Costco has a reputation for treating their employees very well with good pay and benefits. Overall, they have chosen not to prioritize profit above all else, an

Costco has a reputation for treating their employees very well with good pay and benefits. Overall, they have chosen not to prioritize profit above all else, and it ends up having ancillary benefits. I've noticed during the pandemic that the quality of the shopping experience seems to correlate very much with how the company treats their employees. A shopping trip to Costco or Trader Joe's is generally pretty stress-free. Whole Foods not as much (I attribute this at least partially to Amazon policies—even pre-pandemic, there was a notable difference in the experience of shopping at WF after Amazon took over). Going to Jewel is almost always a nightmare.