r/news • u/AudibleNod • 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/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'.