The famous $1.50 Costco hot dog combo would cost nearly three times as much if the store kept up with inflation. Why has the cost remained steady for so long?

Costco is beloved for many things: bulk-size groceries, great deals, and perhaps most famously, the $1.50 hot dog combos ...

But if the retailer did increase the price for inflation, that $1.50 hot dog and soda combo would cost you $4.55, just over three times as much, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

The $1.50 hot dog and soda combo at the Costco food court, which somehow hasn’t changed its price since the 1980s, is something of a legend, like Prometheus stealing fire, or George Santos ...

Costco's new leadership says the $1.50 price tag on its beloved hot dog combo is "safe." Experts explain how the retailer has defied inflation — and why it's willing to eat the cost.

If Costco’s hot dog deal kept pace with inflation, it would be three times as expensive today — nearly $4.50. But Costco’s $1.50 combo is a strategic decision, known as a loss-leader: The ...

If Costco accounted for inflation, the hot dog combo would cost just over three times as much. AFP via Getty Images. Andrews explained previously that from the moment someone walks into a Costco ...

The hot dog and soda combo has long been a fixture of Costco’s food court, and so has its $1.50 price. Prepared food for sale at a Costco store in Teterboro, New Jersey, on Feb. 28.

Costco CFO Richard Galanti reassured the Kirkland Signature hot dog and soda deal for $1.50 at the food court will remain the same price it's been since 1985.

On May 30, Costco’s newly-minted CFO Gary Millerchip said during the chain’s Q3 2024 earnings call that the price of its iconic hot dog and soda combo will stay firm at $1.50 as it has since ...