As of January 30, 2010 BJ's operated 104 gasoline stations at their clubs. As of 2008, there were 154 clubs with optical departments. These services vary from location to location. Many of BJ's clubs offer special services to members, such as car rentals, gas stations, home heating oil, an optical department, propane filling, and vacation packages. BJ's Wholesale Club has a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee on their memberships therefore a membership can be refunded at any time during that membership period without any 90- or 30-day stipulation. To aid in convenience, most BJ's memberships can be renewed at the register during checkout.
However, if non-members keep their receipts and decide to renew their membership or open a new membership, they will be refunded the surcharge and applied towards the membership fee, within seven days. Members with expired memberships (if they choose not to renew), as well as non-members are allowed to shop, but are assessed a 5-20% surcharge (depending on the club and the circumstances) on their total, and are not allowed to pay by check. Business members may apply to purchase BJ's products for resale, and nonprofit organization members may apply for tax-exempt privileges (where applicable). In addition, BJ's also has a special "Rewards" membership that may be purchased for an additional $55, allowing 2% of most of a member's purchases to be "rewarded" and redeemed for use towards future BJ's purchases (with the exception of alcohol, gas, and tobacco). As of January 2, 2018, a standard Inner Circle (individual) membership at BJ's cost $55 per year. BJ's memberships normally last for twelve months from the date of purchase and must be renewed yearly. Memberships at BJ's are required for these benefits and are available to individual consumers and businesses. These include "member pricing", a variety of name-brand products at discount wholesale prices, acceptance of all valid manufacturers ' coupons, and acceptance of many forms of payment ( cash, check, ATM/ debit cards, all major credit cards, and EBT SNAP benefits). Its major competitors are Costco Wholesale and Sam's Club.īJ's offers a variety of special benefits to its members. Clubs are found in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ohio, and Michigan. A second and a third Michigan location have since opened in Taylor and Chesterfield Township, respectively.Īs of summer 2020, BJ's operates 216 BJ's clubs in 17 states and employed approximately 25,000 team members (both full- and part-time). In 2019, BJ's expanded into Michigan, with a new store in Madison Heights. It returned to being a public company in 2018.
In 2011, BJ's was acquired by two private equity firms, Leonard Green & Partners and CVC Capital Partners.
In August 1997, Waban spun off BJ's to become an independent company, BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc., headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, while Waban renamed itself to HomeBase, Inc. In 1989, TJX spun off their warehouse division, consisting of BJ's and now-defunct HomeClub (later known as HomeBase, then House2Home), to form Waban, Inc. When Zayre Corporation sold the Zayre nameplate to rival discount chain Ames in October 1988, TJX Companies was formed. Weich announced her resignation as president in June 1987, and left on August 1. The company's name was derived from the initials of Beverly Jean Weich, the daughter of Mervyn Weich, the president of the new company. The company was started by discount department store chain Zayre in 1984, on the Medford/ Malden border in Massachusetts. Map of BJ's locations as of December 2021.
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