Costco says shopping frequency increased 3.1% worldwide in Q1

Says sees significant opportunities for future warehouse growth, both domestically and across the international markets. Says continues to plan for 30 plus net openings per year in future years. Says traffic or shopping frequency increased 3.1% worldwide, and average transaction or ticket was up 3.2% worldwide, both with and without the impacts of gas price deflation and foreign exchange. Says U.S. food courts set a daily record on Halloween, selling 358,000 whole pizzas. Says Black Friday was a record-breaking day for U.S. e-commerce business. Says U.S, bakeries also set a record in the three days leading up to Thanksgiving, selling 4.5M pies. Says digital site traffic in the quarter was up 24% and app traffic was up 48%. Comments taken from Q1 earnings conference call.