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Daily Mail
23-04-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Costco shoppers 'disgusted' with changes to fan-favorite Kirkland dinner staple
Costco's chicken breasts are under fire — and some longtime customers say they've had enough. Shoppers are taking to Reddit to complain about what they describe as 'woody' chicken breasts: pieces of meat that are unusually firm, rubbery, or chewy. While the issue isn't exclusive to Costco, the warehouse chain is catching heat for it online. 'After 20+ years of chicken breasts being a staple in my diet, Costco's woody breasts have ruined chicken for me. It's almost a phobia now,' a Redditor wrote. 'I'm in IL and stopped buying chicken breasts at Costco over a year ago because too many of them were nasty,' a shopper responded. Reddit users said that woody chicken is 'fairly common' in the US. 'It's from meat chickens being bred to grow too big too fast causing abnormal muscle and fiber development,' a Reddit user explained. 'It's still edible. though not very palatable or visually appealing.' Customers recently accused Costco of shrinkflation after discovering differences in its new cookie varieties Others blamed corporate farming practices, claiming chickens raised in stressful environments produce inferior meat. 'Egg farmer here.. the meat came from a caged and neglected chicken. Unable to move around, living in darkness, causes incredible stress to the chicken making the meat mushy. 'Chickens allowed to be outside and free to walk around, scratch and forage have superior meat quality. This is corporate farming.' The backlash is just the latest food-related drama for Costco. The retailer was recently criticized for switching its popular rotisserie chicken packaging from plastic containers to bags. Its Kirkland muffins also drew complaints after a recipe and size change. There was also shrinkflation accusations after a new cookie variety came with 21 instead of the normal 24 in a pack. And last year, some fans slammed its food court's Chicken Bakes for tasting different — and smaller. It has even emerged that Costco fans hate its toilet paper, which they described as: 'Absolute garbage'. Experts say all this been a factor in the end of Costco's reign as the top-rated grocery store for customer satisfaction Several Reddit users who left harsh comments explained why chicken becomes woody Despite the criticism of the chicken breasts, and other popular items, shoppers are raving about other top-sellers. One new item flying off shelves is the $13.99 Kirkland 12-pack of Helles-Style Lager, which went on sale in November. 'It's incredible, the cost-to-value is insane on this beer,' Costco shopper Taylor Vavra told the Wall Street Journal. Until now, Costco has struggled to make a beer that its shoppers liked. Shoppers have also been rushing to purchase a Carrot Mini Sheet Cake after Reddit users spotted it in stores last week. The cake, which costs between $5.49 and $5.99 per package, will only be available in stores for a limited time. 'WOW! I just tried this for the first time. The cream cheese frosting is UNREAL. This may be the best out of all the mini sheet cakes,' a shopper wrote on Reddit. 'I went last night and picked one up. Just cut a good slice out, ate it and found it to be absolutely delicious,' a commenter added. Besides its chicken breasts, customers have had problems with its Kirkland rotisserie chicken Despite the drama, Costco remains on a hot streak. The company raked in $254 billion in revenue last year and just posted $62.53 billion in second-quarter net sales — a 9.1 percent jump from the same time in 2023. It is planning to open a dozen new stores in the US this year. The first round of stores has already opened in California, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Texas. Its newest store will open in Stuart, Florida, on Friday, although because of locals opposing it, the store has been dubbed Costco's most controversial.
Daily Mail
21-04-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Trader Joe's shoppers race to buy limited edition treat
Shoppers are rushing to purchase a beloved Trader Joe's treat in stores nationwide. Social media chaos erupted on Reddit after customers spotted the limited edition desert in stores last week. The treat, Carrot Mini Sheet Cake, became an instant fan-favorite after making its store debut last year. Now that they are back, customers are hoping to snag them before they're sold out everywhere. 'WOW! I just tried this for the first time. The cream cheese frosting is UNREAL. This may be the best out of all the mini sheet cakes,' a Reddit user wrote. 'I don't quite understand how it's meant to be more than one serving? I'm pretty sure it's meant to be consumed all at once,' a shopper joked on an additional post. Stores nationwide have been selling the sheet cake for $5.49 to $5.99 per package. The sheet cake began flying off the shelves just months after fans went wild over the chain's Kirkland Signature Peppermint Bark. The sheet cake debuted in Trader Joe's stores last year and quickly became a fan favorite desert Trader Joe's created the popular sheet cake by taking notes from the 'Medieval masses and grandmas of yore,' according to the product's description. The desert is a mix of shredded carrots and warm spices baked together in a 'sweet and nutty base.' Cream cheese icing tops the cake, and no baking or heating is necessary to enjoy the treat. Multiple social media users have already claimed they would purchase the cake again and freeze it so that they can eat it in the future. 'I went last night and picked one up. Just cut a good slice out, ate it and found it to be absolutely delicious,' a shopper commented. 'Not overly sweet, the cake was moist and cream cheese frosting was subtle. Now I need to buy another and freeze it for future eating.' Others were glad the cake was missing a common ingredient in baked goods - nuts. 'No nuts?! I can actually have them?! Score!!! So many of the commercial carrot cakes have walnuts in them so I can't have them. This is exciting!,' a fan responded. Social media users insisted they needed to try the sheet cake and claimed they ate a significant amount of free samples In addition to its signature foods, Trader Joe's made headlines last year for its mini tote bags, which swept the internet. The mini totes sold out quickly and purchased by customers who waited in lines wrapped around buildings. The viral mini canvas tote is one of the common $2.99 must buys that has been found on resale websites for prices up to $1,000. The chain's latest hot commodity items were Mini Pastel Canvas Tote Bags, which hit shelves before Easter. Customers were lining up like crazy to purchase the limited-edition tote also worth $2.99 in stores. 'People's obsession with these mini Trader Joe's reusable bags highlights a unique intersection between consumer behavior, branding, and social status,' psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert told FOX Business. 'These bags have transformed from simple and practical grocery carriers to coveted items that carry a certain cultural cachet.' It's unclear which stores are still selling the pastel-colored totes, but one to four bags in the set have already been listed for thousands of dollars on eBay. Trader Joe's is in the process of opening a dozen new stores across 10 states. Its latest store openings were in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and Seattle, Washington, earlier this month. Trader Joe's had already opened 34 stores across the US last year, many of which received hundreds of shoppers on opening days. As of now, Trader Joe's operates more than 600 grocery stores nationwide.
