Of all the major grocery chains in America,Costcoboasts one of, if notthemost passionate and loyal fanbase.
As it turns out, that person was far from being the only one.
Here are the four major ways that Costco is falling short right now, according to customers.
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To be clear, Costco has never permitted card sharing or allowed non-members to shop at Costco.
Costco’s way of going about these membership checks has left many with a bad taste.
It’s like… just not a pleasant experience.
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I think it will be my last year of paying for Costco," a Redditorcommented.
However, shoppers say that the selection and quality of certain Costco products have also gone downhill lately.
“I won’t buy their produce ever again unless I am using it all right away.
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Quality has gone down and everything goes bad quickly,” a customerwroteon Reddit.
Members complained that new products aren’t added to shelves quite as often as they’d like.
“The inventory is lackluster.
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Numerous new foods I’ve tried were not very good,” anothersaid.
“The number of outside salespeople annoying members has increased,” anothersaid.
Unfortunately, shoppers feel that the in-store eateries have lost some of their spark in recent years.
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“I can’t even enjoy anything at the food court anymore.
There is no variety,” a Redditorwrote.
