Archive of all Costco articles
Costco is a membership-based warehouse club with 28 stores across the UK. It offers bulk-buy groceries, household goods, and own label products under its Kirkland Signature brand. The Grocer covers Costco with news, analysis, insight and opinion.
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NewsUK risks being ‘dumping ground’ as fmcg giants grapple with modern slavery
The UK’s former Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Sara Thornton, has called for a tougher Modern Slavery Act
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RankingsBig 30 wholesaler report 2025: an inconvenient truth
A year on from Diageo’s decision to limit direct supply to its biggest customers, wholesalers are facing up to shrinking sales to indie convenience stores and looming consolidation across the sector
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NewsShicken unveils first allergen-free plant-based meat recipe
The brand’s plant-based chicken has changed from a soy and wheat-based recipe to pea protein solely sourced from peas farmed in East Anglia
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NewsOnline foodservice marketplace launches in UK to ‘take share from the big boys’
Suppliers list their products on the marketplace, and customers shop from the online store, with Foodomarket handling the payments and logistics between
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NewsCostco profits jump 44% to £120.6m in 2022
Fuel sales were improved by the opening of a new petrol station in Watford, which took the business’s total to 19 petrol stations across 29 warehouse sites
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NewsM&S sees online visibility increase thanks to TikTok boost
The increase in the retailer’s visibility metric sees it rank second only to Tesco, which saw its visibility increase by 6% in the past 12 months
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NewsOnline searches at most major supermarkets fall in run-up to Christmas 2022
Aldi, Lidl and Costco were the only retailers to see their total web traffic increase compared with last year
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Comment & OpinionWhy food and drink should pay more attention to Costco
Costco is flying under the radar, but offers plenty of lessons to other retailers
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NewsCostco trading director and ‘tremendous leader’ Steve Barnett dies
Barnett was part of the team that launched Costco in the UK in 1993
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NewsCostco’s Steve Pappas retires after 50-year career in retail
Pappas spent 29 years with wholesaler Costco, 22 of them helping to develop its business in Asia, Australia and Europe
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NewsSomerdale lands listings in China’s first Costco
Five cheese SKUs sourced by Somerdale have gone on sale in the new store in Shanghai
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NewsCostco could launch UK online grocery delivery service
Costco was looking to integrate its online and what it calls its “inline” business more
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NewsCostco to roll out petrol stations to most of its locations
Senior VP for Europe Steve Pappas said Costco UK was “developing plans for other locations”, but was “unable to give a time” on when they would open
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NewsCity snapshot: Costco third quarter sales miss expectations
Shares in global retail group Costco have slipped in the US despite a 12.1% third quarter sales boost as growth fell short of market expectations. Plus all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Comment & OpinionWholesale empowerment of women
Women are reluctant to put themselves forward. In my experience, they often wait to be asked for promotions and pay rises
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NewsCostco opens Icelandic store run from the UK
Costco is planning to open a total of 26 new outlets this year, including one in France, for the first time later this month
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NewsCostcutter opens Shopper First pilot store in Leeds
The store will allow the symbol to collect shopper reactions and insight for future stores
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NewsCostco invests in major improvements for online
The wholesaler said it was investing in the merchandising, functionality and distribution of its online business
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NewsNew warehouses drive sales growth at Costco UK
Costco’s UK sales rose by 7.9% to almost £2bn in its last financial year as new warehouse openings underpinned its wider growth.
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Analysis & FeaturesSteve Pappas, senior VP of Costco Europe (42)
Pappas remains hungry to spread Costco’s huge range of food, drink, household goods and electricals across the UK