Young people are joining warehouse stores like Costco and Sam’s Club to combat rising prices. Over the past two years, membership for wholesale stores among shoppers under 27-years-old increased by 63%. And a recent survey found that nearly 40% of 25-34-year-olds split bulk groceries with friends, neighbors, roommates, or family members. Some college students are even taking trips to stores like Costco every few weeks, where they pool their resources to buy groceries with friends or dorm-mates to share the cost of lower price per item packs. According to these students, living together as a household and sharing groceries has even brought them closer together, in addition to saving them money. (WSJ)
📊 YPulse data: 43% of 18-24-year-old primary grocery shoppers typically shop at wholesale stores
