11 Shocking Costco Facts That Will Surprise Fans of the Store

The carefully designed racetrack was created so that customers would be able to pass all the items in the store.

Yes, Costco basically has half the world's supply of cashews, selling $300,000 of them every week.

You probably don't think of Costco as a pizza chain, but there's only a few chains (like CiCis) that are bigger than it.

This is because the store buys from whichever name brand company overproduced that month.

When Costco was first starting out as warehouse discount store Price Club, founder Sol Price drew the whole concept for it on a napkin.

It's designed to have you walk through all the other merchandise before getting to the groceries.

Yeah, that pie is a Costco purchase.

The price has not changed since the store opened.

This is strategic — it's planned to have you look around and discover new items.

That's some serious customer loyalty.