{"id":533,"date":"2024-07-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=533"},"modified":"2024-07-02T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T05:00:00","slug":"costcos-new-rotisserie-chicken-packaging-has-some-members-clucking-over-spilled-chicken-juices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"Costco\u2019s New Rotisserie Chicken Packaging Has Some Members Clucking Over Spilled Chicken Juices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For many shoppers, one of the best perks of Costco membership is the inflation-proof prices on some favorites, like the hot dog and soda combination for $1.50 at the food court and the $4.99 rotisserie chicken from the deli.<\/p>\n<p>However, a recent packaging change to Costco\u2019s signature rotisserie chicken has created displeasure among the usually enthusiastic members. Costco has replaced the rigid, two-piece clamshells previously used to pack whole, cooked chickens with sealed bags. According to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.costcoconnection.com\/june_2024\/page2.html#mask\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Costco<\/a>, the packaging change eliminates 17 million pounds of plastic and 400 metric tons of greenhouse gasses, the equivalent of taking a thousand Costco trucks off the road.<\/p>\n<p>If those figures seem like inflated or overly optimistic projections, keep in mind that Costco\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/business\/hot-dogs-and-chickens-by-the-millions-just-how-big-was-costcos-2023\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sold<\/a>\u00a0137 million rotisserie chickens in 2023, a 20% increase over 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/costcos-new-rotisserie-chicken-packaging-has-some-members-clucking-over-spilled-chicken-juices\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many shoppers, one of the best perks of Costco membership is the inflation-proof prices on some favorites, like the hot dog and soda combination for $1.50 at the food court and the $4.99 rotisserie chicken from the deli. However, a recent packaging change to Costco\u2019s signature rotisserie chicken has created displeasure among the usually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[340,341,54],"class_list":["post-533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news","tag-chicken","tag-costco","tag-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}