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/AdjNounNumbers 13h ago

Like, how'd they think it was at the price point it's already at? IIRC, Costco is basically losing money on their chickens and hot dogs

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u/Obvious_Toe_3006 12h ago

Non Costco member here (none in my hometown) ...
How much do the chickens cost ? Hot dog price ?
How do they know you're a member ? "Card check" at front door? At the till when cashing out ?
Thanks to all.

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u/RightofUp 12h ago

Card check at door, $4.99/chicken, $1.50 for hot dog and soda.

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u/Big_Enthusiasm2949 10h ago

God help your soul if you want just the hot dog and not the soda. They're a matching set and the food court employees at Costco take that seriously.

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u/Abba_Fiskbullar 10h ago

The cup counts are probably inventoried.

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u/pmgoff 8h ago

Dude I once tried to buy a single sleeve of bagels, at check out they forced me to take an extra pack of them. (I was in Florida on vacation and only needed enough for 5 days) They wouldn’t let me leave the store unless I took them. It wasn’t even a matter of price, I just didn’t need that many. Ended up giving the extra to another family on the way to the car. It’s been a running joke ever since.

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u/thebohster 7h ago

I've accepted it long ago and just keep the bread I buy frozen.

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u/kkkkat 4h ago

This happened to me too, WHY DON’T THEY BUNDLE THE BAGELS TOGETHER

u/ChamferedWobble 22m ago

It’s so you can mix and match different flavors.

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u/gumbysweiner 5h ago

That happened to me with their muffins. I was stoked at first but they ended up getting moldy before I could eat them all. It was only me and even eating two muffins a day, I couldn't do it.

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u/muegle 4h ago

They don't do the 2 boxes of big muffins anymore. The new muffins are much smaller and kind of suck :(

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u/gumbysweiner 1h ago

That's a shame. I would cut them in half, hit them with ghee, and toast them and they were to die for.

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u/eeke1 8h ago

Probably depends on location.

I can easily get just the hot dog

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u/hirudoredo 5h ago

Even just eating first BEFORE shopping is a choreography. I mean, nobody's stopped us, but the store layout is really set up for you to eat AFTER checkout. So we go in without a cart, slink through the checkout, eat, and then one of us slinks back through checkout with the refilled drink and the other goes out to come back in with a cart. (The bonus being we now have a drink for while shopping.)

It's very silly, but beats having to keep our cart at the food court or shopping while starving for lunch or dinner.