Costco Food Court Menu Prices 2026: $1.50 Hot Dog, Pizza & Combos

The Costco hot dog combo is $1.50 in 2026 — the same price it has been since 1985. The combo includes a quarter-pound all-beef hot dog on a sesame bun PLUS a 20oz fountain drink with free refills. It is the longest-standing fixed-price item in U.S. fast food. Costco's CFO has repeatedly publicly committed to keeping the price at $1.50 indefinitely; the company absorbs rising beef and bun costs internally rather than raising the price.

The $1.50 price is intentional. Costco co-founder Jim Sinegal famously told CFO Richard Galanti the price would never go up, even in the face of inflation. Galanti repeated the commitment publicly multiple times before his 2024 retirement, and his successor Gary Millerchip restated it in 2025. Costco vertically integrated its hot dog supply in 2009 (the in-house Kirkland Signature hot dog) specifically so it could lock in costs. The $1.50 combo functions as a loss-leader and customer-loyalty signal — the message being: 'if we'll hold this price for 40+ years, we'll hold our other prices honestly too.'

It depends on the location. Most U.S. Costco food courts require a membership ($65/yr Gold Star or $130/yr Executive) because they are located inside the warehouse past the membership-check entrance. However, a number of warehouses have moved the food court outside the membership-check area or operate it as a separate exterior counter — at those locations non-members can buy food court items without a card. Some states (notably California) have specific food courts that have always been outside the check. Check with your local Costco; if you're already a member, you do not need to scan your card at the food court counter.

A single slice (1/6 of an 18" pizza) is $1.99 in cheese, pepperoni or combo. A whole 18-inch pizza is $9.95 — about $1.66 per slice. The whole-pizza price has been stable since 2019 and is one of the cheapest large pizzas of any U.S. food vendor. Order whole pizzas about 10 minutes ahead at the food court counter or via the in-app order-ahead system at participating locations.

Yes. The Chicken Bake is $4.99 and remains a Costco Food Court staple. Note: the size was reduced from approximately 8oz to 6oz in 2022 — long-time customers will notice it's smaller than it used to be, though the price ($4.99) is unchanged from before the reduction. It's a rolled pastry of diced chicken, bacon, Caesar dressing and mozzarella in a pizza-dough wrap.

The Costco Twisted Churro is a long cinnamon-sugar-dusted churro for $1.99. It replaced the original straight churro in 2020 — the twisted version is taller and the texture is denser. It's the most-Instagrammed item on the food court menu and consistently appears in food-court 'best of' lists.

Generally yes — most Costco food courts open with the warehouse and close shortly before warehouse closing (typically 30 minutes prior). Sunday hours follow the warehouse Sunday close (usually 6pm). Some larger-volume warehouses run the food court past warehouse close in the parking lot / exterior window arrangement. Confirm with your local Costco.

At a growing number of warehouses, yes — via the Costco app's food court mobile-order function (rolled out 2023–2024). You order and pay in the app, then pick up at a designated counter at your selected time. Mobile order is most common for whole pizzas (which take ~10 minutes to bake) and for chicken bakes. Walk-up ordering is still the default at most locations.

The pizzas are made fresh in-store — Costco has a robotic pizza-assembly system that portions cheese and sauce on demand, then bakes the pies in 5–8 minutes. The chicken bakes are pre-assembled and frozen at a Costco commissary, then baked in-warehouse. The hot dogs are Kirkland Signature all-beef, made in Costco's vertically-integrated plant and shipped chilled. Soft serve is made on-site from base mix.

A whole 18-inch Costco pizza is $9.95 — cheese, pepperoni or combo, all the same price. That works out to about $1.66 per slice across 6 slices, making it one of the absolute cheapest large pizzas available in U.S. food retail. Order 10 minutes ahead at the counter; at participating warehouses you can use the Costco app for mobile order-ahead.

The Polish hot dog (a coiled smoked sausage previously sold alongside the standard hot dog) was discontinued in 2018 at U.S. warehouses to streamline the menu and reinforce the focus on the $1.50 all-beef hot dog combo. Customers were vocal in opposition — it still occasionally appears as a limited-time item in international Costco markets but is not returning to U.S. food courts.