Costco announces another 19 locations in the US — bringing total new stores to 33 for 2027

Costco announces another 19 locations in the US — bringing total new stores to 33 for 2027

Need a 30-pack of toilet paper? Well, 2027 might be your year. Costco revealed it will open another 33 warehouses in fiscal 2027 — bringing the warehouse giant closer to its goal of 30 net new locations a year. CEO Ron Vachris announced the new spots in its latest earnings call, and the retailer expects … Read more

Costco fan favorite pulled from shelves forever

Costco fan favorite pulled from shelves forever

Oh, ale no. Costco fans brace yourselves — a longtime favorite is about to disappear from shelves. The Seattle-area based superstore has stopped producing its two Kirkland Signature brand beers — with stock is expected to completely fizzle out within a matter of weeks, VinePair reported. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The biggest news, … Read more

Costco’s chicken salad is packed with tons of protein, but that comes at a cost

Costco’s chicken salad is packed with tons of protein, but that comes at a cost

One of Costco’s newer food court additions is packing more protein than anything else on the menu, but a dietitian says shoppers should look beyond the eye-catching number. The Rotisserie Chicken Chef Salad, which Costco highlighted among its new food court offerings this year, contains 59 grams of protein along with 840 calories. The $7.99 salad … Read more

Krispy Kreme takes aim at Costco with new churro treat

Krispy Kreme takes aim at Costco with new churro treat

Move over Costco, Krispy Kreme is coming for your churro groupies. Krispy Kreme is taking on fall with a brand new debut — Churro Doughnut Dots. The new, poppable treat is made with its signature light and airy dough and tossed in a cinnamon and sugar coating. Each order of Churro Dots comes with eight … Read more

Costco fans are losing their minds over warehouse giant’s massive $55 Halloween treat

Costco fans are losing their minds over warehouse giant’s massive  Halloween treat

Costco shoppers are doing the ‘monster mash’ on this candy-stuffed Frankenstein. The warehouse giant has unleashed a monster-sized sweet treat: a life-sized, 5.5-pound Frankenstein head made of 100% Belgian chocolate that requires shoppers to smash open with an included wooden mallet to get to the gummy candy inside.  The $55 chocolate Frankenstein is filled with … Read more

Wildly popular Costco dessert returns— but some fans feel duped because of one key change

Wildly popular Costco dessert returns— but some fans feel duped because of one key change

They got it twisted. Just hours ago, Costco posted an Instagram video for its 2.5 million fans with a major announcement: The big box store‘s famous — and much missed — churro will return to store menus for the first time since 2024. At first, fans rejoiced at the return of the prodigal pastry, which … Read more

In cash-strapped California, Costco is the new fun night out — and even a way to find true love

In cash-strapped California, Costco is the new fun night out — and even a way to find true love

Forget dinner and drinks. As Californians grapple with the punishing cost of going out, the humble Costco run is morphing from a weekly chore into an unlikely form of entertainment — complete with cheap eats, treasure hunting and even the possibility of finding true love. A devoted community has sprung up around the warehouse giant, … Read more

Costco set to expand with 14 new warehouses across US and Canada

Costco set to expand with 14 new warehouses across US and Canada

Costco is slated to expand across North America over the next couple of months, with more than a dozen warehouses scheduled to open in the US and Canada. The company has already been growing this year in the US and beyond, opening stores in California, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, New York, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin, as … Read more

How Costco resells items returned under its satisfaction guarantee policy

How Costco resells items returned under its satisfaction guarantee policy

Costco is famous for its liberal return policy, which allows shoppers to return purchases with no time limits, — including even memberships, which can be canceled at will. But what happens to the unwanted stuff we dump back on the beloved buyers’ club? A new report from Slashgear reveals just how much Costco has to go … Read more

Iconic Costco dessert finally returns — here’s when it should hit your local store

Costco’s new arrival is taking the cake. This week, sweet-seeking shoppers have spotted the chain’s popular pumpkin cheesecake, a squash-ed superstore delicacy with whipped pumpkin topping and a hefty sprinkle of cinnamon, nutmeg and other fall-forward spices. The reissue of Costco’s beloved dessert comes as pumpkin spice flavoring enters its peak season, with the ubiquitous … Read more

Popular Costco perk that saved customers cash on purchases from other stores abruptly shuts down

Costco has said “Next” to its money-saving tool. The Washington-based warehouse chain has quietly axed its Costco Next platform — an online marketplace offering members discounted products directly from vetted third-party suppliers and manufacturers. First popularized by Amazon and Walmart, Next was Costco’s version of an online shopping marketplace where third parties were able to … Read more

California EV driver rages after 1 hour of charging cost more than filling up gas tank: ‘Electric car people have been lying’

Is the pump mightier than the plug? A Rivian owner has sparked an online debate after revealing how much she paid to fast charge her electric whip. Linda, a California-based food influencer, shared that she was charging her car while she did her Costco shopping. A Rivian owner has sparked an online debate after revealing … Read more

Costco’s cult-favorite sweet ingredient restocked after 2 years off shelves: ‘The best news!’

Costco’s cult-favorite sweet ingredient restocked after 2 years off shelves: ‘The best news!’

Chip, chip, hooray! A cult-favorite Costco ingredient is returning to shelves after two long years away, much to the delight of devoted Costco shoppers. The retail giant has officially restocked their Kirkland Signature Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips after pulling the item from shelves in July 2024. At the time, Costco cited rising cocoa costs as the … Read more

Costco shoppers say bakery’s new Southern-style breakfast item is a ‘dream come true’

Costco shoppers say bakery’s new Southern-style breakfast item is a ‘dream come true’

All that glitters is gold… and buttery… and flaky. And apparently Costco’s newest bakery item has fans crumbling. It’s hard to believe that a retailer famous for supersizing everything from rotisserie chickens to sheet cakes somehow never had fresh, in-house buttermilk biscuits—until now. Southern buttermilk biscuits are pictured at a Costco bakery. @costcohotfinds / Instagram … Read more

Costco customers are obsessed with their newest food court dessert — and it’s just $3

Costco customers are obsessed with their newest food court dessert — and it’s just

The warehouse giant’s latest food court weapon is already sending fans into a frenzy.  Costco continues to expand its food court offerings as fans, food bloggers and viral mukbangers can’t get enough of their new releases. Just two weeks ago, the chain released new breaded chicken fingers with fans calling them a Chick-fil-A dupe.  But … Read more

Costco devotees engage in heated online debate over ‘sourfaux’ bread

Costco devotees engage in heated online debate over ‘sourfaux’ bread

Costco’s new Kirkland Signature olive and rosemary sourdough bread is a hit with many shoppers, but it’s also renewed the debate about how many ingredients belong in genuine sourdough. For bread to be labeled sourdough, it should be leavened solely with a live sourdough culture, without commercial yeast or other leavening agents, and contain no additives or … Read more

Costco class action lawsuit settlement could earn affected customers $500

Costco class action lawsuit settlement could earn affected customers 0

Costco customers could be in line for hundreds of dollars after the warehouse giant agreed to a proposed $14 million class-action settlement over allegations that it sent misleading promotional emails.  The lawsuit claims Costco violated Washington state law by sending marketing emails advertising deals as temporary or time-limited, even though the retailer allegedly knew the … Read more

‘They just reuse the boxes’: Upscale bakery denies allegations of $12 Costco croissant scheme

‘They just reuse the boxes’: Upscale bakery denies allegations of  Costco croissant scheme

They claim the accusations are half-baked. Bougie NYC bakery La Parisien has denied allegations by a popular foodfluencer that they were selling Costco croissants to unsuspecting customers for a staggering markup. Earlier this week, content creator Sreenitya, digitally known as @TallBrownGirlll, had posted a viral TikTok expose that appeared to show a deliveryman unloading boxes of … Read more

NYC foodie allegedly exposes local bakery for $12 Costco hoax: ‘Literal robbery’

NYC foodie allegedly exposes local bakery for  Costco hoax: ‘Literal robbery’

It’s an unsavory truth that’s hard to swallow, but Big Apple bakery patrons may be getting conned out of their bread.  Gourmands of Gotham are virtually sharpening their pitchforks and knives in outrage as a local baked goods lover has virally accused a midtown French café of hawking store-bought croissants for $12 per order, passing … Read more