Services Costco

1 services

1.1 concierge service
1.2 costco auto
1.3 costco business services
1.4 costco optical
1.5 costco travel
1.6 food service
1.7 online photo site
1.8 online shopping

services
concierge service

costco offers free concierge service members purchase electronics, answer questions regarding setup , use , avoid potential returns due not understanding how use products.

costco acts investment broker , travel agent. costco has agreement ameriprise auto , home insurance. in 2004 costco offered original artwork artist pablo picasso on online store; more highly regarded 1982 mouton rothschild wine offered other rare wines in rotation.

costco photo center multi-functional photography printing lab offering services @ warehouses through web site, costcophotocenter.com. website provides free unlimited digital file storage current membership. previous may or june 2010, costco had agreement mypublisher.com custom book , calendar publishing. now, print photobooks , calendars themselves.

costco auto

as of september 2015, costco second largest auto seller in us, behind autonation. costco regularly teams various automobile manufacturers offer special deals customers, e.g., polaris (a leading seller of powersport vehicles) in 4q2015 , general motors october 2015 through january 2016. addicted costco lists following benefits of costco auto program:

a low, prearranged price costco members
all available national manufacturer incentives
an easy, hassle-free experience @ more 3,000 hand-selected dealerships nationwide
dealerships understand program , processes, , feature specially trained , certified authorized contacts assist costco members

costco business services

on march 9, 2005, nova information systems (nova) partnered costco market , support payment processing services costco canada s business executive members.

costco optical

costco optical ranks fifth-largest optical company in us, of 2015. optometrists working @ costco locations see patients without costco memberships, although membership required fill prescription @ optical department.

costco travel

costco travel wholly owned subsidiary of costco wholesale , offers leisure travel costco members of united states , canada. program established in 2000 service costco members. costco travel s offices located in issaquah, washington, adjacent costco s corporate headquarters. costco travel employs on 700 travel professionals, of them costco employees.

the program offers vacation packages caribbean, europe, florida, hawaii, las vegas, mexico, , south pacific. other products include car rentals, cruises, guided vacations, , theme park packages. select products feature additional benefits costco executive members.

the program marketed directly costco members through various costco avenues, including travel guide savings (found in u.s. costco warehouses) , in travel section of costco.com.

food service

food concession stand @ costco warehouse in overland park, kansas

all few costco locations have food court. inside, outside, menu same: hot dog drink, pizza, frozen yogurt, various drinks, baked items, , sandwiches. costco offers quarter-pound 100% beef hot dog or polish sausage , 591 millilitres (20.8 imp fl oz; 20.0 us fl oz) drink (with refills) us$1.50, same price since 1985. in australia, hot dog made of pork , sold large soda aud$1.99. in canada, price hot dog , soda refills c$1.50. in mexico, hot dog made of 100% beef , includes drink (with refills) mex$30. in uk, hot dog made beef , customers drink (with refills) £1.50. costco sold more 82 million quarter-pound (113 g) hot dogs in food courts in 2008.

cheese, pepperoni, veggie, or combo pizza available in locations, , can ordered go, making costco arguably 14th largest pizza chain in in 2010. frozen yogurt served in chocolate, vanilla, or swirl. costco offers fruit smoothies, latte freeze (without chocolate), mocha freeze (with chocolate), beef bake, chicken bake, turkey provolone sandwiches, twisted churros, chicken caesar salads, beef brisket sandwiches, beef chili beans, , in locations, gelato. french fries offered in locations. of food court items available in countries. example, bulgogi bake available in korea , japan , poutine available in canada. nutrition data costco food court items posted online.

due slow sales, in 2009 pretzel replaced churro. in april 2013, pepsi replaced coca-cola fountain drinks @ locations because coke had raised prices; helped keep hot dog combo soda @ original us$1.50 price.

online photo site

in december 2005, costco signed agreement photochannel networks inc., whereby costco deploy pni digital media platform offer online photo printing costco members through website.

on july 17, 2015, costco disabled online photo site. in common other retailers, there no confirmation whether hackers had stolen costco customers photographs or data. of august 1, 2015, costco estimating website might return in mid august, after four-week outage.

online shopping

on april 17, 2001, costco wholesale opened b2b (business business) online shopping site @ costco.com faster , easier business shopping.

the domain costco.com attracted @ least 58 million visitors in 2008, according compete.com survey. costco.com united states members; costco.ca canadian members, , other countries, such mexico, south korea, , uk, each has own online costco shopping website.

instacart offers costco delivery in select number of states including arizona, california, colorado, florida, georgia, illinois, indiana, massachusetts, maryland, minnesota, missouri, north carolina, new jersey, new york, oregon, tennessee, texas, virginia, washington, , district of columbia. no membership needed order costco on instacart, instacart charges delivery fees , prices may not same in costco warehouse. similarly, in march 2017, costco initiated partnership shipt, online grocery delivery service. unlike instacart, shipt charges own membership fee, $99 year or $14 month, in exchange free delivery on orders on $35. of april 2017, shipt offers costco delivery in tampa, florida metropolitan area.

in october 2017, costco launched same-day , two-day grocery delivery options members.