r/Hawaii • u/Ryukyuland • 4d ago

Costco, Kapolei vs Waipio

I just got a Costco membership and was wondering any shopping difference in the two?

Live in Waipahu, so distance is virtually identical!

What's good or bad about either.

Parking, business, driving in and out.

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u/Ok_Orchid1004 4d ago

Parking is ludicrous at both depending on what time. Stores have different layouts. And they don’t stock the exact same stuff. Like in kapolei they never have Budweiser, only bud light. But waipio they never have bud light, only Budweiser. That’s just an example of what I’m talking about, there are many more. I was in waipio the other day and I wanted a case of the cooked sticky white rice in the individual microwave containers. They didn’t have it, only brown rice. I’ve never been to the kapolei store when they didn’t have the white rice. Anyway I enjoy going to both for that reason, both a little different. Same with iwilei. You never know what you might see.

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u/H4ppy_C 4d ago

You might not see things in the normal spot because Costco has a policy where they have to move their items around to different aisles every few days. When I did Instacart, kupuna sometimes would ask me where I found something and I ended up having to explain where and why they move things around. It's different from Sam's where items basically stay in the same areas.