{"id":10990,"date":"2010-06-05T06:01:50","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T23:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/costco-v-the-supermarkets\/"},"modified":"2016-04-20T10:17:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T03:17:54","slug":"costco-v-the-supermarkets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/costco-v-the-supermarkets\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco v the supermarkets"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nShoppers flock to Costco, but is it really better value than the supermarkets? Sam Dunn puts it to the testShoppers entering the cavernous world of Costco’s giant shed just off the M1 are met by vertiginous shelving, tightly packed with outsized boxes of household staples. Blunt fascias mark out “cake”, “meat”, “tobacco room”; a vast grey concrete floor struggles to absorb the garish bright lights illuminating the stock; and giant numbered aisles store towering ranks of packed goods.Just to get in the door you have to pay \u00a325 to become a member, and even then only certain categories of customer are allowed. It’s about as far from the 21st century retail “experience” as you could imagine. But the stringent “no-frills” policy is there for a reason \u2013 it’s how the growing number of discount food warehouses are able to offer what they claim to be 20-25% off the prices charged on big-name brands by the likes of Tesco and Asda. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Shoppers flock to Costco, but is it really better value than the supermarkets? 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