• @Godric
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    412 months ago

    In 2009, the Seattle Times asked Costco co-founder (and then-CEO) Jim Sinegal, “If [the price of the hot dog] ever goes up, what will it mean?” Sinegal replied, “That I’m dead.”

    Craig Jelinek, Sinegal’s successor as CEO, revealed in 2018 that he approached Sinegal about raising the price of the hot dog combo, saying, “Jim, we can’t sell this hot dog for a buck fifty. We are losing our rear ends.” According to Jelinek, Sinegal replied, “If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out.”

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      22 months ago

      Coincidentally, that’s around the time when they stopped offering onions.

  • @CptEnder
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    Yo Costco hot dog is great. It isn’t perfect but it serves its $1.50 purpose. The utility hot dog.

    • dantheclammanOPM
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      262 months ago

      The value improves the taste

      • @CptEnder
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        22 months ago

        This is unironically the best description

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      12 months ago

      It was a lot better when they had onions. But in the constant tightening of corporate belts in pursuit of that perpetual growth, we lost those too.

      • dantheclammanOPM
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        52 months ago

        You can request them and they give you a cup!

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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          32 months ago

          Oh yeah? Well that’s news to me! Perhaps I’ll start ordering the hotdog combo again!

  • @Gradually_Adjusting
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    142 months ago

    Nobody likes it, they like feeling thrifty after buying a bootload of pickles or whatever the fuck

    • dantheclammanOPM
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      182 months ago

      I like it, but I have low standards

      • @Bonesince1997
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        102 months ago

        It’s filling and doesn’t taste like crap. Add ketchup, mustard, relish and if they have them onions (at the counter) to taste. It gets the job done.

      • sunzu2
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        62 months ago

        I mean as far as hotdog gamr this thing holds its crowd to fastfood variety 4x price

    • @theedqueen
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      42 months ago

      Wtf? I love Costco hot dogs.

  • @Hobbes_Dent
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    142 months ago

    I love me some hot dogs.

    I do not like Costco hot dogs. There. I said it.

    • Mayor Poopington
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      142 months ago

      They aren’t nearly as good as when it was Hebrew National. Still worth $1.50

      • TunaCowboy
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        152 months ago

        You get a hot dog and a drink at $1.50.

  • @Tryasimightalright
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    142 months ago

    Was near a Costco today and decided to grab a hot dog for lunch. Turns out, you now need a membership to buy from the food court.

    Sigh, the decline of civilization continues

  • @pikmeir
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    122 months ago

    I used to like their Polish dogs but they got rid of them to cut costs. I didn’t renew my membership after that.

  • @glimse
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    52 months ago

    I never get the hotdog. It’s all about the chicken bake.

    • @jumjummy
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      42 months ago

      I recall seeing chicken bakes for sale inside Costco (not the food counter) and realizing that they were not the same thing.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 months ago

      I used to eat them all the time at home when they had the frozen ones at my store. Then they stopped carrying them.

  • HubertManne
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    02 months ago

    Don’t understand the thing with the food court. The five buck chickens are huge but I have tried and not been impressed by the food court fair including the hot dogs. I get that they are cheap but the whole chickens are cheap and yummy.

    • dantheclammanOPM
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      12 months ago

      Taste is subjective! It’s ok not to like it, but for many it is a beloved and iconic place to eat. The rotisseries are another costco classic for sure.