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COSTCO: CNBC Episode Focuses on Why It's the Largest Membership Club Chain
Low prices and $1.50 hot dog are part of what keeps this Issaquah-based businesses booming, but we already knew that.
The samples. The roasted chickens. The tires. The toilet paper. The $1.50 hotdogs.
Sixty-four million people across the world pay money for the right to flash their membership cards and shop in the warehouse world that is Issaquah-based Costco. It's a business that generates an annual $1.5 billion in membership fees alone.
For years, Bonney Lake residents and city leaders have dreamed of a Costco, the would-be-crux of the SR 410 corridor.
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CNBC dedicated an entire episode to the world's largest membership warehouse chain, which spans the U.S. and has a global reach that stretches from the United Kindgom to Austrailia.
(Click here to be directed to the CNBC website about the Costco episode)
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The Huffington Post also did a great article on the episode that includes 10 facts about Costco most people don't know, including the secret behind the $1.50 hot dog.
So we ask you, Patch users: Why do you go to Costco?
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