Potential Changes on the Way for Costco Food Court Fans

Customers wait in line to order below signage for the Costco Kirkland Signature $1.50 hot dog and soda combo, which has maintained the same price since 1985 despite consumer price increases and inflation, at the food court outside a Costco Wholesale Corp. store in Hawthorne, Calif., on June 14, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Costco’s food courts have long been easygoing about allowing non-members to savour its poutine, ice cream cones, and other treats.

But, if the wholesale stores in Canada follow the example of those in the United States, Costco’s famous $1.50 hot dog combo deal may soon be off-limits to anyone who doesn’t hold a club membership.