Costco Is Ending This Popular Covid Policy–Customers Are Freaking Out On Twitter

The first real change to this policy took place in July 2021, when Costco announced that they would be restricting their special shopping hours to only 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays rather than throughout the entire week.

Now, since COVID cases and hospitalizations are quickly dipping across the United States at a steady rate, the store has announced on their website that they "will no longer be offering special shopping hours." 

And shoppers are not happy about it. "SHAME ON COSTCO," one person tweeted. "You are RISKING SENIOR LIVES by taking the SENIOR HOURS AWAY."

The tweeter also noted that the store "made millions" off of this policy. "Pure greed," they wrote.

One person made a plea for the retailer to keep the senior hours: "Please reinstate your senior hours," they wrote. "We are not done with this pandemic yet. Also a crowd assembled in front of Costco today never told about the change. Thirty plus people. These are your loyal communities stand with them and open at 9 or require masks." Masks sound like they could be a decent compromise!

Another unhappy shopper wrote, "Hey Costco! Very disappointed that you completely stopped Senior hours. Was twice a week really too much for you?" 

However, Costco has made no further announcements on the subject, so it seems the return to regular hours was for good.