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Whether you have 100 chickens or 100 million, if they cost you $6 and you sell them for $5, that's below cost. Also, it isn't limited amount of time. This has

• Jensson 3y ago
  > Also, it isn't limited amount of time. This has been Costco's MO for decades. Have they sold chicken at below cost for decades with no stop? Really? I think you mean they have sold small portions of their wares at below cost, not that they have sold a specific thing at below cost for extended amounts of time. > Whether you have 100 chickens or 100 million, if they cost you $6 and you sell them for $5, that's below cost. Yeah, but the store as a whole isn't selling at below cost, and on average since those chickens aren't sold at below cost all the time they still make money from chickens. Those things means that on average the store is net positive, and them selling chickens is a net positive. Hence overall they don't sell anything at a net loss, its just for short periods of time they do it and those can be hand waved away. There are a lot of laws surrounding limited time offers that they have to follow.