FILE PHOTO: Al Bragalone looks at a bottle of gin as shoppers fill a new liquor aisle at a Costco warehouse store in Seattle, not far from the company's store in Bellingham, Wash., where some shoppers want American-only hours amid a crush of Canadian consumers. (AP) (AP File Photo)
What's a shopper to do?
Costco shoppers in Washington state are ready to start a border war with Canadians, who they say swarm the big-box store like locusts, leaving empty shelves, long lines and no place to park.
A Facebook page called "Bellingham Costco needs a special time just for Americans" was created last month for shoppers of the big-box store in the Washington city just 17 miles south of the U.S.-Canada border. Canadian consumers have apparently flocked south to stock up on cheaper staples like milk, gas and other items at American prices.
The page, which has been "liked" by more than 4,000 users, features rants by shoppers who blast the crowded aisles thanks to "milk madness" and others who threaten to boycott the store should company officials not create a "special time" for only American shoppers.
Read more: www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/15/costco-shoppers-in-washington-irked-by-cross-border-canadian-crowd/
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