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[–] [email protected] 71 points 1 year ago

"Fucking" instead of "effing" in the real quote

[–] wreckedcarzz 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Literally 1984

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well technically, if it hasn't changed since 1984 it has also not changed since 1985

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ok, but has it changed since 1986?

:P

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Costco loses a good amount of money on the food. The CEO has principles.

[–] Ghostalmedia 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The food court and samples is a loss leader, also it anchors people to the perception that Costco is cheap.

They loose money on the hotdog, but gain money on the foot traffic. It’s good for business at the end of the day.

[–] HoloPengin 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Another is the rotisserie chicken which they put in the back of the store.

[–] Ghostalmedia 2 points 1 year ago

True dat. I always wondered why they don’t put the hotdogs in the back to lure people in - like IKEA.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It will be a sad day when they pass. The next in line almost never carries the same principles, they need to "prove themselves" and ruin so much for the customer in the name of profit :(

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They did get rid of the Polish option, which is too bad cause that was delicious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] HoloPengin 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The sausage is the operator? Not the bun?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

a man's gotta have a code

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I feel like the quality will suffer if the price stays the same forever. Maybe not yet, but some day.

[–] Zanz 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Changing to Pepsi wasn't worth no raising the price. Make it $2 with a coke.

[–] ajmaxwell 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure RC Cola would love the business

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'll take the crab juice.

[–] krashmo 13 points 1 year ago

They're both just awful

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wasn't?

Are you saying they raised it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Theres a no before raising...

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's how that parses? God damn.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It makes more sense if you change the 'no' to a 'not', at least for me.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It sounds better if I read it in a heavy bayou accent

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

personally i prefer a scottish accent so thick you can headbutt it

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 1 points 1 year ago

Scrummy turn of phrase, that

[–] Zanz 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They changed from Coke to Pepsi outside of Atlanta and did not raise the price. I'm saying it wasn't worth the change from Coke to Pepsi and would rather have a $2 hot dog and soda then a dollar fifty hot dog and toxic waste.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 1 points 1 year ago

I did not know that. Haven't been to a Costco in a few years.

[–] Mr_Blott -1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I shudder to think what that hot dog is made of, or the conditions in the factory where it's produced

[–] Seabazz 8 points 1 year ago

It's decent quality for a hot dog. It's the same for their rotisserie chicken. It's a loss leader

[–] NecessaryWeevil 4 points 1 year ago

It turns out that Costco hotdogs are some of the most highly rated in the industry. You can also buy bags of them in the frozen section.

[–] SpaceNoodle 2 points 1 year ago

Same as all the rest. Possible even slightly better.

[–] azurekevin 1 points 1 year ago

It's made of meat?

[–] EpicFailGuy 1 points 1 year ago

You should definitively try my special $10,000 hotdog,

According to your logic it's the best in the world.