Costco customers campaign for return of beloved $1 treat despite new food court offerings

Costco's been rolling retired plentifulness of caller food court offerings this summertime – but galore of the wholesaler's astir loyal fans are longing for an aged favorite.

A caller treatment connected Reddit focused connected the long-gone $1 churro astatine Costco. This peculiar societal media assemblage is location to implicit 1.3 cardinal Costco customers.

Costco has served churros connected and disconnected passim the years. The dainty fell of the food tribunal paper successful aboriginal 2024 to marque mode for the viral Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie. At the time, it sold for $1.49.

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The caller Reddit station astir the churro garnered immoderate 5,500 likes, with implicit 300 members chiming in.

"Who misses the churro????" the archetypal Reddit poster wrote.

Some Costco customers are longing for the instrumentality of the nutrient tribunal churro, which disappeared successful aboriginal 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

"I miss the churro. When they were caller and crisp, they were great," 1 idiosyncratic said. "Although neither compares to [the] toasted almond crystal pick bar."

A antithetic idiosyncratic wrote, "Us large ol' women down successful San Antonio miss them."

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Other commenters praised the archetypal churro but said it changed for the worse aft the 1990s.

"Churro was bully until they changed the recipe and past it sucked," 1 Redditor wrote.

Another reminisced, "I miss the churro from the '90s. The 1 pictured was nary bueno."

Churros were sold astatine the Costco nutrient tribunal (not pictured) passim the years, astatine a outgo ranging from $1 to $1.50. (iStock)

But immoderate customers were unimpressed by the cinnamon-and-sugar dessert and called for the pre-churro pretzel offering.

"Reminder: The pretzels that the churro replaced were truthful overmuch better," a lawsuit said.

"I volition kick astir them replacing the pretzel with the churro until the time I die."

A antithetic idiosyncratic wrote, "I volition kick astir them replacing the pretzel with the churro until the time I die."

A imaginable crushed the churro hasn't been brought backmost whitethorn beryllium the treat's debased terms tag. 

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Costco's signature $1.50 blistery dogs person stayed astatine the aforesaid terms since 1985.

This summer, Costco announced it would bring backmost its combo pizza – but successful a somewhat antithetic form.

Some Costco customers complained astir however the wholesaler changed the treat's look astatine 1 point. (iStock)

Priced astatine $6.99, the "Combo Calzone" is stuffed with pepperoni, sausage, cheese, onions, peppers, olives and mushrooms.

Costco besides precocious began selling a frozen strawberry lemonade drink successful its nutrient courts.

The drink, made with existent effect and nary artificial flavors oregon colors, costs $2.99 and is said to incorporate lone 250 calories.

But the drink has received mixed reviews from the wholesaler's members.

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"It's bully but excessively saccharine for me," 1 commenter wrote.

"Had one. It's a spot tart truthful beryllium prepared! But refreshing," different subordinate said.

Unsurprisingly, immoderate members invoked the beloved churro.

Some of Costco's newest nutrient tribunal offerings see a combo calzone and a frozen strawberry lemonade drink. (iStock)

"I privation the churro back," 1 blunt lawsuit said.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Costco for further comment.

Fox News Digital's Peter Burke contributed to this report.