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Taiwan Costco Black Friday sales kick off

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Costco Taiwan kicked off its seventh annual Black Friday event at all 14 of its Taiwan branches on Monday (Nov. 20). Inspired by Black Friday, the traditional start of ...

Costco Taiwan recalls sparkling water containing plastic foreign objects

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday (Sept. 13) announced that plastic foreign objects were found in Costco Taiwan's brand of sparkling water, and over ...

Costco Taiwan recalls two US-imported foods containing carcinogen

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Two products have been removed from the shelves of Costco supermarkets in Taiwan after both were found to contain carcinogenic chemicals. Taiwan’s Food and Drug A...

Costco Taiwan to cover medical costs for consumers of contaminated cheese

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Costco Taiwan announced on Monday (July 10) that it will not only refund customers who purchased a mozzarella cheese product that was found to contain a carcinogen, but it...

Kaohsiung fines Costco Taiwan NT$7.5 million for hepatitis-tainted berries

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Kaohsiung City Government Department of Health on Friday (May 5) announced that it will fine Taiwan Costco NT$7.5 million (US$244,000) for selling bags of mixed berrie...

Costco Taiwan has no plans to hike membership fee 'at this point'

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Amid concerns that Costco is long overdue for an increase in its membership fee, Costco Taiwan says that it does not have any plans to raise its local membership price &qu...

Costco Taiwan membership fee hike 'question of when, not if'

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Costco's chief financial officer on Thursday (March 2) said that a membership fee increase is a "question of when, not if" — likely resulting in a pric...

Costco gains complete control over Taiwan branch

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Costco Wholesale Corp. has bought the 45% stake in Costco Taiwan it did not already own, reports said Friday (July 1). The US$1.05 billion (NT$31.29 billion) transactio...

Taiwan Costco brand toilet paper rises by nearly 9%

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Costco Taiwan on Wednesday (May 4) announced that it will be increasing the price of its toilet paper by nearly 9% amid rising material, shipping, and packaging costs. ...

Two batches of avocados imported by Taiwan Costco found to contain excessive cadmium

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Two batches of avocados imported from the U.S. by Taiwan Costco, totaling 2,413.8 kilograms, were ordered to be shipped back or destroyed after being found to contain exce...

Taiwan Costco customer has coronavirus symptoms, test pending

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A day after news broke that a cargo pilot from New Zealand tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus, a customer who visited the same Costco store he had shopped at is rep...

Costco's planned central Taiwan store will open this month

The American membership-only wholesale club, Costco, is scheduled to open a new store in Taichung City next Friday (Nov. 20), which will sell yachts among many things. The new outlet, which is loca...

Taiwan supermarket chains limit toilet paper purchases

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — In an effort to prevent the Taiwanese public from hoarding basic supplies, several Taiwan supermarket chains have set restrictions on the purchase of toilet paper, includi...

Costco Taiwan kicks off Black Friday on Monday

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Costco kicked off its third annual Black Friday event in Taiwan at all 13 of its branches in the country on Monday (Nov. 25). Inspired by Black Friday, the traditional ...

Costco Taiwan apologizes for selling spicy hotpot one year past expiration date

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - United States-based retailer Costco apologized Thursday for selling frozen spicy hotpot more than one year past its sell-by date due to a packaging error. The problem origina...