Your second line answers the first, and also there is more to know. Distribution employees are generally interacting directly with the ERP, driving forklifts, h

Your second line answers the first, and also there is more to know. Distribution employees are generally interacting directly with the ERP, driving forklifts, handling the receiving process, etc. Managers handle a lot of those things at the store level, that's not feasible at the distribution level. On your last line, my knowledge of what Costco carries comes from a CNBC doc - so I'm not arguing that you're wrong, that's weird though because they made it seem like they have the exact same product selection everywhere (except produce/meats) and it's carefully curated. One example was the sizes of Motrin they carry, they only carry one size (180).