I have stopped shopping at Whole Foods and am shopping small and local but for one big box store: Costco! Joined there last week in support of their courage even though I am a single person who does not need big packages of most items.
You can split big purchases with friends. I live in a small apartment & don't have a Costco nearby. My daughter shops there & just bought cotton swabs, which she shared with me because we both needed them. Win!
Yes. I bought an 18-pack (or whatever it was) of English muffins because I knew my friend would take half. So I’ll look for ways to continue to do that. My point was that I’ll find a way to support the good businesses and not support the bad. I refer to it as voting with my dollars.
Also—apply for the Costco VISA and use it!! Groceries, airfare, online purchases, everything. It’s thru CitiBank and we get very generous Cash Back rewards every year. $$$$
Costcos have their own gasoline stations on-site. I live in Indianapolis and our prices are generally fairly low anyway, but the Costcos in my area are always the lowest prices—sometimes by 5-6-7 cents a gallon, but frequently Costco beats everyone else by 10-20, even 30 cents. HUGE savings!! 💵⛽️
I haven’t shopped at Target yet this year, and I’m planning on getting a Costco membership. People vote their values with their feet and with their dollars.
We are. They're on the list too. I think the media is hitting target hard cause they're a huge company for millennials... Since you mentioned Amazon lol... I have autism and I'm broke. I bought cheap ANC headphones from Amazon last year for 30 bucks. They recently broke. What's the alternatives?
Many Canadians have increased their Costco shopping trips due to their DEI policies and actually providing decent wages. While we're boycotting many other American companies, products, etc.
I always say this. Even when the lines are super long, i know those cashiers are busting their butts and my experience will be quick and efficient because Costco takes care of its workers. So different than anywhere else.
When people feel safe at their jobs they do them better, and they are more likely to stay. Low turnover and high productivity mean more profits. More profit is good for the stock price.
Nor does he have a clue in running a business. That was exactly what I was desperately trying to report . Trump has had in excess of 200 biz in his life all have been insolvent, under bankruptcy, court ordered criminal enterprises etc he WASN’T this great businessman that was a fictitious claim.
look it up writers of The Apprentice came before the American people apologized they wrote the script as if he was incredibly successful it was a script that Trump was dependent upon to defraud the nation&the American people I tried for 9 yrs to get the truth out I was verbally attacked for 9 yrs
I hope you're saying Trump is a businessman sarcastically. He's gone bankrupt what, seven or eight times? He may have money and keep playing in business, but real businessmen build a business. If he had just invested the money he got from his dad, he'd have more than he does now.
Good. It can't just be the people standing up for human rights. Big business has to take a stand with us. In return the public needs to their business to those companies. Where we spend our dollars matters.
Costco is being sued by 19 Republican Attorney Generals BTW. Let’s not forget what Target has done historically for DEI. They have been trailblazers in diversity.
Yes, they do. As long as a protected class is not discriminated against, like what used to happen back in the day. Hence the need for affirmative action.
Deciding I won’t shop at target or Amazon really brings him the point that these companies have destroyed small business. Even in the crowded metro sprawl I live in there are almost no other places to buy reasonably priced every day items.
Buying online for clothes does not work for me. Every time I buy clothing online the size and fit are off. Even other things are often not what is advertised. Plus I like to support local business. Malls in the Phoenix area are closing.
The Executive Order actually states that DEIA is to be terminated. It is very specifically targeted against disabled people as well as removing civil rights from all minority groups. Nazis are eugenists. They don't just exclude disabled people, they sterilize them.
Good point. But “inclusivity” contains the idea of “accessibility”, I think. A public space that is inaccessible to people with disabilities isn’t inclusive.
I sent the CEO of Target an email telling him he lost a customer for life because of his spineless decision. I know it is a small drop in the bucket but it felt good.
my poor brain. i read the first part of that where "Costco stock is up", and my brain immediately went to the inventory stock in the back warehouse, rather than the stock market
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they aren't, though. they rolled back DEI at the first opportunity the same way they did their pride merch, because they've never been allies to marginalized communities. just vultures.
Exactly. They adopted the practices for profit. Costco showed that they believed in the practices before the call for them. Target and corporations of their ilk care about profit over people and preyed on virtues to sell more product.
Since watching every cent has now become a way of life for me and millions like me, I’m very cautious about where I spend my money and what I purchase. Many shop in malls and online as a form of “retail therapy.” It would have wiser to curb spending, take time getting informed, reading Project 2025.
The Most Successful And Profitable Businesses In America—Bc. Of Employees Diversity !! FACT !! Racist Trump Bankrupted Numerous Of His Company’s —And Now Crashing US Economy, Americans Once Again/Like Last Trump Term Losing Their Jobs, Prices Are Higher/Rising, Businesses Reduced Production!
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Hiiiii! Broke bitch here! I deleted my Amazon due 5o their practices. My cheap ANC headphones broke and I need to replace them. Where are the cheap sites???
Oh sht! Well I was lucky enough to have several pairs of those and pretty much everything else I need before I got " clean " from online shopping. Any reason you can't go to BestBuy or another store?
Uhm. So i got mine with ANC for 30 on Amazon. I don't have 100s to spend and I'm also autistic so going without is also very dreaded lol. So I guess cause I'm poor and best buy sounds expensive 🤣🤣🤣
You used to follow me on the "dark side". Glad you are here so I can follow you again. We will be okay. One day soon, it will stop blinking and Murica will cave.
And we fickle gays really would have stuck by Target with the most tepid of statements and actions, ugh, so this is doubly stupid of them to give up on a market share.
Reminds me of Bud Light in a way, they did something ridiculously good, Righties whined, then they swung the complete opposite way and pissed everyone off.
not diminishing in the least... It's included... not emphasized... that is how a lot of people knew him from the beginning... why are you being so nit picky?
I hate that store. Nothing fits right, they are expensive and are mean to their employees. They make their cashiers have a quota of customers, like the cashier can go out and drag a customer to their checkstand. WTF? I never shop there, like in 15 years or so...
“Please don’t be upset, it’s just a business decision”. This is what I hear in my head each time I see a target ad or post. I bet those Costco shareholders are happy that the company DIDN’T listen to them. Costco is even better to me because they gave employees a great raise. GO COSTCO.
People can, and I hope will, vote with their wallets. We've had this choice all along, but now it's legitimately necessary to slow what's become an overt oligarchy.
When Target said they were no longer going to provide space for new products by small companies I lost interest in them. Target use to sponsor new artists; a different one every year. Announcing you’re going to be mean and exclude certain people doesn’t play well with everyone.
Every time I open my freezer door which after a shopping spree is jam packed full of COSTCO food I am reminded that they have defied Trump's DEI bigoted mania.
We did the same last week to our freezer! Yay Costco! A tip tho…uncover the fan and get some air between items! We had still-not-frozen things the next day 😳😬
Investors are now suing because they jumped into LGBTQ Pride, lost sales, so they toned it down, lost sales, and then now this with ending a DEI initiative, losing sales.
They do have a diverse staff and I don't think they're particularly evil. I think it's pleasing the shareholders.
Let me clarify, investors are suing because they don't like that Target had Pride stuff out and lost sales. The investors don't care that they ended DEI. They're probably happy.
Yup. I am 35 minutes from the nearest Costco. Signed up for the executive membership and CC like a week ago and just got the CC yesterday. Way better than Sams Club, the store my family went to as a kid. I actually could have continued using my fams Sams card for free but I wanted to support.
I was a long time Target customer & so proud they supported their DEI policy…broke my ❤️ when they caved. Shopping at Costco now. I hate what musk & 47 have done to our country. This is not gonna end well.
Watch "The Law of Crash and Burn Productivity" in action. Screw over your employees, watch employee morale and productivity drop over time, lose or burn out experienced employees and hire hacks to "save" money, lose market share, and watch your stock crater in quarterly business cycles.
I worked for Target for almost twenty years. They stopped caring about their “team members” when they did away with their “Fast, fun and friendly” motto years ago.
Worked for a computer company in its declining years. Hard to experience self-centered, clueless leadership through time treat its work force like dray horses there, sell off pieces of it like chopped meat, and sink a once great company into just another crap show store.
Fuck target ! Cut my cards , closed my account and paid it off yesterday - Now I need to know where i can get a vaccuum 😒 Costco is pricey was just there, any suggestions?
Sad thing about this is they are strong supporters of the Republican Party. Have been and always will be and it’s a shame because they do good charity work for animals.
If you don't need "new" you can check your local NextDoor online community. People moving, combining household, estate sales - the chance to upcycle is there. There are also various local "free" groups in various social media platforms I won't name.
I cut up my Target card, too! Felt good! Made me also realize many of my trips to Target were unnecessary and this will curtail a lot of my unnecessary spending!
Yep - I think i msy have soent between 300-600 a month there- insane - lowering my debt until this presidency is over - trying to make a few extra house payments from my target savings ❤️
If you have to return anything, they never ask questions and you get a full refund. Costco is THE best. We’ve been shopping there since you had to present a business license to get a card.
I've been a Target shopper my whole life. Now, I've just joined Costco last week, and yes, it's been a challenging adjustment. So I'm finding that I'm shopping online, and at Costco, CVS, Home Depot, Office Depot, etc. For some of the things that I know, I could've just bought at Target 😬
Home Depot is a Trump supporting organization- Lowrs dropped DEI - shop your small hardware, nurseries, lighting and electrical- its been hard - I agree - was a total target shopper
Home Depot has been a supporter of the Republican Party for a very long time. if you were unsure about the places you shop and who they support go to https://opensecrets.org.
Try to shop as local as possible, but also know who they support before you purchase.
The website has a Bissell upright for $100 right now. I bought my Shark at Costco a few years ago for just over $100 and it's been great. I see the prices on the Sharks has gone up quite a bit.
That's because most of America doesn't like racism and sexism. No matter what the media tells us! Don't fall prey to the gaslighting! Truth matters! 💋😁☮️
Just wait until MAGA buys TikTok; hopefully that’ll spur people to drop it. But I’m not that optimistic since there are still plenty of people who hate Musk using Twitter.
The devil's job is to steal and kill, tear down, jeopardize lives, a designed path of destruction with no intention to rebuild, leaving many in limbo, HELL.
Just spent a couple hundred bucks at Costco. Tell the orange shit stain and his average white supporters to go to hell. Anyone who supports the shit stain is part of the problem.
Targets stock is falling because America is full of people of every color of the rainbow, we’re a diverse mix and it’s stupid to attack all of their own customers
We've reorganized the garage so we can store the larger stock from Costco (we're a small household in a small house). Worth the effort to support the company.
I got rid of my Costco membership years ago because I refused to be suspected of being a criminal every time I walked in the store. I only walk into Target because I must use CVS Pharmacy. I might get a Costco Membership again, just to support them, even if I never go into the store.
Under their agreement, they are allowed to check receipts. Walmart locks a lot of stuff up behind glass. It’s frustrating. This is much much less burdensome. You were not suspected of anything. All are treated alike.
I don't feel treated like a criminal. they've even found instances where i was double charged.
Some people are always think the worst. but hey, if that's how you feel, that's a you problem and you've found a solution. So can't really fault you for that.
Same thing here. I picked up one package of bagels at Costco and the cashier didn’t catch it. The receipt checker told me I was entitled to two packages. He radioed to someone to get me another package of bagels. Their onion bagels are pretty good.
The people have spoken. Now target Amazon, I no longer buy, Zuckerberg, I left Facebook long time ago, Elon Musk, what can I say, I left Twitter long time ago & I will never buy Tesla. I changed Coke 4 Pepsi & McDonald's 4 homemade burgers. Chick-fil-A never ever. The taste of Evangelical vomit. Yuk
At what sustainable levels?
Just a smidgen drop
It’s interesting as in business, quarterly speaking how the functioning of board of directors can be or if management will budge
I’ve heard that Bondi and Trump are after them now to force them to cave. I sure as hell hope they stand strong. We should call upper management and tell them we support them and not give in.
I sold my Target stock and bought Costco. As for Amazon... I need to replace my Chase Prime rewards card (it's my longest line of credit) somehow without making my credit score tank. Then I'll do monthly trips to Costco instead of being lazy on Amazon.
I don't believe i can transfer my Prime card to a regular chase card. That's the dilemma. I can't close that line of credit without my average absolutely tanking.
Today, Pam Bondi is making DEI a crime. She has directed DOJ to investigate and consider criminal charges against private corporations with "illegal" DEI programs.
Next, I expect Trump to issue an order prohibiting "unfair" criticism of the President....first for the press... then us.
They can’t do shit without passing an actual law. They can scream and yell and pressure but until they pass a bill saying DEIA is illegal they will be sued and can go fuck themselves.
Good luck enforcing any of that shit, it's fodder or "flooding the zone". They can say all day long that looking at the sky is illegal, but they've got no power to enforce it and no court would take it seriously.
Before the hot mess express came to town $52 an hour was a liveable wage. Congratulations on a new minimum wage. Corporate brand taught you well to switch teams and not shop local. No wonder kids getting shot in schools is part of living in Amerikkka. Killing dreams small business owners too.
I’m upset because Cheetos lackey is coming for Costco. They are planning to SUE ANY COMPANY THAT DOESN’T REMOVE DEI. Costco has ALWAYS been a solid company. Both of my kids worked for them. They loved the company. LEAVE COSTCO ALONE YOU DEI HIRE (white female). You can’t compare with those folks.
My husband said that same thing. Then again MSM has caved in multiple lawsuits against Cheeto and paid him handsomely. Talk about a bunch of cucks. SMHH.
I don’t know how they can sue anyone, especially since Costco isn’t breaking any laws. This feels like such a…I don’t even know how to put it into words…. All I can think of is the third reich.
They think they can sue whomever. We have SCOTUS to thank for this. They’ve gassed Cheetos head up so much, he thinks he’s invincible. I’m just as tired as you. But the minions are just as guilty for playing along.
I’m sure Costco will be fine. They aren’t doing anything that violates the law. The only lever the federal government has is to stop buying from them, and I doubt that is an issue.
Companies are free to establish their own employment and vendor outreach decisions.
I wonder if they and others can simply agree and then rewrite these values in another way. The lackeys are quite limited and literal in their grasp of the issues. Maybe they could say. We hire from our community. Or something equally vague.
Please do! You’ll love Costco. Their buyers are amazing. PS—an asterisk on a sign means it’s only there temporarily. If you want it, buy it. Green signs mean organic.
“The boycott didn’t last as long as the next sale brining people in” and/or swap base with the people happy about things changing. I don’t shop either one so don’t know.
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DEI should be stopped, because it is reverse discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
Glad we did!
Costco supports Israel.
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Bravo Costco!!
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/costco-awarded-executives-hundreds-thousands-dei-related-bonuses.amp
I never thought I'd see the day that Walmart, at least temporarily, looked better than Target
The others that sew hate lose, big time.
I think Safeway also kept their DEI policies.
They do have a diverse staff and I don't think they're particularly evil. I think it's pleasing the shareholders.
What is wrong with equal opportunity...
Nothing!
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Try to shop as local as possible, but also know who they support before you purchase.
Sounds like the 🟧🤡 and his maga minions.
Companies get a clue or feel it in your ebitda‼️
I, of course never step foot into Walmart for a host of reasons.
Some people are always think the worst. but hey, if that's how you feel, that's a you problem and you've found a solution. So can't really fault you for that.
Just a smidgen drop
It’s interesting as in business, quarterly speaking how the functioning of board of directors can be or if management will budge
Resist✊🏻
Hope I'm wrong here and someone can offer advice.
When people act together see what can be done!!
We can make our feelings known in so many ways ...and each step emboldens others to do the same ..
Folks, there is power in where you spend your dollars. Spend wisely! 🤑
The moment I see you enabling this fascist takeover, I will sell & refuse to invest any further.
Once upon a time, corporations understood not to align themselves too closely to either side.
Now they’re lining up to publicly kiss the ring. Idiots.
Next, I expect Trump to issue an order prohibiting "unfair" criticism of the President....first for the press... then us.
#ETTD
The only way to really make a statement is to not let up.
Government over reach.
Remembering how Republicans bitch about government overreach.
So, what exactly is this assault on private sector businesses?
it is like 1788
Companies are free to establish their own employment and vendor outreach decisions.