Nancy Young wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote
>
>> I'm not advocating one over the other (I don't belong to either but I
>> belonged to Sam's back in the 1980's). I thought Sam's Club was one
>> of the
>> first "warehouse" type outfits and Costco was emulating (and then
>> beating) Sam's? I tried Googling but am too lazy to sort through
>> everything to find
>> out when both were founded. I do know it took a lot longer to get a
>> Costco
>> in the Memphis area and Sam's had been around for years by then.
>
> I don't know the exact history, but when it first opened here, it was
> not Costco, it was Price Club. Named so not because of the prices,
> I understand, but the founder, Sam Price. Kind of thing I would find
> interesting, words. Anyway, I don't know about Sam's club history,
> either, we didn't even get WalMart's around here until relatively
> recently.
>
> nancy

I'm pretty sure we got Sam's club early on because we're right across the
river from Arkansas where WalMart was founded. Apparently Price Club
(Costco) was around earlier, just not in my part of the world.

We still don't have a TJ's around here. We did get Penzey's just over a
year ago! I *think* there's a Whole Foods out in Collierville but I'd have
to need something very specific that only they carried to spend the gas
money (and time) to drive out there to shop.

Jill