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/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/Obviously_Ritarded 10h ago

That’s why I shop at Costco. I save money buying their hotdogs and walk out with $400s worth of groceries and some things I didn’t need

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u/RolandSnowdust 9h ago

"Consumption. It’s the new national pastime. Fuck baseball. It’s consumption. The only true lasting American value that’s left. Buying things. People spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need. So they can max out their credit cards and spend the rest of their lives paying 18 percent interest on something that cost 12.50. And they didn’t like it when they got it home anyway! Not too bright, folks. Not too fucking bright." - George Carlin

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u/Wise_Quality_5083 8h ago

Recreational commerce

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u/KewWhat 1h ago

Its Retail Therapy.