Costco discontinues half-sheet cakes, an apparent casualty of coronavirus
Retail giant Costco has no immediate plans to bring back half-sheet cakes. Customers are not happy.
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Costco re-imagines its food samples in era of social distancing
Costco Wholesale has begun offering food samples again in many locations, but the sampling stations look nothing like the gluttonous free-for-all tables of yore.
Costco reopening food courts, reviving samples to lure back shoppers
About 20% of the food courts were reopened at the end of the quarter. Costco, based in Issaquah, has also eliminated some food items, but...
Costco to require masks for shoppers to protect against coronavirus
Costco will require shoppers to wear masks that cover their mouth and nose while in the store starting Monday, the company says.
Costco aims to lift online sales with $1 billion purchase of logistics firm
The acquisition will help Costco boost online sales of big and bulky items at a faster rate, the company says.
Big businesses like Amazon support tax for King County, but questions about Seattle, suburbs remain
Amazon and several other large Seattle-area corporations, including Alaska Airlines, Costco, Expedia, Microsoft and Starbucks, expressed support Tuesday for the concept behind a Washington House...
Costco’s website outages on Thanksgiving continue into Black Friday
Costco wasn’t the only site frustrating Thanksgiving Day shoppers. H & M’s site also had a few relatively short outages on Thursday and Friday morning....
Even people who should know better are falling for this Costco coupon scam on Facebook
On Tuesday, the Issaquah-based company was telling its 2.1 followers on its Facebook page, “While we love our fans and our members, this offer is...
Costco’s profit falls just short of investors’ high expectations
Costco Wholesale, the Issaquah-based retailer, reported quarterly profit that fell short of estimates, and U.S. sales, while still brisk, also slightly missed. Same-store U.S. sales...
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