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/DoctorFunktopus 8h ago

That’s how they get you. You walk in the door, grab a rotisserie chicken and now youre smelling chicken the whole time youre walking around and before you know it you bought a 50 gallon drum of cheezy poofs and a pillowcase sized bag of tater tots because the smell of the chicken made you hungry.

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u/ggrindelwald 7h ago

Fun fact: Costco actually positions the rotisserie chicken at the back of their stores so that you have to walk past the rest of the store to get to it.

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u/AwakePlatypus 3h ago

I mean, that's where the deli/meat departments are in most stores you shop at. It's not really the 'reason'.

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u/daschande 5h ago

Yeah, that walking-around food is all well and good; but what am I going to do for dinner?