http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/universal-health-care The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/130/thinking-outside-the-big-box.html <!--paging_filter--><p> <strong>Flat-screen TVs, wedding rings, mini-quiches,</strong> gallon jugs of mayo -- and, of course, free samples. America's fourth-largest retailer, which opened its first warehouse store 25 years ago this fall, is booming. Wall Street grumbles that <span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted green">Costco</span> cares more about its customers and employees than its shareholders; it pays workers an average of $17 an hour and covers 90% of health-insurance costs for both full-timers and part-timers. Yet revenues have grown by 70% in the past five years, and its stock has doubled.<p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/130/thinking-outside-the-big-box.html">read more</a></p> Jim Sinegal corporate responsibility sustainability Costco CEO universal health care Management Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:45:35 -0400 Jeff Chu + Kate Rockwood 1042487 at http://www.fastcompany.com