Inside a Costco Japan in Tokyo [4K]

[@camus6208]

Like everywhere else in the world, people love the free Costco samples 😊

[@walkingtheglobe]

Ha ha. Yes. Even though I knew I was going to get food after, I couldn't resist the free samples 😋

[@ItamiBukoto]

¥180, depending on the exchange rate at the time, is within the ballpark of $1.50 for the Costco hotdog. Happy to see it!

[@walkingtheglobe]

It's amazing how Costco can keep the hotdog prices so low and for so long

[@CostcoSamurai]

Great video the Bulgogi bake is making me hungry!

[@walkingtheglobe]

It was pretty tasty!

[@Saintjohn2711]

Sushi platter is golden

[@walkingtheglobe]

It was cheap and delicious! 😋

[@jesuszamora6949]

It amszes me how NOT different it is. More seafood and some other local goodies, but for the mast part, an American would feel pretty well at home.

[@walkingtheglobe]

Yes, Costco seems very consistent across the world. The food court was the most unique part but still has very familiar foods

[@Baymax-xs6jw]

Wow, I guessed their selection of bakeries is way better than Costco in the U.S.

[@walkingtheglobe]

I did see a lot of bakeries in Japan, and some looked interesting, but for some reason I didn't visit many of them. Probably because there was so much other good food to eat!

[@anastasiab.8433]

I think he meant the baked goods they have at costco in japan! There are way better ones and many more than in the U.S. :)

[@MorrisTao]

@@anastasiab.8433 thanks for clearing that up! Yes I agree the one Costco bakery I visited in Japan seemed to have lots of variety. I wish I had time to visit other Costco locations here

[@jesuszamora6949]

There were some notable things missing. Mainly the croissants and muffins.

[@hoodhunter3262]

not just bakeries. Looks like EVERY item they carried over in Japan is better than the costco in the US.

[@sungaiwangmaxis6967]

Hope malaysia got costco

[@walkingtheglobe]

Do you know if they're expanding to Malaysia? I would visit if they did!

[@azurecommander7667]

@@walkingtheglobe Employee here! A couple of meetings ago, someone mentioned Malaysia, they responded that they have no space to build their Costco there and barely a market there.

[@rollingvice]

soo many food item. can they actually turn profit? since food usually had really thin profit margin

[@walkingtheglobe]

Good question. There is definitely a lot of food here! I think for some things like the chickens they roast them which extends the window. I also noticed there's a lot of people shopping so maybe they are able to sell all this food before it goes bad. I would think that Costco has this down to a science!

[@connordoyle502]

Yeah cosco has been in america for quite some time so they've perfected their wholesale method. Essentially to go to cosco you need to pay a membership (in the united states it's around 60$/year) so they take smaller profit margins on food and make up for the profit margin with membership revenue