They haven't changed the price on the hot dog. A $1.50 today is worth a lot less than a $1.50 from years ago
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Eating at the Costco Food Court Will Now Require A Membership
- Thread starter Walter White Walker
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They've slowly been moving them inside in SoCal.
I first saw it at the one in the next town over.
Then it happened at my local Costco.
Well, the only reason I go to Costco is for the hot dogs.
Or rather, they think that enough is never enough and want to constantly grow indefinitely in a word that only has a finite amount of resources.
I simply used a free trial as an example to help you rationalize losing this benefit if by Mid March you don't decide to become a member. If you want to argue semantics you'll have to do it outside Costco.
Costco is a company that pays it workers extremely well, gives them benefits and treats them well. This is one of the reasons I love going there because I know it's providing a livable wage for workers. It make no logical sense for any business to have customers that are costing them money, that's not how capitalism works.
I always thought you needed a membership to access the food court. I always had to show mine before entering the store. This is a lame change though.
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You can't get the gas without a membership as you have to swipe your card.
You can use their pharmacy and get booze without a membership. I'm not sure if that's at the state level or across the U.S.
Nah, I'll just starve myself and not eat instead. I guess I can't eat cheap there before work so I'll just have to not eat at all.
I don't know who would get a membership just for the food court, but if they did, Costco would be losing less money since that person paid for the membership. In reality though, if you have a membership, you're probably buying other things there.
if you buy hotdogs and buns you can make hotdogs and eat them before work
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The asian grandmas that scooped the entire trays of onions/peppers/sauerkraut into their tupperware will cry salty tears of rage that they can't get $1.5 hawt doggies without membership anymore.
Let's pour one out for them.
Let's pour one out for them.
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$60 for a regular membership, $120 for executive membership. With the executive membership, you get 2% rewards on what you buy plus other benefits.
$60 / year.
If you live in a place where gas is expensive, it's literally worth it just for the discounted gas.
Especially since the $1.50 hot dogs they sell are literally just the hot dogs from the cooler section that they drop in a steamer. You can buy a giant pack of them for $10 and make them at home for far less than the $1.50 price per dog, and not have to deal with the insane traffic around a costco!
Hey keep cooking at home a secret!
I can tell you're trolling at this point.
This is a store level decision, not a nationwide policy change. One store put up a sign and multiple sites jumped on it. Just check with your store.
And anyone suggesting to buy a gift card instead of a mbership, just buy the damn membership. You are literally fucking over the hourly employees by doing that.
And anyone suggesting to buy a gift card instead of a mbership, just buy the damn membership. You are literally fucking over the hourly employees by doing that.
That sucks. I always stop by the local Costco when I have to visit a certain satellite office. They still have the best togo hotdogs around here.
Maybe I'll finally get a membership.
Maybe I'll finally get a membership.
Costco has a monopoly on hotdogs now???
The capitalists have gone too far!
You mean a business wants to grow? Totally unacceptable! They should hemorrhage unnecessary money for as long as I say so!
go to walmart or the dollar store
look at this shit i just seen
this terrifies me deeply, but for 63 cents id try it
Buy a little Caesars pizza and divvy it over 3 meals. Or....pack a lunch? There are lots of options and ways for you still eat for the same price.
You are a CEO's dream come true. A likely middle class person waving the Costco banner and making the battle out to be workers benefits vs poor people trying to score cheap food.
Some have said this will be in Canada as well, but I don't think the downtown Vancouver store will be affected. That one is probably one of the busiest costco food courts in the world given that you don't have to enter the store to use and it services all the people attending downtown events like hockey games and concerts.
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I have a black executive membership card. When I walk in and flash that baby all the women around me swoon.
I don't know anywhere that you can get them for less than $1.50, that's for sure.
Yes, it is unacceptable, unless you're fine with ecological disaster and the extinction of our species because overexposure of resources for constant growth of businesses
None with $1.50 hot dogs.
Someone literally posted above some hot dogs. 8 pack for 63 cents
We've gone from $1.50 Hot Dogs to the extinction of humanity real fast.
Buy cheap hot dog buns and hot dog sausages. Make them at home. Boom, < $1.50 hot dog.
How does this fuck over the employees? Arguably the greater sales volume they achieve by serving to non-members results in more labor hours, ultimately benefiting employees.
I found this, and I'm not paying $95 for hot dogs:go to walmart or the dollar store
look at this shit i just seen
this terrifies me deeply, but for 63 cents id try it
Every single grocery store I've ever been in has sold MULTIPLE different brands of hot dogs for far less than $1.50. Come Summertime you can probably get hot dogs for under $0.25.
You just have to buy 8 hot dogs/buns at a time and microwave them at home.
Seems bad for poor working families trying to feed a lot of people for cheap.
Kinda shitty people are cheering this lmao.
Kinda shitty people are cheering this lmao.
Are you talking about the US or Canada? I don't live in the US.
Make hot dogs at home. It isn't rocket science and way less than $1.50 per hot dog. What's wrong with people in this thread?