One of the things that Costco members love about their stores is the free samples of food. Another thing members love is the food court.

You can pick up a slice of pizza, a chicken bake or a hot dog. The hot dogs are big and filling and still only cost $1.50. The good news is the price of a hot dog doesn't look to be going up anytime soon. There's a change that is coming to the Costco food court that has to do with the beverages.

Costco has announced they are going to go back to serving Coca-Cola fountain products in their food courts. According to CNN, Costco switched to Pepsi fountain products back in 2013. Costco CEO Ron Vachris said last Thursday at the company’s annual shareholders meeting that they will be switching back to Coke products.

According to the announcement, plans for the changes are going start company-wide by this summer.

Before Costco switched to Pepsi in 2013, they carried Coke products for decades. The change to Pepsi was a cost saving move in order to help keep hot dog prices steady. The hot dog and soda combination has been priced at $1.50 since 1985. Costco sold around 200 million of the hot dog and soda combinations in 2023 according to Foodie.com. Last year Costco CFO Gary Millerchip said the $1.50 hot dog price was safe.

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Costco raised their membership prices last September. According to Statista.com, Costco has 137 million members, which has been growing steadily since 2014. This will be another change that we have seen Costco make of the past year, but one thing that isn't changing anytime soon, the price of their popular hot dogs.

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