<p>In the midst of economic uncertainty, one thing remains true — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/costco">Costco</a> will not be raising the price of its $1.50 hot dog and soda combination anytime soon.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wall-street-journal">The Wall Street Journal</a> reported on Thursday that Richard Galanti, chief financial officer at Costco, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-1-50-costco-hot-dog-combo-that-defies-inflation-11657753870">assured</a> customers that they can still rely on seeing the incredible deal that they&#8217;ve come to love since 1985 inside its stores across <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states">America</a>.</p>
<p>&#8220;That $1.50 price point has been sacrosanct from the very beginning,&#8221; Gallanti told the paper.</p>
<p>The Bureau of Labor Statistics&#8217; Consumer Price Index report <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-products-making-your-wallet-lighter-as-inflation-hits-new-highs">announced</a> on Wednesday that inflation rose 9.1% between June 2021 and June 2022, marking a 40-year high.</p>
<p>Costco has raised prices on other food court items, but the CFO admitted that the company&#8217;s profits in that part of the store are practically nonexistent.</p>
<p>&#8220;Needless to say we aren’t making a lot or any money,&#8221; Galanti said about Costco&#8217;s food courts. “At the end of the day, the whole value of our warehouse club includes a great value on that hot dog and soda.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Journal also cited the classic tale about the time that Costco&#8217;s co-founder, Jim Sinegal, comedically threatened to murder Costco CEO W. Craig Jelinek who suggested raising the price in order to recoup revenue.</p>
<p>Sinegal allegedly told the executive, &#8220;If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out.&#8221;</p>
<p>Had the price of the combo kept up with inflation, customers would be currently paying $4.13, per the Journal.</p>
<p>Costco has been so intent on keeping the price-point low that it has opened two factories that produce nothing but hot dogs to help keep costs down.</p>
<p>&#8220;What we figured out we could do is build our own hot dog-manufacturing plant (in Los Angeles) and make our own Kirkland Signature hot dogs,&#8221; Jelinek <a href="https://www.425business.com/news/costco-ceo-craig-jelinek-on-shareholders-costco-com-and-hot-dogs/article_5ff4b632-1f75-5e98-b9ff-6e02d676668b.html">said</a> after the plant opened in 2011. &#8220;Now we are doing so much hot dog business that we&#8217;ve opened up another plant in Chicago.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;By having the discipline to say, &#8216;You are not going to be able to raise your price. You have to figure it out,&#8217; we took it over and started manufacturing our hot dogs,&#8221; he said at the time. &#8220;We keep it at $1.50 and make enough money to get a fair return.&#8221;</p>
<p>In 2009, Costco&#8217;s assistant vice president of publishing, Dan Fuller, <a href="https://www.supermarketguru.com/the-lempert-report/costcos-secret-weapon-1.50-hot-dog-and-soda/">wrote</a>, &#8220;Holding a price that steady for that long sends a clear message about what is possible when you decide to operate your business model on a &#8216;cost plus&#8217; basis instead of a &#8216;what the market will bear&#8217; basis.</p>

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