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I'm interested to see if anyone would pay to have groceries picked up and delivered from Costco Winnipeg? We have all been waiting for Costco to come to Brandon with much disappointment so far.

I would definitely be interested. My wife and I love/hate Costco because we love their products but every time we go we spend way more money than we planed to. With this service it limits me to what I buy because I'm not seeing cool new things just getting what I ordered. Now it would just depend on the price for the service

Wouldn't it kind of defeat the purpose of shopping at Costco? Generally people shop there to save money. If you're paying someone to do it for you, you might as well shop local.

adc said "Wouldn't it kind of defeat the purpose of shopping at Costco? Generally people shop there to save money. If you're paying someone to do it for you, you might as well shop local. "

Those were my thoughts. Paying someone to drive 450 kms round trip and spend 1.5-2+ hours wandering around Costco picking out things on my list would surely kill any and all savings.  
 
Despite what others will say we can forget about a Costco in Brandon anytime soon (ever).

Most people tend to know someone with a membership in brandon that could pick something up for them in a pinch...

TWENTY said "    adc said "Wouldn't it kind of defeat the purpose of shopping at Costco? Generally people shop there to save money. If you're paying someone to do it for you, you might as well shop local. " Those were my thoughts. Paying someone to drive 450 kms round trip and spend 1.5-2+ hours wandering around Costco picking out things on my list would surely kill any and all savings.     Despite what others will say we can forget about a Costco in Brandon anytime soon (ever). "

There definitely wouldn't be a Costco going up in the south end. They tend to stay along a busier highway where they will be seen. If they were to build, I think it would go on the north end on that new service road.

Am guessing the OP would prefer a separate thread for anyone wanting to go too far into the "is Brandon getting a Costco" debate. That in itself is always a fun discussion but it would take over this thread in a hurry and the OP's opportunity to get the feedback they're looking for.  
 
Love reading about folks thinking about creative business ideas, with how often it comes up in threads there's no shortage of interest in Costco locally. Like any idea you're going to get feedback from all sides of the fence. In most businesses you shouldn't need to make everyone happy to make a go of things and no one person is going to have an opinion representative of everyone but I imagine it's helpful to take in all types of feedback in assessing if there are enough interested folks to build a business around.  
 
I don't know anyone with a membership that could do a pickup for me on a whim.  
I can't 100% guarantee you I'd use personally without learning more but it's an intriguing idea. There have to be some quantity buys that would help it make sense, depending on a few factors. Stuff I'd want to know, and maybe you're still hashing some of this out:  
 
- how would I place an order easily and ensure I get some flexibility with what I want?  
- how frequent are trips/how short of notice would I be able to give (assuming you need a few orders in a day to help justify the gas portion of cost)?  
- how would it be priced? (There'll hopefully be a sweet spot where it makes sense to me as a customer and to you as a business person who has a right to make a profit)  
-how would frozen goods be handled to make sure that they make it to my door still in good shape?  
 
Also you may have already done this but just to make sure all angles are covered I would verify that Costco membership doesn't have some kind of provision relating to this kind of thing.  
 
Best of luck in your research and whatever you decide!

We go to Costco every few months and we usually buy for 3 different families. Needless to say we push around 3 carts of stuff. They have never said anything to us about such a large amount. They just chuckle and say "You're from out of town right"  
The other families are friends that don't have a Costco card so we don't mind picking up stuff for them but if I had to pick up stuff for strangers I would be weary of all the problems that come with it.

I agree ...... if you could make it work great ! but I for see a lot of issues when dealing with people you don't know.