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It's happening! The Canadian Costco cult is showing fractures!
(media.piefed.ca)
See the thread on the cult page itself: Costco Canada.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CostcoCanada/comments/1nb7aj1/are_you_still_buying_canadian_at_costco/
People are dropping their Costco memberships, and slowly weaning their shopping habits away from the American Bank owned: Costco. This is still the minority viewpoint as seen in the comments. But our education campaigns are slowly shifting the tides!
Remember, Costco is an American cult.
The same herd mentality that brought sheep into Costco's doors will bring them out, and onto a Canadian run option.
Costco has no direct Canadian wholesale competitor, yet.
But I have a sense that's going to change very soon. Costco is absolutely ripe for Canadian disruption. Go Leafs!
I will if it's actually local. I buy beef from a friend with a well-cared for cattle herd a 20 minute drive from me, and I try to buy veg from local farms as well. But I refuse to pad Galen Weston's bottom line, and until I see some actual antitrust action across most sectors I am simply not engaging.
Prioritize truly local, but Costco is my fallback because they're actually good for the Canadian economy compared to our monopolistic alternatives.
They pay Canadian trucking companies about 2x-3x above market rates at times to guarantee good service. Their entire business model is just better for everyone at basically every step.