One among Costco's beloved meals court docket gadgets is making its grand return, and superfans are overjoyed
- Costco is bringing onions again to its meals court docket after a three-year absence.
- Information of the onions' return first circulated on Reddit after a photograph of an announcement was posted.
- The topping was eliminated through the pandemic and other people took to social media to precise their dismay.
Costco is bringing uncooked onions again to its meals court docket, and scorching canine lovers are celebrating.
The wholesale procuring chain, recognized for its meals court docket stuffed with low cost eats — together with a $1.50 scorching canine and soda combo — did away with the onions through the pandemic, per Yahoo. The chain additionally took away its in style free samples, however these returned in June 2021, in keeping with CBS Information.
It was a call that left followers devastated, with some taking to Twitter to lament the lacking onions. However onion lovers can relaxation simple now, as a result of Costco simply confirmed their return.
—Simon Holland (@simoncholland) March 1, 2022
On Could 1, Costco confirmed their revival in a press release to The Charlotte Observer.
"Sure we are able to affirm that Diced Onions are returning quickly," Costco's assertion learn. The corporate's announcement got here after information of the topping's return first began circulating on Reddit final month.
"The onions are returning quickly to the PNW and hopefully to all costcos quickly," person Hairy_Square_4658 wrote on the Costco subreddit on April 30.
Hooked up to their submit was a photograph of what seems to be an inner memo saying the onions' comeback. In keeping with the picture, onions will solely be accessible to consumers "upon request" and shall be served in plastic cups. That is totally different from the onion crank dispenser that was used within the meals court docket pre-Covid.
Common Costco TikToker @costcohotfinds gave viewers proof in a Could 10 video that has over 1.1 million views and 42,000 likes as of Saturday.
Within the video, she reveals herself ordering a scorching canine and selecting up a small cup of onions.
Whereas thrilled to have them again, many commenters expressed their want for different meals gadgets to return just like the combo pizza and the sauerkraut scorching canine topping.
Within the onions' absence, TikTok person @eatitkatie took issues into her personal arms and chopped up her personal onions within the meals court docket so as to add to her scorching canine in a viral video.
"Somebody's gotta do it," Katie captioned her February 2023 submit which has over 602,000 likes and 37,000 likes.