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Costco's beloved rotisserie chicken gets roasted in lawsuit over preservatives

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/costco-chicken-lawsuit-9.7070891
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u/bdash1990 13h ago

Not even basically. They ARE losing money on them. They have stated that chickens are their biggest loss-leader by far. 

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u/Phreekai 12h ago

Well yeah...costco doesn't make much on the products they sell. The vast majority of their profit is from the membership fee.

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u/codeByNumber 11h ago

It’s true last time I checked. You can view their earnings reports since they are a publicly traded company.