From 2015 to 2021, America Ferrera and Ben Feldman played Amy and Jonah in “Superstore,” a workplace comedy about the adventures of working in a St. Louis-based box chain store. The NBC sitcom followed Amy, Jonah and their coworkers at Cloud 9, a fictional big-box store.
Big-box and club stores, like the imaginary Cloud 9, have been popular since the mid-1970s. They differ from traditional department and chain stores due to their large size, buy-in-bulk products and membership requirements. These stores cut costs in certain ways, like having customers choose items directly off of pallets. Costco, Sam’s Club and BJ’s Wholesale Club are three of the biggest club stores in the United States — although Costco and Sam’s Club operate in other countries also.