It started in line for cheese samples.

Few menu changes seem to have upset people more than the announcement that Costco was eliminating its popular Polish dog in favor of healthier food-court items. In an inspired bit of counter-programming, Costco competitor Sam’s Club has announced that it’s adding a Polish dog to its café menu at all locations starting…

In a continued effort that will strike terror in the hearts of people who love $1.50 hot dogs and ginormous pieces of pizza, Costco is still tweaking its beloved food court menu toward a healthier lineup. Say it ain’t so. First the big-box chain released an al pastor salad made of soy and offered a new acai berry ice…

This past weekend, my boyfriend and I found an excuse to go to Costco. We convinced ourselves we needed more laundry detergent—but let’s be honest, we both just wanted free samples and dinner from the food court. We have a pretty standard order at said food court: a hot dog or slice of pizza, and a…

How do we love Costco? Let us count the ways. One of our favorite aspects of the big-box store is its return policy, which generally sides in favor of the customer and doesn’t make you feel like a jerk even when you’re returning an entire set of patio furniture a month after buying it. But we should rest easy, because…

Blue Apron was one of the earliest pioneers of the meal kit universe, but even this O.G. is struggling as more companies including Plated and HelloFresh get in on the game. Net revenue for the company decreased 20 percent year-over-year, so Blue Apron is now turning to one of America’s favorite retailers, Costco, in…

I love Costco, especially the food court. Truth be told, most days I’ll pass up that $1.50 hot dog combo in favor of a slice of ginormous, delicious pizza. Now my friends at Reader’s Digest are here to explain to me just why my favorite store slice is so amazing.

On our long list of things we love about Costco, the $1.50 hot dog special (dog and soda) is up there. $1.50! Since 1985! Why Takeout editor Kevin Pang even wrote an ode to Costco’s $1.50 hot dog deal, oh, let’s see: 10 years ago! So how is the big box store able to keep this delicious treat at such a low low cost?

Y’know, you could say we were a bit obsessed with Costco, but c’mon, it can’t be just us. How can the average American not appreciate the big-box store’s efforts to bring us the greatest possible bargains by buying in bulk, by selling us some of our favorite food court snacks, and even creating its own version of…

We are lucky enough to have many things we are fond of in life. Our beautiful family. Gilmore Girls. Costco. Nutella. So imagine our joy when some of those things combine. No, Costco isn’t opening a branch of Luke’s Diner, which would be awesome, but good enough: It is creating its own, less expensive brand of…

Yes, yes, we love Costco. So we were both fascinated and impressed by this Uproxx exploration of the different meanings behind certain Costco price codes. Turns out, something that ends in .99 has a different meaning that something that ends in .97: “We’ve also all noticed that Costco prices things… oddly. There are…

As has already been reported, we love Costco—especially the food court, where even the snack food (pizza slices! hot dogs!) appear to be giant size. Trouble is, other savvy Costco shoppers agree with us on the splendor of the box store’s fast food, making for frequent long lines and heavy wait times. What’s a lover of…

We are on record as loving Costco, but this latest news even makes fans like us kind of queasy. A consumer at 99 Ranch Market in San Jose, California, saw some delivery vendors using the large Costco shopping carts to deliver raw meat, posting the stomach-churning sight in what else, a Facebook post:

As a certified “old,” it boggles our mind why anyone wouldn’t want to add regularly scheduled trips to Costco to their shopping itinerary. What’s not to love: The free samples in every aisle? The vast quantities of necessary products like toilet paper and Nutella? The delicious hot dogs and giant pieces of pizza in…