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I grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, and its not uncommon for people who live in remote areas of the state to travel hundreds of miles to go to Costco. Mind you, they don't exactly have a local grocery store for the most part, but its interesting how widespread that usage pattern is.

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That probably ties in nicely with Costco's emphasis on extreme bulk sales. If the nearest Costco is hundreds of miles away, at least you can buy a month+ worth of most supplies while you're there and load them all into your vehicle.

Also an Australian, Costco is also a single location here, 20km away. My house travels out there once every ~3 months for everything and spend ~$500

The only things we really buy from the supermarket are week to week things like meat etc.

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