Jim-Bob wrote:Sam's Club to close 63 stores nationwide including the Naperville, Romeoville, Batavia, Matteston and Moline stores. The Naperville one is a little surprising since that's a big metropolitan area, but there is another in Montgomery less than five miles away so that probably had something to do with it.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... story.html

I picture the shareholders at Costco giving major side-eye over this news.

pairs4life wrote:I picture the shareholders at Costco giving major side-eye over this news.

Not me. This is good news for shareholders. Eliminate under-producing stores, cut overhead, increase profit. It's a big win for shareholders, but unfortunately, probably not for the employees. Also, a few of these stores are being turned into online order distribution centers (with employees invited to stay on). That's where the big e-money is (also good for shareholders).

In hopes of pacifying customers who are upset over the closures and want to cancel their membership,Sams's club is offering a free 3 month extension.
https://www.samsclub.com/sams/html/best ... pdate.html?

Jim-Bob wrote:Sam's Club to close 63 stores nationwide including the Naperville, Romeoville, Batavia, Matteston and Moline stores. The Naperville one is a little surprising since that's a big metropolitan area, but there is another in Montgomery less than five miles away so that probably had something to do with it.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... story.html

Wheeling has been added to the Close list.

For those people here who belong to Sams Club, I've heard that the Wheeling store is already marking everything down 25%. This does not include pharmacy and tires.

Hi- I know there are not a lot of fans of Sams Club here, but I just heard that they are now limiting meat purchases to one package per member. I am going there some time this afternoon to pick up a prescription, and I will check this out. I think the only meat I have ever bought there is chicken sausage.

Costco is limiting meat purchases to 3 per day.

Last time I there ( about 3 weeks ago in the Glenview location ), they had no chicken of any kind.

Hi- I was at Sam's Club today, and they let me go to the front of the line because I was going there to pick up a prescription, but I got there at 6:15, and there was probably a half hour wait to get in, and they close at 8:00. The Evanston store is limiting meat purchases to three packages of meat. They had ground turkey, chicken breast, chicken thighs, and about a half a case of beef and pork. They had no chicken legs or whole chickens.

Sam's Club said early Thursday that it will make curbside pickup available at all 597 club locations by the end of June.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sams- ... 2020-06-11