4:30am

Fri April 13, 2012
I Wonder Why ... ?

Why did Costco start in the Northwest and get so big?

Credit The Associated Press
Everyone has a Costco story. You go in to buy diapers and come home with a new sofa.

The Northwest is home to a variety of companies that have changed how we live our lives.

We spend more now on coffee thanks to Starbucks. Amazon is changing the way we read books. And another company with deep local roots has gotten many of us to buy more of everything: Costco.

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