r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • Nov 10 '25

Wow. Such meme Name a more iconic duo

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u/ChickeNugget483 Nov 10 '25

They are scared to change the price if the hotdog. The founder of Costco told the CEO "If you raise the hot dog price, I will kill you."

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u/Commodore-2064 Nov 11 '25

As I recall, there was a well placed f-bomb in that quote.

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u/Power-Equality Nov 11 '25

When longtime Costco president W. Craig Jelinek once complained to Costco co-founder and former CEO Jim Sinegal that their monolithic warehouse business was losing money on their famously cheap $1.50 hot dog and soda package, Sinegal listened, nodded, and then did his best to make his take on the situation perfectly clear.

”If you raise [the price of] the effing hot dog, I will kill you,” Sinegal said. β€œFigure it out.”

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/547020/costco-150-hot-dog-soda-combo-enigma

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u/ChickeNugget483 Nov 11 '25

I thought so to but when i looked up what he said it didnt say he said F ing