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[–] [email protected] 71 points 11 months ago

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

[–] wreckedcarzz 37 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago

Literally 1984

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Ok, but has it changed since 1986?

:P

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

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

[–] Ghostalmedia 30 points 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ghostalmedia 2 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] HoloPengin 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The sausage is the operator? Not the bun?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago

a man's gotta have a code

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Zanz 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] ajmaxwell 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure RC Cola would love the business

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I'll take the crab juice.

[–] krashmo 13 points 11 months ago

They're both just awful

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wasn't?

Are you saying they raised it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Theres a no before raising...

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's how that parses? God damn.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 1 points 11 months ago

Scrummy turn of phrase, that

[–] Zanz 0 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[–] Mr_Blott -1 points 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months 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 11 months ago

Same as all the rest. Possible even slightly better.

[–] azurekevin 1 points 11 months ago

It's made of meat?

[–] EpicFailGuy 1 points 11 months ago

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

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