100% agree about the artisan/ciabatta bread and pizza. I used to buy this bread and pizza weekly. As for the olive oil, the price went up by 100%. I remember paying $9.95 then $12.95 and now it has gone up to $24.95. And I wish they would bring back the old croissant. I'd rather pay more for a quality product and pay less for unappetizing, inferior quality.
And now they put them in plastic bags. I used to be able to judge the size of the. Chicken by it's relative scale to the hard shell container. Now the nebulous size bag camouflaged the size of the product. And every part of the bird sits on plastic rather than just the bottom which nobody ate anyway
I don't know if its me or the manufactures but so many foods just do not taste right anymore. I am doing a lot of baking and cooking at home now. Its not just the cost but the taste seems to be off. I thought it was just me and my taste buds
I agree, my brother & I eat out alot & I can absolutely tell you something has gone very wrong w/our food, especially our meat. I don't even want to order a meat dish anymore, I don't know WHAT I'm putting in my mouth, besides the fact it tastes so bad & off!!
Kirkland EVOO has an ingredient label that makes me not purchase it. The source of the processed oil is more than six countries. That raises my concerns about consistency. I prefer a single source, ideally California or Italy. When the label says “from Italian grown olives” or “traceable chain of Italian origin,” it means that the olives were grown in Italy then shipped out to other countries for processing and refining. That can make a huge impact on quality. I’ll buy my EVOO at the market in smaller quantities that are labeled with a production date. Oxidized olive oil is unhealthy and can cause inflammation.
But then, when an entrepreneur starts a business and brings back the old taste or style and call it "improved," people flock to the business and the business flourishes. Eventually, corners are cut to cut costs and people start complaining. And the cycle starts all over.
There is something up with those Costco chicken. First the are saltier and bigger than the rotisserie chickens I buy at the grocery store and Walmart. Also, when I’m cutting meat off of the Costco chicken, I give my dog a piece of the chicken. My dog gets sick almost every time I give him the Costco chicken. If you ask me, it’s whatever brine they are using. I will just stick to the grocery stores smaller less salty chickens.
Costco's rotisserie chickens are seasoned - that's probably what's making ur dog sick. I only give my dog a small piece. You could also rinse off the chicken you're giving to ur dog.
Well, the switch to plastic bag from the box for their $4.99 chicken has nothing to do with environmental concerns but EVERYTHING to do with profits! The chickens are MUCH smaller now hiding in the cheap bag that one can’t judge easily. Another win for Business Consultants/MBAs. Costco saved even more $ now, don’t have to subsidize the 🐔, I stopped buying it. The downhill trend started with dropping the Polish Hot Dog, and the elimination of the Combo Pizza
Plus every part of the chicken is in constant contact with plastic, not just the inedible part of the bird. Glad others are noticing the obvious lack of ability to size the bird in a nebulous flex bag.
Probably due to the high inflation, they're making cuts to try to keep price increases down. One Man's Opinion: Keep the quality, even if the price goes up. What I buy, I want it to be good.
@@ritad.6316 I don't think it's as much "greed" as runaway inflation and their fear of losing their price-conscious customers. I prefer quality to price, otherwise I'd be shopping at Walmart.
@@josephgaviota I don't consider myself being a price-conscious customer. I love Whole Foods and Wegmans and trust in their quality products. Costco is hit or miss for me.
Start looking at the ingredients list, everything has geo-bio-engineered products. It went mainstream last Christmas w/Cheerios. It is added to everything, usually listed as the last thing on the ingredient list.
I’ve noticed food taste change. Stopped buying the Costco Chicken. One looked like it had been inoculated inside by the bone. I took pictures of it. People can tell when products change. Allergic reactions from chemicals happen.
Let you in on something, my niece, who lives in Seattle is a Woke lesbian, works for the company in a high paying position...Dictating what you eat is part of the plan, 3 months before it happened, she said they were dropping the polish at the food court because it was unhealthy.
The Kirkland brand starts out in a category of interest by partnering with national brands to package their products disguised under the Kirkland labels. For example, Starbucks roasts some coffees sold as Kirkland. After a few years, Costco wants a higher margin and they don’t want to pay for the reputable national brand anymore. So Costco takes over production and starts making the products themselves. That’s when consumers notice the drop in quality, changes in texture and odd tastes. Costco is skilled at buying high quality items and getting great prices out of national brands. However, Costco is simply not great at producing their own products in all categories. They seem to trade savings over quality when they take over from the national brands. It will be their undoing.
Your exactly right! Even the hot dogs have changed from Hebrew and if you noticed the white onions you have to ask for now and they no longer out the hot dogs in the foil wrap to stay warm!
@@gjd424 Costco doesn’t trust their customers/members - they don’t believe they’d be willing to pay more for keeping the quality at the same high level.
Agree, I am avoiding Kirkland brand after some months of trying some of the Kirkland. I was so disappointed in the cashews that are now poor quality, mushy and no real cashew flavor I do save money over the long run, but only buying brand name products that I know I like Not appreciating the change
This post has put to rest the nagging doubt of sanity in the legions of us who have been thinking we were “ only imagining things’….I bought at least 4 rotisserie chickens that tasted awful before I decided even if it was “ only my imagination” I was never buying another one….they are truly terrible . so disappointing they used to be so yum
Years ago, I heard that Costco had olive oil that was pretty good overall. I don’t go there anymore so I don’t really know but nothing would surprise me. Anymore we can’t just keep going and shopping for the things that we always bought because things are changing and we notice the taste the texture. We don’t buy a lot of baked goods but occasional treat something small like a one person type thing for and we get two of them because we just don’t eat a lot of bakery items, but I’ve noticed a difference.
This is not happening only in costco . The monkfruit sugar in the supermarket particularly the brown sugar is not the same anymore . It looks pale now very anemic . Every company are trying to save money due to high inflation . 😔
This is very sickening. Obviously Costco doesn't care that much for it's customers anymore because they are trying to pass off Inferior products and not listening to customer complaints. And the company would NEVER admit that they have changed some of their products for the worst.
It's the glyphosate. Most Coctco foods now have glyphosate. To show their support for Monsanto, Costco also puts Roundup right next to theri food section.
Stopped buying the rotisserie chicken 5 years ago, chicken has been altered to the point that it’s tasteless. “We want our customers to eat healthy food “. Buy a chicken from an individual small producer and compare. We stopped using the food court when they removed the Polish. I’ll not let some mega corporation dictate what I eat. If it doesn’t taste good, don’t buy it.
I agree with everything covered in this video. I purchased on bag of the mixed nuts and it seems most of the nuts were almonds and peanuts. Got stale at about the half bag level. Bread, could never finish it..that bad. Don't forget the prices. Pies and cakes start at $18. The $5.99 pumpkin pie is the winner of all of them.
I don’t go to Costco anymore, but I noticed the change in food the texture flavors we cook mostly we eat well. My boyfriend makes bread sometimes and different things but we don’t eat tons of bread, but I cook a lot at least like for five nights a week and we have leftovers a couple nights. Yeah, food is, not so good from the store. Why does it Taste different? Hmm
The food we're getting is not real for the most part any more. Fake chicken and even fake vegetables. And we won't go back to what we had. It's only going to get worse
Decided to try the rotisserie chicken for the first time in a few years and I totally agree that the quality/taste has gone downhill. Felt like there were added chemicals or something. Can't pinpoint it, but took me a few days to feel back to normal. Pass from now on!
They stopped outsourcing the chickens and have their own growing facilities. It made sense that it was purely a cost saving measure, but it also makes sense that they can make changes to product without running it through outside vendors and jeep changes quiet.
You could say the same thing about Panera. As the prices go up, the quality goes down! Pecan braids are totally gone, replaced by supermarket quality yuck!
I like the jars the cashews and chocolate covered raisins come in. I repurpose the containers to hold my snacks and use the top with the lids on them to dispense kitty treats for my family of three cats. Last time in the store I noticed that the container holding roterise chicken was changed to a bag. I stopped buying their chicken.
We used to buy their ready made beef chili & the chicken pot pies, NO MORE! Both meats tastes really horrible! We could not eat either 1! Then we purchased a bag of plain almonds. As we buy the pecans pistachios almonds & cashews. However this last purchase, the almonds have a strange after taste!! They are doing something to our food people!!
Its every place. Been buying pizza from the same place for 38 years and its always been the same. Now suddenly the crust is dryer and has a sweet flavor with less of a bready flavor. Ill make my own now.
Thank you for criticising Costco foods; yes, you diclosed and informed buyers the Truths. Is it the ways Costco maximizing profits at the expense of customer's pockets & tastes.
Costco up the prices too while changing the quality of there foods. Take the salad in the snack shop. It's not as full no tomatoes, about a third less chicken and no cheese. Also no croutons. To make you not smile it was $3.99 before removal returning to a new price of $6.99.
That's a typical price change tactic so people don't notice. It's buffering the price change. They put out a crappie or smaller product at a sale price so that you can mentally justify it. Then go back to the regular price and your brain just bemoans the end of the sale, making it feel like nothing has really changed.
it would be more honest if instead of downgrading their ingredients to keep the prices low they would keep same ingredients and rise the prices accordingly if the customers can’t afford it they just won’t buy but don’t substitute something good with crap just to keep appearance
It's a Corporation! Their goal is to make money ,& more of it. all while giving the customer poor quality, quantity AND higher prices. They never lose, we do!! Greed on full display!!
@@debbiehall9396You say that about "corporations" like there's an entity that doesn't do that. It's more about people and what we accept because we leave ourselves no choices. It's a Hella shame that many people can't or won't cook for themselves and wouldn't know how to so much as grow lettuce. 100 years ago if the price was too high, you did it yourself. Now most people can't. Society has failed when it's peo literally can't feed themselves.
I too have noticed how their products have changed in order for Costco to make more profit. Their chicken is a prime example. It tastes like bleach and chemicals. I stop buying their chicken a few years ago. My daughter got the runs and got very ill, lasted a few days. I spread the news to family & friends to stop buying their chicken. I now buy rotisserie chickens at Sams. Their muffins use to be so good, now they are terrible. Same as the croissants - they are dry and do not taste buttery. I buy those at Sams now too, they taste like real butter has been added to make them. Last week (Sept. 12, 2024) we bought a Chicken Pot Pie fresh, and that too was awful. We did also buy one from Sams to do a comparison test. Sams is far better, has a nice gravy inside. Costco's was watery inside and no gravy whatsoever. Same with the breads. There was a time that their prepared meal of Chicken Alfredo was the best in town a few years back. Now it tastes terrible. So sad, it was my husband's favorite meal. He would even want it as a birthday meal. How sad that Costco has changed so much, all to make more profit. I buy very little at Costco now, just packaged canned items, frozen products, and nothing else.
They may be trying to cut cost in attempt to keep the prices the same but quality loss is never an option for me. For some things, I would be willing to pay a little more if the quality stays the same. One thing at Costco that really jumped up in price is their 2lb package of smoked pulled pork, which taste phenomenal but it was $10.99 a year ago, then it jumped to $12.99 and now it's $14.99. I used to buy it 2-3 times per month, but with the price jump I very seldom buy it now.
I agree on the ones that I buy often and don't buy anymore: 1) Ciabatta bread and their French bread tasted like chalk and chewy tried twice, and returned twice. 2) The rotisserie chicken tastes like chewing on foam that airy feeling, taste old and slimy not going to buy again. 3) Nuts, I hate them in bags... taste stale. Probably will not buy again till they bring back those reusable containers. 4) The cookies make my mouth dry... usually an indicator of too much baking soda 5) Muffins no more for me. Just does not taste right. I hope they Costco is watching.
I have noticed that some of the baked goods are not nearly as good as they were a year ago. The croissants are acceptable, but the cookies for the most part are barely acceptable. The piecrust, and indeed the pie fillings are not the same. They are definitely not putting butter in their piecrust anymore, and the filling seems exceptionally bland Now it is to the point that I am reluctant to buy their pies at all. In 😮addition at the Costco close to my house, I was having a problem with the produce not being fresh and beginning to spoil within 2 to 3 days within my refrigerator. I paid $1500 for the refrigerator from Costco. So they could not claim it was my refrigeration, after I inquired about complaining to headquarters, I gave them another try and their produce is lasting longer now.
Most kettle fried potato chips have less breakage as the potatoes are cut slightly thicker…a bit more sturdy. You can also look for a bag that is very full of “air.” The air in the bags protects the chips from being crushed in handling. Contrary to urban legends, it is not a gimmick to sell fewer chips by making the bags look full. Chips are sold by net weight, not by volume. Some chip bags are nitrogen flushed…meaning the gas in the bag is nitrogen, as it eliminates moisture and spoilage. Always check the price per ounce to get the best value.
@@OTatime Good idea, to check air fullness in bag. I did buy Pringles every so often. Now I’m just looking for some of the flavors I haven’t tried. I put the flavors in notes. Checking them off
@@catw6998 Pringles are not potato chips as they are not sliced from whole potatoes. They are a “potato snack” They are only 42 percent potato content made from reconstituted potato flour with added wheat, corn and rice flour, along with seasoning and preservatives.
I went to the produce section of my local supermarket today to choose a cucumber. Every single one of them was the exact same length, the exact same circumference and the exact same shade of green. How do they do that???? My husband grows a vegetable garden every summer and has never produced two cucumbers that are exactly the same. Needless to say, I decided to wait on our garden.
Greenhouse grown English cukes are pretty identical in size. Regular cucumbers 🥒 not so much, but the skin is considerably thicker (and they’re about 1/2 the price.)
Thanks for the video. I was thinking about getting a membership but, not now. It seems to me that a lot of companies have changed the quality of their products. Even Publix has some items that don't taste the same and I know because I worked a few years for them close to my retirement. I thought I was just getting older and my taste buds had changed. Even a lot of the fast food items are terrible now ,which is great because I rarely buy anything and plan not to anymore.
Get your membership! It's the best store, especially for non food, tools, online deals with other companies, and MEDICINE. Even gas stations can save you a dollar a gallon! There's 10000 reasons why Costco is probably the funnest store on earth and it's only half food.
Get your membership!!! Costco is one of the best stores on the planet, and remember, it's only half food! You can get up to a dollar off per gallon at their gas stations, they have a tire center, medicine, eye care, hearing care vacations deals, better warranties on everything. If they don't carry a product, their website partners with other brands and companies to give Costco members incredibly good deals! Costco DELIVERS!!!
A couple of things I've bought from Costco, I will never buy again are the Southwest chicken Taquitos or Flautas (with black bean), the Chicken & Cheese Flautas and the Gyro Slices. I just didn't like the flavor of the southwest Flautas and the Chicken and Cheese ones didn't taste like real meat. The Gyro slices had a strange flavor, unlike Greek & Lebanese restaurants. The Jack Cantina Salsa taste fresh made EVERY time. The spicy garlic wings made in the deli are phenomenal. The Padrino's tamales are good too.
these are not foods these are some products that you can put in your mouth, chew and swallow and get some dopamine release in exchange for diabetes somewhere along the line
Careful what you eat when you go out.cook at home and make small containers so just warm it when you get home. Wash well fruit and eat a lot fruit and vegetables, baked chicken with lot of lemon and garlic oregano Bay leaves parsley paprika salt and pepper.
Kirkland will soon go out of business if they don’t go back to their original recipes for their breads and bagels. Somebody else will take their place.
I thought it was just me with the chicken, ciabatta and bacon. They’re gonna have to let us know if they fix the situation because I’m not buying any of these products now. I stopped buying their olive oil with the olive oil scandal a few years ago. I’m one of those that is spending less at Costco than two years ago and it ain’t bidenomics!
You can say that, but what are they really doing to our cooking ingredients that we cook with whether it be flour anything we put in our food? I prefer that myself but yet I wonder?
Even the pasture raised eggs are a scam half of the 2 dozen are actually small not large as the packaging says, that makes me question pasture or feed lot. AMEN.
Many foods have changed at Costco. The chicken does have a weird taste. The bakery garlic bread is as hard as a rock. The crust is terrible. It is too bad. Costco use to be good food for less.
The trend for most food products is to reduce quantity (weight or volume), lower quality and raise price - all at the same time, and it is not just Costco. It is everywhere. Most troubling is losses of quality, no matter if it is because of ingredients or changing recipes. The losses are on the consumer side
Costco has so many great products and sold so many of them - why would they change them? Trying to make more $$$$$$$$$$???? Or - just going along with the trend: lower quality of food????
Yip...I noticed the chickens are now packaged in plastic bags and It is much harder to serve and you have to take it out and dirty dishes to carve and serve. Then you have to find something to put it in to put the leftovers in the fridge. They stopped carrying Jose's Organic Coffee...that was my staple and the decaf beans are no longer regularly carried. They only have it pre-ground in a can. I buy a lot of coffee. The chuck roasts are not as good as they used to be either...seems a lower grade. I now prefer Sam's club for nuts, chuck roasts and ground chuck beef and Amazon for whole organic coffee beans. Also, my local Costco in Torrance, CA is so packed you sometimes have to drive in circles many times to find any kind of spot to park. Then the checkout lines are long.
The nuts are drier. Maybe they don’t stay as fresh in the pouch. Just in case that was the issue I transfer them to a jar once I get them home. That hasn’t resolved it though .
Costco rotisserie chickens have always seemed under cooked and greasy. I had to put them in the oven for another half hour to make them closer to how I like my chicken. In comparison, BJ's rotisserie chickens are far superior.
Taste first to go when companies change to inferior ingredients to save money. They hope consumers won’t notice. Consumer always notice when food they once enjoyed , is no longer any good. Many restaurants are joining fast food chains as well.
I will tell you the last several chickens has had holes in meat as I sliced, with a purple lining.These are for sure “cysts” that pop when roasted! The taste isn’t the same for sure!
Something big changed some years ago. Someone in management changed economic models and implemented massive cost reduction as a way to increase revenue. Bad move. Like McDonald’s changing to cheaper potatoes for its fries.
Have you noticed the taste for these foods changing, or does it still taste the same to you?
Oh yeah!
Yes. Imported from China? Weird scents and textures.
All tastes are going B L A N D like eating cardboard. Smells oily too.
@@ulexite-tv You don't sound racist at all.
They’re thinning out the herd!
it's not just Costo. Food everywhere has changed for the worse in the last 3-4 years.
Let's go Brandon blame that guy
you mean in the USA not in Italy
Your absolutely right. Truth is our food supply is being poisoned! In the coming mos evidence will be shown to prove this fact!!
Agree!
You are so on point! Everything is lower quality now and they give you less.
Before Covid, After Covid, huge difference.
Price gone up, Quality gone down.😢😢
I know. It’s sad! 😢
Quality is gone even for cars. Cost going up quality gone down for most consumer items.
100% agree about the artisan/ciabatta bread and pizza. I used to buy this bread and pizza weekly. As for the olive oil, the price went up by 100%. I remember paying $9.95 then $12.95 and now it has gone up to $24.95. And I wish they would bring back the old croissant. I'd rather pay more for a quality product and pay less for unappetizing, inferior quality.
You are so right about the taste of the chicken. Something’s changed - and I’m afraid it’s the chicken itself.😊
Your spot on! It's the source, & I do not believe deep down its safe anymore!!
From China and smell like a chemical smell the next day 🫤
And now they put them in plastic bags. I used to be able to judge the size of the. Chicken by it's relative scale to the hard shell container. Now the nebulous size bag camouflaged the size of the product. And every part of the bird sits on plastic rather than just the bottom which nobody ate anyway
Because are gmo.
The texture is off, not appetizing at all
I don't know if its me or the manufactures but so many foods just do not taste right anymore. I am doing a lot of baking and cooking at home now. Its not just the cost but the taste seems to be off. I thought it was just me and my taste buds
Also the last time we go pizza at the snack bar it was definitely lower quality and value.
Agree!!!
Food at restaurants and at grocery stores have become inferior in quality but high in cost.
I agree, my brother & I eat out alot & I can absolutely tell you something has gone very wrong w/our food, especially our meat. I don't even want to order a meat dish anymore, I don't know WHAT I'm putting in my mouth, besides the fact it tastes so bad & off!!
Kirkland EVOO has an ingredient label that makes me not purchase it. The source of the processed oil is more than six countries. That raises my concerns about consistency. I prefer a single source, ideally California or Italy. When the label says “from Italian grown olives” or “traceable chain of Italian origin,” it means that the olives were grown in Italy then shipped out to other countries for processing and refining. That can make a huge impact on quality. I’ll buy my EVOO at the market in smaller quantities that are labeled with a production date. Oxidized olive oil is unhealthy and can cause inflammation.
Processed oils in itself bad; many. Countries? Not so good.
Nothing goes back to being good once changed, things only get worse.
You are 100% correct!
But then, when an entrepreneur starts a business and brings back the old taste or style and call it "improved," people flock to the business and the business flourishes. Eventually, corners are cut to cut costs and people start complaining. And the cycle starts all over.
Bring back the old chicken bake! And COMBO PIZZA
There is something up with those Costco chicken. First the are saltier and bigger than the rotisserie chickens I buy at the grocery store and Walmart. Also, when I’m cutting meat off of the Costco chicken, I give my dog a piece of the chicken. My dog gets sick almost every time I give him the Costco chicken. If you ask me, it’s whatever brine they are using. I will just stick to the grocery stores smaller less salty chickens.
Costco's rotisserie chickens are seasoned - that's probably what's making ur dog sick. I only give my dog a small piece. You could also rinse off the chicken you're giving to ur dog.
We quit eating the chicken it tasted more and more like bleach?! Stomach issues were also a reason to stop. What did they do to it? Scary…
My dogs smell it and will not eat it. I have tile floors and it is funny watching them try to bury it
@@beth2200
Just as funny imagining it.😊😊😊😊😊
Well, the switch to plastic bag from the box for their $4.99 chicken has nothing to do with environmental concerns but EVERYTHING to do with profits! The chickens are MUCH smaller now hiding in the cheap bag that one can’t judge easily. Another win for Business Consultants/MBAs. Costco saved even more $ now, don’t have to subsidize the 🐔, I stopped buying it. The downhill trend started with dropping the Polish Hot Dog, and the elimination of the Combo Pizza
Plus every part of the chicken is in constant contact with plastic, not just the inedible part of the bird. Glad others are noticing the obvious lack of ability to size the bird in a nebulous flex bag.
Probably due to the high inflation, they're making cuts to try to keep price increases down.
One Man's Opinion: Keep the quality, even if the price goes up. What I buy, I want it to be good.
They do increase prices! And lower the quality of everything. The company is too greedy!
@@ritad.6316 I don't think it's as much "greed" as runaway inflation and their fear of losing their price-conscious customers. I prefer quality to price, otherwise I'd be shopping at Walmart.
@@josephgaviota I don't consider myself being a price-conscious customer. I love Whole Foods and Wegmans and trust in their quality products. Costco is hit or miss for me.
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I happen to believe it's about profit above EVERYTHING ELSE!
Start looking at the ingredients list, everything has geo-bio-engineered products. It went mainstream last Christmas w/Cheerios. It is added to everything, usually listed as the last thing on the ingredient list.
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I’ve noticed food taste change. Stopped buying the Costco Chicken. One looked like it had been inoculated inside by the bone. I took pictures of it. People can tell when products change. Allergic reactions from chemicals happen.
The Kirkland location is selling the roasted chicken in a bag...horrible.
I hate that they started doing that.
Saving money.
Profit maximising by Costco, disgusting.
I think it is a world wide need to quit using plastic.
I haven’t seen those bags here in Queens NY yet, the last chicken I got was very good and juicy.
I'm not gonna lie, but I've never liked the seasonings and spices used on any rotisserie chickens.
Costco won’t change anything back. They are out to make more profit. Period.
Bingo!! You get the gold star!!
Corporations ONLY see PROFIT, not the concern OR health of the consumer! Shame on these money hungry greedy people!!
Then say Adios to Costco for good everyone!!
Learn to cook.
Then we need to stop renewing our memberships. Period.
Let you in on something, my niece, who lives in Seattle is a Woke lesbian, works for the company in a high paying position...Dictating what you eat is part of the plan, 3 months before it happened, she said they were dropping the polish at the food court because it was unhealthy.
Definitely ! I had to stop buying a good amount of things that I used to get there. I thought it was just my family's tastebuds!😞
The Kirkland brand starts out in a category of interest by partnering with national brands to package their products disguised under the Kirkland labels. For example, Starbucks roasts some coffees sold as Kirkland. After a few years, Costco wants a higher margin and they don’t want to pay for the reputable national brand anymore. So Costco takes over production and starts making the products themselves. That’s when consumers notice the drop in quality, changes in texture and odd tastes. Costco is skilled at buying high quality items and getting great prices out of national brands. However, Costco is simply not great at producing their own products in all categories. They seem to trade savings over quality when they take over from the national brands. It will be their undoing.
Your exactly right! Even the hot dogs have changed from Hebrew and if you noticed the white onions you have to ask for now and they no longer out the hot dogs in the foil wrap to stay warm!
@@gjd424 Costco doesn’t trust their customers/members - they don’t believe they’d be willing to pay more for keeping the quality at the same high level.
AND THAT'S WHAT SAMS CLUB DID WITH THEIR SEASONINGS😮😮😮
Agree, I am avoiding Kirkland brand after some months of trying some of the Kirkland. I was so disappointed in the cashews that are now poor quality, mushy and no real cashew flavor
I do save money over the long run, but only buying brand name products that I know I like
Not appreciating the change
Absolutely ….the ‘ new’ chicken is horrible ….especially if you have leftovers for the next day…inedible …..
This post has put to rest the nagging doubt of sanity in the legions of us who have been thinking we were “ only imagining things’….I bought at least 4 rotisserie chickens that tasted awful before I decided even if it was “ only my imagination” I was never buying another one….they are truly terrible .
so disappointing they used to be so yum
I totally agree.
Years ago, I heard that Costco had olive oil that was pretty good overall. I don’t go there anymore so I don’t really know but nothing would surprise me. Anymore we can’t just keep going and shopping for the things that we always bought because things are changing and we notice the taste the texture. We don’t buy a lot of baked goods but occasional treat something small like a one person type thing for and we get two of them because we just don’t eat a lot of bakery items, but I’ve noticed a difference.
Chick-fil-A was bought out few years ago and the new buyers said they no longer will be selling the same quality of chicken.
It is true that Kirkland brand food often does not taste as good as it used to be. Kirkland bacon was terrible.
Did you try the kosher one?
My cat won't eat the rotisserie chickens anymore, so neither will I!
This is not happening only in costco . The monkfruit sugar in the supermarket particularly the brown sugar is not the same anymore . It looks pale now very anemic . Every company are trying to save money due to high inflation . 😔
This is very sickening. Obviously Costco doesn't care that much for it's customers anymore because they are trying to pass off Inferior products and not listening to customer complaints. And the company would NEVER admit that they have changed some of their products for the worst.
You really going to take the word of random people on reddit? 😂
It is all GREED they want more profit and hell with the customers
It's the glyphosate. Most Coctco foods now have glyphosate. To show their support for Monsanto, Costco also puts Roundup right next to theri food section.
@@friendlybrilliant4902 downfall of costco
Shrinkflation and greed. Cheaper ingredients/smaller sizes mean bigger returns for shareholders and/or CEOs.
I thought the flavors in all the items you presented had changed because of my age. Now I know it’s not me who changed. Thank you.
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Publix's cakes and bakery breads taste different after the pandemic.
YES IS VERY SAD TO AGREE THAT QUALITY AND WEIGHT ON THE FOOD INDUSTRY WENT DOWN A LOT EVERYWHERE, AND COSTCO ONE OF THEM, BAD FOR US.
Stopped buying the rotisserie chicken 5 years ago, chicken has been altered to the point that it’s tasteless. “We want our customers to eat healthy food “. Buy a chicken from an individual small producer and compare. We stopped using the food court when they removed the Polish. I’ll not let some mega corporation dictate what I eat. If it doesn’t taste good, don’t buy it.
Hormone hens,, super short life span to get them to market faster. They grow way too fast.
@@loesjevervloet3769 Didn’t think about that, sounds like it fits the mold, thanks.
I agree with everything covered in this video. I purchased on bag of the mixed nuts and it seems most of the nuts were almonds and peanuts. Got stale at about the half bag level. Bread, could never finish it..that bad. Don't forget the prices. Pies and cakes start at $18. The $5.99 pumpkin pie is the winner of all of them.
I don’t go to Costco anymore, but I noticed the change in food the texture flavors we cook mostly we eat well. My boyfriend makes bread sometimes and different things but we don’t eat tons of bread, but I cook a lot at least like for five nights a week and we have leftovers a couple nights. Yeah, food is, not so good from the store. Why does it Taste different? Hmm
The food we're getting is not real for the most part any more. Fake chicken and even fake vegetables. And we won't go back to what we had. It's only going to get worse
Decided to try the rotisserie chicken for the first time in a few years and I totally agree that the quality/taste has gone downhill. Felt like there were added chemicals or something. Can't pinpoint it, but took me a few days to feel back to normal. Pass from now on!
They stopped outsourcing the chickens and have their own growing facilities. It made sense that it was purely a cost saving measure, but it also makes sense that they can make changes to product without running it through outside vendors and jeep changes quiet.
You could say the same thing about Panera. As the prices go up, the quality goes down! Pecan braids are totally gone, replaced by supermarket quality yuck!
New CEO from Kruger making his mark
"...suddenly tasted like chemicals."
Newsflash, EVERYTHING tastes like
chemicals. PERIOD!
steve
I like the jars the cashews and chocolate covered raisins come in.
I repurpose the containers to hold my snacks and use the top with the lids on them to dispense kitty treats for my family of three cats.
Last time in the store I noticed that the container holding roterise chicken was changed to a bag.
I stopped buying their chicken.
We used to buy their ready made beef chili & the chicken pot pies, NO MORE! Both meats tastes really horrible!
We could not eat either 1!
Then we purchased a bag of plain almonds. As we buy the pecans pistachios almonds &
cashews. However this last purchase, the almonds have a strange after taste!!
They are doing something to our food people!!
Its every place. Been buying pizza from the same place for 38 years and its always been the same. Now suddenly the crust is dryer and has a sweet flavor with less of a bready flavor. Ill make my own now.
Thank you for criticising Costco foods; yes, you diclosed and informed buyers the Truths. Is it the ways Costco maximizing profits at the expense of customer's pockets & tastes.
All food taste different.
A few years ago I noticed that not only do the roasted chicken taste different, they’re huge now like a hen🤢🥴
Costco up the prices too while changing the quality of there foods. Take the salad in the snack shop. It's not as full no tomatoes, about a third less chicken and no cheese. Also no croutons. To make you not smile it was $3.99 before removal returning to a new price of $6.99.
The truth is, they want to make more money while short changing the customer on quality AND quantity!! GREED!
That's a typical price change tactic so people don't notice. It's buffering the price change. They put out a crappie or smaller product at a sale price so that you can mentally justify it. Then go back to the regular price and your brain just bemoans the end of the sale, making it feel like nothing has really changed.
it would be more honest if instead of downgrading their ingredients to keep the prices low they would keep same ingredients and rise the prices accordingly
if the customers can’t afford it they just won’t buy
but don’t substitute something good with crap just to keep appearance
It's a Corporation! Their goal is to make money ,& more of it. all while giving the customer poor quality, quantity AND higher prices. They never lose, we do!! Greed on full display!!
@@debbiehall9396You say that about "corporations" like there's an entity that doesn't do that. It's more about people and what we accept because we leave ourselves no choices. It's a Hella shame that many people can't or won't cook for themselves and wouldn't know how to so much as grow lettuce. 100 years ago if the price was too high, you did it yourself. Now most people can't. Society has failed when it's peo literally can't feed themselves.
Chicken in bags now, bags are greasy. chicken are smaller, meat dries faster bring back the container...
I too have noticed how their products have changed in order for Costco to make more profit. Their chicken is a prime example. It tastes like bleach and chemicals. I stop buying their chicken a few years ago. My daughter got the runs and got very ill, lasted a few days. I spread the news to family & friends to stop buying their chicken. I now buy rotisserie chickens at Sams. Their muffins use to be so good, now they are terrible. Same as the croissants - they are dry and do not taste buttery. I buy those at Sams now too, they taste like real butter has been added to make them. Last week (Sept. 12, 2024) we bought a Chicken Pot Pie fresh, and that too was awful. We did also buy one from Sams to do a comparison test. Sams is far better, has a nice gravy inside. Costco's was watery inside and no gravy whatsoever. Same with the breads. There was a time that their prepared meal of Chicken Alfredo was the best in town a few years back. Now it tastes terrible. So sad, it was my husband's favorite meal. He would even want it as a birthday meal. How sad that Costco has changed so much, all to make more profit. I buy very little at Costco now, just packaged canned items, frozen products, and nothing else.
They may be trying to cut cost in attempt to keep the prices the same but quality loss is never an option for me. For some things, I would be willing to pay a little more if the quality stays the same. One thing at Costco that really jumped up in price is their 2lb package of smoked pulled pork, which taste phenomenal but it was $10.99 a year ago, then it jumped to $12.99 and now it's $14.99. I used to buy it 2-3 times per month, but with the price jump I very seldom buy it now.
The fake food is here!
I agree on the ones that I buy often and don't buy anymore:
1) Ciabatta bread and their French bread tasted like chalk and chewy tried twice, and returned twice.
2) The rotisserie chicken tastes like chewing on foam that airy feeling, taste old and slimy not going to buy again.
3) Nuts, I hate them in bags... taste stale. Probably will not buy again till they bring back those reusable containers.
4) The cookies make my mouth dry... usually an indicator of too much baking soda
5) Muffins no more for me. Just does not taste right.
I hope they Costco is watching.
I have noticed that some of the baked goods are not nearly as good as they were a year ago. The croissants are acceptable, but the cookies for the most part are barely acceptable. The piecrust, and indeed the pie fillings are not the same. They are definitely not putting butter in their piecrust anymore, and the filling seems exceptionally bland Now it is to the point that I am reluctant to buy their pies at all. In 😮addition at the Costco close to my house, I was having a problem with the produce not being fresh and beginning to spoil within 2 to 3 days within my refrigerator. I paid $1500 for the refrigerator from Costco. So they could not claim it was my refrigeration, after I inquired about complaining to headquarters, I gave them another try and their produce is lasting longer now.
I just purchased a rotisserie chicken at Costco and it was delicious like always!
Awesome share!
Costco's rotisserie chicken has gone from top tier to garbage. I won't touch it. IMO it's probably bad for you at this point.
Not real chicken? Lab grown?
They don’t make cherry pies anymore.🙁 I asked why and the lady told me, “they’re too much work”. Of course we know it’s all about profit! 😡
Agreed! 2 years ago I was told there was a bad cherry harvest. I haven't heard what this year's excuse was.
Is there a potato chip bag where it’s not mostly broken chips?
Most kettle fried potato chips have less breakage as the potatoes are cut slightly thicker…a bit more sturdy. You can also look for a bag that is very full of “air.” The air in the bags protects the chips from being crushed in handling. Contrary to urban legends, it is not a gimmick to sell fewer chips by making the bags look full. Chips are sold by net weight, not by volume. Some chip bags are nitrogen flushed…meaning the gas in the bag is nitrogen, as it eliminates moisture and spoilage. Always check the price per ounce to get the best value.
@@OTatime Good idea, to check air fullness in bag. I did buy Pringles every so often. Now I’m just looking for some of the flavors I haven’t tried. I put the flavors in notes. Checking them off
@@catw6998 Pringles are not potato chips as they are not sliced from whole potatoes. They are a “potato snack” They are only 42 percent potato content made from reconstituted potato flour with added wheat, corn and rice flour, along with seasoning and preservatives.
I went to the produce section of my local supermarket today to choose a cucumber. Every single one of them was the exact same length, the exact same circumference and the exact same shade of green. How do they do that???? My husband grows a vegetable garden every summer and has never produced two cucumbers that are exactly the same. Needless to say, I decided to wait on our garden.
Greenhouse grown English cukes are pretty identical in size. Regular cucumbers 🥒 not so much, but the skin is considerably thicker (and they’re about 1/2 the price.)
Thanks for the video. I was thinking about getting a membership but, not now. It seems to me that a lot of companies have changed the quality of their products. Even Publix has some items that don't taste the same and I know because I worked a few years for them close to my retirement. I thought I was just getting older and my taste buds had changed. Even a lot of the fast food items are terrible now ,which is great because I rarely buy anything and plan not to anymore.
Get your membership! It's the best store, especially for non food, tools, online deals with other companies, and MEDICINE. Even gas stations can save you a dollar a gallon!
There's 10000 reasons why Costco is probably the funnest store on earth and it's only half food.
Get your membership!!!
Costco is one of the best stores on the planet, and remember, it's only half food! You can get up to a dollar off per gallon at their gas stations, they have a tire center, medicine, eye care, hearing care vacations deals, better warranties on everything.
If they don't carry a product, their website partners with other brands and companies to give Costco members incredibly good deals!
Costco DELIVERS!!!
The cost of food, and our economy is in the toilet.
A couple of things I've bought from Costco, I will never buy again are the Southwest chicken Taquitos or Flautas (with black bean), the Chicken & Cheese Flautas and the Gyro Slices. I just didn't like the flavor of the southwest Flautas and the Chicken and Cheese ones didn't taste like real meat. The Gyro slices had a strange flavor, unlike Greek & Lebanese restaurants. The Jack Cantina Salsa taste fresh made EVERY time. The spicy garlic wings made in the deli are phenomenal. The Padrino's tamales are good too.
Just read the labels before buying it .
I have been seriously thinking of making my own meals. It’s much safer and taste better.
these are not foods
these are some products that you can put in your mouth, chew and swallow and get some dopamine release
in exchange for diabetes somewhere along the line
👏🏿
Careful what you eat when you go out.cook at home and make small containers so just warm it when you get home. Wash well fruit and eat a lot fruit and vegetables, baked chicken with lot of lemon and garlic oregano Bay leaves parsley paprika salt and pepper.
Avocados at Walmart were tasting funny too.
Kirkland will soon go out of business if they don’t go back to their original recipes for their breads and bagels. Somebody else will take their place.
Everything in processed foods has changed. What they get away with now is insane, if you only knew.
How much and which ones have recall or within a couple weeks, get recalled?
FDA are worthless clowns. It’s evil.
I have not tried everything on this list but, of the ones I have tried, I have not noticed any taste difference.
I thought it was just me with the chicken, ciabatta and bacon. They’re gonna have to let us know if they fix the situation because I’m not buying any of these products now. I stopped buying their olive oil with the olive oil scandal a few years ago.
I’m one of those that is spending less at Costco than two years ago and it ain’t bidenomics!
More reasons to always cook from scratch.
You can say that, but what are they really doing to our cooking ingredients that we cook with whether it be flour anything we put in our food? I prefer that myself but yet I wonder?
Flour , oatmeal, chocolate, …. All destroyed by pesticides and how in hell does lead get in chocolate?
I would never buy olive oil in a plastic container. Plastic leaches into the oil. I only buy Olive oil in glass bottles
Last month, I was able to buy Pilgrim's Pride
chickens, for 33 CENTS a pound. Yes, they
ALL had that stretchy string on them.
steve
Is it Costco or government?
Both. FDA is Worthless!
Even the pasture raised eggs are a scam half of the 2 dozen are actually small not large as the packaging says, that makes me question pasture or feed lot. AMEN.
I JUST PRAY COSTCO DIDN'T GO THE WAY OF NESTLE'S WHERE SKIMPING ON FLAVOUR TO SAVE $$$ IS HAPPENING!!
Many foods have changed at Costco. The chicken does have a weird taste. The bakery garlic bread is as hard as a rock. The crust is terrible. It is too bad. Costco use to be good food for less.
The trend for most food products is to reduce quantity (weight or volume), lower quality and raise price - all at the same time, and it is not just Costco. It is everywhere. Most troubling is losses of quality, no matter if it is because of ingredients or changing recipes. The losses are on the consumer side
They've gotten rid of their best former organic food
I heard kirkland was bought by Nabisco and quality has deteriorated.
Costco has so many great products and sold so many of them - why would they change them? Trying to make more $$$$$$$$$$???? Or - just going along with the trend: lower quality of food????
Yip...I noticed the chickens are now packaged in plastic bags and It is much harder to serve and you have to take it out and dirty dishes to carve and serve. Then you have to find something to put it in to put the leftovers in the fridge. They stopped carrying Jose's Organic Coffee...that was my staple and the decaf beans are no longer regularly carried. They only have it pre-ground in a can. I buy a lot of coffee. The chuck roasts are not as good as they used to be either...seems a lower grade. I now prefer Sam's club for nuts, chuck roasts and ground chuck beef and Amazon for whole organic coffee beans. Also, my local Costco in Torrance, CA is so packed you sometimes have to drive in circles many times to find any kind of spot to park. Then the checkout lines are long.
The nuts are drier. Maybe they don’t stay as fresh in the pouch. Just in case that was the issue I transfer them to a jar once I get them home. That hasn’t resolved it though .
Hahaha check the baked goods for bug protein powder😜😜😜😜😜
Costco rotisserie chickens have always seemed under cooked and greasy. I had to put them in the oven for another half hour to make them closer to how I like my chicken. In comparison, BJ's rotisserie chickens are far superior.
Read labels. 🤔
Food is changing for a reason…they’re hoping the masses wont notice…🤨
Put your “extra virgin” olive oil in the fridge. If they freeze, it’s not 100% olive oil.
I’m eating one of the non salted nuts,right now… tastes better,actually.❤
Does not help that Blackrock and Vanguard are major investors.
Poison and garbage added to foods to increase profits.
Chickens taste much better from Walmart,Kroger and Safeway,Albertson. COSTCO needs to improve the taste of those chickens. It is BIG but NO TASTE.
Taste first to go when companies change to inferior ingredients to save money. They hope consumers won’t notice. Consumer always notice when food they once enjoyed , is no longer any good. Many restaurants are joining fast food chains as well.
Yes many products are less than just plain good
My Costco is moving buildings and putting in a winco in its place
Save the receipt and take it back for a refund. If they want to play games, call their bluff.
I will tell you the last several chickens has had holes in meat as I sliced, with a purple lining.These are for sure “cysts” that pop when roasted! The taste isn’t the same for sure!
Something big changed some years ago. Someone in management changed economic models and implemented massive cost reduction as a way to increase revenue. Bad move. Like McDonald’s changing to cheaper potatoes for its fries.
Costco is using pigeons in their rotisseries rather than chickens.
Dog meat instead of pork like Walmart