Interesting,I did not know this.
I'm not a member but do go with my eldest sister every once in a while.I love the
kilo bags of parmesan cheese they sell along with the 400 gram packages of their emmenthal cheese.It is a GREAT PLACE to get stuff.
Thanks Louis!
Don't know about Ontario, but in Michigan, they stand at the door and check membership cards on entry, like Soup Nazi's. HOWEVER, under Michigan law, anyone who retails alcoholic beverages CANNOT exclude any adult from entering the premises. So I never even go
through the trouble of digging out my card to show them.. I just walk by the Soup Nazi's and say "Alcohol".
If you DON'T have a membership, you CAN purchase alcohol, but nothing else. And of course, the sample carts are open season.
The following states all have the Alcohol exclusion: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Texas and Vermont.
Also, ANYONE can fill prescriptions at any Costco pharmacy without membership.