Don't worry — it's not the hot dog combo.
as of this week, Costco’s chicken bake and 20-ounce soda have received puffed-up price tags. The wholesaler’s chicken bake previously retailed for $2.99. Now the pastry dish, which is stuffed with chicken and cheese, is being sold for $3.99. The price of Costco’s 20-ounce soda has bubbled to a 10-cent increase that has nudged the drink to $0.69.
Subscribers of the membership-only big-box retail stores were quick to express their lack of enthusiasm for the changes on social media. “The chicken bake at Costco was just raised from $2.99 to $3.99. This inflation bulls—t has reached insane levels,”“Apparently @Costco thinks raising the price of the Chicken Bake from $2.99 to $3.99 is a good way to keep my business,”As of this story's publication, Costco had not yet responded to TODAY's request for comment on the changes.The increase comes as grocery store prices across the country have shot up in leaps and bounds while.
Fortunately for Costco devotees, one food court staple price is likely here to stay: the hotdog combo. Since its introduction in the mid-1980s, Costco’s hot dog-soda deal has stuck to its $1.50 through thick and thin.when it was suggested that wholesalers’ cheap and beloved hot dogs get a price makeover.
While speaking to The Seattle Times for a 2009 interview, when asked what it would mean if the price of the ho dog combo ever went up, Sinegal reportedly responded, “That I’m dead ... We’re known for that hot dog. That’s something you don’t mess with.”
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