Food For Thought
This is the price for the famous Costco Hot Dog & Soda combo.
What is $1.50?
The price of an item ending in this number of cents means the item is on clearance.
What is .97?
Costco sells these traditional items starting around $1,300 for when "your number is up."
What are caskets or urns?
Costco makes a surprisingly large portion of its profits from this source rather than from selling merchadise.
What are membership fees?
This famous bird sells for the amazing price of $4.99.
What is the rotisserie chicken?
The price of an item ending in this number of cents means the item signifies a local manager's markdown
What is .00 or .88?
Costco has offered customers this major star home improvement service, potentially saving shoppers thousands of dollars in energy costs.
What are solar panels?
This Costco membership tier provides an annual 2% reward on qualifying purchases.
What is an Executive Membership?
Costco's famous rotisserie chickens are deliberately kept at approximately this weight.
What is 3 pounds?
The asterisk (*) in the top right corner of a price sign means this about the item.
What is being discontinued?
Costco sells this type of large-ticket item that shoppers might not expect to find next to their groceries, but rather in the parking lot.
What are cars/automobiles?
Costco intentionally keeps many of its warehouses relatively plain-looking because this helps keep this type of cost low.
What are operating/overhead costs?
The CEO of Costco, Ron Vachris, ensured that the price of the hot dog and soda combo remained unchanged despite the board's disagreement. This price has remained unchanged since this year.
What is 1985?
This signature brand is named after a city in Washington, even though the company later moved its headquarters elsewhere.
What is Kirkland?
Costco has sold vacation packages, cruises, and even this particularly unexpected type of travel experience related to a famous mouse.
What are Disney vacation packages?
Costco's first warehouse opened in this U.S. city in 1976, although it originally operated under a different name.
What is San Diego?