Connor Kraft

I love inside jokes. I'd love to be a part of one someday

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Pro tip: Easiest way to avoid a ride program is to not drink and drive https://t.co/DR1ml8gHHG

[Beaner @Ben_Harrison15]

Ride at the end of the 404 #saysafe #ftbs

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@TheFFBallers Beast Hall
Puka Nice-cua
Weeeee Higgins

And Let’s get some love for the kickers…

Kick Balls-well(Chris Boswell)

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@TheFFBallers Losing with 158 feels illegal!

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@andyholloway Let’s see a TE wasteland costume….

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@TheFFBallers Is this really a question? London, easily.

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@TheFFBallers Josh “Touch”Downs

Caleb Win-Ian’s

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@MasonDoddFFN

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Seems like an important repost today

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Pro tip: Easiest way to avoid a ride program is to not drink and drive https://t.co/DR1ml8gHHG

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@TheFFBallers Jayden Daniel’s.

If you compare him and Richardson at ADP the value on Jayden is a no-brainer. Better passer, similar rushing upside, terrible defense will keep him on the field.

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@fuzzyfromyt 2016 Pat Venditte was a BR nightmare. Common rated Switch pitcher with a nasty slider

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@OverDrive1050 What strange options for this poll. Detroit and Ottawa should be options way ahead of Winnipeg and Edmonton.

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@Brandon_Belleau @JoeSantagato Ironically it’s the one Christmas movie I have no nostalgia for. I hadn’t even seen it until about 5 years ago.

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@TheFFBallers Lameh Jackson

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@_denisesalcedo

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@MasonDoddFFN Njoku, Ertz, Meyer(standard scoring dynasty)

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@jasonmoore Scary Terry
Devon Achane
Voldemort

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@nut_history Samuel So-So

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@MasonDoddFFN Mason, Thoughts on this Best Ball lineup?

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GOAT

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The Costco hot dog combo is a legendary meme.

But how does it still only cost $1.50? Introduced in 1985, the price of that combo should be ~$4.20 if adjusted for inflation.

Thankfully, the $216B warehouse retailer has done everything in its power to keep the price down.

And Costco sells A LOT of them: 130m+ hot dogs a year (more than all MLB teams combined).

Many believe the $1.50 combo is a “loss-leader” for Costco, but this is incorrect.

In a 2009 interview, Costco co-founder and former CEO Jim Sinegal told the Seattle Times that Costco doesn’t “engage in loss leaders” and “the only time we sell below cost is when we’ve made a mistake and have to mark it down”.

However, the retailer does cap its margin at 14% and drives many products to near break-even.

Here’s how Costco has managed to keep the cost of the inconic hot dog combo at $1.50:

1️⃣It dropped leading hot dog suppliers like Hebrew National and Nathan’s because they wouldn’t lower prices

2️⃣In 2009, Costco built its own hot dog manufacturing plant in LA (and has a second one in Chicago)

3️⃣ It got better pricing on buns, ketchup and mustard

4️⃣ It removed onions and sauerkrauts as free condiments

5️⃣ It dropped Polish sausages

6️⃣ The pop that came with the combo was swapped from a can to refillable fountain soda

Costco’s effort to keep hot dog prices low is also the source material for the greatest quote in business history.

In 2018, the current Costco CEO Craig Jelinek was recounting a conversation he had with Sinegal, who he just replaced as CEO.

Jelinek told Sinegal he wanted to raise the price of the $1.50 hot dog and pop combo.

Sinegal shot back, “If you raise the [price of the] f**ing hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out.”

Costco has figured it out and, in September 2022, the company’s CFO Richard Galanti confirmed that the hot dog combo would remain at $1.50 despite rising inflation.

“There are some businesses that are doing well with margin like gas business on a smaller way -- in the travel business,” said Galanti. “Those things help us be more aggressive in other areas, or as you mentioned, hold the price on the hot dog and the soda a little longer, forever.”

Forever sounds about right.