[Rainger99]

Costco’s new CFO makes announcement about $1.50 hot dog combo

I went to the new Home Depot yesterday. The hot dog was $4.00 and the combo was $6.00.

[Shipping up to Boston]

Has the rumor that every bite takes two weeks off of your life expectancy....been debunked!

[Stu from NYC]

Nobody ever said they were good for you. A loss leader to get you into the building

[Two Bills]

Does US Costco eating area serve a Chicken Bake, same as UK Costco?

[Ecuadog]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Does US Costco eating area serve a Chicken Bake, same as UK Costco?

According to this article, yes.

Country Living article... click here.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by Ecuadog

According to this article, yes.

Country Living article... click here.

Thanks.
I loved those things.
Live too far away to indulge these days.

[Sabella]

Some people need to get a life

[Normal]

Vive la Costco!

[MikeN]

The Costco hotdog tastes like a tube of smoked grease. Yuck

[Marmaduke]

Originally Posted by Sabella

Some people need to get a life

Hot Dogs and Coke are as American ...
As the girl next door.
Relish it♡

[Barryb46]

Originally Posted by miken

the costco hotdog tastes like a tube of smoked grease. Yuck

have you ever eaten a tube of smoke grease?

[Shipping up to Boston]

Originally Posted by Marmaduke

Hot Dogs and Coke are as American ...
As the girl next door.
Relish it♡

If she lives next door here....you may need a Jack and Coke!

[ThirdOfFive]

Costco doesn't enjoy the success that it does because of poor marketing strategy. That dog combo (also the pizza and those sandwiches dripping grease) may be unhealthy but they're huge, tasty, ridiculously cheap, and very convenient. Same goes for those roast chickens--maybe not as unhealthy as the items at the chow line windows but twice as big as the ones Sam's sells and for less than $5 we can get two meals out of one of the things. Obviously they can't be making money on the stuff but it IS a good way to attract and keep customers.

A related question...can anyone explain the rationale behind offering for example a $100 gift card for $75? I don't know if Costco does that here but up in Minnesota it was a Christmas season thing, mainly cards for restaurants. I don't know if they do that here or not. What would prevent a customer from buying up maybe ten of those things for his favorite restaurants and then enjoying 25% off all his meals at those restaurants for as long as the cards last? A hot dog or a chicken is one thing. $750 spent for $1,000 worth of meals is something else entirely.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Costco doesn't enjoy the success that it does because of poor marketing strategy. That dog combo (also the pizza and those sandwiches dripping grease) may be unhealthy but they're huge, tasty, ridiculously cheap, and very convenient. Same goes for those roast chickens--maybe not as unhealthy as the items at the chow line windows but twice as big as the ones Sam's sells and for less than $5 we can get two meals out of one of the things. Obviously they can't be making money on the stuff but it IS a good way to attract and keep customers.

A related question...can anyone explain the rationale behind offering for example a $100 gift card for $75? I don't know if Costco does that here but up in Minnesota it was a Christmas season thing, mainly cards for restaurants. I don't know if they do that here or not. What would prevent a customer from buying up maybe ten of those things for his favorite restaurants and then enjoying 25% off all his meals at those restaurants for as long as the cards last? A hot dog or a chicken is one thing. $750 spent for $1,000 worth of meals is something else entirely.

Doubtful the chickens are twice as big as Sam's sells... unless they are actually small turkeys. We get at least two meals out of a Sam's rotisserie chicken too.

Does Costco sell packages of hot dogs? I thought it would be interesting to see how much their $1.50 hot dog would cost if I cooked it at home. I tried searching the costco.com website but could not find either hot dogs or buns.

At Sam's, purchasing a package of 1/4lb hot dogs and buns would work out to a cost of $1.30 per hot dog. Sam's and Costco both are losing money when they sell that for only $1.50. But, it gets you in the door and once you are there you'll find something else to buy too.

[Salty Dog]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

A loss leader to get you into the building

I don't think I've ever gone to Costco for a cheap hot dog and then decided why not shop while I was there...