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[–] kreskin 36 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Craig Jelinek the (CEO of costco until recently) was always considered a good guy for putting his employees first and concentrating on keeping a high bar for product quality.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Until recently? Did something happen recently to change this? (Genuine question, I've only heard good things about the Costco ceo)

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago

Craig Jelinek, the CEO of costco until reecently, was considered

Fixed their sentence with commas for clarity

[–] Duamerthrax 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

For actual clarity, Craig Jelinek stepped down in 2023. Ron Vachris is the current CEO. Not sure if there's been any negative policy change since then though.

[–] SkyezOpen 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Goddamn churros are gone. Hot dog combo hasn't changed price though so we good... For now.

[–] JcbAzPx 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The old co-founder's threat still stands even with a new CEO.

[–] MutilationWave 6 points 3 days ago

For those that don't know this lovely story, here's an article about the threat.

[–] manualoverride 4 points 3 days ago

This is about the time when in the UK they stopped allowing digital membership cards (on a phone app) and forced you to install the Costco app.

I am trying to remove as many apps as possible and until this change just carried my driving licence and a backup credit card in my phone case.

Forcing their own tracking app nearly made me cancel my membership.