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Where is Shanghai Costco supermarket

On the morning of August 27, the first Costco customer store in mainland China opened in Minhang, Shanghai. Online video shows that although the opening day is a working day, Costco Minhang stores are crowded and even have a 'rush buying trend'. Costco store parking lot displays' parking lot is full, waiting takes 3 hours'.

At the scene, a citizen of Huacao Town, Minhang revealed that the Costco supermarket has four floors, including a shopping mall on the first floor and a parking lot on the second to fourth floors, which can park more than 1100 cars. However, when she arrived at 9:10 in the morning, the parking lot on the third floor was basically full. It usually takes only 6-7 minutes to drive more than 2 kilometers to the supermarket. Today, it took more than 20 minutes. By 11:00 p.m., the flow of people had obviously exceeded the passenger flow that the mall could accommodate, and was forced to limit the flow. The security guard held a sign near the mall and told the people who came: it takes 3 hours to park and 2 hours to queue up to pay.

Forced to suspend business in the afternoon

On the afternoon of August 27, the surging news reporter learned from Minhang District, Shanghai that Costco has suspended business due to too many people on the first day of opening today.

Minhang District relevant departments issued tips: due to the dense flow of people in the stores of the market opening supermarket at present, for the safety of you and the public, citizens who want to go there should consume rationally and choose off peak shopping. If the customer has gone, please obey the on-site command.

Costco's app showed that business was suspended on the afternoon of the 27th due to crowd congestion.

Some netizens make complaints about micro-blog: it's really too difficult.

What attracts people to buy?

Surging news reporters learned from Minhang District that the hot scene of Costco's opening may be related to three factors: first, the brand popularity of American Costco is very influential among Shanghai citizens; Second, the price is affordable. The price of food department stores is 30% to 60% lower than the market price, while that of food can be 10% to 20% lower; The third reason is that the implementation of membership cards has led many residents to come 'noisy', because the current news is that Costco can apply for a family card at the store service desk for free, and the two cards can carry two companions to enter. In other words, with a membership card and a family card, 6 people can go to the store for consumption.

In addition, the hot opening is also related to the opening preferential activities in the store during the opening period (August 27, 2019 to September 29, 2019). Preferential commodities cover 60 kinds of commodities, including household appliances, fresh food, daily necessities and travel equipment, which is expected to save consumers more than 8200 yuan.

Costco is the second largest retail supermarket in the world and a large warehouse hypermarket focusing on membership. The Minhang store, with a total shopping area of nearly 14000 square meters and 1200 parking spaces, is the largest parking lot in its stores in the world.