COSTCO: CNBC Episode Focuses on Why It's the Largest Membership Club Chain

The samples. The roasted chickens. The tires. The toilet paper. The $1.50 hotdogs.

Sixty-four million people across the world pay money for the right to flash their membership cards and shop in the warehouse world that is Issaquah-based Costco. It's a business that generates an annual $1.5 billion in membership fees alone.

For years, Bonney Lake residents and city leaders have dreamed of a Costco, the would-be-crux of the SR 410 corridor.

CNBC dedicated an entire episode to the world's largest membership warehouse chain, which spans the U.S. and has a global reach that stretches from the United Kindgom to Austrailia.

(Click here to be directed to the CNBC website about the Costco episode)

The Huffington Post also did a great article on the episode that includes 10 facts about Costco most people don't know, including the secret behind the $1.50 hot dog.

So we ask you, Patch users: Why do you go to Costco?