Costco Foods That Taste Different Now
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- čas přidán 24. 05. 2024
- If your favorite Costco treats suddenly have you feeling like you're chewing on tires or cleaning a swimming pool, you're not alone. These are the foods at the big box store that shoppers have noticed are…not the same.
#Bread #Muffins #Bagels
Ciabatta bread | 0:00
Mixed nuts | 1:03
Chocolate chip cookies | 1:52
Thick cut bacon | 2:52
Frozen cheese pizzas | 3:51
Granola bars | 5:03
Rotisserie chicken | 6:11
Double chocolate muffins | 7:22
Olive oil | 8:28
Croissants | 9:32
Bagels | 10:37
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Have you noticed the taste for these foods changing, or does it still taste the same to you?
Oh yeah!
Yes. Imported from China? Weird scents and textures.
All tastes are going B L A N D like eating cardboard. Smells oily too.
it's not just Costo. Food everywhere has changed for the worse in the last 3-4 years.
Let's go Brandon blame that guy
you mean in the USA not in Italy
Your absolutely right. Truth is our food supply is being poisoned! In the coming mos evidence will be shown to prove this fact!!
Agree!
You are so on point! Everything is lower quality now and they give you less.
Before Covid, After Covid, huge difference.
Price gone up, Quality gone down.😢😢
100% agree about the artisan/ciabatta bread and pizza. I used to buy this bread and pizza weekly. As for the olive oil, the price went up by 100%. I remember paying $9.95 then $12.95 and now it has gone up to $24.95. And I wish they would bring back the old croissant. I'd rather pay more for a quality product and pay less for unappetizing, inferior quality.
You are so right about the taste of the chicken. Something’s changed - and I’m afraid it’s the chicken itself.😊
Your spot on! It's the source, & I do not believe deep down its safe anymore!!
From China and smell like a chemical smell the next day 🫤
I don't know if its me or the manufactures but so many foods just do not taste right anymore. I am doing a lot of baking and cooking at home now. Its not just the cost but the taste seems to be off. I thought it was just me and my taste buds
Also the last time we go pizza at the snack bar it was definitely lower quality and value.
Agree!!!
Nothing goes back to being good once changed, things only get worse.
You are 100% correct!
The Kirkland location is selling the roasted chicken in a bag...horrible.
I hate that they started doing that.
Saving money.
Profit maximising by Costco, disgusting.
I think it is a world wide need to quit using plastic.
Food at restaurants and at grocery stores have become inferior in quality but high in cost.
I agree, my brother & I eat out alot & I can absolutely tell you something has gone very wrong w/our food, especially our meat. I don't even want to order a meat dish anymore, I don't know WHAT I'm putting in my mouth, besides the fact it tastes so bad & off!!
Bring back the old chicken bake! And COMBO PIZZA
Kirkland EVOO has an ingredient label that makes me not purchase it. The source of the processed oil is more than six countries. That raises my concerns about consistency. I prefer a single source, ideally California or Italy. When the label says “from Italian grown olives” or “traceable chain of Italian origin,” it means that the olives were grown in Italy then shipped out to other countries for processing and refining. That can make a huge impact on quality. I’ll buy my EVOO at the market in smaller quantities that are labeled with a production date. Oxidized olive oil is unhealthy and can cause inflammation.
Processed oils in itself bad; many. Countries? Not so good.
This post has put to rest the nagging doubt of sanity in the legions of us who have been thinking we were “ only imagining things’….I bought at least 4 rotisserie chickens that tasted awful before I decided even if it was “ only my imagination” I was never buying another one….they are truly terrible .
so disappointing they used to be so yum
There is something up with those Costco chicken. First the are saltier and bigger than the rotisserie chickens I buy at the grocery store and Walmart. Also, when I’m cutting meat off of the Costco chicken, I give my dog a piece of the chicken. My dog gets sick almost every time I give him the Costco chicken. If you ask me, it’s whatever brine they are using. I will just stick to the grocery stores smaller less salty chickens.
Costco's rotisserie chickens are seasoned - that's probably what's making ur dog sick. I only give my dog a small piece. You could also rinse off the chicken you're giving to ur dog.
We quit eating the chicken it tasted more and more like bleach?! Stomach issues were also a reason to stop. What did they do to it? Scary…
My dogs smell it and will not eat it. I have tile floors and it is funny watching them try to bury it
Costco won’t change anything back. They are out to make more profit. Period.
Bingo!! You get the gold star!!
Corporations ONLY see PROFIT, not the concern OR health of the consumer! Shame on these money hungry greedy people!!
Then say Adios to Costco for good everyone!!
The Kirkland brand starts out in a category of interest by partnering with national brands to package their products disguised under the Kirkland labels. For example, Starbucks roasts some coffees sold as Kirkland. After a few years, Costco wants a higher margin and they don’t want to pay for the reputable national brand anymore. So Costco takes over production and starts making the products themselves. That’s when consumers notice the drop in quality, changes in texture and odd tastes. Costco is skilled at buying high quality items and getting great prices out of national brands. However, Costco is simply not great at producing their own products in all categories. They seem to trade savings over quality when they take over from the national brands. It will be their undoing.
Your exactly right! Even the hot dogs have changed from Hebrew and if you noticed the white onions you have to ask for now and they no longer out the hot dogs in the foil wrap to stay warm!
@@gjd424 Costco doesn’t trust their customers/members - they don’t believe they’d be willing to pay more for keeping the quality at the same high level.
AND THAT'S WHAT SAMS CLUB DID WITH THEIR SEASONINGS😮😮😮
Agree, I am avoiding Kirkland brand after some months of trying some of the Kirkland. I was so disappointed in the cashews that are now poor quality, mushy and no real cashew flavor
I do save money over the long run, but only buying brand name products that I know I like
Not appreciating the change
Absolutely ….the ‘ new’ chicken is horrible ….especially if you have leftovers for the next day…inedible …..
Probably due to the high inflation, they're making cuts to try to keep price increases down.
One Man's Opinion: Keep the quality, even if the price goes up. What I buy, I want it to be good.
They do increase prices! And lower the quality of everything. The company is too greedy!
@@ritad.6316 I don't think it's as much "greed" as runaway inflation and their fear of losing their price-conscious customers. I prefer quality to price, otherwise I'd be shopping at Walmart.
@@josephgaviota I don't consider myself being a price-conscious customer. I love Whole Foods and Wegmans and trust in their quality products. Costco is hit or miss for me.
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I happen to believe it's about profit above EVERYTHING ELSE!
I'm not gonna lie, but I've never liked the seasonings and spices used on any rotisserie chickens.
Start looking at the ingredients list, everything has geo-bio-engineered products. It went mainstream last Christmas w/Cheerios. It is added to everything, usually listed as the last thing on the ingredient list.
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I have noticed that some of the baked goods are not nearly as good as they were a year ago. The croissants are acceptable, but the cookies for the most part are barely acceptable. The piecrust, and indeed the pie fillings are not the same. They are definitely not putting butter in their piecrust anymore, and the filling seems exceptionally bland Now it is to the point that I am reluctant to buy their pies at all. In 😮addition at the Costco close to my house, I was having a problem with the produce not being fresh and beginning to spoil within 2 to 3 days within my refrigerator. I paid $1500 for the refrigerator from Costco. So they could not claim it was my refrigeration, after I inquired about complaining to headquarters, I gave them another try and their produce is lasting longer now.
I like the jars the cashews and chocolate covered raisins come in.
I repurpose the containers to hold my snacks and use the top with the lids on them to dispense kitty treats for my family of three cats.
Last time in the store I noticed that the container holding roterise chicken was changed to a bag.
I stopped buying their chicken.
Years ago, I heard that Costco had olive oil that was pretty good overall. I don’t go there anymore so I don’t really know but nothing would surprise me. Anymore we can’t just keep going and shopping for the things that we always bought because things are changing and we notice the taste the texture. We don’t buy a lot of baked goods but occasional treat something small like a one person type thing for and we get two of them because we just don’t eat a lot of bakery items, but I’ve noticed a difference.
"...suddenly tasted like chemicals."
Newsflash, EVERYTHING tastes like
chemicals. PERIOD!
steve
This is very sickening. Obviously Costco doesn't care that much for it's customers anymore because they are trying to pass off Inferior products and not listening to customer complaints. And the company would NEVER admit that they have changed some of their products for the worst.
You really going to take the word of random people on reddit? 😂
They may be trying to cut cost in attempt to keep the prices the same but quality loss is never an option for me. For some things, I would be willing to pay a little more if the quality stays the same. One thing at Costco that really jumped up in price is their 2lb package of smoked pulled pork, which taste phenomenal but it was $10.99 a year ago, then it jumped to $12.99 and now it's $14.99. I used to buy it 2-3 times per month, but with the price jump I very seldom buy it now.
All food taste different.
Costco is using pigeons in their rotisseries rather than chickens.
Awesome share!
Publix's cakes and bakery breads taste different after the pandemic.
oh no not publix too! I'm going to kms or just keep making my own bread
I just purchased a rotisserie chicken at Costco and it was delicious like always!
it would be more honest if instead of downgrading their ingredients to keep the prices low they would keep same ingredients and rise the prices accordingly
if the customers can’t afford it they just won’t buy
but don’t substitute something good with crap just to keep appearance
It's a Corporation! Their goal is to make money ,& more of it. all while giving the customer poor quality, quantity AND higher prices. They never lose, we do!! Greed on full display!!
My cat won't eat the rotisserie chickens anymore, so neither will I!
This is not happening only in costco . The monkfruit sugar in the supermarket particularly the brown sugar is not the same anymore . It looks pale now very anemic . Every company are trying to save money due to high inflation . 😔
New CEO from Kruger making his mark
I agree with everything covered in this video. I purchased on bag of the mixed nuts and it seems most of the nuts were almonds and peanuts. Got stale at about the half bag level. Bread, could never finish it..that bad. Don't forget the prices. Pies and cakes start at $18. The $5.99 pumpkin pie is the winner of all of them.
More reasons to always cook from scratch.
You can say that, but what are they really doing to our cooking ingredients that we cook with whether it be flour anything we put in our food? I prefer that myself but yet I wonder?
Flour , oatmeal, chocolate, …. All destroyed by pesticides and how in hell does lead get in chocolate?
Decided to try the rotisserie chicken for the first time in a few years and I totally agree that the quality/taste has gone downhill. Felt like there were added chemicals or something. Can't pinpoint it, but took me a few days to feel back to normal. Pass from now on!
I don’t go to Costco anymore, but I noticed the change in food the texture flavors we cook mostly we eat well. My boyfriend makes bread sometimes and different things but we don’t eat tons of bread, but I cook a lot at least like for five nights a week and we have leftovers a couple nights. Yeah, food is, not so good from the store. Why does it Taste different? Hmm
The food we're getting is not real for the most part any more. Fake chicken and even fake vegetables. And we won't go back to what we had. It's only going to get worse
You could say the same thing about Panera. As the prices go up, the quality goes down! Pecan braids are totally gone, replaced by supermarket quality yuck!
I’ve noticed food taste change. Stopped buying the Costco Chicken. One looked like it had been inoculated inside by the bone. I took pictures of it. People can tell when products change. Allergic reactions from chemicals happen.
Love the croissants
They don’t make cherry pies anymore.🙁 I asked why and the lady told me, “they’re too much work”. Of course we know it’s all about profit! 😡
Costco up the prices too while changing the quality of there foods. Take the salad in the snack shop. It's not as full no tomatoes, about a third less chicken and no cheese. Also no croutons. To make you not smile it was $3.99 before removal returning to a new price of $6.99.
The truth is, they want to make more money while short changing the customer on quality AND quantity!! GREED!
Definitely ! I had to stop buying a good amount of things that I used to get there. I thought it was just my family's tastebuds!😞
Last month, I was able to buy Pilgrim's Pride
chickens, for 33 CENTS a pound. Yes, they
ALL had that stretchy string on them.
steve
Stopped buying the rotisserie chicken 5 years ago, chicken has been altered to the point that it’s tasteless. “We want our customers to eat healthy food “. Buy a chicken from an individual small producer and compare. We stopped using the food court when they removed the Polish. I’ll not let some mega corporation dictate what I eat. If it doesn’t taste good, don’t buy it.
Hormone hens,, super short life span to get them to market faster. They grow way too fast.
@@loesjevervloet3769 Didn’t think about that, sounds like it fits the mold, thanks.
Some locations have Korean Bulgogi meat in prepared meal cooler. Fry it up and get flour snack tortillas & Kim Chee makes a Yummy Korean Street Taco.
YES IS VERY SAD TO AGREE THAT QUALITY AND WEIGHT ON THE FOOD INDUSTRY WENT DOWN A LOT EVERYWHERE, AND COSTCO ONE OF THEM, BAD FOR US.
I have not tried everything on this list but, of the ones I have tried, I have not noticed any taste difference.
these are not foods
these are some products that you can put in your mouth, chew and swallow and get some dopamine release
in exchange for diabetes somewhere along the line
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My Costco is moving buildings and putting in a winco in its place
Thanks for the video. I was thinking about getting a membership but, not now. It seems to me that a lot of companies have changed the quality of their products. Even Publix has some items that don't taste the same and I know because I worked a few years for them close to my retirement. I thought I was just getting older and my taste buds had changed. Even a lot of the fast food items are terrible now ,which is great because I rarely buy anything and plan not to anymore.
Everything in processed foods has changed. What they get away with now is insane, if you only knew.
How much and which ones have recall or within a couple weeks, get recalled?
rotisserie chickens some are smaller, not cooked all the way through now. i come across some pink meat inside & tastes like it so i have to cook it in oil before eating. the hamburger, after the 3rd large pack. it was same outcome. pink on very outer side of it, then brown inside. alil older meat. didnt taste right. didnt take it back, coz opened it up. seems they used older meat, put some fresh pink meat around it & re packaged it.
A couple of things I've bought from Costco, I will never buy again are the Southwest chicken Taquitos or Flautas (with black bean), the Chicken & Cheese Flautas and the Gyro Slices. I just didn't like the flavor of the southwest Flautas and the Chicken and Cheese ones didn't taste like real meat. The Gyro slices had a strange flavor, unlike Greek & Lebanese restaurants. The Jack Cantina Salsa taste fresh made EVERY time. The spicy garlic wings made in the deli are phenomenal. The Padrino's tamales are good too.
I seldom eat fast food but when I do…. It tastes different now.
Yes i agree I was just thinking quality AND health!
Food producers have gotten very sneaky!!
Thank you for criticising Costco foods; yes, you diclosed and informed buyers the Truths. Is it the ways Costco maximizing profits at the expense of customer's pockets & tastes.
Taste first to go when companies change to inferior ingredients to save money. They hope consumers won’t notice. Consumer always notice when food they once enjoyed , is no longer any good. Many restaurants are joining fast food chains as well.
It is true that Kirkland brand food often does not taste as good as it used to be. Kirkland bacon was terrible.
I've never had Costco food. I feel like I'm missing out!
_I feel like I'm missing out!_
I would have said "you are," but after this vid, I'm less sure ...
(although I do go to Costco every month)
@@josephgaviota I think I've only been 1 time ever
I went to the produce section of my local supermarket today to choose a cucumber. Every single one of them was the exact same length, the exact same circumference and the exact same shade of green. How do they do that???? My husband grows a vegetable garden every summer and has never produced two cucumbers that are exactly the same. Needless to say, I decided to wait on our garden.
Shrinkflation and greed. Cheaper ingredients/smaller sizes mean bigger returns for shareholders and/or CEOs.
Basing a video exposé based solely on Reddit comments? Really?
No more chickens bought two, Yule!
YULE!! 😂
Had their turkey sandwich the other day. If was the Worse sandwich I can remember! Saturated in a mayo based spread inedible, tossed it!
The Kirkland Chicken Bone Broth is different. Before when it was refrigerated it gelled. Now it’s like water.
The Kirkland Organic Orange Juice is not available in the stores near me. I loved it.
Is there a potato chip bag where it’s not mostly broken chips?
Most kettle fried potato chips have less breakage as the potatoes are cut slightly thicker…a bit more sturdy. You can also look for a bag that is very full of “air.” The air in the bags protects the chips from being crushed in handling. Contrary to urban legends, it is not a gimmick to sell fewer chips by making the bags look full. Chips are sold by net weight, not by volume. Some chip bags are nitrogen flushed…meaning the gas in the bag is nitrogen, as it eliminates moisture and spoilage. Always check the price per ounce to get the best value.
@@OTatime Good idea, to check air fullness in bag. I did buy Pringles every so often. Now I’m just looking for some of the flavors I haven’t tried. I put the flavors in notes. Checking them off
@@catw6998 Pringles are not potato chips as they are not sliced from whole potatoes. They are a “potato snack” They are only 42 percent potato content made from reconstituted potato flour with added wheat, corn and rice flour, along with seasoning and preservatives.
I used to go shopping at Costco every month all the brands name I like but now they don’t carry many of them anymore and have their own brand
Put your “extra virgin” olive oil in the fridge. If they freeze, it’s not 100% olive oil.
Almost all food products got down in quality, down in size(weight or volume) and up in price- all simultaneously. And the same story in most stores and any shopping places, unfortunately.
Although it is a big bargain, years ago I purchased the rotisserie chicken. It never appealed to me , so one and done.
Well, the switch to plastic bag from the box for their $4.99 chicken has nothing to do with environmental concerns but EVERYTHING to do with profits! The chickens are MUCH smaller now hiding in the cheap bag that one can’t judge easily. Another win for Business Consultants/MBAs. Costco saved even more $ now, don’t have to subsidize the 🐔, I stopped buying it. The downhill trend started with dropping the Polish Hot Dog, and the elimination of the Combo Pizza
I stopped eating Costco chicken about a year ago, it tasted funny after several attempts to one more time.
A few years ago I noticed that not only do the roasted chicken taste different, they’re huge now like a hen🤢🥴
Make your own then you know how it is made and what exactly is in it.
I thought it was just me. So sad. I’ve stopped buying so many of my Costco favorites.
We used to buy their ready made beef chili & the chicken pot pies, NO MORE! Both meats tastes really horrible!
We could not eat either 1!
Then we purchased a bag of plain almonds. As we buy the pecans pistachios almonds &
cashews. However this last purchase, the almonds have a strange after taste!!
They are doing something to our food people!!
I actually let my membership go the tuna cans when i openef it half tuna was brown dry and smelled very fishey , happened three more times thinking thier brand was just off but this happened to much for me .
apple pie no good anymore
Yes many products are less than just plain good
Costco's rotisserie chicken has gone from top tier to garbage. I won't touch it. IMO it's probably bad for you at this point.
Not real chicken? Lab grown?
Blue berry bagels have a different recipe they taste worse and look different, sadly.
When did Costco got rid of there Chicken Parmesan?
Warehouse shopping has become a waste of money
I heard kirkland was bought by Nabisco and quality has deteriorated.
Just in the pat 6 months, I uSed to give both of my dogs some scraps of the Costco rotisserie chicken. The past 2 times I’ve given my dogs Costco chicken they have gotten terrible diarrhea. What has changed? I won’t buy it anymore because they’ve put something different in it.
Noticed that the rotisserie chicken tasted like it hadn't been brined: dry and no flavor.
Costco cut quality on everything go to SAM club in stead
It seems lately that a lot of things that have to do with our food in paticular rarely change for the better… sad 🙁
Real stuff - the best stuff cost a fortune. Stay aware folks. When stuff goes to plastic bag, a hint.
Everything changed - the in store lasagna now has cheddar cheese instead of mozzarella. Taste was awful - threw half of it out.
Heartburn means cheap oil ingredients
I purchased the 4-pack of Costco's Pepperoni Pizza. It doesn't taste good.
I just called Sam's Club to say the same thing about their products. I stopped buying chicken breast, and the beef is also bad. The milk has a bad smell.
The Costco Rosarito chicken is now in a bag they've changed the baggage from that plastic thing to a plastic bag they're going to probably save millions of dollars on plastic bags instead of using all the heavy plastic and stuff it's a good idea but it's a good idea
Chicken in bags now, bags are greasy. chicken are smaller, meat dries faster bring back the container...
I recently got diarrhea from a rosittier chicken and it didn’t taste right
Even the pasture raised eggs are a scam half of the 2 dozen are actually small not large as the packaging says, that makes me question pasture or feed lot. AMEN.
Chickens taste much better from Walmart,Kroger and Safeway,Albertson. COSTCO needs to improve the taste of those chickens. It is BIG but NO TASTE.
I thought it was just me with the chicken, ciabatta and bacon. They’re gonna have to let us know if they fix the situation because I’m not buying any of these products now. I stopped buying their olive oil with the olive oil scandal a few years ago.
I’m one of those that is spending less at Costco than two years ago and it ain’t bidenomics!