Costco Wholesale Corporation is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States. As of July 2011 it was the sixth largest retailer in the United States, and the seventh largest retailer in the world. As of October 2007, Costco is the largest retailer of wine in the world.
Rides, parades, celebrities, music and more, the festival opens with the cutting of the world’s largest strawberry shortcake served free to over 2,000 people! Mission The Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association is a non-profit organization which has raised more than $5 million for local charities since its inception in 1958.