The Brand Behind Costco's Hot Dogs 

Is the Costco hot dog a "must buy" every time you go to the store?

I miss the polish sausage

I miss the Polish hot dogs that were also $1.50, but discontinued years ago. Also miss the sauerkraut.

All the Costco Hot Dogs in the US are made in Tracy, CA in a facility Costco built, not bought. They have meat processing plants around the US, but different plants make different items. In Tracy we also have Musco olives which handles around 1/3 of America's olives, and Ghirardelli chocolate is transitioning production here as well. Mostly cheap farmland outside the Bay Area/Los Angeles with good highway/train infrastructure and cheaper labor than most of the rest of California which makes it great for industrial warehouses and factories.

My wife and I love getting a hot dog at Costco each and every time we go there. We do not like the hot dogs over at Sam’s Club. I didn’t know that Costco made their own and sold them in bulk packaging. Moving forward, we will be buying all of our hot dogs from Costco. Great video!

$1.50 in Canada as well

They get me with this super deal hot dog, but I end up spending $300 in the store afterwards lol

Bring back the polish hot dogs !

Bring back the Polish Sausage!

I buy the dogs in the store, and make 'em at home later. Very delicious. When my dad was alive and in a nursing home, I'd bring him a hot dog rather frequently--one of his popular requests, since the nursing home would not server hot dogs. I asked about it, and they said "choking hazard." But I sat with my dad eating his dog, so NO problem !

The Costco hot dogs and their price inspired the Atlanta Falcons to sell Hot Dogs for $2 at their stadium (along with other staples at low prices) as loss leaders

Thank you Mr Senegal for letting have some affordable deal for all these years. Bless his soul for being so generous and very delicious too.

we have eaten these hot dogs so many times they are amazing no matter who makes them ! LOVE them

More companies should do the same thing. Freeze the price on many items, people may come back.

I miss the sourkraut

Love thier food court dogs and pizza slice.

Simply the Best ❤❤❤

Love em!! Get one almost every time we go.

They are the best ,thank u costcos❤❤❤

Great hot dogs perfect with a great texture and flavor and tastes.

I have had Costco's hot dogs plenty of times. They taste pretty good! 😋🌭♥️

Along the same line, I was surprised to see a worker at Sam Club stocking the meat case with packages of meat marked with the stores brand, but the box they were in was marked “Smithfield” and I do not buy Smithfield as it is a company owned by Chinese.

Just had one after shopping a couple hours ago

5 yrs ago, Iwent to a costco and had a slice of pizza. Then,2 of the costco food court workers came around and were handing out FREE hot dogs! Someone called in an order for 100 hot dogs! It was a joke. {Now they require a credit card up front} The gal asked me "do you want some hotdogs?" I said yes and and how many? She gave me 30!

Always have one when i go and here in New Zealand they are NZ$1.99 So that is actually cheaper here with the exchange rate also includes a soda LOVE EM

Grateful 100 for my Sunday dog and pepperoni slice!

I only go to Costco now about every three weeks, but I always try to have a dog BEFORE I go shopping. If I am full, I buy less food because I don't have those cravings. But I do wish they would bring back the onions AND the combo pizza! Bastards for not doing them these days!

Our Costco discontinued offering diced onions a while back and we stopped buying them.. I recently asked a food cart about this and she said it was due to Covid and sanitary reasons. She also told me that some bring customers were bringing their onion from home. Last week while at Costco I noticed a man with a small plastic container of onions next to his hotdog and asked if he brought them from home. He said, “No I got them from here as he pointed to the counter and I asked for them”. Hallelujah, I went and got a hotdog and onions! Thank you Costco I am a very happy shopper!

We love the prime beef ball park hots they have around the Fourth of July. We wish they sold them years ago round.

I finally tried one of the dogs after being a member for a couple years now. It's good and juicy.

I'm glad to hear they're not Smithfield dogs. If they were, I was going to have to get upset. Kudos, Costco!

I miss the Polish Dogs.----Where I live now, the nearest Costco is 250 miles away.

The Costco Glizzy is king

Love Costco dogs. Miss Sausage and the Lattes.

Good to know about the brand. Next time my wife and I are at Costco, I'll ask her to go over and grab a package of those effing hotdogs. And when we have our backyard parties with families, I'll ask my little nephew, how do you like those effing hotdogs!

The magic is the steamed bun🌭 itself.

Before Costco requires membership for the food court, I always had hot dog and Diet Pepsi. I only added onions to the dogs. Because of their hot dogs, I now only have hot dogs made of beef. : - )

They taste great and are a great value, but check out the amount of sodium in each dog. Eat if you like but be aware of the effects if you over-indulge.

Love these dogs but my all time favorite is The Dodger dog of a few years back!! I think they changed the manufacturer a few years back. But growing up a Dodger fan Dodger dogs were the best! A Dodger dog and an over price Beer made watching the game easier when they had those losing seasons!!🌭⚾🥜

Give us a coffee and doughnut combo!

Acquiring customers not selling products...great motto!

Buns as long as the dog? Never seen that! Not complaining though! Just please bring back the onion machine and sauerkraut 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

The big dinner size Kirkland hot gods. Sooooooo good. We buy and freeze. I have on maybe once a month, my partner has every Tuesday. Taco Tuesday is Hot Dog Tuesday for him.

Did you know that Costco still offers the Polish sausage in Canada and it's $1.50 Canadian which translates to about $1.12 US when you factor $ exchange. Now that's a BARGOON!

Are the Kirkland hot dogs the same for Canada?

Costco's hot dogs are delicious, but my #1 pick for a hot dog will always be Hofmann Hot Dog.

I do the same at Sams there not a Costco in Asheville NC

Costco, come to San Angelo, Texas!

I love cosco I love there hotdogs🌭,there pizza 🍕,churros,ice cream 🍨,three mocha coffee freeze,I love how you can get free refills so cool 😎

Had one today

The only reason for a membership in my opinion.

They are really delicious hot dogs 🌭

I stop off at Costco, buy 2 hot dogs, go to the ball park with them, add the condiments at the stadium and enjoy.

Kirkland products are excellent.

I think I need to break down and get my Costco membership.

At mark 3:25 that woman is the spitting image of Louie Anderson the comedian !! LOL

Bring back the onion!! The hot dog is not the same without the onions.

I’ve never had the Costco hotdog, but do get and like the Hebrew National dogs. However being from New Jersey my favorite dog was always Sabretts.

Their ice cream is also really creamy at the food court!

It’s $1.55 for a hot dog and a drink, here in Northern California.

If you like these hot dogs. They smell so good at the factory. I work there about once a month

Bring back the Polish Mr. Senegal.

I had a dream once where I got a Costco hot dog woke up that morning ready to get some

Do you have to have a membership to purchase a hotdog?

I really miss the Polish dogs. They were very much like the hot dogs but with a little more flavor ....

Costco has decided to stop allowing people who are not members from buying food at their food court. I wonder if they will still be able to keep the numbers of hotdogs sold as high as in the past? I refuse to pay a membership fee to shop in a store. Supposedly they make most of their money from the membership fees

Hebrew national hotdogs was the way. Still a damn fine deal for $1.50.

Bring back the diced onions, COSTCO!!!

So how much is a package of these Hot Dogs at COSTCO?

Given the way the condiments are dispensed I find the best approach is to remove the hot dog, put the condiments in the bun, reinsert the hot dog then give it a spin before eating. 😋

It’s funny they are Kirkland when the founder lived in SouthCove , issaquah and now hq is Issaquah. I used to walk by his house and see his Pina Farina collection double stacked in his Garage. King size snickers for howeloween

Costco need to start a chain of Drivethru restaurants, superb food 🇬🇧 !!!

I went to my new local store & got a dog while I was there but thought it tasted different than others before. I was suspecting they had changed the recipe.

if they had a vegan dog I'd never leave the store lol

Who makes the food court chocolate chip cookie? Is it Otis Spunkmeyer???

My local Costco has removed the chopped onion condiments from the food court. So, only ketchup, mustard, and relish remain. Still a meal that is super affordable, but not that healthy. I also miss the Polish dogs. They had more flavor.

After Costco started manufacturing their own hot dogs, did the hot dogs stay kosher? Google says "A Costco meat processing facility in Tracy, California, that had been around since 2004 began producing hot dogs in 2011, and produced both the hot dogs sold in the food court as well as smaller hot dogs sold in packs. The switch also ushered in the usage of non-kosher beef."

Had one of those and had one of the worse stomach cramps and had to sit on the toilet for hours.

Next Costco run, getting a package of hot dogs and a package of rolls so I don't have to pester my husband every ten seconds.

They aren't the same since they stopped using Hebrew National Polish Sausage hot dogs. The 1/4 pounders are available in many stores.

Interesting, A cashier at Costco's food court told me their food court hotdogs were special made for them and were not the same as the Kirkland hotdogs sold in the freezers. The food court has the best hotdogs. I just need to figure out how to get them.

Well damn, now I want a hot dog and COSTCO isn`t open for 2 more hours.

It’s true, the usda even have a Special parking place. That’s from a Costco diver. Tracy, ca. it’s all true.

Costco hot dogs are legendary

i miss the Hebrew national brand dogs they used to sell before kirkland!

They have a little different menu in Korea., Daegu. Costco. No Pizza. They have mushroom soup. Pork bake. Chicken Caesar salad and chicken salsa wrap. And of course they have Hot Dog “set”. No reference to all beef. But the Drink and dog set. Made two trips from Seoul to Daegu in a month stay in Seoul. Hot Dog & drink…. 2000 Korean won

Its the same in China. The price is about 10 rmb with a drink. Any other place this would cost 40 to 50 rmb in china. So yep, its true even for cosco's in other countries.

Bring back rhe sauerkraut!!!!

I just wish they brought back the deli mustard and sauerkraut. the deal is not as good as it used it be.

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They are delicious I admit.

Yes but Biden pointed out some things had 0% inflation. Like you can still get a combo meal which includes bread, vegetable, meat and a drink for $1.50 at Costco. Not to mention the free samples. (hot dog & soda)

And still we don't have natural casing hot dogs that have a real snap to them here on the west coast. East coast you can find them everywhere, but west coast no grocery store carries them except in the deli and costs a fortune. I even complained to Costco and they said they'll look into it because even their own hot dog doesn't have a natural casing.

I preferred the Hebrew National ones when they did those. Was sad when they switched.

I miss the supreme pizza with everything on it. Bring it back costco.

I’d love for someone in the Advertising Industry to calculate the advertising benefit of Costcos $1.50 hot dog combo.

Made my 2nd visit at Costco. Was so tempted to grab a hotdog. But the lines were so long.

I remember when the dogs were …Hebrew National. In 2008 Costco changed the weenies to Kirklands…

Can you find out why they don't sell the sausages? And while you are at it, find out why they switched to the dreaded Pepsi products.

delicious hotdog