Costco is selling a 175-piece Le Creuset cookware set that has a hefty price tag | Fox Business

Nov 09, 2024

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An extensive Le Creuset cookware set with a four-figure price tag is up for sale at Costco.

Costco is charging $4,999.99 for the "Le Creuset Marseille 170-piece Ultimate Cookware Set" made by the wildly-popular French cookware brand.

That price gets those who buy the giant Le Creuset set a wide array of kitchenware that is "everything you need to set up your kitchen to be your own professional chef," per the listing for the set.

Costco logo displayed on a laptop screen and a small shopping cart are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 22, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Getty Images)

The 170-piece Le Creuset set "includes Cast Iron, Stoneware, Stainless Steel, Silicon, Wine tools, accessories and much more," according to the retailer.

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Most of the pieces in the set, including the Signature 10.25-inch Round Skillet, 5.25-quart Rectangular Roaster, 5-quart Round Braiser and 7.25-quart Round Oven come in Le Creuset’s "Marseille" blue color. That, according to Le Creuset’s website, is one of the brand’s "most popular" colors.

WAN CHAI, HONG KONG, CHINA - 2018/09/29: Logo of le creuset is pictured at Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Le Creuset is a premium French cookware manufacturer. (Photo by Alvin Chan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (Alvin Chan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images / Getty Images)

The 170-piece set is the most extensive – and expensive – of the cookware sets currently listed on the Costco website. At its current cost, it equates to about $29 for each Le Creuset item in the set.

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It marks the latest large Le Creuset set that Costco has sold. Last fall, it offered a 157-piece set for $4,499.99, FOX Business reported at the time.

Shoppers won’t be able to find the blue 170-piece Le Creuset array at any of the retailer’s 891 warehouses. It is only available online, according to Costco’s listing for the set.

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The retailer applies a 5% non-member surcharge to online Costco purchases made by shoppers that do not have a Costco membership.

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL - MAY 31: A worker pushes carts outside a Costco Wholesale store May 31, 2006 in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Third-quarter earnings reported today were up at Costco, the nation's largest warehouse club operator, although current oil (Tim Boyle/Getty Images / Getty Images)

Costco said in its most-recent annual report its e-commerce operations "give members convenience and a broader selection of goods and services" than the less than 4,000 SKUs it typically offers at its physical locations. For online, it tends to have 9,000-10,000 SKUs.

E-commerce accounted for roughly 7% of Costco’s annual net sales in 2024, it said.

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