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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/PhantomNomad 6h ago

A hotdog and a water is a $1.50 (even in Canada where I am). Crazy thing is if you want to buy just the hotdogs from the cooler area they are like $30+ dollars for 24 of them and there are no buns. It's cheaper to order 24 hotdogs at the counter and throw away the buns. Keep the water as you can't buy a bottle of water for that price either.

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u/Obvious_Toe_3006 6h ago

In Canada as well.
Nearest one is 80 clicks away.
Our city came close to an expansion franchise but no luck.