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The Grocery Inflation Thread

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  • 89th8 Online
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    The Costco (big) hot dog plus soda combo for $1.50 hasn’t changed since 1985.

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      That's because it is a loss leader.

      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      • JollyJ Jolly

        That's because it is a loss leader.

        89th8 Online
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        @Jolly said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

        That's because it is a loss leader.

        LOL I know. It's also delicious.

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        • 89th8 89th

          The Costco (big) hot dog plus soda combo for $1.50 hasn’t changed since 1985.

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          Axtremus
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          @89th said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

          The Costco (big) hot dog plus soda combo for $1.50 hasn’t changed since 1985.

          Along that line, a full bird rotisserie chicken seems to have been holding the line at $4.99 for a long time as well at Costco.

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          • AxtremusA Axtremus

            Costco:

            • dozen of butter croissants, from $4.99 to $5.99
            • mixed green salad 1 lb. box, from $3.99 to $4.49

            McDonald's:

            • ice cream sundae, from $1.25 to $1.99;
            • "Dollar Menu" now presented as "$1, $2, $3 menu."
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            @Axtremus said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
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            • "Dollar Menu" now presented as "$1, $2, $3 menu."

            They've been doing that for about a decade now.

            Please love yourself.

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            • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

              @Axtremus said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
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              • "Dollar Menu" now presented as "$1, $2, $3 menu."

              They've been doing that for about a decade now.

              89th8 Online
              89th8 Online
              89th
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              @Aqua-Letifer said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

              @Axtremus said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
              p

              • "Dollar Menu" now presented as "$1, $2, $3 menu."

              They've been doing that for about a decade now.

              Don't go to the dollar store, either. It was always a risky name for a store, lol

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              • 89th8 89th

                @Aqua-Letifer said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                @Axtremus said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:
                p

                • "Dollar Menu" now presented as "$1, $2, $3 menu."

                They've been doing that for about a decade now.

                Don't go to the dollar store, either. It was always a risky name for a store, lol

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                @89th

                Why? They still take dollars.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • 89th8 Online
                  89th8 Online
                  89th
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                  i hate you

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                  • AxtremusA Away
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                    I have seen quite a few “dollar stores” now selling items at $1.25 each (before tax).

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                    • AxtremusA Axtremus

                      I have seen quite a few “dollar stores” now selling items at $1.25 each (before tax).

                      89th8 Online
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                      89th
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                      @Axtremus lol yeah that was my point

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                        Vox article on Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken

                        https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23207301/costco-rotisserie-chicken-poultry-farming-inflation

                        Speaks of Costco setting up its own supply (vertical integration) for this “loss leader” product that has been selling for $4.99 each for the last 11+ years, the “big chicken” industry trend, and associated environmental and societal impacts.

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                        • AxtremusA Axtremus

                          Vox article on Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken

                          https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23207301/costco-rotisserie-chicken-poultry-farming-inflation

                          Speaks of Costco setting up its own supply (vertical integration) for this “loss leader” product that has been selling for $4.99 each for the last 11+ years, the “big chicken” industry trend, and associated environmental and societal impacts.

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                          @Axtremus said in The Grocery Inflation Thread:

                          Vox article on Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken

                          https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23207301/costco-rotisserie-chicken-poultry-farming-inflation

                          Speaks of Costco setting up its own supply (vertical integration) for this “loss leader” product that has been selling for $4.99 each for the last 11+ years, the “big chicken” industry trend, and associated environmental and societal impacts.

                          Costco did the same thing with its hot dogs - moving them to vertical integration.

                          For all the talk people make about buyings sustainably, buying from the US, etc. buying habits of people are mainly driven by their wallet.

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