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COSTCO EYES GROCERY DELIVERY IN CANADA.

519 U.S. warehouses and the service will be rolled out to the remaining locations by the end of 2018.

The move comes after a record year of bricks-andmortar expansion for Costco in Canada, one of its strongest markets, and at a time when Walmart and the country’s large conventional grocers have announced or rolled out online grocery options.

All of them, industry experts say, are eyeing Amazon.com Inc.’s strategic moves with Whole Foods and their implications for traditional grocery retail.

“This shows how Amazon is affecting the entire system, including Costco,” said Sylvain Charlebois, agriculture expert and dean of management at Dalhousie University in Halifax.