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Why Does Everyone Love Costco So Much?

(computermachina)There aren’t a lot of shining successes in American’s most recent recession, but one company that has done well and even managed to grow is Costco. Why is that? The traditional wisdom...

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Should I Also Be Picking Up Insurance And Mortgages When I Shop At Costco Or...

(Steven G. Bisig)Warehouse stores sell more than just huge sacks of flour, vats of ketchup, and enough toilet paper to clean an army. You can also use a membership at places like Costco or BJ’s to buy...

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Wisk And Costco Knock Tide From Top Detergent Greatness Spot

(frankieleon)Tide might be the detergent of choice for criminals, but our stain-fighting cousins over at Consumer Reports tell us that in terms of actual quality, there’s a new champion in town....

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New York Attorney General Investigating Walmart, Home Depot, Others Over...

(Marike79)Though it’s been a point of concern with employee-rights advocates for years, the use of prepaid debit cards as a substitute for traditional payroll checks is finally getting attention from...

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Learn The Costco Price Tag Code To Save More Cash

This price tag has both the “.97″ ending and the “*” in the upper-right corner, indicating it is discounted and won’t be reordered once it sells out. (HubPages.com)Lots of Costco customers either...

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Costco’s Animal Crackers Container Is More Secure Than The Store’s Poisonous...

Costco’s Kirkland Signature foods, like the animal crackers on the left, are packaged in screw-top containers, unlike the Kirkland detergent pods with a lid that merely pulls off.From the moment that...

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Costco Snowman Laughs At Your Feeble Attempt To Buy Beach Supplies During...

He will not point you to the beach umbrella area. Despite the moans and groans of children heading back to school, or that perpetually pessimistic Facebook friend you haven’t seen in 17 years but yet...

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Don’t Forget To Bring Your Clipless Coupons To Costco

(Joel Goodman)Frank is confused. Sort of. He finds the “clipless” coupons that Costco brags about on the cover of their latest coupon book appealing, but wonders how this whole “clipless” thing works....

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Don’t Expect Smaller, Urban Costco Stores Anytime Soon

(computermachina)While Walmart has been trying out its (relatively) smaller Walmart Express stores for the last few years, and Target began launching its own miniaturized CityTarget stores in 2012, the...

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Costco Finally Stops Selling Yummy-Looking Detergent Pods In Clear Candy Jars

The new, opaque Costco detergent pods container.Several weeks ago, we told you about Costco’s questionable choice of putting its poisonous laundry detergent pods in a clear plastic container that looks...

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Grandmother Of Poisoned Boy Asks Procter & Gamble To Stop Making Tide Pods...

(Orlando Sentinel)Since their introduction in 2012, Tide detergent pods have been a lightning rod for controversy. Initially packaged in clear plastic, candy jar-like container, the glossy, orange,...

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Salmon From Costco, Trader Joe’s Beat Out Fancy, Expensive Fish In Taste Test

This sea lion may not be getting the tastiest salmon by choosing wild fish over farmed. ( photo bypwrplantgirl)The Washington Post recently provided a top chef with a variety of wild and farmed salmon,...

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Woman Says Costco Didn’t Apologize For Locking Her Inside Store

(Kevin Scott Anderson)While being inside a Costco after hours might seem like an awesome setting for a movie montage — binge eating in the candy/cookie/nut section, trying on every piece of clothing on...

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Costco Sends Us Bale Of Cardboard, Includes Free Furniture Pieces

Amy was familiar with the work of the Stupid Shipping Gang, but didn’t expect to see them in her own office. No, not in the shipping department: at Costco, the vendor that sent them some soundproof...

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Costco, BJ’s Would Rather Have Their Employees Spend Thanksgiving At Home

(joelgoodman)This year, everyone from Kmart to Macy’s to Staples will be celebrating the time-honored tradition of ruining Thanksgiving by throwing open their doors early to shoppers eager to flee the...

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Costco Apologizes For Bibles Labeled As “Fiction” At California Store

(KTLA-5 News) Costco’s had some explaining to do after the pastor of a non-denominational church in California happened upon a particular display of Bibles at his local Costco store. He says he was...

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Costco’s Clever Plan To Sell Both Gas & Liquor In D.C. Results In Death Threats

(Joel Goodman)In Washington, D.C., you can’t sell alcoholic beverages and gasoline at the same business. But when Costco came to town, it didn’t throw up its hands and do away with one or the other...

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Find Some AA Batteries That Are Not Terrible

(bitslammer)Haven’t you always wanted to buy a bunch of different brands of batteries, test them side by side in the same appliance, and see which one lasts the longest? No? Well, let’s pretend that...

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Amazon Going After Costco, Sam’s Club With ‘Pantry’ Bulk-Buying Service

(Zach Egolf)For years, Amazon has been selling certain household goods, like toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and cereal, that are the bread-and-butter for warehouse clubs like Costco and Sam’s Club,...

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30 Tissues Disappear From Redesigned Kleenex Box At Costco

As we all know, Costco is the place to get the hottest deals on huge quantities of consumer goods. For example, you can buy a box of Kleenex tissues that contains 260 pieces. Which isn’t a very big...

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