Susan & David Schwartz, The Joy of Costco

From the venue:

The 33rd Edition of the Book Festival of the MJCCA Presents 
Susan & David Schwartz,
The Joy of Costco: A Treasure Hunt from A to Z

In Conversation with Rabbi Brian Glusman, Outreach Director and Rabbi, MJCCA
Author Talk, Q & A & Book Signing
Join David and Susan Schwartz on a whirlwind tour of Costco warehouses around the globe. They are two of Costco’s biggest fans yet live in one of NYC’s smallest apartments. Since 2016, they have been to more than 250 of Costco’s 850+ warehouses, plus gotten behind-the-scenes looks at depots, packaging facilities, vendors, meatpacking plants, and even a pre-opening party.

Travelling over 240,000 miles, they have visited at least one warehouse in 47 US states and 13 other countries, including Australia, Canada, China, France, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, and the UK.

Fun facts:

Costco sells more than half of the world’s cashews and seven times more hotdogs than all MLB stadiums combined. When Costco changed its source of salmon from Chile to Norway it impacted the economies of both countries. Costco sells six million pumpkin pies each year, but only between September and December.

PRO TIP: There might be samples!
“For all of us that know the Costco experience is like no other, the Schwartzes have delivered a gift book like no other.”
--James Patterson, best-selling author

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

David Schwartz is the author of several books, most recently, The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi, Father of the Nuclear Age. David spent much of his youth in San Francisco, where his parents were early members of Price Club, Costco’s predecessor. Susan Schwartz worked in marketing at Nabisco and General Foods in the 1980s. She grew up in Philadelphia where she delighted in shopping at Costco with her parents.

Books will be available for purchase on the day of the event from our partner bookseller, A Cappella Books!