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Grocery Coupon Guide
Grocery Coupon Guide
Shay Huntley

The $4.99 Costco Chicken Mystery How It Is Still That Cheap in 2026

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Walking to the back of a warehouse club usually involves grabbing a hot rotisserie chicken for dinner. The price of this specific item has defied the logic of global inflation for over a decade. While fresh meat prices soar everywhere else, the famous Costco bird remains stubbornly fixed at $4.99. Shoppers constantly wonder how the corporate giant manages to avoid raising the price of their most popular item. Let us solve the Costco chicken mystery and discover how it is still that cheap in 2026.

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