### Comment:
It is pretty easy to spend 500 a trip to Costco, my guess is average cart is over 300. Many people spend 1000. 1-2 trip profit is equal to membership.

### REPLY:
They make a profit off the merchandise but there’s still some operating cost.  
  
 Costco In general has shown profits that are very closely tied the amount of money collected through memberships. So the margin on products covers most of the cost of doing business.

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