{"id":191800,"date":"2025-09-01T15:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/191800\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T15:47:16","slug":"costco-offers-new-perk-for-executive-membership-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/191800\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco offers new perk for Executive Membership customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The early bird gets the Kirkland rotisserie chicken.<\/p>\n

Costco members across the country are setting their alarms an hour early Tuesday to enjoy first dibs on everything from 30-packs of toilet paper to the company\u2019s famous $1.50 hot dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s only for a select group of shoppers.<\/p>\n

\"LongExecutive members can grab their super-sized shopping carts an hour early. UCG\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images<\/p>\n

As of Sept. 2, the retail warehouse\u2019s Executive Membership holders can start their shopping at 9 a.m. every day. Regular store hours begin at 10 a.m. on Sunday through Friday and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Costco, known for its bulk-sized groceries and reliable discounts, operates as a paid membership club, allowing only card-carrying shoppers to patronize its jam-packed warehouses. The new VIP change allows the chance to skip ahead of run-of-the-mill members.<\/p>\n

\"AThe new hours also apply to Costco\u2019s food courts, optical centers and pharmacies. AP<\/p>\n

Costco CEO Ron Vachris announced the launch of \u201cExecutive Member Shopping Hours\u201d in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The move helps level the playing field with Costco\u2019s competition, Sam\u2019s Club. The wholesaler, owned by Walmart, already offers its Plus Membership two hours of early shopping on weekdays and one extra hour on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The upgraded time means that Costco\u2019s highest-paying members can beat the business\u2019s notoriously long checkout lines and parking lot log jams. Executive members can also enjoy early access to Costco\u2019s food courts, optical centers and pharmacies, though pharmacies are closed on Sundays.<\/p>\n

\"CostcoThe new perk might just be enough to convince some Costco shoppers to double their membership fees. Kenishirotie \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Costco\u2019s 37.6 million executive members already benefit from perks like 2% rewards on annual purchases up to $1,250. They pay $130-per-year for the pleasure. <\/p>\n

In June, Costco announced that executive members would also receive a monthly $10 credit for orders of $150 placed through their \u201csame-day\u201d service or Instacart.<\/p>\n

Lower-tier Gold Star and Business membership carriers pay $65 annually, but they still receive annual rewards, discounts, Costco fuel access and more.<\/p>\n

\"CostcoCostco generated nearly $3.6 billion in revenue from membership fees in the first three quarters of the year. Backcountry Media \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t Costco\u2019s only revamp to its operating hours, either. Earlier this year, the retailer lengthened operating hours<\/a> at its North American gas stations.<\/p>\n

Business is booming for Costco \u2014 the company announced that it\u2019s generated nearly $3.6 billion in revenue from membership fees in the first three quarters of 2025. It raked in a total of $4.8 billion in revenue last year. <\/p>\n

Costco said in an earnings call that it expects its global warehouses to number 914 by the end of the fiscal year, including new locations in Sweden, South Korea and Canada. <\/p>\n

The warehouse club is betting that an extra hour of elbow room will entice some lower-tier members up to the executive level. It\u2019s up to Costco\u2019s many devotees, however, to decide whether the additional daylight hour is worth paying double.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The early bird gets the Kirkland rotisserie chicken. Costco members across the country are setting their alarms an…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":191801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,261,13299,29096,8364,1165,49311,2107,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-191800","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-companies","10":"tag-costco","11":"tag-fees","12":"tag-food-drink","13":"tag-lifestyle","14":"tag-retailers","15":"tag-shopping","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115129827058641662","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}