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Philip Shane's avatar

Haha I love that cartoon 🤭

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Liza Donnelly's avatar

Thanks, Philip!

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Drew Lancaster's avatar

So many baguettes, so little time ! I really needed that smile you gave me!

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Andrea Jepson's avatar

Never used to go to Costco because always felt getting that much of anything was just impossible BUT For political reasons no longer shop at Amazon or Target so go to Costco for lots of things. The open secret is subdividing.Often share groceries and paper products with friends and Costco has clothing and sheets and towels and phones and TVs. Lower prices, connecting with friends and a huge organic selection of produce. Win win win. You do need a car though and best if you don’t live in a walk up

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Lauralee Pierce's avatar

Yes, Andrea! Three of us divide our frozen salmon burgers, and just about everything else we buy after we get home. It makes the overwhelming store environment more bearable!

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michael reid hunter's avatar

Bravo...The Orange Mango has never had to confront a Croissant. Thank Goddess. He shall be vanished soon, as we all hope!

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Janehikel's avatar

Although I don’t have a Costco membership anymore mostly because the hugeness of the store freaked me out, I admire them for not kissing the ring and keeping to their DEI policy. I am a believer in one delicious croissant for breakfast and a fresh baguette picked up after a day of sightseeing.

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Danny Hoback's avatar

I’ve been a member of Costco for many years, and have their highest cost membership. I don’t shop there very often, but still get more money back on rewards than my membership costs.

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Joan Hamilton's avatar

I love your cartoon. Thank you for not being negative about Costco, where my husband worked for 25 years and was able to retire because he invested in the retirement plan they offered. I understand why some people criticize big box stores because they can compete with small businesses and create traffic. However, the other side of the coin is that they provide places for people to work and have benign policies. My husband managed a bakery that had workers from multiple nationalities, some of whom were from countries that didn’t like each other.

Thanks for your work, Liza

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KittyLiterate's avatar

I think if you told a Frenchman you bought a plastic container filled with Croissant, they would be appalled. Welcome back to the madhouse.

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Mary Sherhart's avatar

Time for a taco drawing 🤣

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Patris's avatar

Costco (or BJs Warehouse near us) are nothing short of a revelation! Like the mega supermarkets that spring up in the 1970s so different from the markets of Brooklyn in the 1950s…

(As someone who has gnawed on baguettes and cheese on Paris park benches.. how on earth are there ever left over baguettes?!!)

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Irma Villarreal's avatar

Love everything about this post!!

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Roberta Gunning's avatar

Costco rocks

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Philip Schaffner's avatar

There is a CostCo in the Paris suburbs, one of two in France. A third one is supposed to be opening this year.

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Liza Donnelly's avatar

Wow

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Philip Schaffner's avatar

We buy the CostCo croissants in the US and freeze the excess we can’t eat right away in smaller portions. My French wife likes them, although they are a pale shadow of the ones fresh from a French boulangerie.

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Richard's avatar

Fresh baguettes!

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