I live on the northern edge of the DFW metroplex. This area has seen a massive amount of foreign immigration in the last few years. The most immigrants I've noticed by far are Indians. These Indians seem to be devoted to shopping at Costco 8 hours a day 7 days a week.
No matter which Costco I visit, they are the majority in the store. It literally looks like every Costco is a magical portal straight to India.
Does anyone have any idea why they're so dedicated to shopping at Costco? I don't see anywhere near that many at Sam's.

It's like that around here too now

I think it's a lot of restaurant owners who shop there for better prices. I saw one guy loaded with a cart full of chicken thighs. Like 200 lbs worth.

When you're buying groceries for 20 people living in one household, it makes more sense to buy in bulk.

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Originally posted by sigspecops:
I live on the northern edge of the DFW metroplex.

Same Collin County area here and my experience in several Costco's around here is that each day seems to have a theme minority. Pacific Rim Asians one day, Indo-Paki another, Bussed in old folks from a senior living center, etc.

The Frisco Costco is located so close to a mosque that the mosque goers are clearly parking in the Costco lot. An employee there told me they were trying to make an effort to get them to stop without chasing the customers among them away.

One of three here, and the one we frequent is loaded with Asians, the other More WASP with spattering of Hispanic, don't go to the one on the south side much, it's all kinds of people since it's in Tourista Land.

Wonder if it's sales dropped with the new check-in and check out system of seeing the ID since it's deep in the heart of Disney

Where I am behind the Golden Curtain, typically more than half the shoppers are recent immigrants who speak little or no English.

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c1steve, there was absolutely no reason for you to interject politics into this thread. This is strictly prohibited in this forum.

Here in San Diego shopper demographics seem to com in waves.

My limited observation:

Ugly people one day, college kids another, white people (typically Sundays at opening it seems), middle eastern, Indians, etc.

Typically but not limited to: some of the demographics are a awesome to watch (college girls), some are stoopid (Indians stopping their cart in the middle of aisle next to two other carts), just plain rude a-holes (whites on Sundays), need to gather all their carts around the free food (Asians), etc.

But... been shopping at this particular Costco more than 20 years and have gotten to know most of the legacy workers and they just roll with the days.

Very familiar with this, it's not terribly complicated. Our Costco has three customers:

1. Old rich white people
2. Asians
3. Indians

The old rich white people buy wine by the case. The Indians and Asians are all the same...they own a business (either a restaurant or market) and have a LARGE family that lives in ONE house. The refuse to buy anything that isn't an insane value, so they love them some wholesale savings for both their store and home. I gained this knowledge by doing two things:

1. Marrying an Asian woman
2. Being a manager at a Toyota dealership

See me for more tips and tricks folks...

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Originally posted by PASig:
I think it's a lot of restaurant owners who shop there for better prices. I saw one guy loaded with a cart full of chicken thighs. Like 200 lbs worth.

It's sad to think wherever they get there items from, is not as cheap as Costco, Sam's, BJ's, etc.. I have seen quite a few people who also do vending machines and restaurants buy a lot of items at my local Sam's Club.

At the Costco we go to, if they aren't speaking English then it's a language from a Eastern European area.

Julian apple pies are a big deal in San Diego. One day at Costco we saw a Julian Pies truck--wow, thought might have a great Costco deal on Julian Pies!!!
No such luck: the bakery buys their sugar at Costco.

We have seen this also. Maybe they are stocking the numerous Asian grocery stores that have popped up. One membership for 10 people

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Originally posted by oldbill123:
We have seen this also. Maybe they are stocking the numerous Asian grocery stores that have popped up. One membership for 10 people

Costco only allows two people per membership...my wife and I are on one, we needed to get another for our daughter when she went off to college.

Multiple people using the same membership is what lead them to installing scanners upon entry

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Originally posted by patw:

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Originally posted by PASig:
I think it's a lot of restaurant owners who shop there for better prices. I saw one guy loaded with a cart full of chicken thighs. Like 200 lbs worth.

It's sad to think wherever they get there items from, is not as cheap as Costco, Sam's, BJ's, etc.. I have seen quite a few people who also do vending machines and restaurants buy a lot of items at my local Sam's Club.

When I was working security, I remember a customer telling a manager that they were selling cases of individual packaged pastries for less than he could get them from his wholesaler.

You know customers are buying for their business when there is a 12 per person limit on flats of 3 dozen eggs or when you're seeing folks loading flat carts with bags of flour...they were Asian, so I'm thinking they ran a local donut shop

Our Costco is 99.9% Americans. My old Costco, you would be one of the very few who spoke English without a foreign accent.

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Originally posted by 9mmepiphany:

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Originally posted by oldbill123:
We have seen this also. Maybe they are stocking the numerous Asian grocery stores that have popped up. One membership for 10 people

Costco only allows two people per membership...my wife and I are on one, we needed to get another for our daughter when she went off to college.

Multiple people using the same membership is what lead them to installing scanners upon entry

Oh no worry, they're only going to send in one.

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Originally posted by Vgex:
When you're buying groceries for 20 people living in one household, it makes more sense to buy in bulk.

^ This.

The two I frequent are both Plano locations. I call the place COFA. Costco of few Americans. So many times I see the full sheets with eyes cut out only. Indians, Pakis, Muslims. When I’m in there, white, black, Hispanic, Asian, combined = 10%. It’s fucking crazy. Plano West of 75, as well as Allen west of 75, it’s all Indians over that way. H1B Visa program is how they are all getting in and it’s a program I want completely axed.

My property out of state has been bought. I just visited it and met with my foundation guy who is going to clear the trees, and build the pad site. I don’t have the $ yet but I’m starting up a side business to move this shit along. I’ve had enough.

I remember my Costco in Northern Virginia seemed to be frequented by individuals who owned restaurants, given the quantities in their carts. Different ethnicities as I recall. Always curious about which restaurants in the area served meals containing Costco ingredients. Local Costco here in the Low Country of South Carolina seems to be mostly middle-aged and retired couples.

I'm familiar with that Costco in Plano on 75. It's a foreign bazaar. I expect to see goats and chickens running through the aisles.