morning to pick up a prescription and bought $120 worth of other stuff. I probably go about twice a month. Love Costco
Or, pay $5
Not necessarily just big famlies but also just stocking up on things you use a lot of. Example: we buy a large thing of ground beef, come home, separate them into the size we need for meals, then throw in the freezer. Bit cheaper and we have it on hand when we want to use it.
Thanks for sharing!!
@@european-reacts Also it's great for parties.
And good for dry goods and non-perishables like toilet paper and laundry soap
I have 7 grown sons. When they were teenagers we would go to Costco to get groceries quite often. We also used to buy an entire cow from a farmer in our town. Five of my 7 sons played ice hockey and they would literally eat 5-6 times per day. Costco saved us a ton of money feeding all those growing boys.
I couldn’t relate more lol. I have a 17 year old man child who eats like a football team lol. He’s 6’3”, 215 lbs of muscle and can put some food away 😂
A friend of mine loves to hunt. He purposely tries to get one or two deer for me. I pay for the butchering, so I end up spending about a dollar per pound for the venison. We got 88 pounds of venison this past November & still have a bunch frozen.
Just to be clear that ground beef was $3.99 per pound not a flat 3.99 charge
So at 3.99 per pound 5 pounds is 19.95 10 pounds 39.90
The car shops in these kind of stores don’t do actual car repairs. They do basic maintenance like oil changes, tire changes, filter changes, fluid changes, and battery service.
Costco is by far my favorite store. I've bought jeans, upscale kitchen knives, dog food, hair clippers, electric tooth brushes, snacks, people food with 100% satisfaction. and their meat department is unparalleled for the price.
You need to have a Costco membership to get their gas.
And if you are traveling in the US, you'll pay for the membership in the third fueling
Costco's brand is called Kirkland
Although technically the first Costco was in Seattle, it moved it's headquarters to Kirkland after a few years. Thus, Kirkland brand.
Costco is down the street from where I live. We shop there often. It is not only for large families. We buy food in bulk and freeze it in smaller packs.
Walmart has a similar store called sams club
Hi my friend in Costco when you're walking around in the food section you will see employees with a little stand and they will be giving free samples of food and you can eat the food and then buy the food that you're eating. Every time I've went into the Costco with my sister there was always five or six different stands that was giving away some type of food item that they were selling. 😎
8:50 - Read the bottom line. It's $3.99 per pound. 12:00 - Answer: Americans don't use bidets, though we can add attachments that do the same thing. By the way, wholesale stores operate by using bulk pricing. It doesn't mean we eat more during the same amount of time. Added info: Costco is known for its employee stock investment plans to encourage people's investment (pun intended) in the company.
I have a proper bidet... The seat replacement models with heat and drying really aren't expensive. No need to worry during the great toilet paper shortage 😂
Bidets are amazing. You can literally just use a square (of the bear paper) instead of half a roll.
@@spaceshiplewis reason Bidets where not in America has to deal with ww1 i believe baiccly they where found in prostitution buildings so they eventually became one idea.
Bidet = prostitution so in America it was considered something not great
I offered to buy Mom a bidet. The one at Costco had a heated seat, heated water, and a remote control for 30% less than retail.
She said "No thanks. I've got ten fingers."
Ten years later we bought her one and she said that we should have bought it sooner...
@@budgreen4x4Except they don't get you clean so you still need paper. At least with the fancy Japanese ones.
The biggest reason for Costco success is the QUALITY. Nothing is accepted as Costco product meat, produce, salmon without extensive testing. Producers fight for years to get their products sold in Costco and products from balsamic vinegar, Parmesan cheese are authentic and verified. Costco is able to sell the best at a better price. If you love an expensive cheese like a Stilton etc, it’s great.
I prefer the cheese from the local cheese factory. We are surrounded by dairies and vinyards.
@@garycamara9955 Yea, depending where you’re from if that’s an option it can be better to buy local.
Yeah, I pretty much only buy Parmiggiano Reggiano and/or pecorino Romano cheese from CostCo. Sorry but in northern CA we too have lots of local artisanal dairies and cheese-makers and they turn out a good product, but when you are talking about a European DOP product like Parmiggiano, the real imported thing is the best. When it comes to blue-veined cheeses, there are all kinds like American Bleu, English Stilton, French Roquefort and Italian Gorgonzola and they all taste different (and CostCo has most, if not all of them). Only the American "Blue" is authentically produced in America and ersatz European cheeses don't taste the same.
As a single person, I go to Costco for the gas, dog food, dog treats, detergent, dish soap, etc. But I’ve learned the hard way that it doesn’t make sense to buy fruit and veg there, because I can’t eat it all before it goes bad (unless I’m having a party). One thing I haven’t seen in the video yet is the samples. There are often vendors giving away free samples of food items - and you can arrive at Costco hungry, but leave with a full belly!
You might talk to your neighbors about splitting the cost on big bundle items that are perishable or that you just don't have room to store. And yes, sample day was the best day.
When i had all my four kids and husband at home, I shopped there. I bought 500+ food for the month and separated it out and froze it. Then I ran to Aldi for bread, produce, and milk as needed.
I'm in awe of how freely they are walking around that Costco without having to maneuver their shopping cart around hundreds of people. No matter the time of day or the Costco I visit I have to search for an available parking space, wait for an available cart, then stand in line to show my membership card to enter, walk slowly down the crowded aisles to get to the products I'm wanting to purchase. I always pick up a rotisserie chicken but I have to stand at the warmer along with dozens of other people waiting for them to come out of the oven to try to grab one before they're all gone again which means I'd have to wait for the next round to cook. When I'm finally done shopping I have to stand in one of many long lines to check out then another line to get my items checked at the door. It's very hectic and exhausting. The quality of their meats and other Kirkland products are the best and the reason I go through all that over and over again. I think Kirkland products are better than many national brands. They guarantee it or your money back. I love the convenience and the taste of their freshly prepared meals that you just bake. Costco isn't the only warehouse store in America but in my opinion it's the best!
The toilet paper shortage was a few reasons. First is America is used to being prepared for weather events so the second someone said toilet paper was running out people purchased double. Combine that with everyone home and 80% of paper products are brands only sold to companies and there wasn't enough stock available to get to shelves. It took a few months to shift manufacturing and delivery to shift.
But if you were a savvy purchaser that knew ethnic markets has a more community based customer that onlygot what they needed or went to camping stores they had plenty.
The original Costco store is a repurposed airplane hangar. I used to go there all the time. Normal locations are just big warehouses.
Costco cheese pizza is amazing. It has a thick crust of very flavorful cheese. The single slices are actually the size of 2 slices of the whole pizza. The size of the slice combined with the huge amount of cheese is why it has so many calories.
Pause, ask questions, add commentary. That’s why I’m here watching your channel. I’ve already seen the original video all the way through. Now I’m here for your thoughts
I went to Costco customer service and asked for a 1 day pass and I got it I believe you can still get it.
Andre, the thing all you foreigners need to keep in mind about the large volume sizes of our products, and that's simply this...our houses/apartments are larger, and therefore we have more storage space for all these large volumes items you see in these stores. It's really that simple. Our Fridges are about 3-4 times the size of the typical European versions, we probably have twice the kitchen cupboard space y'all have, and a lot of houses have separate pantries where you can store extra food, cleaning supplies, etc for quick access when you need it. We built a double pantry in our home after my mom passed in 2014. We basically expanded one storage closet into two. Before that, we'd store extra food in our utility closet, but it didn't hold all that much. It's kinda odd too because my Dad built that entire room onto the house before I was even born in like 1972. Why he didn't think to make the small single closet into the double pantry I have now is a bit of a mystery. But anyway...my dad passed away last month as of tomorrow and we have got a lot of work to do around the house both inside and out to get this property looking like it should. We've let a lot of things go over the last 10 years since mom died and since dad got down in his health over the Covid period.
The Costco brands are the Top brands at discount prices.
Their Kirkland golf clubs are superb for the price
Costco can absolutely be a workout! LOL! I'm a part owner of a daycare, so on weekends we go shopping for supplies. Buying food, cleaning supplies, and all sorts of things. Since Costco is bulk and we buy a lot for our business, the shopping cart gets HEAVY! I end up pushing around a cart, thru a huge warehouse, that weighs several hundreds of pounds. I'm exhausted by the end of shopping, as if I just got done with a heavy workout.
Walmart and Target are much smaller than Costco. The only equivalent to Costco is Sam's Club, which is run by Walmart Corporation. If you want to go into Costco I'd look for someone (maybe a friend or fan) who can take you in as a guest. The ground beef was $4 per pound and those packages are about 6 pounds. And yes, meat is much more expensive now than even just two years ago.
You can walk into a Costco without a membership. You cannot buy anything without a membership. Almost anything - liquor, pharmacy, and other such things are exempt from this requirement. Used to be that you could go to the food court without one but now they're starting to make you have one for a chicken bake. C'mon.
@@ElyonDominusThe Costcos I’ve been to in the Pacific Northwest - where Costco is headquartered in Kirkland, WA (Seattle suburb) - ask to see the membership card at the entrance to the store and at the checkouts. Receipts are checked at the one large exit of the stores.
@@pacmanc8103 Yes, they do check for it. You can tell them that you're considering a membership or in a tourist's case they could probably state that they've heard about it and understand they can't purchase anything but they just want to experience a Costco. You'll probably get let in. If not walk in through the exit after a few minutes. Most times the folks will be distracted anyway.
BJ’s is also like Costco and Sam’s club
Costco is a great company to work for. Their store brand Kirkland is the brand name product, but it must be better by some metric, like the pain relievets work faster, etc. The meat is choice , some is prime. Most grocery stores sell less than choice grade. Chef Julia Child was a Costco convert once she discovered the quality. You can also get large cuts for less.
The giant rotisserie chicken and hot dogs are loss leaders to get people in the doors. The CEO just assured members that the hotdogs were staying at that price. He even opened their own weiner factory to cut cost and keep the dogs the same.
Sam's Club is owned by the billionaire Walton family who own Walmart. After what they did to the American workforce and killed all the small businesses, I will never give the Waltons a penny. Costco is the ideal American business. I vote with my feet and dollars.
Also, yes, it's a great walking workout! Makes you hungry.😊
Love your channel! You seem like a very good person.
You can shop at costco without a membership if you buy a gift card. So thats a good way to get around the limitation. Costco has its own brand, its called Kirkland. Its pretty high quality, and usually made by name brand companies who put Kirkland on its logo. Costco has so much buying power that the big brands will actually change their recipes sometimes, for better quality. Oreo for example, makes oreos with sugar and real vanilla for costco vs corn syrup and artificial vanilla for regular grocery stores. The reason the pizza slices are so caloric intense is that the pieces are MASSIVE, and the cheese pizza has twice as much cheese as the pepperoni. Its actually closer to 3 pieces of normal pizza.
Wow. I didn’t know about the gift card workaround or the Oreos with real sugar!
@@Julieroo28 Yep! Im on the costco reddit so there are some things you learn on it from people who work there.
That large walk-in cooler that the veggies are kept it is soooo nice. I live in Las Vegas and it is great to step into there and feel like you're in Alaska.
Love Costco…Walmart has their version of Costco called Sam’s Club…both are very similar with having the same products but Costco will have different brands as does Sam’s Club having different brands… there are items that Costco doesn’t have that I will go to Sam’s Club and get but overall it’s the same idea.
Costco and Sam's Club (the warehouse version of a Walmart) are both great places to stock up on all your household items and food. The standard membership is minimal (under 50 bucks) and worth it in my opinion!
You usually get a end of the year store credit rebate also.
One of the reasons they check your cart as you exit is to make sure you were not over charged or double charged for something. Because Costco is a bulk buy store, the carts are much bigger than a normal store and people regularly fill them up. More than once The exit clerk has caught that an item I had was rang up twice, or something was on a buy one /get one special and the computer didn't catch it. That is why the customer service desk is right next to the exit, so they can do corrections quickly if needed.
I'm a single senior so I really don't benefit from bulk food items that can spoil. But I do have a membership for their gas discount, and non perishable items. Especially around the holidays. Also discounts on small and major appliances, computers, and garden supplies.
My nearest Costco is a 40 mile round trip so I'll often shop on their app and they have free delivery to my home.
Yes, Costco is amazing. The food portions are huge. It's great for families with kids. Our kids are grown and out of the house so my wife and I have to be careful what we buy. Often we can't eat all the food before it expires. One food thing I love about Costco is the free food samples. They give portions away to get you to buy certain foods. This is true, especially on Saturday when Costco is busiest. The primary reason I have a Costco membership is the cheap gasoline. It's the cheapest in town. The gas savings pays for your membership in a year. I also buy my TVs at Costco. They have good prices and a good selection of sizes and brands. They also offer lower-cost extended warranties. The Costco closest to us is ALWAYS crowded. Parking is a zoo even though they have huge parking lots. It's busy every day of the week and at all hours of operation. They need to build a new one in the area. If you come to America you need to visit Costco. Just ask and somebody will take you. Costco is capitalism at its best. Murica!
My brother lives in Omaha and loves their Costco. When he uses it alot, he's gotten more than the price of membership back in like rewards and then really saves. It helps to have a big freezer and big pantry if not a big family to save. They are really good to their employees, unlike some other big stores.
Costco's, BJ's and Sam's Club are competitors to each other, different to general merchandise stores like Target and Walmart, even though Walmart and Sam's Club are owned by the same corporation. In my hometown, we have 2-3 of each, and the BJ's is closest. I go about once every 3 weeks
Never been to a BJ's but we have had Sam's and Costco forever. They are building a new BJ's here now though across from one of our outlet malls. I remember Pace's too but those have been gone probably 30 years now unless they still exist somewhere. We used to have a membership there though in the 80s/90s. Guess there could be other regional chains that are similar too. Not sure when that BJ's is going to open but it was last year they were talking about it on the news that it was coming.
I waited a long time to get a Costco in my state. There is currently only one Costco in Maine, opened last year, and I am lucky it's only 15 minutes from where I live. I don't have a large family, but find it is still very worth it to have a membership. Those Costco pepperoni pizza four packs are SO GOOD, and you can't beat that price. I also love their cafe! Where else can you get a huge hot dog and a soda for $1.50? Not to mention their delicious rotisserie whole chicken for $4.99. Their bakery is also really good! They make a killer lemon blueberry loaf that we love for $8.99 and it is huge. Love Costco!
We also have Sam's club and it's the Walmart version of bulk buying. I definitely like Costco better
Definitely. I moved and no longer have a Costco near me. 😢 We have a Sam’s but it’s just not as nice.
Costco originally was all wholesale for businesses I believe, that is why to enormous sizes for restaurant portions.
So fun fact - the owner is famous for paying himself a salary of $250k (compared that to Jeff Bezos) and living in a regular house. His wife was friends with my mom. They are really nice people. He liked to shop in his stores and say hi to his employees. He pays his employees twice as much as most stores, way over the minimum wages - like $16-27/hour for the folks you see (min wage is $7.25). Walmart pays people so low they qualify for food stamps. The Walton family is worth $265 billion.
Yes, there are Costco stores in Spain, near Madrid. There are no Costco stores in Portugal from what I can see. Several in England as well.
Costco has been expanding their stores lately overseas. Hopefully it comes to Portugal. It has few locations in some European countries, such Uk and Spain like you said.
Japan too
And Stockholm.
I saw one in South Korea.
1:47
the three stores used to be walmart, target, and kmart... kmart went bankrupt. Costco and Sam's are considered 'wholesale' stores... so they're different...
second, you CAN go to costco without a membership and get a 1-day membership pass... this is to intice you to buy a membership (they last for a year). you can also go as a guest with a member (who goes with you) or you can get a costco check (money order type thing that you can only spend at costco) and not need a membership to use it in the store.... Sam's is very similar...
Our Costco is about 5 minutes away. We treat it like a grocery store for a bunch of items so we're there probably every other week on average. Sometimes more than once a week just depending on what we need.
I keep point is that Costco is a volume (semi-wholesaler) seller for the most part and lives between retail and wholesale and prices. Walmart is strictly retail but has a Costco equivalent called Sam’s. There are several of these kinds of stores around the country all requiring membership to shop there. One wish is to visit for a day and shop to get an idea if they want to buy a membership that is allowed. Ostensibly Costco was created for small businesses and restaurants to purchase goods more cheaply. The warehouse look enables storage concurrent with goods that are available for purchase. Anything higher than two shelf levels is for storage only but can be bought with aid from a store person. Prices are good but not as good as they used to be because they have become a regular part of every day life where in most cities over 100,000 people there’s at least one Costco. At least this is typical for cities with a population that has money or a large group of wealthy upper middle-class and better shoppers.
They also have Costco Business Centers where they sell even bigger quantities as well as the different Business supplies. If you pay $60 for a regular membership, you get a $40 gift card to use in the store. You can easily save the $20 difference in one trip. Or find someone who's a member to bring you in as a guest like they did...
Costco is actually one of the largest pizza chains in the US too. Kirkland Signature is their house brand, named after Kirkland, Washington, where Costco was founded, although it is now headquartered just to the east in Issaquah, Washington. Some Costco's have car washes too.
Walmart and Target are not the same as Costco. They are large department/grocery stores. Costco is a wholesale store - big-box warehouse store. Sam's Club is the Walmart equivalent of Costco as is BJ Wholesale. You do have to have a membership to shop at each. It's an annual fee of either a regular or premium membership. Like Costco, Sam's Club also has gas stations and he's correct that it is generally the cheapest gas in town.
Shopping at one of these has less to do with having a large family than it is to getting more for the money spent. You can stock up by paying a little more in the moment. That means fewer trips to the store which saves you on gas so it can be a decent overall savings especially when gas prices are constantly fluctuating. They also benefits to being a member...cash back, points towards additional discounts and sometimes better sale prices on the same item in a different store.
Buying in bulk for grocery items that you use regularly is a great savings.
Walmarts and Krogers often sell gas to.
Costco started as a place for small businesses to purchase food and supplies. They only gave memberships to businesses. But people started getting friends memberships to get in so they realized they should just sell the membership to anyone. I believe they will let you pay for a one day membership or you can go with someone else. Only the first two shelves at Costco have things for sale. Everything else is storage of things that are packed away in pallets to be sold later. Costco is usually cheaper, but you always have to think about each item as some things are the same price just in larger quantities.
one of the 'secrets' of Costco is they have roasted whole chicken for $5... you can buy 2 raw whole chickens for $17 from there, but just buy 2 of the roasted chickens and you'll only pay $10....
The $5 roast chickens and their large $1.50 hot dogs with soda are among the most famous of Costco's "loss leaders." They sell these at a loss to get more people into the store to buy other products. Given how successful Costco has been, I'd say it's working!
The roast chickens that don't sell on a given day go into their chicken soup, chicken rolls, pot pies, etc. 😋
They are 2 types of Costco the one you're watching and the business center were the items are for restaurants and were you can buy WHOLE ANIMALS to cook, ie. Whole lambs.
Not just big families like buying in bulk but also people who live far away from the big cities (and buy more for fewer trips), employees of companies, schools, churches, etc. And as you’ve seen some Americans have a second freezer, pantry, garages, etc. so they have room to save up weeks and months of supplies.
First thing a big family should purchase is a standing freezer that opens from the top. The cold air doesn’t spill out as much as freezers that have front facing doors. If cold air spills out, warm air flows in and energy is wasted every time a family member opens it just to look
Walmart, Costco, and Kroger (a grocery store, not a supermarket like Walmart or a wholesaler like Costco) if we don't include Amazon are the three biggest stores. I think what I would call a supermarket and what you would call a supermarket are different things, Andre. It would need to have multiple departments and types of goods. Groceries, clothes, toys, etc.. It's not just the size of the store.
I went last week. I love their Blue eggs. It’s only my husband and I so so try not to buy too much, we can’t eat it or store it all.
But Kirkland brand is the Costco brand and it is good.
I have a weakness for the soft serve ice cream in the food court.
The $1.50 hot dog has been the same for 30 years.
They have a LOT of free samples on the weekends too.
I was at Costco 2 days ago. You do need a membership to get gas at a Costco, but you don't need one to use their pharmacy.
They don't carry much furniture in the stores, but they have more on their website, and they often have special pricing deals with manufacturers to buy directly from them.
Some of their electronics might seem a bit expensive, but they also carry much higher-end brands/models. The prices are really good compared to the same brand/model anywhere else.
We go to Costco on a regular basis and yes, our local Costco is pretty much like this one. For many of the refrigerator items we simply walk in the big refrigerated room. It's a wonderful place to hang out for a few minutes during the summer.
Sam's Club is similar to Costco and is owned by Walmart. They also have gas. The Costco Business Centers have even better deals but they're more for buying in bulk. They're more for small restaurants.
Toilet paper sold out during covid because it's a necessity and it takes up a lot of shelf space. It doesn't take many people to sell it all out.
11:45 This man lies. Detroit Style Deepdish is amazing. Thick bread with carnalized cheese on the crust. Very underrated and overshadowed by Chicago style Deepdish which I can best describe as a tomato sauce and Cheese bread bowl lol.
Detroit deep dish is still a pizza. Chicago deep dish is a casserole.
If you want to go into a Costco. Talk to someone going in and tell them where you are from and you want to experience it and they will most likely walk you in with them.
you can just walk in w/o a membership... you can also buy alcohol and prescriptions from the pharmacy w/o a membership card
I was there two days ago. It had been about a year since I‘d last been. Great for families because they sell in volume at lower prices. That‘s also a negative if you live in an apt or tiny home because you have no room to store 50 rolls of toilet paper. Meat prices are amazing, beef roast was $5.99 a lb. , which is $2.00 a lb less than regular markets. Again, they sell in volume so you may be buying a multi-pack and have to have freezer to store your extras. I find the eye Services to be outstanding. The eye exam is $80 which I think includes glaucoma test, vision test, and exam for retinal health. The Optical store has a wide variety of fashionable frames at competitive costs. Using the optical services at Costco always saves me at least $100 - which basically pays for my membership . I haven‘t used their pharmacy services other than for an occasional flu vaccination so I don‘t have enough knowledge to speaking that. I love their prices for fresh flowers - when I feel like treating myself it‘s there that I purchase them. The regular membership is worth it, it allows two family members access - my son who lives in another state uses my membership at his Costco.
8:49 remember meats are sold as price per pound, so it's not $4 for all that meat, it's more like $20. I go to Costco, WinCo, and Safeway, Fred Meyer's on a rotation, so I've been to Costco just two weeks ago. My daughter works in the a Sealy factory where they make mattresses exclusively for Costco in the western US. The sell a lot of beds. Kirkland is the generic Costco brand because they started in Kirkland, Washington State.
My wife does the grocery shopping, but I get my golf gloves at Costco, their Kirkland brand. At 30 dollars for a 4-pack they are every bit as good as top-line golf gloves from companies like Titleist, at 23 dollars each. Kirkland is excellent quality at a great price.
Covid and toilet paper... it makes a lot of sense actually. Since most of America doesn't have bidets, you have to wipe with something. We were used to no one being home all day. Kids at school, parents at work. So you don't use much toilet paper if you're only home to sleep at night. But during lock downs we were suddenly all at home all day long. If you are two adults and have a couple of kids or teens... And all of you are home all day long, you go through way more toilet paper.
Haven’t been to a Costco since I lived in Japan. Absolutely loved it!
People from Europe always complain about the cost of food here in the U.S. The $3.99 is per pound of ground beef in the package. I'm not sure what the food costs are like in Portugal. Kirkland is Costco store brand.
Costco has the BEST return policy ever 🙌🏼
It’s the same as BJ’s…big store where you can buy in bulk. I LOVE their bakery.
BJ's, hmmmmmmm really, sounds sexual!
Walmart and Target would likely be considered direct competitors. Costco, Sam’s and BJs are more directly comparable because they sell products in bulk for lesser prices but you have to pay an annual membership fee to shop there.
The thing is you must buy in bulk for example the bag of onions was probably over 2kg bag. Remember US uses pounds so the bag was probably 5lb. It is four dollars per pound so the package probably averaged around 20 dollars for about 5 pounds.
It's a 100.00 a year for a Costco membership and you need it to buy gas also. It is worth it. Walmart has their own version of Costco called Sam's Club. We have memberships to both because they each carry some different stuff we like. The stuff on upper shelves is extra of what's on the floor. I was in Costco, Sam's Club, and Walmart yesterday. Costco pizza is actually pretty good. Americans go to the doctor often. I have had 3 different jobs in the last 38 years and had health insurance provided by all of them and pay 3 to 4 hundred a month to add my wife and 4 kids. The healthcare provided also includes dental, chiropractic and eye coverage. No matter how expensive the visit it's a 25.00 copay and emergency visits are 100.00. I could have a heart attack while I'm there and it would still be 100.00. I actually don't know anyone that doesn't have healthcare insurance. Many states have free healthcare for people that can't afford it. Healthcare is expensive here because our government is in cahoots with the pharmaceutical industry and lawsuits for malpractice is the other reason. The government doesn't care because they want universal healthcare. It's one more thing they control and then they can decide if your worth saving. The best thing about healthcare here is that I could call my Doctor on Monday and get in to see him within a few days. With universal healthcare, many people die just waiting to see their doctor. Canada has free medical, and many Canadians come here for stuff so they don't have to wait 6 months to see a doctor.
In the US it is $60 for a basic membership that 53% of the people get, and $120 for the version that pays you back 2% and other perks. Forty seven percent of the people pay for that. Many people receive a check for more than the membership fee that they paid.
Some Costco's in other countries pay different amounts.
Walmart has Sam's Club...you have to have a membership. Costco is the same, membership.
You can buy a Costco gift card online and go in once to visit. I used to work at Costco and during 4th of July week all the meat would be gone, I packed carts at the checkout, it was a workout. Their muffins are the best, and at the end in the food court you have to eat there, their food is so delicious especially their hotdogs, pizza and frozen yogurt. I ate my lunch there many times.
I work at Costco, its always super busy! Mine is in a small town in Oregon and we still do well over a million $ a day, and we're a small store! I just bought about 8 items today after work and spent over $160.
Costco has most of their products sold at a loss for the retailer. All their revenue is made through the memberships. Costco always offers a wide variety of goods, so if a name brand pulls out of the store or was never there to begin with Costco makes the products themselves through the Kirkland brand. Unlike most other "store brand" goods, Kirkland can often times be better than the goods they are trying to replicate.
Thats actually not quite true. They dont take a loss, they just make a small profit or break even. 72% of their profit is through memberships.
Americans don't go to the doctor LOL We choose supplements over doctors. That's very, very ignorant.
this guy is a bit rude.
That guy was a total asshat.
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My wife and I no longer have a Costco membership due to our mobility issues, but when we did, we always stopped at the food concession stand before shopping for our groceries. It helps to keep you from buying far more than you need, and you'll be less likely to make impulse purchases when you're not hungry.
I worked (Union Electrician) on the building of a Cosco here in Columbus Ohio (Buckeye Land) they gave all of us construction workers a free year membership for when we finished the building.
I've been a Sam's Club (similar to Costco) Member for 20 yrs. I don't shop so much for bulk items but for the variety they have.
I used to work in a warehouse similar to Costco. The way they organize the racks is typically in columns. So customers grab stuff from the bottom and more it's stored above it. When they need to, someone will close that aisle for a few minutes to "drop" another pallet. Then the ones on top get replaced later. When the store is closed or late night when it's not busy.
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We have Costco delivered all the time and when I saw the strawberries in your intro I sent my son to the kitchen to grab me a bag my wife had cut up for me! Thanks for the edible inspiration from a fellow 1/4 Portuguese American!
There are two Costco's in France, 4 in Spain and 29 in the United Kingdom
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Costco grew very quickly. Even one in my town. They partner with manufacturers to essentially cut markups, and offer even larger discounts by selling you larger quantities of things you may need. Side note: They have their own brand "kirkland signature" and almost everything is way higher quality than you would expect.
You can go into Costco or Sam's without a membership... All you have to do is tell them that you want to look around and see whether you'd like to purchase a membership and they'll allow you to do that.
You can even purchase online without a membership, but they do charge a 5% markup fee...
Also some of those prices on the beef are per pound... Not the total price
Fun fact: Costco has their own brand (Kirkland Signature) and the quality of their branded products is typically on par or above that of their name brand competitors.
Costco is in Sweden, France, Spain, England too.
Costco is a great company to work for. Their store brand Kirkland is the brand name product, but it must be better by some metric, like the pain relievers work faster, etc. The meat is choice , some is prime. Most grocery stores sell less than choice grade. Chef Julia Child was a Costco convert once she discovered the quality. You can also get large cuts for less.
The giant rotisserie chicken and hot dogs are loss leaders to get people in the doors. The CEO just assured members that the hotdogs were staying at that price. He even opened their own weiner factory to cut cost and keep the dogs the same.
Sam's Club is owned by the billionaire Walton family who own Walmart. After what they did to the American workforce and killed all the small businesses, I will never give the Waltons a penny. Costco is the ideal American business. I vote with my feet and dollars.
Also, yes, it's a great walking workout! Makes you hungry.😊
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American people are overweight because of processed packaged foods, not because of the bulk packages at Costco.
Known for good quality goods at a great price. They also pay their employs better than most big box stores and most of their employees have good healthcare, including part time workers
You do need a Costco Membership Card or to be with a member to go in and shop at Costco. The cheapest Membership is $60 and it is good for one year. I just read that you can also enter a Costco if you have been gifted a Costco Shop card by a member. That is a digital gift card and you can use that to buy your items.
You need to scan your Membership Card to buy gas at the Costco Gas Station.
The reason they check receipts at the door is because they do not pit anything in bags. Patrons agree to this procedure when signing up for a membership. There are other stores attempting to do the same thing. But this is illegal. You don't have to submit to it because you never signed an aggreement at other stores. In the U.S. it is illegal to stop someone before they have left the store. And if they do stop you outside you'd better believe they have proof of theft.
I was at Costco today. The memberships are 1 year. They are $60 canadian dollars or pay $120 and at the end of the year you get 2% cash back on what you purchased through out the year. Gas is also about 5 cents to 13 cents cheaper a litre than normal gas stations. You must have a membership card to put into the machine. The $3.99 you saw for burger was per lb. We pay more in Canada than people in the US. The cooked chicken is 9.99 here vs 4.99 in US. All the people forgot that they needed food in order to need to use the toilet paper. Costco's brand is Kirkland. They pizza's are not too bad. Costco is pretty much, a one stop shop. They have eye place, pharmacy, food, kitchen stuff, tires, gas, furniture, beds etc. Costco takes a loss on the food they serve , when you take employee wages for cooking and serving, they make no money. It is a perk for members.
Costco and Sam's both are huge bulk wholesale membership stores. Sam's is owned by Walmart, it actually existed prior to Costco opening and both are located across the U.S., nationwide. Birth have gas stations as well. The members collect reward points fir both gasoline and in store purchases, and can apply their collected points towards their in store purchases, and other purchases including automobile purchases, travel, furniture, atvs, and other large items which both Sams and Costco do also sell to their members. Adding their rewards points to be deducted from the price, gives members additional discounts. Tge memberships are well worth paying.
Costco is a warehouse sells wholesale so many businesses buy supplies for their business, it's not just for people to buy for their families. Also, Walmart version of the warehouse store is Sam's Club. We shop at Costco for the meat, it's fabulous meat for a good price. Their produce is good quality and the bakery makes the biggest yummiest muffins! Costco is wonderful! The people that work there are very nice and helpful.
We go about once every 2 or 3 months. We stock up on paper towel , toilet paper, ground beef (we freeze it in smaller packages), frozen salmon and frozen vegetables. Sometimes we buy things like certain seasoning mixes, ketchup, honey, olive oil... Mostly things that are either canned, packaged, frozen. Perishable foods I buy in smaller amounts at the local grocery.
20:30 That's why you should let the person finish talking before you pause.
I've been a Costco member for 13 years now. Yes, you can get goods in bulk at cheaper than most stores, but you should not expect the kind of wide variety of selection in terms of brands and sizes that you would see in say, a Walmart. Usually Costo will carry what most people would consider higher quality brands and their in-house Kirkland brand products are actually mostly recognizeable name brand products just specially packaged for Costco - under the Kirkland name in large print you can see what name brand it actually is in smaller print. I don't buy my groceries there since the sizes are too big for me but I buy all my electronics, including Appliances, at Costco as Costo adds a 2nd year to the standard manufacturer's 1-yr warranty. They have a very generous return policy as well - I bought an Orbi wireless router system that I did not setup for over a year, but when I did get around to it, it did not work with my local ISP's equipment and they still took it back for a full refund over a year after I had purchased it when most stores won't take returns after a month.
Costco is a wholesale club and requires a membership for both store and gas. Walmart has an equivalent membership wholesale club ,Sam’s, that costs less than Costco. The 40 cent per gallon savings will pay for the membership at Sam’s. And the quantity can be split with family members. Costco is mostly owned by the Chinese…Sam’s is a US company.
Costco makes a majority of it's profits by selling memberships and buying and selling things in bulk. This means if you shop there frequently enough, the savings you'll get as a member will far outweigh the membership fees. As for the shelving in the isles, the stuff on the upper shelves is just more of what's on the bottom if the shelves seem out of reach. A membership is needed for gas, tire shop services, the eye doctor and standard purchases but you can use their pharmacy without one.
We visit Costco at least once a week! Love your videos, by the way!!