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"Shawn Hirn" <srhi@comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:srhi-2896D7.06563102032009@88-136-209-74.adslgp.cegetel.net...
> In article <EIDql.13891$D32.1260@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com>,
> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Click on "http://www.petitiononline.com/costcohd/petition.html"
>>
>>
>> To:  Costco CEO
>>
>> Kosher hot dogs and polish sausages have been a tradition at the Price
>> Club and Costco snack bars since the corporation was formed.
>>
>> Now, in a misguided cost-saving measure, Costco has removed kosher hot
>> dogs and polish sausages from their snack bar menu and replaced them
>> with a far inferior non-kosher product.
>>
>> We urge Costo to bring back kosher hot dogs and polish sausages to the
>> snack bar. If necessary raise the price to $1.75 or $2.00 because of the
>> extra cost of a superior product.
>
> There's a simple solution for this situation. If enough shoppers stop
> buying hot dogs and sausages there, and also complain in writing or
> verbally to store management (not the person who works at the snack
> bar), they will get the message. A silly email petition drive without
> even as much as a link to an online petition is absolutely useless.

I don't think it will help.  Before Costco made the shift they tried it out 
in several of their locations.  Their hot dog sales dropped by 60-70 percent 
in those stores and yet they still made the change in vendors. I guess they 
figure that you'll buy whatever they offer eventually.