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$4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:08 AM
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Bigbob_FTW
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How much do you think is costs Sam's and Costco to make one? My wife can't fathom they take a loss.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:13 AM
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:14 AM
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How much do you think is costs Sam's and Costco to make one? My wife can't fathom they take a loss. At our Sams the bundled (2) whole chickens are $1.49 a pound or about $16. They may not take a loss on the cooked chickens but they sell them much cheaper than the uncooked ones.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:19 AM
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The big dog and 20 Oz drink for $1.50 is also loss leader. It has been reported non members have been slipping into Costco to use the food court much to the dismay of paying members. You know who you are.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:20 AM
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They take a loss on that product, but they make you walk all the way to the back of the store for a reason. They want you impulse buying any & everything on the way back there. There's a word for this kind of marketing, just can't think of it right now.
^^^^Loss leader, that's it.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:22 AM
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I stopped buying them. They have become chewy, almost rubber like at times. Usually end up throwing most away.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:25 AM
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Bigbob_FTW
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They take a loss on that product, but they make you walk all the way to the back of the store for a reason. They want you impulse buying any & everything on the way back there. There's a word for this kind of marketing, just can't think of it right now.
^^^^Loss leader, that's it. Exactly. Wife said why aren't they at the front if they want to draw you in?
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:37 AM
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I would think it would be better to cook and sale them, then have to toss them out because they are out of date. Yard bird doesn't last long and can't be refrozen. HEB has them up front when you walk in.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:53 AM
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It could be roast them or throw them out because they are out of date.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 12:56 AM
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I would think it would be better to cook and sale them, then have to toss them out because they are out of date. Yard bird doesn't last long and can't be refrozen. HEB has them up front when you walk in. Seems most places sell hot chickens these days most are near the front like Kroger, Walmart, Sprout’s…etc. That said I don’t think any of those places are $4.98.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 01:03 AM
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I have never bought one of those roasted chickens at Costco that was great eating. They do use them as loss leaders just like most grocery operators have done for years. Put them at the back of the store and make everybody walk past everything in the store. Folks don't go there and just buy one chicken. We were doing this when I worked at Tom Thumb back in the 70s.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 01:04 AM
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$10.00 for a rotisserie chicken at our H-E-B. They are hit and miss on eatibility.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 01:18 AM
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hopalong
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roast your own and lessen the chance of botulism or worse.
just sayin.
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 01:19 AM
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My dog loves those cheap, outdated, roto chickens!
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Re: $4.98 roasted chicken
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04/23/24 01:37 AM
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roast your own and lessen the chance of botulism or worse.
just sayin. I do this often than use the leftovers for chicken noodle soup.
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