Costco members fear for hot dog price as viral TikTok shows real-time cost increase TikTok\/bertdezThey better not touch the hot dog! That\u2019s the exact thought running through Costco shoppers\u2019 minds after a clip of the store\u2019s prices increasing in real-time went viral on TikTok. There is nothing better than a Costco hot dog. The tasty $1.50 deal has been a staple of the membership-only retailer for years and has remained untouched despite inflation running rampant. Despite frightening rumors that Costco hot dogs would be increasing in price in 2022, the company has remained adamant that they would remain as affordable as ever, but fans worry that may be changing. In a viral TikTok, a Costco shopper caught the moment that its food court Chicken Bake increased from $2.99 to $3.99 and users are freaking out that the same might be happening to their tube steaks. Viral TikTok shows Costco prices rise in real-time In the clip, posted to TikTok by user bertdez, an employee is seen manually changing the chain\u2019s in-store restaurant price of its Chicken Bake by a full dollar. This immediately resulted in users worrying that the iconic hot dog and drink combo would be getting the same treatment. \u201cAs soon as the hotdog price goes up coup starts,\u201d a shopper threatened. (click here if TikTok fails to load) \u201cOh hell to the no! They better not even mess with the hot dog price,\u201d wrote another. Others, however, shared their faith that Costco wouldn\u2019t dare do the same with the hot dog, with someone even remarking hot the jumbo frankfurt would \u201ccarry us through these tough times.\u201d Given Costco\u2019s treatment of its iconic deal, it seems unlikely that the price of the dog will go up anytime soon, but if it ever does, fans appear prepared to ditch their memberships in retaliation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Costco members fear for hot dog price as viral TikTok shows real-time cost increase TikTok\/bertdezThey better not touch the hot dog! That\u2019s the exact thought running through Costco shoppers\u2019 minds after a clip of the store\u2019s prices increasing in real-time went viral on TikTok. There is nothing better than a Costco hot dog. The tasty […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}