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Patrick Noone, the Australasian boss, said no other store had the distinctive red and white signs like those at 2 Gunton Dr, Westgate. The business had ...

None of the 13 Australian stores have pharmacies due to laws across the Tasman, but Noone said many Costcos in other countries had in-store pharmacies. We've also learned how to say some of the words," Noone said. They were just having a lend of us," Noone said. "It's easier here to operate a pharmacy. Costco's last annual report cited net sales for the 52-week fiscal year ending August 2021 totalling US$192 billion, up 18 per cent. It makes sense because it makes us part of the New Zealand retail landscape. Patrick Noone, the Australasian boss, said no other store had the distinctive red and white signs like those at 2 Gunton Dr, Westgate. But Costco management had a joke played on them by locals who claimed the signs here were mixed up and in the wrong section "and the meat department and pharmacy were mixed up. The chain had stores in 828 locations at the end of last year of which 572 are in the US, 105 in Canada, only two in China but 13 in Australia. "We wanted to do this as integrating into the culture of New Zealand. "We aim to be a good corporate citizen," said Noone of the new store which follows examples set by supermarket chains Foodstuffs and Countdown to label areas in both languages. First, its signs are the only ones in a Costco internationally to be in te reo Māori as well as English.