costCo stops free food samples

[jeyf]

due to the Coronavirus

 

[maflynn]

Since the OP didn't include any context or links, here's further info.
Coronavirus panic spreads: Costco is pulling free samples over COVID-19

Costco is suspending free samples over safety concerns with the spread of the coronavirus.

It was not immediately known if Costco has pulled samples from all stores in the U.S. or only in select areas or when the suspension would end.

 

[Gutwrench]

I don’t take food samples from anywhere anyway. And to the shoppers who abandon their carts at the first sight of a tasting station I hate you with the force of 100 suns...maybe 200 suns.

 

[Huntn]

To be fair to Costco when they were doing free food samples, they wore gloves when preparing samples and were not sneezing on them.

 

[jeyf]

i thought the free samples was a kindness but excessive. Anyway gone is another icon; free food at costCO.

 

[Huntn]

i thought the free samples was a kindness but excessive. Anyway gone is another icon; free food at costCO.

It was one method of marketing a product.

 

[jeyf]

for sure, in some cases it got me to try foods I would not normally consider.

 

[velocityg4]

Part of me hopes the food sample stations don't return. They cause annoying traffic jams in some aisles.

 

[bennyf]

Dang, I was excited for some bat wing soup samples. I hear they have the power to shut down the world economy, so they must be awfully special.

 

[MacNut]

They could at least offer free cough syrup.