Most are! It’s a weak spot as Costco for sure!
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H and I split the hotdog and he has the drink and I have a cup of water. If we are really hungry, we may each get our own hotdog. Never gave away my cup, but good thought. By far our cheapest meal but one we don’t do often—a few times/year. We eat it there, so no need to wash up any dishes at home.
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We were talking about the $1.50 hotdogs from Costco the other night at our family dinner. I have never had one but son ate them quite often when he was living in San Luis Obispo 14 years ago…at that same price. My 29 year old daughter who loves hotdogs but does not have a Costco membership piped up and said “Yeah…and the pop is only $1.39!”
The look of utter confusion on her face when we told her the buck fifty includes the soda…priceless! 
(It took several of us to convince her we knew what we were talking about)
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Costco will bump up the max 2% executive rebate a member can earn from $1,000 to $1,250. This is the rebate just for Costco purchases. The whatever rebate is earned by using Costco Visa is separate and on top of that.
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I’ve never had the hotdog either.
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Quick math. If I have it right, you now get 2% back on the first $62,500 of spending at Costco and if you have the Costco Visa, you would get 3%. That is a pretty big cap for a household. Must kick in for small businesses.
One breaks even on the $65 bump from regular to executive membership on $3250 of annual purchases. This is $62.50 a week, which would hard not to hit if one purchases groceries there every week. I was curious as to whether purchases of wine and liquor got the rebate. Just looked it up and the answer depends upon the state but in my state the answer is no.
Well, I’m off to Costco to pick up berries, yogurt, fish, milk, other fruit, etc. We buy produce at local farms in the summer.
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Of course that is a lot of spending, but it can be easily reached if one does a home remodel project through a Costco’s contractor program, like we did. Those can be paid for with the Costco Visa and that payment also counts towards “warehouse purchases.” We did an HVAC project and were very pleased with the contractor, paid with our Visa (same as their cash or loan price), and got 3% back this year.
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Omg, I did not know that. Always assumed it counted for everything purchased at Costco. Thanks for that information.
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When we would travel by car to the beach or to visit our son, our stops were scheduled at Costco along the way. Always a gas fill up as it was usually the only gas we used as it is a Top Tier gas, and best price. One trip we stopped at 3 different Costcos; only one included lunch!
The gas at my Costco can be up to $.10 cheaper than the gas at the one by mom’s, which is only 10 miles away. I plan my errands to fill up at Costco and can not remember when I last purchased gas anywhere else; I would assume it was on a trip where Costco was not available.
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I am annoyed at Sam’s Club right now. Starting mid August, the Plus membership has to pay $8 for shipping for orders under $50. While it easy to spend $50, I like it better when any order is free shipping, as it is now. I will still keep it as the nearest Costco is at least 2 hours away.
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It’s probably not as bad as it seems. Most everything, I can either go to the store or get curbside as a Plus member. The only thing I’ve ever had to ship was Grape Nuts, because for some odd reason, they don’t sell it in the store. I can buy that at my grocery store.
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Us too! For all our trips, we try to stop by a Costco for gas and/or groceries. We often stay in a timeshare or Airbnb where ther is a kitchen and will either stop by the closest Costco upon arrival at the airport or if a road trip, the Costco closest to our end location that near the freeway.
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Our a/c recent went out this weekend, so we went shopping and ate lunch at Sam’s Club. Between the two of us, we had a market fresh salad, hotdog/drink and a “fro-yo.” The whole lunch was under $8.
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I was at Costco yesterday and noticed for the first time that the rotisserie chickens were no longer in the plastic containers - now in a cellophane type baggy. Personally I always kind of hated the large plastic containers - took so much room in the refrig and clunky to dispose of…but have to admit the chickens looked smaller in the baggy! (I didn’t buy one so didn’t look too close…)
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It sounds like your Costco was one of the later ones to make the change, or perhaps you didn’t notice. Costco announced the change to bags in March and has been transitioning to bags since then. My Costco location started using bags in April or May.
I much prefer the solid plastic containers to bags. I pour out the liquid before storing in fridge, and this is easier to do with plastic container than with a bag. I also prefer having a clear container with good visibility, when choosing which chicken to buy. The seal is also less consistent and secure. At my Costco, it’s normal for a good portion of bags to be open from the heat escaping. I’ve had bags that leak, as well as bags that tear after being repeatedly opened/closed.
Maybe I’m in the minority opinion, as the plastic containers are clearly becoming an artifact of the past. Like Costco, all of my area supermarkets have also switched from solid containers to bags over the past few years. If you order an 8 piece, my nearest supermarket puts the chicken in brown paper bag, rather than a polypropylene/plastic one, which I find even worse.
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It must be fairly recent locally because I think I’ve bought a chicken in the last month or so - you know, midwest doesn’t get things first! 
The plastic container was just so bulky and big! Taking up prime real estate in my recycle bin!
Costco was testing these new bags out in several stores before the big rollout.
The bags seem to take them longer to load, and the waiting line gets long. They had an organized system for loading them into the bottoms and popping those lids on.
My Costco changed over in March.
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I don’t think I’ve ever had to wait in line for a chicken at Costco!
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