The Amish community is typically made up of larger families with lower incomes, as they make most of their money from farming and building. For many, buying items in bulk at lower prices is the best way to minimize expenses, and that's why they shop at Costco. While there are stores owned and operated by Amish families, they are smaller and have limited inventory, making branch locations sometimes unavoidable.

Costco tries to be mindful of its community, so it accommodates its Amish customers by providing horse buggy parking. The horse buggy parking is set apart from the regular parking spaces and includes covered, barn-like stalls where the horses can wait and be safely tied up. The stalls are also equipped with a shovel and hose, presumably to clean up any manure that is left behind—perhaps the only downside to these premium parking spaces.

While horse-drawn carriage parking is generally accepted, some people have issues with getting horse-drawn carriages into a parking lot. One shopper on Reddit noted that the covered spaces are “closer to the front door than any handicap parking” and seemed to disagree with this change in parking priority. Others seemed more interested in members of the Amish community shopping at Costco in the first place and not being so put off by the horse-drawn carriage parking.