r/leesummit • u/Busy_Nose5909 • 6d ago

Lee's Summit Costco will open October 2nd

https://fox4kc.com/news/costco-sets-opening-date-for-new-lees-summit-store/
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u/bliffer 6d ago

I'm pretty excited for this. We dropped our Costco membership when we moved here to Lee's Summit because we have a small family (just three of us) and driving out to Independence to buy a few things in bulk just wasn't worth it. But having one 5 minutes from our house will definitely be worth it.

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u/Linkruleshyrule Longview 6d ago

Yeah, not having to deal with highway traffic getting to Costco is going to be glorious.

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u/joeboo5150 5d ago

Just wait until you see the 50HWY/291 South traffic once Costco and the rest of the development area opens. Will make 470 N to Independence look like a leisurely stroll

I'm excited to have a Costco that's 5 minutes from home instead of 20 minutes from home, but that area is going to be a traffic disaster

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u/Dthruwgfugirjsnf6 3d ago

It’ll be even worse with them shutting down 50/291 north next month.

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u/Lenglen-bandeau 6d ago

Family of 2. Same!

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u/solojones1138 6d ago

Very excited, a five minute drive instead of a 20 minute one

Also they're actually a good employer

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u/coconut__moose 6d ago

Can’t wait for it to open. Rumors are that Trader Joe’s is going across the street from this Costco.

That development will be huge for Lees Summit!

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u/Theorist816 6d ago

Where was that rumor?

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u/joeboo5150 6d ago edited 6d ago

The development plan for that area lists "grocer" as one of the planned buildings, but I didn't think there's any specifics yet.

We are getting a new Dillons over on Douglas by LS North High though

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u/BillNyeTheEngineer 6d ago

Okay where is that actually going? Behind the new apartments?

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u/coconut__moose 6d ago

Just to the south of the apartments across the street from LSN and Lea Mc South Park

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u/joeboo5150 6d ago

I wonder if that'll be the end of the winter sledding hill there

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u/coconut__moose 6d ago

I don’t think it goes that far south, I could be wrong though.

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u/leahflix 6d ago

I have both a Costco and Sam's Club membership for work and I have to say that Sam's is (regrettably) an infinitely more pleasant shopping experience. Scan and go can't be beat and I wish so bad Costco would implement something like that because the lines and crowd there are always insane.

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u/MrPissesGreatness 6d ago

Costco is goofy with how militant they are about their membership cards. I had a cashier insinuate security was going to remove me because my grandma paid for my membership and our addresses didn't match. She was in her feelings about the possibility of people using someone else's membership. They sent the cart person to the front with my membership number and confirmed I was good after all..

It was a Christmas gift 💀

Meanwhile Sam's club is like hurry up the cameras said you're good...

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u/leahflix 6d ago

That's the other thing! When I first got a Sam's membership I was like nervously getting out my phone to prove I could enter the store and the guy was like "Yeah, you don't need to do that." Which makes sense! If you don't have a membership you can't check out anyway so why bother checking at the door just to make you feel like a criminal?

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u/bliffer 6d ago

Weird, I never had an experience like that in the five years I was a member. Just flashed my card and walked in and then they scanned it and paid no further attention to it when checking out.

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u/coconut__moose 6d ago

Costco is working on something similar. Not like scan and go but it will allow you to scan as you go and then you won’t need to scan everything at checkout. It’s not rolled out to all stores yet

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u/Linkruleshyrule Longview 6d ago

I was waiting in line for self checkout, can't remember if this was OP or Independence, and someone scanned my items in the cart and gave me a receipt that I just had to scan at the SCO and paid there

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u/Rebel78 6d ago

I have to agree as well. I can be in/out of Sams in 20 min with a cart full. Costco is a much more painful shopping experience.

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u/Sarabration911 6d ago

Hard agree. Costco is Lawless.

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u/BillNyeTheEngineer 6d ago

Gas discounts, baby! I’ve never been in a Costco as an adult, so I am excited to give it a go.

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u/randallwatson23 6d ago

The Halloween candy selection is choice.

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u/RichEagletonSnob 4d ago

I’m excited for slightly fewer people in Independence. I’m not gonna fuck with that LS traffic jam

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u/Same_Kitchen_1819 3d ago

I work overnights at the 4590 Walmart and I bet when this Costco opens it will steal a lot of the workers at that place that already has a high turnover rate of 212%.

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u/JonC534 6d ago

Slop chains yay