Costco fires back over lawsuit tied to iconic product as shoppers claim false advertising
Business Costco fires back over lawsuit tied to iconic product as shoppers claim false advertising By Daniel Farr Published June 10, 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google Costco is pushing back hard against a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the retail giant of misleading shoppers about its popular $5 rotisserie chicken.
- ▪Business Costco fires back over lawsuit tied to iconic product as shoppers claim false advertising By Daniel Farr Published June 10, 2026, 10:00 a.m.
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- ▪Add The California Post on Google Costco is pushing back hard against a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the retail giant of misleading shoppers about its popular $5 rotisserie chicken.
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| Original publisher | California Post |
| Canonical URL | https://nypost.com/2026/06/10/business/costco-fights-lawsuit-tied-to-5-rotisserie-chicken/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0400 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-06-10T14:10:35.281Z |
| Last seen | 2026-06-10T14:10:35.281Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
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| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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Business Costco fires back over lawsuit tied to iconic product as shoppers claim false advertising By Daniel Farr Published June 10, 2026, 10:00 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google Costco is pushing back hard against a proposed class-action lawsuit that accuses the retail giant of misleading shoppers about its popular $5 rotisserie chicken. In a motion filed last week in the US District Court for the Southern District of California, the warehouse club asked the court to dismiss the case, which was brought in January by two California customers.
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