• Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    In 2009, the Seattle Times asked Costco co-founder (and then-CEO) Jim Sinegal, “If [the price of the hot dog] ever goes up, what will it mean?” Sinegal replied, “That I’m dead.”

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      1 year ago

      The quote I always heard was;

      The founder of Costco told a CEO who wanted to raise the prices on Costco’s hot dogs: “If you raise the effing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out.”

      I just love the finality of it