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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
That's a lot of Costco's! I had heard that Costco looks for a base population of about 250,000 before establishing a new store, which makes sense because NB has three Costco stores for 780,000 people.
Given Edmonton's population, I could see five, possibly six Costco stores but eight?? Edmontonians must be big into shopping for the apocalypse........
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Just to clarify, #8 on the map is apparently a "Costco Wholesale Business Centre" - not a regular Costco. So for regular shopping the Edmonton area will still have 7, not 8.
(and to further clarify, only 4 of those are in Edmonton proper. #7 on the map is St. Albert's Costco, #6 is Sherwood Park's Costco, and #5 is Leduc's Costco.
Still a lot of Costcos in the area, but hopefully that makes more sense re: the high number.
Edmonton at 990,000 @ 4 costcos = ~250,000 per costco; which sounds to be the number everyone has been mentioning above.