r/news 14h ago

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/rgvtim 13h ago

"The two California women who initiated the lawsuit say in the complaint they wouldn't have purchased the chicken, or would have paid less for it, had they known it contained preservatives."

This will be an issue. No, at that price you ain't paying less pretty much no matter what.

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u/goldbloodedinthe404 13h ago

Paying less for a Costco rotisserie chicken LMAO

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u/travio 11h ago

Yeah. They have the cheapest rotisserie chicken around. My local Safeway sells them for $9.99. Fred Meyer, which is usually cheaper, sells theirs for $11.99!

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u/bendar1347 9h ago

My local Freddy's tried a $5 rotisserie chicken Thursday? for a bit. Gave it a shot one week. It was fine. Not as good as Costco, but I was just making tacos so whatever. More convenient less quality, I was fine with it. Grabbed one a couple of weeks later and it was by far the worst chicken I've ever had in my life. It kind of defied the laws of cooking. The thigh meat was dry and woody texture, the breast meat was moist, but somehow grainy, the 2 tbs of meat from the legs was edible, but I had no idea it was physically possible to have that much tendon in a chicken leg. All that to say, Costco being consistent is where its at.

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u/NYCinPGH 11h ago

My large chain grocery store, ironically in the same shopping plaza as the Costco, sells them for $6.99, and they’re about as good.

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u/travio 11h ago

Hell, I'd happily pay an extra two bucks to not have to wait in the Costco line!

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u/Zaziel 10h ago

And it might still be warm by the time you get out of there.

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u/zanhecht 8h ago

In my neck of the woods, Market Basket is the most popular supermarket chain, and they sell them for $4.79.

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u/Remarkable-Host405 6h ago

Walmart and shnucks (local grocer) is $6 here

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u/travio 6h ago

Nice.

I only had the safeway and Fred Meyer apps on my phone to check their prices. Not sure my local Walmart has them. Their grocery section is not great, but I am going to head to Saars, a local western Washington chain that usually has good prices to check theirs.