Costco Faces MAGA Boycott
https://www.newsweek.com/costco-faces-maga-boycott-2007942Newsweek contacted Costco for comment via email.
Why It Matters
While DEI initiatives in the workplace became commonplace over the past decade, they have recently faced more scrutiny from both a legal and cultural standpoint—with some companies rolling back their DEI initiatives following boycotts led by conservative consumers.
Project 2025, a series of policies supported by several backers of the incoming Trump administration, lists abolishing DEI practices in both the public and private sectors among the core goals of the next conservative government.
What To Know
Costco's board of directors rejected requests to remove its DEI program, which shareholders described as "illegal discrimination," prompting backlash from members of the MAGA movement.
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Show my support with my dollars
(and buy several healthy non gmo items that Costco sells for a better price 👍
If you look at the label on a platter of sliced Ribeyes, you will see that their cooking recommendation is to cook the steaks to 160F ! Of course one hundred sixty Fahrenheit on a steak is way too well done. The reason they say that on their labels is because they use a needle style industrial meat tenderizer, something like this;
So they have to put the recommendation for the higher cooking temp to cover themselves from liability if cross contamination should occur. If you get a stomach bug because you cooked one of their steaks medium rare, they can just say "We told you so".
I asked one of their meat cutters if they do the same thing to the entire rib roasts and he said they don't.
So, the bottom line is: Don't buy their individual steaks. Instead buy the whole roast and cut the steaks yourself. It is a little cheaper by the pound and you won't have to worry about any cross contamination.
Just my $.02
Miss Out on all their buying by the Case Loads. 