FOOD COURT LORETHE CAFETERIA CATALOG
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REGIONAL ITEM HISTORY

Hot dog and soda combo

Costco’s all-beef hot dog comes with a fountain drink. [6] [7]

Documented at Folsom, California, on a September 29, 2018 kiosk photograph; not a current national menu assertion.

REPORTED PRICE$1.50One hot dog with 20 oz soda and refills · United States; dated local evidence · report published 2026-07-29; sale date unknown

Nutrition: no verified local serving data.

A Costco hot dog with onions, salsa and Sriracha, photographed January 10, 2012. Washington context; exact warehouse unverified. A diner’s customized serving, not an official Fire Dog menu item or a complete soda combo. KurtClark, CC BY 2.0.
A Costco hot dog with onions, salsa and Sriracha, photographed January 10, 2012. Washington context; exact warehouse unverified. A diner’s customized serving, not an official Fire Dog menu item or a complete soda combo. KurtClark, CC BY 2.0. · KurtClark, Today's Lunch: Costco Fire Dog, January10,2012, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr. Original file unchanged. · License · Resized for web display.
THE RECORD

identity

It is the paired meal, with a refillable soda, that anchors the familiar food-court offer. [6] [7]

THE RECORD

history

Costco traces its first hot-dog cart to fiscal 1985. Its historical highlights return to the combination in fiscal 2002 and report 63 million combinations sold in fiscal 2005; that sales figure has no country breakdown. [5]

An Antioch, California menu in March 2012 offered a choice of hot dog or Polish dog with the drink. Costco later explained the U.S. Polish dog’s removal as part of simplifying the menu and making room for other choices, while retaining the more popular all-beef hot dog. The customer-service page’s displayed March 2026 publication date does not date that removal. [2] [6]

THE RECORD

nutrition

The January 2024 chart prints a 580–850 calorie range for “KS Hot Dog & Soda,” with 31.84 oz / 917 g as its serving. It gives a single nutrient panel alongside that range, so drink choices cannot all be treated as nutritionally identical. [8]

Documented nutrition for Hot dog and soda combo
NutrientKS Hot Dog · 8.3 ozMarket and warehouse unstated · Sheet revised December 21, 2011
Calories570 kcal
Calories from fat300 kcal
Total fat33 g · 51% daily value
Saturated fat12 g · 62% daily value
Trans fat2 g
Cholesterol80 mg · 26% daily value
Sodium1750 mg · 73% daily value
Carbohydrate46 g · 15% daily value
Fiber2 g · 6% daily value
Sugars9 g
Protein24 g
Polyunsaturated fat1.5 g
Monounsaturated fat17 g
Vitamin A8% daily value
Vitamin C4% daily value
Calcium8% daily value
Iron25% daily value
Thiamin25% daily value
Riboflavin20% daily value
Niacin25% daily value
Foliate (as printed)20% daily value
Allergens (historical cell)Wheat
  • KS Hot Dog · 8.3 oz: Third-party mirror; retailer-hosted original and market/warehouse not verified. Historical named serving only. Percentage daily values are copied from the historical sheet and are not recalculated to current dietary guidance. Historical allergen cells are shown as printed and are not a current safety assurance. Source ↗
THE RECORD

prices

Costco’s historical timeline and the local menu observations document the long-running paired offer. The table keeps the dated local prices distinct from the later U.S. roundup. [5] [2] [1] [7]

THE RECORD

distinctions

KurtClark’s January 2012 photograph shows a diner’s customization with onions, salsa and Sriracha. “Fire Dog” is the photographer’s title, not a separate official menu item. The photo does not establish whether the counter supplied those condiments. [4]

DATE & PLACE

Local evidence

Price observations

  • $1.50 · One hot dog with a 20 oz soda · Costco Folsom, California · kiosk photographed September 29, 2018; uploaded October 6, 2018; first sale and price-effective date unknown. Historical local price; not a current or national offer. [1]
  • $1.50 · Hot dog with drink; narrative describes20oz andrefills · Antioch, California; named local menu · report published 2012-03-14; sale date unknown. Local publication-date report; exact meal date unknown. [2]
  • $1.50 · One hot dog with 20 oz soda and refills · United States; dated local evidence · report published 2026-07-29; sale date unknown. Living roundup dated July 29, 2026; exact purchase date and warehouse unknown. This is a reported price, not a verified current checkout. [7]

Nutrition observations

Read the scoped nutrition table and source limits in Nutrition ↑

Last checked 2026-10-15 UTC. A listing is not a live stock check.

CHECK THE TICKET

Sources & photo rights

The older sheet revised December 21, 2011 lists “KS Hot Dog” at 8.3 oz and 570 calories, with 33 g fat, 46 g carbohydrate, 24 g protein and 1,750 mg sodium. Its market and recipe are unknown, and it does not establish an included drink or optional toppings. Keep that row separate from the later combo range and the customized photograph. [3] [8] [4]

The 2024 chart’s printed date is not its capture date. Folsom’s kiosk was photographed September 29, 2018 and uploaded October 6; it specified a 20 oz drink. KurtClark’s licensed photograph has Washington map context and an Issaquah tag, but no authenticated warehouse address. The image credit preserves its CC BY 2.0 license. [1] [4] [8]

The corporate price entries are $1.50 in fiscal 1985 and fiscal 2002. Those amounts describe the combo; they do not price the pictured added condiments. [5] [4]

  1. 1. Costco Food Court Self-Serve Kiosk Open original source

    Devin Walker (tommyd.) / Flickr · Published 2018-10-06 · Checked 2026-10-10 UTC. CapturedSeptember29/uploadedOctober6. All21buttons inventoried; tiny calorie lines not exhaustively transcribed. Special-order pizza is an ordering option, not another food family.

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    Entire September29,2018 kiosk image,21visible buttons in three categories

  2. 2. Antioch food-court menu and family meal account Open original source

    Sumiko / Near to Nothing · Published 2012-03-14 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Publication date, not exact menu-effective or meal date. Same-price slices are not identical portions/nutrition. Personal family experience; no photo reuse grant.

    Supporting section

    March14,2012 complete post and explicitly named Antioch menu; original HTML fetched after web extractor failure

  3. 3. Food Court Department 88 Nutritional Data, revised December 21, 2011 Open original source

    Publisher unverified; third-party mirror linked by Maya’s Happy Place · Published 2011-12-21 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Not retailer-hosted or independently authenticated as issued by Costco. No country, warehouse, prices or sale dates. Exact later recipe equivalence unproven. Printed revision is document history, not product launch. Allergen cells are historical evidence only.

    Supporting section

    One-page table, all 29 rows; heading and printed revision; source chain and SHA256 in research full-table inventory

  4. 4. Today's Lunch: Costco Fire Dog Open original source

    KurtClark / Flickr · Published 2012-01-10 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Not official menu name, universal condiment offering, exact warehouse, combo photograph or measured nutrition.

    Supporting section

    Creator caption, Jan10capture/upload metadata, MonohanWashington map label, Issaquah tag, exactCCBY2license link; original1280x854pixels inspected

  5. 5. Costco Historical Highlights through fiscal2005 Open original source

    Costco · Publication date unknown · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Fiscal-year milestones; document supplies no exact cart location, first-sale day, unchanged recipe or country-specific sales split.

    Supporting section

    PDFpage1fiscal1985row;page2fiscal2002and2005rows; fiscal-year convention at top

  6. 6. Why did Costco discontinue the Polish Dog? Open original source

    Costco US customer service · Published 2026-03-10 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Displayed document date is not a withdrawal date. US FAQ does not establish every international menu or historicalphoto sausage formulation.

    Supporting section

    DocumentCU1531version3, displayedpublishedMarch10,2026; answer body

  7. 7. Costco Food Court Review Open original source

    Natalie / Costcuisine · Published 2026-07-29 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Living roundup: header date is not a transaction date or a dated revision of every section. Exact warehouses for these entries are not stated. No image reuse grant.

    Supporting section

    Page header July 29, 2026; item-specific location, cost and tasting sections

  8. 8. Food-court nutrition chart printed January 17, 2024 Open original source

    Ping_shark / r/Costco · Published 2024-03-01 · Checked 2026-10-15 UTC. Customer photograph, not a corporate-hosted file. Post identifies U.S.; exact warehouse and capture date unknown. Printed timestamp is not recipe-effective date. Evidence-only image, no reuse grant.

    Supporting section

    Original chart top-left: timestamp, serving columns and KS Hot Dog & Soda row