This team member spends her fall watching Halloween Baking Championship.
Who is Michelle?
Washington’s official State Fair, held each September in Pierce County, famous for scones, rodeo action, and carnival rides.
What is the Washington State Fair?
What is Do the Puyallup?
We (Costco) sells over 6 million of this 3.5-pound, 12-inch seasonal dessert every autumn.
What is the Pumpkin Pie?
Every November, Costco upholds a decades-long company tradition by gifting each of its employees this holiday grocery item.
What is a free turkey?
This team members favorite childhood memory is On Diwali, I enjoy wearing a new dress and sharing homemade desserts and savories from my Mom and Grandmom with our neighbors. Waking up to the sound of firecrackers as a kid and watching the entire neighborhood light up at night remain some of my favorite memories.
Who is Vijaya?
This I-90 mountain corridor turns bright golden in October as Western Larches, rare deciduous conifers, drop their needles.
What is Snoqualmie Pass?
This root vegetable is roasted, mashed, or made into pies and is a staple of fall harvest dinner tables
What is a sweet potato (or yam)?
Costco sources its Dickinson pumpkins from over 700 farm acres located in this Midwestern state near Peoria.
What is Illinois?
A favorite food my grandmother and mom would make heading into fall was mincemeat tarts. The name is very misleading as there is no meat in the treats (although, traditional versions do include suet); the closest thing I could describe it to would be aromatic, spiced apple pie. My grandmother had a special tin to make bitesized versions of the pastries - we'd make the dough but pickup the filling at a specialty store.
Who is Mayson?
Long before it became a park famous for stunning fall foliage, this Capitol Hill green space was Seattle’s municipal cemetery, requiring the relocation of over 3,000 graves in the 1890s.
What is Volunteer Park?
Over just the final three frantic days leading up to this American holiday, Costco shoppers regularly purchase an astonishing 2.5 to nearly 3 million pumpkin pies.
What is Thanksgiving?
Weighing 5.6 pounds (90 oz), this iconic Kirkland Signature candy bag packed with mini chocolates is a Halloween staple.
What is the All Chocolate Candy Bag?
My absolute favorite memory is entering the home and finding out my mom baked a yummy delicious cake just for me. The aroma is a sweet memory to this day.
Who is Shradha?
Local visitors view migrating salmon navigating fish ladders through subterranean viewing windows at this site.
What are the Ballard (Chittenden) Locks?
Costco's mammoth 58-ounce bakery pumpkin pie has famously held steady at this exact bargain price point since the 1980s.
What is $5.99?
Unlike standard grocery stores with signs on every aisle, Costco deliberately omits aisle labels, forcing customers into this wandering shopping strategy.
What is the treasure hunt?
My extended family would make this dessert during the holidays that they called green goop. It was a very interesting mosh posh of marshmallows, cool whip, pistachios, and mandarin oranges. I don't know how a dish like that is created.
Who is Jacob?
Every Halloween night, costumed revelers gather beneath the Aurora Bridge for "Trolloween," celebrating the birthday of this hulking 18-foot stone sculpture.
What is the Fremont Troll?
What holiday tradition originated in Ireland and involved carving turnips.
What is Halloween?
If an item's shelf price ends in .97 rather than .99, it signals this specific status to savvy warehouse deal-hunters.
What is a clearance (or marked down / manager's special)?