Costco’s rotisserie chicken is the same as their “If you raise the price of the fucking hot dog, I…

depsidase: > my quick uneducated guess would be that the hot food has to be sold fast or it will be chucked in the dumpster while the cold food doesn’t have to be sold quite as fast but also takes a lot of energy to keep cold so it doesn’t spoil and end up in the dumpster. but i could be wrong. Costco’s rotisserie chicken is the same as their “If you raise the price of the fucking hot dog, I will kill you.” 1.50 hot dogs - they’re loss leaders, being there to get you buying them in the hope that meanwhile you’ll also buy some other overpriced shit there. (and yeah I’m sure they’ll actually cook the chickens that are at or near their expiration date anyway)