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The Costco Connection is published by Costco Wholesale. All editorial material, including editorial comments, opinion and statements of fact appearing in this publication, represents the views of the respective authors and does not necessarily carry the endorsement of Costco Wholesale or its officers. Information in the Costco Connection is gathered from sources considered to be reliable, but the accuracy of all information cannot be guaranteed. The publication of any advertisements is not to be construed as an endorsement of the product or service offered unless it is specifically stated in the ad that there is such approval or endorsement. Products advertised may not be available at all locations at the time of publication.

Publishing offices are located at 999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, WA 98027.

PUBLISHER Sandy Torrey storrey@costco.com

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

Tim Talevich 425-313-6759 ttalevich@costco.com

EDITOR, U.S.

T. Foster Jones 425-313-6748 tod.jones@costco.com

EDITOR, CANADA

Stephanie E. Ponder 425-427-7134 sponder@costco.com

EDITOR, UK

Will Fifield 425-313-6988 wfifield@costco.com

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Ron Damiani, Canada ron.damiani@costco.com

Sue Knowles, UK sknowles@costco.co.uk

Heather Seoyoung Lee, Korea hsylee@costcokr.com

Yuko Nakagawa, Japan connection@costco.co.jp

Abelardo Navarrete, Mexico anavarrete@costco.com.mx

Nora Wang, Taiwan norawang@costco.com.tw

REPORTERS

Steve Fisher steve.fisher@costco.com

Christina Guerrero cguerrero2@costco.com

Hana Medina hanamedina@costco.com

COPY EDITOR Miriam Bulmer

CONTRIBUTORS

Linda R. Bernstein, Lisa Fields, R.A. Freedman, Peter Greenberg, Amanda Horowitz, Chris Kronner, Aisha Langford, Heather Larson, Amanda McCracken, Sapta Punjabi-Gupta, Marc Saltzman, Rich Sloan, Rachel Stafler, Andrea Tomkins

ART DIRECTOR Doris Winters dwinters@costco.com

ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR

Lory Williams lwilliams@costco.com

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

Ken Broman, Bill Carlson, Steven Lait, Chris Rusnak, David Schneider, Brenda Shecter

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Pam Sather psather@costco.com

ASSIS TANT PRODUCTION MANAGER

Antolin Matsuda amatsuda@costco.com

COLOR SPECIALIST

MaryAnne Robbers mrobbers@costco.com

ADVERTISING MANAGER

Jane Klein Shucklin jshucklin@costco.com

ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER

Kathi Tipper-Holgersen 425-313-6581 ktipper@costco.com

ADVERTISING COORDINATORS

Nikki Chellew 425-427-3534 nchellew@costco.com

Nico Cordero 425-313-2558 nmcordero@costco.com

Kirsten Neubrech 425-313-2549 kneubrech@costco.com

ADVERTISING COPYWRITER Bill Urlevich

ADVERTISING GRAPHIC DESIGNER Susan Detlor

NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE

Frank Colonno 201-962-2759 fcmediapartners@optonline.net

BUSINESS MANAGER Jane Johnson

CIRCULATION MANAGER

Rossie Cruz rcruz@costco.com

PUBLISHING DIGITAL ANALYST

Dorothy Strakele connection@costco.com

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P. O. Box 34088, Seattle, WA 98124-1088

999 Lake Drive, Issaquah, Washington 98027

Fax: 425-313-6718;Email: connection@costco.com

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SUBSCRIPTION CHANGE? See page 11 for details.

Our new look

o, what do you think? I’m referring to the fresh new look we’re unveiling with this month’s issue of the Costco Connection.

Change is always risky, but we’re excited to take the leap because our goal for this major make-over is to serve you, our readers, in the best way that we can.

The new design is meant to make our pages easier to read (white space!), provide more precious space for major stories and improve the overall navigation for smoother page-turning. Our biggest desire is to publish an attractive, user-friendly magazine that helps you get the most out of your Costco membership through stories and ads about our products, services and much more.

The Connection started in ;;;; as a tabloid-style newspaper; we still have a few yellowed copies of those first issues in our archives. In ;;;;, the

Connection’s format was changed to a traditional glossy magazine style. Over the years, the number of pages per issue and the circulation have grown, and our design team has occasionally repainted the rooms. But we’ve never before undertaken such a knock-down-some-walls remodel.

In this issue, we’re kicking off summer with lots of recipes using Costco products, beginning with burger ideas that will appeal to any imaginable taste preference. Our special section focuses on health tips you can use in the summer and beyond. And Buying Smart offers ideas on how Costco can save you money on one of life’s biggest events: a wedding.

You’ll also see some new features in our new

Connection, such as “This Month” on page ;; and a new member poll on page ;;. Please let us know what you think. Email us at connection@costco.com.

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A special thanks

Kudos to the entire

Connection sta; for their hard work on this redesign, and to our consultants from Redbird (redbird group.com) for their vision and guidance on getting us to step outside our comfort zone.