My brother in law says the $1.50 hot dog is a loss leader but I did the math on his 4 kids

Beth Moore · 2026-09-30T19:40:02.237549+00:00

He claims Costco loses money on every dog and that is why they will never change the price, but he bought 5 dogs and 5 sodas for his family of 6 in Tukwila and walked out under 10 bucks. What is the actual loss per dog, or is that whole story just something people repeat?

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