I am not writing about moldy carrots, or whether its a good idea to ever buy 2 gallons of Ragu, what I am writing about are the lines. The lines can be beyond insane. I have a 20 minute rule. If I have to wait more than 20 minutes I abandon the cart. I don't care if it has ice cream, meat or whatever. If they can't get me out the door in 20 minutes, I'm done. Sam's has an app that you scan your items on your phone as you put them in the cart and you check out in a few seconds. WAKE UP! I have never seen the first two cash registers open, even when the lines stretch so far back its hard to move across the store. I probably buy only half the stuff I would otherwise buy here because I dread parking 3 blocks away and the lines. Costco is directly responsible for my Sam's Club membership. Costco you are losing business because your store is overcrowded, hard to park at, and takes way to long to check out.
Update 10/13 Lines still very long, parking lot jammed. No automated checkout system. Want to like this place but they make it hard. This review gets shunted to the not recommended section but please read all of those.