Does Costco Carry Apeel? What Does Their VP Say?

I reached out to the VP at Costco and I here's what he said

I recently saw a post on instagram going around about Costco and the use of Apeel’s coating on produce. So, naturally I started to look into it and reached out to Costco myself… and I got a reply right away! The only thing I’ve found online to be credible that’s not from the mouth of Costco is a blog post which I will link below.

Remember, Apeel Sciences makes a coating that is used on produce both conventional and organic which supposedly gives it a longer shelf-life. But, there are many concerns with this “coating.” For starters, you can’t wash it off and more importantly we have no clue what’s in it as the company isn’t being totally honest about the ingredients.

I’ve put together a list of stores that are NOT selling produce with Apeel as well as a list of stores who ARE using Apeel but one of the stores now in question is Costco…

Costco (for anyone who doesn’t know) is a wholesale store that requires a membership to shop. They have name brand products which are typically sold in larger sizes at lower pricers than what normally found at conventional grocery stores. They even have a great reputation for having many organic options around the store… some even say they sell more organic than Whole Foods… and since Mr. Amazon, Jeff Bezos took over Whole Foods Market, it’s not hard to believe that.

For transparency or for anyone who cares I am a member of Costco and have been since 2006. I have continued to shop there but haven’t purchased any produce (that I can think of) since the Apeel thing came out… except for some organic bananas… BUT