When I heard CostCo had opened a few branches in the UK, I nearly lost it ! It brought back memories of the USA .. Sweet sweet memories !
CostCo is a large retail store selling items mostly in bulk from toothpaste, drinks, crisp, cereal to singular items such as perfumes/colognes, clothes, TV, jewellery etc. If you want to waste money, go to CostCo!
I went to the one in Derby and although it had many items and it was a reasonably humongous store, it's nothing compared to the USA especially the free samples!
There is also a Pizza Parlour where one can have freshly made pizza made by CostCo staff. I've heard they're good but never tried any so when you do , let me know!
There are too many good things to say about CostCo but that'll fill a few pages. However, the negative is that it's members only and one has to be one of the following as far as I can remember :
Occupation:
Bank/Finance
Education
Local government / police force / fire and rescue service
Civil service / armed forces
Post office
Medical health service such as the NHS
Airline
Insurance
Qualified as :
Certified or chartered Accountant
Doctors / opticians / dentist / pharmacist
Chartered architect
Chartered engineer / civil etc
Chartered surveyor
Individual membership costs around £30 including VAT whilst Trade costs £24 a year. The CostCo Gold card would be double the prices at a slight discount.
Note:
* Be wary of the VAT as it's not included in the prices however, the total sum is always summarised near the product.
* The owner and primary user of the membership card can take two people in with them when shopping at a time. If it's children, they have to be under 16 and can go in as two pairs. read more