It's only $4.99. But Costco's rotisserie chicken comes at a huge price

CNN ^ | Oct 112019 | Nathaniel Meyersohn

[entropy12]

Yes, the $1.50 hot dog is always good!

[TontoKowalski]

I love that hot dog deal. I get it every time. I think it's the onions I grind on top. I want one of those onion grinders for home.

As for the chicken, we get one every time we're there. Day 1: Wife eats the legs and I get a generous breast serving. Day 2: Wife picks the bones clean and makes chicken taco. Day 3: Wife throws the bones in a pot and makes vegetable soup.

That's a lot of mileage out of a $5 ready-to-eat chicken.

[sheana]

I don’t like Costco. Father in law paid for our membership for many years until I told him....stop! I don’t use it. I have always gone to Smart & Final though. And then they built a brand new one about a mile away from me. Then they added online shopping through Instacart. Kind of sealed the deal for me. lol

[hal ogen]

Buying your gas at Costco more than saves the annual fee.

[Justa]

“I have traveled on 4 continents, and food is cheaper here in good ole USA than all civilized countries I have visited. And so long as Obesity is a huge problem, I have to laugh at “high food prices” here.”

Yeah, I donno man. You ever tried the shawarmas at Second Circle in Amman? The two guys work out of a 20’ conex off the sidewalk under shade. $5 gets you a bag of them with tzatziki sauce. They’re delicious. Also the Babylonian restaurant north of the Baghdad embassy has $4 rotisserie chickens in a rotating case on the sidewalk. Then there’s the Veranda restaurant in Manama, Bahrain. A four course meal for $12 with the freshest and best tasting vegetables ever. All these meals are cheaper, fresher and better tasting than what’s available in the US. Probably cuz they don’t have all the artificial stuff like American food.

[gogeo]

But the contracts are a “letdown,” she said. “It’s still far from good enough to justify the kind of investments that farmers have to put into it” because their barns can’t be repurposed for other uses if their operations disappoint.

Honey, are you being forced at gunpoint to sign one?

[dennisw]

We buy 4 at a time. One for me, one for the Mrs and one each for my two teens. We call it costco crack chicken...

What I need is crispy chicken skin and breast meat that is edible, meaning not all dried out, though I go for the dark meat first.

[entropy12]

Amman, Mumbai, Jakarta, Manilla,....Yeah I have been over the map visiting countries, and restaurants have 2 classes there. Very expensive and very cheap.

By civilized counties I was talking about the G10 countries, including Western Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, Australia. There you have a hi-courts to hand out fair justice and you don’t get arrested for religious reasons.

I am sorry to say this, and I speak bluntly, but I have not so many Obese people in any country like I see in USA.
And that includes Asian countries such as Bahrain.

[entropy12]

I am the same, I go for the legs and thighs, my wife gets the breast meat (which is too dry and bland for me).

[Stand Watch Listen]

That’s a 30% reduction in only 40 years.
A lot of Freepers complain about food with a full mouth AND pocketbook.

Alas....so many want today's wages, but with yesterday's prices

[NorseViking]

I prefer to cook it myself. Doesn’t take much work, cost less and always tasty.