Next time you head to Costco, make sure you have your plastic or digital membership card – and a matching ID. The members-only warehouse retailer is really starting to crack down on non-members.

The warehouse retailer will have “membership scanning devices” at the entrances of its locations starting in the next few months Natalia Senanayake is an Editorial Assistant, Lifestyle at PEOPLE. She ...

Like streaming services, Costco is cracking down on membership sharing. The warehouse club confirmed in January it had begun testing scanning membership cards at the entrances of some locations, ...

Costco now requires members to scan their membership card or QR code to enter its warehouses, in another bid to limit shopping to paying members, but the rollout of scanning devices may take months.

Costco shoppers may encounter membership card scanners at the doors to the warehouse retailer during an upcoming trip. The company says on its customer service website that scanners "will be used at ...

Next time you shop at Costco, don't be surprised if you're asked to scan your membership card rather than showing it to the employee at the entrance. In the "coming months," the warehouse store will ...

When customers walk in to shop at Costco Wholesale, they flash a membership card to an employee who typically gives a smile and a nod before they can glide their XL cart into the big box retailer. But ...

If you've managed to shop at Costco as a nonmember over the years, your luck is running out. The members-only wholesaler will scan customer's membership cards upon entrance. In doing so, people who've ...

We've all been there: You arrive at Costco, prepared to shop, only to realize you forgot your membership card. Assuming you're a member, you can still enter the warehouse and purchase goods. However, ...

The big box retailer issued a statement on its website detailing the new system. When customers walk in to shop at Costco Wholesale, they flash a membership card to an employee who typically gives a ...