![]() ![]() This is because most retailers source their chickens from outside suppliers, which often means that they incur high production costs.īuilding the chicken plant was meant to cut the middlemen and decrease Costco’s costs by eliminating the need to work with outside suppliers. In recent years, other retailers have begun to increase their chicken prices to $5.99 and even higher. The chicken plant allows Costco to control every aspect of the production process, overseeing everything from the grains the chickens eat to the transportation of the chickens to warehouses across the country.Ĭostco built the chicken plant to keep its chicken prices low.įamously, Costco rotisserie chickens cost only $4.99 and have stayed at this price since their debut in 2009.Įven during the avian flu of 2015, when production costs soared, Costco rotisserie chickens remained $4.99 apiece. ![]() In 2019, Costco built its own vertically-integrated chicken plant in Fremont, Nebraska. Keep reading to learn more about Costco’s chicken, including the details about its chicken farm.Ĭostco gets its fresh and rotisserie chickens from its own chicken farm in Fremont, Nebraska. Costco’s rotisserie chicken price has been $4.99 since its debut in 2009 and will likely always cost $4.99.The chicken farm allows Costco to oversee the entire production process and lower costs.Costco gets its fresh and rotisserie chickens, including the organic Kirkland Signature chicken, from its own chicken farm in Fremont, Nebraska. ![]()
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