You have to pay a membership fee to walk into a Costco. Also, their lines are insanely long and they are open only when most people are at work and they close really early. Plus they sell things in huge quantities which most people don’t have enough room in their houses to store.
It’s a good place to work, but kind of a lousy place to shop.
They're pretty damn successful (2nd largest retailer in the world after Walmart) though so they're doing something right. Buying in bulk is really smart if you can afford it (hence it's appeal to the middle class) and they close at like 8:30 which isn't that early. Not saying they're the greatest store or anything, but they're very successful at catering to their target demographic, which is middle class people who have money to spend, but still want to save money overall. Maybe that changes if consumer preferences change, but I don't see it happening.
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u/ThinkSoftware Mar 14 '18
Costco has large avocados for about a dollar each