The Price is Right
Departmentalizing
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Membership Mania
Culture Concepts
200

The staple item in the Food Court is, has been and will always be this price.

What is $1.50?

200

A department which carries goods such as toilet paper and garbage liners is represented by this number.

What is Department 14?

200

Before becoming Costco Wholesale Corporation, the company merged with another and beared this name on the front of their stores.

What is PriceCostco?

200

Gold Star members enter our building at 10am on any given weekday, but Executive members enter at this time.

What is 9am?

200
This part of our Code of Ethics comes right after Obey the Law.

What is Take Care of the Member?

400

One 40-Pack of this Kirkland Signature Item, always in demand during inclement weather, is currently this price.

What is $3.99?

400

Seldom used, Department 36 was a lot more popular in the 2000's.

What is Media?

400

This man, along with Jeff Brotman, founded Costco as we know it in 1983 and served as our CEO until 2011.

Who is Jim Sinegal?

400

This age is the minimum to have a drivers' license in the state of GA and also the minimum to be a Costco member.

What is 16?

400

Although there's no I in Team, there is an I in DEI, which stands for this.

What is Inclusion?

600

Our best membership will cost you this much in US Dollars.

What is $130?

600

The liquid courage department; it's not eligible for tax exemption.

What is Department 16/Liquor?

600

Called "Group Gold" members, the original price for a basic membership in 1983 was this amount.

What is $30?

600

Our spectacular team is currently giving away this incentive for every member who applies for the Costco Anywhere Visa.

What is a Chenille Blanket?

600

In Costco, this is Job Number One for every single employee, regardless of position or department.

What is Member Service?

800

The Costco Anywhere Visa Card by Citi has an Annual Fee of this amount.

What is $0?

800

Department 52; you'll find windshield wipers and RainX here.

What is Department 25/Automotive?

800

Our location, named after the neighboring mall, opened on this year.

What is 2006?

800

After this many years of service to the company, an employee is guaranteed a membership for life.

What is 25 years?

800

If we don't keep these people happy, little else we do will matter.

Who are Our Members?

1000

Members flock to our Food Court for our most profitable item; it feeds a crowd and costs this much.

What is $9.99?

1000

This department will help you spice up your home; members will often try to fit items from this department into a compact sedan.

What is Department 38/Home Furnishing?

1000

The inception of PriceClub and the birth of Apple Computer, Inc. both fell on this year; a great year if your name was Jimmy Carter.

What is 1976?

1000

This type of membership card is quite rare; exclusively for businesses and with no name or face on them.

What is a Transferrable Card?

1000

If we do everything according to our Code of Ethics, we will reach our fifth part of it; our ultimate goal.

What is to Reward our Shareholders?