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Weird History Food Episode 4.120 How Can Costco Afford To Give Away So Many Free Samples?
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Episode Premiere
October 16, 2025
Genre
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Period
2022 -
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Distributor
YouTube
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It begins the way all great weekend stories do, a card check, a concrete warehouse floor, and a tiny paper cup of microwaved meatball skewered on a toothpick. This is Costco, and at Costco, the samples are free. But how does it work? Who pays for those little bites of joy? It’s a mystery, for sure.