I visited Costco in Sydney while vacationing in Australia and was amazed at the fresh meats and the bulk quantities that were massive even by US standards

• Richard Truong is a software engineer in Pennsylvania who has been a Costco member since 2016.
• On a recent trip to Australia, Truong visited a Costco warehouse near Sydney to see the differences.
• He found an impressive meat selection and bulk sizing that was massive "even by US standards."

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Richard Truong. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I work as a software engineer in Pennsylvania right now for a large insurance company, and I've been a member of Costco since 2016. I started taking lots of pictures of the signs and the prices because that's how I would budget my food expenses in college.