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Taking bets on if this person even lives near a Costco, or even on the same continent as one
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this post was submitted on 02 Dec 2025
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The tarrifs are dumb as fuck but Costco isn't great, they paid the tarrifs and upped prices and will probably get money back but all the consumers will get no money back so it's like the US consumer paid twice, once in price hikes from tarrifs and in tax money to pay Costco back for the tarrifs so Costco is just gonna win.
Your summary is probably how a lot of US businesses handled this but I don't think this is quite how Costco responded to the tariffs. They really seemed to try to foot the bill for the tariffs where they could. Especially on produce and staples.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/costco-sues-the-trump-administration-seeking-a-refund-of-tariffs/ar-AA1Rw1WS
Of specific note from your article is them reporting holding food prices in place during shareholder updates.
Costco is a business, and so they're not your friend. But they're one of the few businesses that seems to recognize that long term customer goodwill is more valuable than a few percent on next quarters balance sheet, so they don't deserve disdain either.
THEY ALSO treaty thier employees pretty well to, they stay there for long term, and i heard its quite hard to get hired because of that.