Costco’s new executive member shopping hours, designed to give $130-tier shoppers “free rein” and spike memberships, have backfired spectacularly, sources have confirmed.
Launched June 30, 2025, the program opens warehouses at 9 a.m. daily for executive members, promising an exclusive hour before general members enter.
Instead, the 9–10 a.m. slot has become the most packed, with executives mobbing aisles for bulk deals, clogging parking lots, and sparking chaos.
Data from two weeks shows the best shopping time is now 10:30 a.m., after executive hours end, when crowds thin as elite shoppers clear out.
Posts on X roast the “executive stampede,” with gold members crowing about snagging deals post-10:30.
Analysts say the perk boosted memberships but alienated regulars, creating worse gridlock.
Costco’s doubling down with more promos, unfazed.
As of press time, savvy shoppers hit 10:30 a.m., while executives brawl over Kirkland’s finest in the morning melee.
Costco is for queers and illegals and especially blacks ask Al Sharpton Americans $10 million dollar tax evader.
I will never step in that place Again
Any White person who shops Costco is a disgrace to their own people . But of course Our streets are full of their kind Kissing Terrorist And Illegals anus to destroy this country Americans memories are very short. Remember when DEI and CRT was removed And Costco declared Their love for those
I much prefer Sam’s Club, which I’ve been a member for many years. Before I retired, my company offered discount memberships for Costco. Our Sam’s Club membership was still cheaper. I try not to patronize any place of business that has politicized their policies and that’s what Costco has done.
The Costco store parking garage is very nice and unfriendly to people walking around the store age of five years and a few people walking around and talking about how much money it cost for the parking garage parking garage parking garage and the fact they are going out to eat at a lot and then going out and having to pay the parking lot and the fact you can park there and the fact it’s a little more expensive to park in there is not good enough to justify a car park and a lot more expensive to get out there and then I can get out of here in a little while I don’t have a lot to get to work and then I’ll go back home to do the car wash the truck wash my truck wash the truck I have a car and I can go back home.
Huh?
Sounds as though the author has an axe to grind. Just a hint of resentment there, hmmm?