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	<title>Addicted To Costco!</title>
	
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	<description>Just a few of the reasons why I love Costco</description>
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		<title>No Coke, Pepsi!</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/11/08/no-coke-pepsi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently tipped off that Costco&#8217;s relationship with Coke is stormy, to say the least.  How bad is it?  So bad that Costco has decided that they&#8217;d rather not continue selling Coca-Cola products (soda, water, juice, anything) unless they can get better pricing for their customers.  That means you and me.
That&#8217;s right, Costco could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week at Costco – November 1, 2009</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/11/07/this-week-at-costco-november-1-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://addictedtocostco.com/?p=1671</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this is my 280th post and marks the two year anniversary of my blog!  And it still amazes me that I can keep finding so many great things to write about at Costco, and rarely do I repeat myself.  How much does Costco rock?  This week I found a few items to try that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Second Anniversary, AddictedToCostco!</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/11/07/happy-second-anniversary-addictedtocostco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Costco in Blogs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://addictedtocostco.com/?p=1673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today officially marks the second anniversary for my AddictedToCostco.com blog!
In that two years I have published 280 posts.  I honestly didn&#8217;t know I had that much to say about Costco or anything else. That&#8217;s an average of 2.7 posts per week.  My first few months of blogging were a little sparse, until I got the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maker of the Chi Straightening Iron Suing Costco</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/11/03/maker-of-the-chi-straightening-iron-suing-costco/</link>
		<comments>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/11/03/maker-of-the-chi-straightening-iron-suing-costco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Beauty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costco.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hair]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://addictedtocostco.com/?p=1664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Farouk Systems, the maker of the Chi filed a lawsuit this week against Costco alleging that it improperly sells the hairstyling tools, including counterfeit ones.  Farouk claims that they only sell to authorized distributors, which in turn sell the tools and Farouk&#8217;s BioSilk-brand hair-care products to salons. It prohibits its distributors from selling to large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week at Costco – October 25, 2009</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/31/this-week-at-costco-october-25-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/31/this-week-at-costco-october-25-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://addictedtocostco.com/?p=1649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget that this is the last weekend that you can make use of the current Costco Coupon Book since it expires November 1!  I still haven&#8217;t totally made up my mind about the FoodSaver but I guess I&#8217;ll have to do that or miss out on the savings; thanks to everyone that posted your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Product Recall: Honeywell Programmable Thermostat</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/30/product-recall-honeywell-programmable-thermostat/</link>
		<comments>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/30/product-recall-honeywell-programmable-thermostat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[product recalls]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Honeywell]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://addictedtocostco.com/?p=1645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just recently, I wrote about purchasing a Honeywell Programmable Thermostat at Costco.  Unfortunately, it is now being recalled by Honeywell. Luckily for us, it doesn&#8217;t have a real safety issue associated with it, the problem lies with the software for scheduling.  Instead of it being truly 7-day programmable which means that you can have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costco to Accept Food Stamps Nationally</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/29/costco-to-accept-foodstamps-nationally/</link>
		<comments>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/29/costco-to-accept-foodstamps-nationally/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://addictedtocostco.com/?p=1641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may remember a while back when I posted about Costco doing a test run of accepting food stamps in their Queens and Brooklyn locations.  Well, that went well enough for them to decide to roll it out nationally.
Originally, before testing the market, Costco had thought that there would not be a great deal of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More News About Costco in Australia</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/27/more-news-about-costco-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/27/more-news-about-costco-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://addictedtocostco.com/?p=1638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I found an article giving just a little more insight into the Costco operations in Australia.  This article covers the financial situation a bit and discusses how Costco has added another $25 million to the Australian operations, on top of $83 million provided in 2008.
According to Patrick Noone, the local managing director for the Melbourne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week at Costco – October 18, 2009</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/24/this-week-at-costco-october-18-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/24/this-week-at-costco-october-18-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://addictedtocostco.com/?p=1622</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We ended up using about five of the coupons this week on our Costco trip, which is great because it saved us $21.00 on things we would have bought anyway.  There were two that were really timely: the one for candy bars and the one for umbrellas.  I like it when Costco has a coupon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the News: Costco’s Got a Great Focus on Employees</title>
		<link>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/22/in-the-news-costcos-got-a-great-focus-on-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://addictedtocostco.com/2009/10/22/in-the-news-costcos-got-a-great-focus-on-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Sinegal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://addictedtocostco.com/?p=1617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I ran across this article from US News and World Reports about Jim Sinegal and how his treatment of employees is what has lead Costco to be such a retail star.  There have been lots of articles written about what a great CEO Jim Sinegal is for various reasons that usually have to do with [...]]]></description>
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