Costco will always sell $1.50 hot dogs (with drink) and cheap rotisserie chicken. If people are buying hundreds of dollars worth of stuff, losing money on a couple of popular items that make customers happy is a no-brainer.
Different countries sell different Costco snacks. Mexican Costco sells delicious churros. Canada Costco once sold a delicious turkey and provolone sandwich, and smoked meat on a rye roll with a pickle. Of course, the $1.50 dog and pizza slices are most popular.
I’m pleased Costco recently reintroduced the smoked meat sandwich in my part of Canada. I understand they also reintroduced the hot turkey and provolone sandwich in the US in March.
Sure, getting excited about Costco food items won’t impress most foodies. But as Nate Bargatze says, I’m not “one of those fancy Target people who think they’re better’n you”. I am happy to see smoked meat sandwiches again at Canada Costco.
They are not as good as the best ones in Montreal. But they are surprisingly good. Their choice of a ciabatta style rye bun, big and durable, but also thin to allow a high meat to bread ratio is a very well-thought out addition. (The original uses thin rye bread, but is fragile, and this is a great and practical compromise). Plus it comes with a huge full sour pickle, for a reasonable C$7.99 (US$5.83).
Smoked meat is spiced brisket, ideally a mix of lean meat and the fatty deckle. I like it quite a bit more than pastrami or corned beef.
I haven’t tried it yet, although my wife, daughter, and I were there Thursday evening. The original plan was dinner at IKEA, but it was lined up down the hall! We ended up having burgers at Harvey’s next to Costco for the first time in forever. They were better than I remember.
I was at Costco today and, seeing as it’s a brazillian degrees out, thought to buy a mixed berry smoothie for the ride home. Imagine my disappointment to see that it was no longer on the menu. Just stab me in the back, Costco…
We’re having Costco hotdogs for dinner tonight! But the kind where you buy a pack and take it home for cooking later.
When they stopped making chili a while back it caused my kid to have a meltdown every time we went to Costco. Fortunately the pandemic happened, so they didn’t go to Costco for two years, which was enough time to get over it.
Now they just complain that I won’t press the chocolate chip cookie button that comes up on the screen between ordering the hot dogs and when you can pay.
Given it’s winter in Brazil now, im guessing that means kinda cool.
I think I’ve been in Costco once, & with all of the talk of their cracking down & not even letting non-members in the door its one of those fine dining establishments I don’t think I’ll ever get to sample
No churros at Canadian Costco. They push sundaes and chocolate chips instead. I read many places in the US used to have churros, but now don’t. No idea if that’s so.
The two I frequent north of Denver still have churros as of last week. I’ve never had one of them, though. Much to my kid’s dismay, we never get the desserts, but I’ve noticed those have changed. I don’t know if they still do soft serve ice cream, but the do have some kind of creamy dessert thing in a cup.
Once or twice a month we get their large pizza for $10. That is about 6 servings, so a very cost efficient (if not the healthiest) way to feed the family. My biggest issue with the pizza is the variability. Sometimes they’ll pull it out of the oven too early, and it’s not properly toasted. Other times it gets properly cooked, and seems much better for it.
It’s not a particularly good pizza, but really, $10 for a large pepperoni. I’m not sure I can make it at home for that price.
I’ve only ever had their cheese and veggie (when that was an option, no more) and it’s among my favorite pizzas. Super cheesy, super delicious. I’ve never had the problems you describe with consistency.
I like their pizza and it’s a good deal both for the whole thing or for a single large slice. It is the sort of oily pizza that befits from a napkin blotting though unless you just want to eat liquid grease.
Last I looked, we had churros here in Chicago suburbia but I also don’t buy them so don’t really pay attention. We have cookies and ice cream sundaes. As previously lamented, there used to be a mixed-berry smoothie but it was gone yesterday leaving a couple coffee drinks as the only ice blended options.
I never much liked their chicken bakes. They look like they should be good but I’ve always found them dry and unsatisfying.
It is. Not enough to make it inedible, but saltier than it needs to be.
I wonder if the cheese version is less salty than the pepperoni version. It would not surprise me, because I expect much of the salt is coming from the pepperonis.
They used to have more varieties. They also used to have a fresh made take and bake pizza in the store. We liked that, because we could dress it up however we wanted. That was gone for a long time, and recently came back but is smaller, more expensive, and fancy. I’ve not tried them.
We have churros in the Chicago area, too. Of course I believe Illinois has the largest Mexican population of any state that doesn’t actually border Mexico…
The meat on Costco pizza is tasty, but on the whole it is a mediocre option. If willing to get a smaller slice, for the same money there are at least half a dozen local places with much better quality.
That said, convenience is a thing and if already there, it is hard to argue with. It’s a cheap and filling meal. I don’t care what you eat and won’t judge you for it.
I don’t think many people buy the pizza at Costco because of the quality, they get it for the size and price and convenience. You could get a better hot dog and a better chicken bake and a better just about anything, but you get it because you’re at Costco and both you and your kids are hungry and you just spent $400 on your monthly shopping.
