Costco is a warehouse store that sells groceries, household items, and business products. purchase quantities tend to be larger than in traditional stores that serve final consumers. for example, soft drinks are only sold in 24-can cases, not in 6-packs. coffee is sold in 3-pound cans instead of one-pound foil packs. which regrouping activity is costco shifting to the consumer

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Lindsey

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5 May, 15:08

Costco is a warehouse store that sells groceries, household items, and business products. purchase quantities tend to be larger than in traditional stores that serve final consumers. for example, soft drinks are only sold in 24-can cases, not in 6-packs. coffee is sold in 3-pound cans instead of one-pound foil packs. which regrouping activity is costco shifting to the consumer

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Eliza Lam · Answer 1

Bulk breaking.

Rather than buy 24 packs in bulk and break them into 6 packs or other sizes for the customer, Costco is shifting that task/responsibility to the customer to save a step and the time/money associated with it, then passing those bulk savings on to the customer.