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Quizz25S
Plot twist: he's actually extremely generous and is donating them to the local homeless shelter.
BitchButcher
Imagine buying meat at a mega supermarket in a country with bad food regulation laws ... I almost threw up a bit.
lpooptoomuch
VibratingNipples
maybe getting them for a party and he had to get something at last min?
NKato
This is also the guy that causes Costco to change sales policy, capping the number of chickens per day.
vinnycurley31415
Hey all, I’m as left as the next rational person. But perhaps he was helping the homeless? Glass half full kids. The world is bad enough
lordnequam
Or hosting an event. Once per year, I buy ~30 of those rotisserie chickens to provide the main course at our local SCA event's banquet.
catromance
That's an idea I'm gonna file away for our banquet ?
nicilaskin
that whole chicken at costco scares me ... no friggin chicken should be that big and heavy ... its looked like a turkey almost ... no thx
Kazzle
Costco gets all their chicken from their own farm in Fremont, Nebraska. They don't use antibiotics or hormones, they just feed them a LOT.
Kazzle
Theres a lot of corn in Nebraska, after all. Their farm is mostly humane. Though sometimes the birds do get so fat they can't walk.
bongmitzfah94
Now he controls the market
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
?
spitfires2000
The cut scenes from Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
davisboy42
I cook chickens at Costco, like, that's my whole job. Someone who comes in twice a week to buy 35 chickens for dogs. I despise these people.
tounushi
And 40 cakes. That's as many as four tens.
pfshfine
And that's terrible.
derkderkderk
Canada? Or does Europe have Costco too? Those aren't US exit signs and fuel is listed in cents/litre
unsinkabletwo
"If John takes the remaining 48 chickens ... how many minutes until someone finds his unconscious body in the Costco parking lot?
MarkTwain007
Were not going to talk about your excellent decision to buy a baby Yoda squshmello?
MiniMegaOfParagonCity
If I had a nickel for every post I've seen today about a different person hoarding Costco chickens, I'd have 2 nickels.
billycakers
Wait wtf are you buying?
Lovingimpaler
TBF, Costco does bill themselves as wholesale.
lilbrother
Iblamemyparentstoo
Are those Calvin Klein jeans???
catskhiker
They should only be allowed to purchase at the end of the day in this quantity
fromages
48*
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
he got hangry on the way to the register
Random857
What’s the green thing at the bottom of the pic? I thought it was two pics at first
LaffertyDanie1
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LokiShinigami
Sometimes when I'm in a hurry or am cooking a lot, I'll buy Rotisserie chickens for recipes that require a chicken to be boiled.
LokiShinigami
Shred the meat off and add it in the proper step. Saves me time and skips a step. Comes in handy when making a Gumbo or chicken and rice
CoreConcept
What's not pictured is his trip to Home Depot, where he bought a bunch of buckets. Plan for the weekend, make a shitload of chicken salad.
sldunnph3
Actually we just bought a ton of these to feed homeless ppl cuz message didn’t get out to person buying raw, so we could cook.
torisenblack
Yeah, wife and I snatch up a grip around various holidays when we can to go hand out hot meals.
Cats2cats
Was about to say this.
NotaCPA
cheaper than buying it raw in most stores
Hyzenthlay021
Yeap, everyone leaping to judgement w/o context. "But it's OK when WE do it".
BHPaperstacks
No! It's never okay to buy more than 3 pre cooked chickens. Anyone who does so is definitely up to something nefarious!
Hyzenthlay021
double upvote for the use of the word nefarious. Haven't heard that since Indiana Jones I. :)
3Davideo
I don't think anyone's saying the man's actions are *wrong*, just weird (when out of context).
Hyzenthlay021
Point granted. General tone of comments seemed judgemental to me, but then that's me being judgemental, so.....
NotservativeReason
He reswlls them at his "bbq chicken" stand at a fair. 100% profit or more. Sells at $15 buys at $6. Its common in VA
Affray
1)A dude one town over from me has a "farm fresh" fruits & veggies stand. He buys them from Foodland in town and resells to city people
Affray
2)passing through or visiting.
Kabibble
Could also be for a church function, family reunion, donation to a shelter, etc
nat300Lord
I know a lot of folks who buy bulk to donate it. Don't assume. (Unless you know the guys, then screw him.)
evil66gurl
Really? I live in VA but I don't think I've ever seen someone resell them. Is it legal?
Useyourhead165
Same never seen it once been here my whole life
BeardOnTheInside
I remember a decade ago, I heard a restaurant owner who call people who get their inventory from Costco "bottom feeders". It was weird.
LargeAlbatross
Wow, that's very "hey loser, did you buy those clothes at THE STORE?!?".
putcleverusernamehere
Betcha a buck a Sysco truck backed up to his restaurant twice a week. Sysco quality is garbage compared to Costco
SmokyDoggg
A lunch truck here used to literally do that with McDonald's. You pay premium for the food coming to you at work.
Whackamoley
My high school did that. The concession stand had Taco Bell, McDonalds, Domino's, etc. Crappy school lunch vs fast food...
irmonkey
We had Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Subway, and Little Caesars.
TheMentallyillist
I’m sure safe handling, transport, and storage occurs between leaving Costco and sales at the flea market/state fair.
NotservativeReason
Ha!
NotAHugeSpider
The recipe for his secret marinade is botulinum toxin.
dremth
Paralyzingly good!
hadtochangemyusernamecauseIgotdivorced
Had a guy used to do that with Adirondack chairs at the hardware store I worked at. Bought em for $12, painted weird designs, resold at $40.
yaddiex3
So, avoided the food poisoning?
aPokal
So, he put work and material in?
hadtochangemyusernamecauseIgotdivorced
Ehhh not too much. He'd keep the blank ones at his store and then paint when he ran out of the 20 or so he'd keep out front. And when I
hadtochangemyusernamecauseIgotdivorced
Say design, I mean cheap finger paint and doing some lines and dots. Maybe 15 seconds of painting.
Newfehotep
There's a pretty good side hustle buying blank canvas from one store and selling it at a craft fair with a funky design for a 500% profit.
aPokal
That's nothing. They are people, that buy like 5 dollars of electricity and sell it as furry hentai for thousands.
bwizzle360
Not that they care but is that legal?
NotservativeReason
Yes.
VaultGirl69
This is how most small operations operate. And many medium sized operations. Producing has a high return, and a high cost.
taksoto
Depends. Some stuff is sold for resale, some is not.
PineappleLoopsBroether
It’s the most basic form of commerce.
HamSlamwich
Costco is not *yet* in charge of the judiciary branch. And lots of them have a 1 or 2 chicken per customer policy
LordOfTheFattys
A little dishonest, to be sure. Might be illegal if he misrepresents it to his customers
putcleverusernamehere
Almost certainly not from a food handling perspective. No way they stayed hot enough during handling
nero4ty2
You get 4 hours in the danger zone, then they just have to be reheated, might be gross but still technically sellable
GeneralGinger531
Yes, and in fact a lot of products you see today are just marketed by distributors without improving upon a product. It is the model most
GeneralGinger531
Stores use. Sure you can buy from a manufacturer directly or you can levy the "convenience value" by going to the store and buying it there.
hippocampus
If you see a small store selling cheap jewelry and decorations, they 100% buy that directly from aliexpress.
anononanonanona
Right to First Sale is a big deal, it's hard to make reselling illegal in the US as it should be. This particular item may have some FDA
anononanonanona
or department of health related regs to pass but probably nothing too bad.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
Yes. Costco started as a business wholesaler. Their brands came later.
Howmuchistoomuchspam
I read that they sell them at cost because it is such a big draw for the store. They’re always in the back
jayman0123
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-kM31uWwuI
BarryTheCyborg
The term is "loss-leader". A product that you lose money on, but draws people in, which is why they're near the back past everything else.
MapleSyrupMafia
"I only came here for chicken and left with $600 worth of stuff!"
DirtyWhiteShoes
Here is a quote from the Costco founder to a CEO: 'If you raise the [price of the] effing hot dog, I will kill you'
SocoFox
Love it
kruug
As long as they have a license and don't try to pass them off as “homemade”, yes.
maybeamonster
home recipe: 1 costco chicken. add pepper to taste.
PalaverQuader
pepper not included
ruint
if there''s a preperation step like adding their own marinade prior to heat, they can probably sell them as 'homemade using road chicken'
atomright2718
Goddamn LOVE me some road chicken. Extra rash.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
"Hey kids, let me tell you why I only have 1 nipple"
ruint
i guess i got roast one way or another
ropetopus
Why wouldn’t it be? Costco bought them too. Everyone along the supply chain makes some addition that someone finds value in.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
Fun fact, Costco bought the supply chain for the chickens (hatchery, farm, what ever the right word is) to keep prices down.
aintnothinbutahounddog28
There's plenty of things you can't buy at a retail type store and resell commercially. Alcohol is a big one. You ever see 'not for
MarkyMousey
Why? I'm not sure who is losing in this situation? Distributors sell, retail sells, commerical sells, consumer gets what they want there.
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
In the example of alcohol, there are strict licensing laws in each state for permitting, taxing, and oversight.
aintnothinbutahounddog28
individual sale' on boxes of things? Same type of thing. Lots of restrictions on selling things commercially
ropetopus
“Not for individual sale” is a labeling constraint. You can sell those! You just have to relabel them properly.
LastEverUsername
That "individual sale" thing is not legally binding. It's more to embarrass potential resellers like this more than anything
fsfrms
It's just words on a box who's gonna stop you?
NotSoFatTony84
Is that ever on an item that isn't packaged in bulk?
ropetopus
Alcohol is regulated as a drug; it’s going to be exceptional in many ways. That doesn’t change the general rule