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COSTCO: CNBC Episode Focuses on Why It's Largest Membership Club Chain

Low prices and $1.50 hot dog are part of what keeps this Kirkland-based businesses booming, but we already knew that.

The samples. The roasted chickens. The tires. The toilet paper. The $1.50 hotdogs.

Sixty-four million people across the world pay money for the right to flash their membership cards and shop in the warehouse world that is Issaquah-based Costco. It's a business that generates an annual $1.5 billion in membership fees alone.

CNBC dedicated an entire episode to the world's largest membership warehouse chain, which spans the U.S. and has a global reach that stretches from the United Kindgom to Austrailia.

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(Click here to be directed to the CNBC website about the Costco episode)

The Huffington Post also did a great article on the episode that includes 10 facts about Costco most people don't know, including the secret behind the $1.50 hot dog.

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So we ask you, Patch users: Why do you go to Costco?


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