Costco Sydney

While traveling in UK and USA, we have come across a few Costco stores which were impressive. Our Seattle based part of the family have always been big supporters and employees of Costco. When we heard that Costco was finally coming 'down under', we were ready for big things.

They opened first, with a big fanfare and much publicity, in Melbourne. When the company arrived in Sydney we joined up on line but it was a few months after the opening that we went to the store located in one of Sydney's outer suburbs, Auburn. To cut a long story short, we were disappointed. There is no on-line information as to what products are available or details of any specials. This store seemed to focus mainly on food with very few clothing items. Also tools and cameras were in short supply.

Considering that our trip there is about 1.5 hours each way, we felt that we were better off buying local to home. We get most of our fresh vegetables from the local farm shop and everything else from local stores that are very competitive.

I'm sure we will go again but not for quite a while.

One good thing did come to light and that was the alcohol department. Prices generally were marginally cheaper but the big bonus was that I could buy my favourite wine in 1.5 litre bottles for only a couple of dollars more than a local 750mls bottle.





The down side though is that they are corked, not screw caps, which makes it difficult to reseal.

We have heard that the Canberra store, which opened at the same time as the Sydney branch, is very good.