🌭🤯 “If you raise the hot dog, I will kill you.” That’s what Costco founder Jim Sinegal reportedly told then-CEO Craig Jelinek when he suggested raising the price of their $1.50 hot dog and soda combo. The year was 1985, and nearly four decades later, the price hasn’t budged. Inflation says it should be $4.50 today. Costco says…nope. Instead of passing costs onto customers, Costco fought behind the scenes. They built their own Kirkland hot dog factories to cut out suppliers, sold the combo at a