Costco Has Pie Hoarder Problem

PomeroySays
2 min readNov 23, 2023

And I Thought I Had Heard Everything…

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People are pumpkin pie hoarding at Costco but it’s not a good thing.

According to Reddit: On Reddit, a self-identified Costco employee claimed their location sold 650 pumpkin pies in an hour. That’s not hard to believe, based on the photos and videos shared by Costco shoppers around the country. At least one location seems to be taking measures to limit the pumpkin pie exodus. “They had a 1 item per membership limit,” another Redditor wrote.

650 in 1 hour! Let’s be real what is going on here? These pies are either going to charities (hopefully), being frozen for a future holiday event (most likely) or real estate agents use them as promotional items.

Watching someone load a cart with more pies than they could eat in a year, let alone one day, you may be wondering what they’re thinking. Well, stop judging: They might be thinking about the less fortunate. Churches and homeless shelters often host free Thanksgiving meals — with pumpkin pie for dessert.

On the other hand, they might just be a realtor. According to Redditors, pumpkin pie is a popular promotional gift from realtors to potential clients. “My realtor is my Costco pie dealer,” one commenter said. “I haven’t paid for [one] in years.” That tracks — real estate agents from California to Washington…

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