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FRONTend
from the publisher’s desk
Ginnie Roeglin
FEBRUARY IS A GOOD time to spruce up your home
before spring arrives. You’ll find lots of helpful tips and
products in the For Your Home special section.
TV celebrity contractor Mike Holmes offers his do’s
and don’ts for successful home renovation projects on page
36. If you are considering a large home-improvement project, be sure to read the tips for finding a good contractor
on page 38. The best first step in sprucing up your home
might just be to de-clutter! On page 43 you’ll find suggestions on how to tackle this challenge.
February is also Healthy Heart Month. The For Your
Health section includes several articles to help you detect and address health concerns
early. Heart disease is the number-one killer of both men and women, but the symptoms
can be very different for each gender. We debunk many myths about heart disease and
include a list of symptoms on page 47.
Our cover story features one of our longtime fish suppliers, Trident Seafoods, which
provides much of the fish sold at Costco. You can read more about the company’s dedica-
tion to quality and sustainability on page 26. Pat Volchok discusses Kirkland Signature™
You might also want to try Bruce Aidells’ savory and satisfying one-pot dishes
(page 56) on cold, blustery days this month. They may even pair nicely with one of the bold
Rhône region wines that Costco wine expert Annette Alvarez-Peters describes on page 59.
This is a good month to cozy up with your valentine and watch a good movie. It is
film award season, and you’ll find a full assortment of past award winners as well as newly
nominated films highlighted in this issue and in the warehouse.
We also have many other gifts for your sweetheart, including diamond and gemstone
necklaces, earrings, watches and rings in our warehouses and on Costco.com. Costco.com
will also deliver a beautiful bouquet of 36 long-stemmed red roses in a vase to your loved
one’s door for just $69.99. Be sure to order online by February 8 so they will arrive on or
before February 14. Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Costco! C
Ginnie Roeglin is Senior Vice
President, E-Commerce and
Publishing, and Publisher of
The Costco Connection.
from the editor’s desk
David W. Fuller
ONE OF THE GREAT rewards of editing a publication
of wide circulation such as The Costco Connection is the
ability to put before readers people I have admired for
years. An equal joy is the opportunity to be introduced
to new people worth admiring.
In the first group is Quincy Jones, the legendary
musician, who I have long believed is a national treasure.
His work has been covered by just about every professional singer in the past 50 years. Some of them pay
homage to him in a new tribute CD, Q: Soul Bossa
Nostra, which he discusses with The Connection on page 63.
In the second group are Chuck Bundrant, the founder and CEO of Trident Seafoods,
and his son, Joe, who grace our cover. As with many admirable people, the real measure
of these men may not be readily apparent in the main article written about them.
To understand Chuck and Joe, read the sidebar on page 29, which explains that their
many innovations in the seafood business are not their only purpose and legacy. They see
what they do as the result of the work their employees have put in over the years, and they
have taken direct action to express their appreciation beyond the employees’ paychecks.
As Joe says, “You can’t expect your people to take care of you if you’re only looking
at the bottom line.”
When it comes to a man like Quincy Jones, an artist’s music certainly is the measure
of his talent. As with business people, however, the admirable artist offers a bit more. Says
Jones: “They say the secret to life is love, laugh, live and give, and that’s what I’ve done.”
There could hardly be two better statements about the two-way streets along which
we all drive. C
David W. Fuller is Assistant
Vice President, Publishing, and
Editor of The Costco Connection.
