Costco's free samples will be back by June, but they may not be the same after the coronavirus

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• Costco's free food sample stations are set to begin returning in June, according to CFO Richard Galanti.
• In Thursday's earnings call, Galanti spoke to analysts about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the warehouse club's latest quarterly earnings. 
• Galanti said that the chain will be issuing new rules regarding sampling, saying that members will not longer be able to "just pick up an open sample with your fingers."
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The coronavirus pandemic has effectively put a halt to a quintessential Costco experience: snagging free food samples.

But Costco CFO Richard Galanti told analysts on a Thursday earnings call that the chain's food sampling stations will begin returning in some capacity in June. In response to a question from Barclays managing director Karen Short, Galanti said the chain will instate new sanitary rules regarding samples.

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