If you’re one of the people that is interested in applying for a position at the soon-to-be Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia Costco, you’re going to be joining a long line of fellow applicants.  There have already been more than 1,100 applications submitted in just a couple of days.  But Costco is actually expecting to receive between [...]

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It’s that time of year again, when Costco sponsors their International Photo Contest with a theme of “Give Us Your Best Shot.” The contest is co-sponsored by Panasonic Lumix cameras, Your Photo on Canvas, and Old Town.  They’ve changed it up a bit from last year with different prizes and some changes (for the better) [...]

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Consumer Reports recently came out with survey results regarding how American retailers stack up against each other.  The survey asked respondents to judge eleven retail stores on service, speed of checkout, value for money, ease of returning items, product quality, as well as problems with the stores or staff.  There were 30,666 Consumer Reports subscribers that took [...]

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Good news for those of you that own Costco stock, the Board of Directors has decided to increase the quarterly dividend!   The board decided to raise the dividend from the current $0.18 per share to $0.205 per share, or $0.82 per share on an annualized basis.   The new dividend will be payable May [...]

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It took us two weeks, and felt like at least 6 more than that, but we finally made it to Costco this weekend!  We picked the one that is closest (according to Google Maps and obviously not the Costco.co.uk site) to our soon to be new flat; it’s the Chingford Costco.  Eventually I’ll probably try [...]

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