Drive Efficiency and Sustainability with custom designed Point of Purchase (POP) Displays and Packaging Solutions.

To maintain your positioning at Costco, your POP and packaging needs to:  

1. Engage shoppers at the moment of purchase 
2. Move efficiently through the supply chain 
3. Support Costco’s sustainability goals

Meet Costco’s evolving POP, packaging and palletization standards. 

When packaging does not align with these requirements, it can cause issues, including: 

💸 Expensive chargebacks: Costco holds brands accountable for packaging that causes operational disruptions. To remain compliant, packaging should limit delays, prevent damage, and reduce extra labour.  

🛒 Lost shelf presence:  At Costco, where products move quickly and in bulk, packaging must be display-ready. Maintaining visibility and access to prime locations depends on packaging that is easy to stock and restock.  

🧃 Inconsistent consumer experience:  Costco shoppers expect consistency, durability, and quality. Packaging should align with brand guidelines while preventing tearing and collapsing to maintain both brand credibility and Costco’s standards.

Durable and well-organized packaging builds shopper trust, enhances brand perception, and supports repeat purchases.  

What Costco Looks for in Your Packaging:   

♻️ Meet Costco’s Packaging and Sustainability Standards    

📦 Ensure Display-Readiness with Minimal Handling   

🧱 Deliver Structural Strength, Durability & Pallet Efficiency   

Hughes Decorr: Your Costco-Approved Packaging Partner  

As packaging standards evolve, Hughes Decorr helps you adapt. 

Costco-Approved Expertise  

With extensive experience navigating Costco’s unique POP and packaging standards, we help brands meet packaging requirements with confidence. As a Costco-Approved partner, our expertise gives your brand a competitive edge in securing and maintaining shelf space at Costco.  

Alignment with Costco’s 6 Rights of Packaging Sustainability  

Our process aligns with Costco’s 6 Rights of Packaging Sustainability, from incorporating recycled content to ensuring maximum recyclability, composability, and clear labelling. This approach ensures our solutions support Costco’s commitment to minimizing environmental impact while upholding quality and performance standards.  

Costco’s 6 Rights of Packaging Sustainability   

In 2023, Costco Canada eliminated over 1 Million kilograms of plastic packaging. Costco’s 6 Rights of Packaging Sustainability establishes how they focus on driving innovation between their purchasing teams and vendor partners in order to provide sustainable packaging without compromising food safety, product quality or sales. 

1. The right reduction 

2. The right amount of post-consumer recycled content (PCR) 

3. The right fiber: tree-free or certified forest content 

4. The right recyclable packaging 

5. The right certified compostable packaging 

6. The right labelling 

Source: https://www.costco.ca/sustainability.html 
 

Innovative, Sustainable Packaging Solutions that Supports Costco’s Goals  

Through our proprietary HD360 process and data-driven Lifecycle Assessments (LCA), we reverse-engineer packaging solutions that reduce excess packaging and corrugate waste, while meeting Costco’s operational and retail standards. We maintain Forest Stewardship Council certification and recognize the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. A standout example of our commitment to sustainability is our patented, award-winning EcoPackLock™, a multi-pack solution made from recycled corrugated material. This innovative system eliminates plastic handles, reduces waste and delivers durability, functionality and retail readiness required by Costco. 

Packaging Engineered for Durability and Supply Chain Success  

Our packaging solutions are built for strength, pallet efficiency, and minimal handling across the supply chain. We evaluate our pallet designs for structural durability using various tests, including Shock, Compression, Vibration, Incline Impact and Rotational Edge Drop. Recognizing that Costco holds brands accountable for maintaining packaging integrity, our team designs with that responsibility in mind.

We are well-versed in Costco’s handling equipment, pallet layout guidelines, load configuration, extended storage expectations and performance requirements. To maximize efficiency, we optimize product-to pallet ratios and cube utilization, reducing transportation costs and making in-store stocking easier. Our designs ensure products perform consistently throughout transportation, storage, display and use, meeting Costco’s expectations every step of the way.   

Ready to Succeed at Costco?  

Hughes Decorr, a part of Planet Group of Companies, is your expert partner for POP displays and complete packaging solutions—from structural and graphic design to manufacturing, co-packing, and warehousing. With deep knowledge of Costco’s retail-ready packaging requirements, our integrated, full-service approach ensures a seamless process from concept to shelf, helping brands stay compliant, boost efficiency, and thrive in one of the world’s leading retail environments.