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Except you don't have to be a member to eat at Costco.
While true I don't think this is widely known, and even less widely practiced. For those who are unaware, you just need go in through the exit to avoid the card checkers and that's where the food is.
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In what world does milk "keep fine in storage"?
The modern world. Milk no longer goes bad quickly.
In some cities I've lived, the expiration date of milk was often two or three weeks out. In other cities, it was 10 days maximum.
I think it's because dairies (and cows) are not equally plentiful in every part of the country.
One thing I have noticed is that in the places where regular milk expires in 10 days, the organic milk (which one family member drinks) doesn't expire for a month or more.
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While true I don't think this is widely known, and even less widely practiced. For those who are unaware, you just need go in through the exit to avoid the card checkers and that's where the food is.
We have a Costco here in FL where the food court is outside, order window, soda machines, tables. Everything
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Almost every Costco I've been to, the food vending is a window on the outside of the building (so before the checkpoint). And, at the ones where the food vending is on the inside, it's on the "paid" side of the cash registers. You can get to this area just by claiming you're "going to member services", since that's also on that side, and it's where you go when you forget your card (and so can't show membership at the…
* Almost every Costco I've been to, the food vending is a window on the outside of the building (so before the checkpoint).* I've never seen a Costco with the food vending in a window on the outside of the building. I've always seen it against the wall after the checkout. Which is also after the checkpoint. I think a window on the outside of the building only works in moderate climates. I don't see it working in Phoe…
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The modern world. Milk no longer goes bad quickly.
I guess it depends on the definition of "quickly" and also where you live. In some cities I've lived, the expiration date of milk was often two or three weeks out. In other cities, it was 10 days maximum. I think it's because dairies (and cows) are not equally plentiful in every part of the country. One thing I have noticed is that in the places where regular milk expires in 10 days, the organic milk (which one famil…
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In what world does milk "keep fine in storage"?
The modern world. Milk no longer goes bad quickly.
It seems the only places where it's "common" are Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, France, and Belgium.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-high-temperature_process...
Technical Aside: Just by scrolling through the article mentalfloss.com flooded my history, making it impossible to use the back button. "Neat"
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The membership checkers are there to give members the feeling of exclusivity and belonging. They do not generally turn people away and will accept basically any reason from "meeting someone" to no response at all, in my experience. But I haven't been to more than half dozen Costco's, so can't speak broadly.
I think their primary purpose is to ensure that nobody who isn't a member or forgot their membership card gets in the checkout line and slows it down.
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I think your lack of cynicism is misguided. CostCo doesn't "care" about anything but its bottom line, like any other corporation.
So you think Costco's master plan is to sell people hot dogs and soda at or below cost, just ordinary hot dogs , and as a result of eating one hot dog and drinking one soda when they do their monthly Costco trip, they will develop chronic illness and need to pick up prescription drugs there? Even if you're that much of a sociopath, there are much better business models.
That there is nothing wrong with grabbing a hotdog, pizza, and soda on your way to pick up your blood pressure "medication" at the pharmacy once you're done stuffing yourself with the food causing your high blood pressure.