Costco membership required? To make a food court purchase you may soon need to be a member.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

Is the Costco food court becoming a members-only club?

Or will only some locations bar the public from buying a cheap slice of pizza or $1.50 hot dog and soda combo without proof of membership?

Signs have been spotted at some Costco stores across the nation indicating a change is coming to food courts, which also sell churros and ice cream.

The Costco Deals Instagram account, a fan account not affiliated with the wholesale club, posted a photo of a sign Thursday that says a membership card will soon be required to partake in food court offerings.

Costco membership required? To make a food court purchase you may soon need to be a member

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2020/02/21/costco-members-food-court-change-membership-cards/4836072002/

[frazzled]

1. You have to have a membership card to enter the store

They check it at the entrance. So I don't get what's different.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. At our location people come in the exit to go to the food court!

[frazzled]

5. Well, imo

the low-cost of the food-court items is part of the benefit of membership. No one can sell food (junky as it is) at those prices without some offset. So I can see why Costco wants to start monitoring for membership.

Sneaking in through the exit door is cheating. Plus, it explains why it can be so hard to find a parking spot or a table. It's hard to believe that this kind of cheating is widespread, but who knows.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

8. Not sure if it's cheating. I've been a member for nearly thirty years and have on occasion seen

people accessing the food court via the exits. I’ve never heard an employee challenge anyone who said they were only going to the food court.

[frazzled]

12. If that's true ... why not enter through the entrance?

There's no reason to enter through the exit if policy permits.

This is all so stupid. We've been Costco members for 15+ years or more. I can say we've maybe eaten at the food court fewer than a dozen times. Bad for your health!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. Every trip to Costco with few exceptions we have a dog or pizza and soda ! 🌭🍕🥤 When in Canada

we get the poutine! 😋🇨🇦

[dalton99a]

9. +1. Pay up like everyone else

[Beakybird]

3. At my Costco, the food court can be accessed via the shopper exit.

[ret5hd]

4. You can go to the pharmacy without a membership, and I often do.

I then sometimes stop at the food court and get a slice of pizza or a hot dog.

[hunter]

7. I've noticed people doing that.

The Costco pharmacy has good prices and the food is inexpensive.

It's a way of "going out to eat" on a very limited budget.

When the weather is good the tables are always full.

It will be sad if they shut that down.

[safeinOhio]

6. I go on Fridays and

fill up on free samples.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

10. So, that's why there's none left on Saturday! 🤬

[safeinOhio]

11. Hey, I'm on a fat free, sugar free

diet and it’s free.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. Ha!

[Generic Brad]

15. That will cause a change at their Hawaii locations

All the Hawaii Costco's I've been to have their food courts outside.