At a Costco trip in May, Bill Wilner stopped by the food court to check out a new special — the $4.99 cheeseburger, 1/3 pound of cheesy meaty goodness on a bun clocking in at only 1,140 calories.
He reviewed his experience on Facebook:
He didn't like that the chain warehouse replaced the great BBQ beef sandwich.
But he admitted that the cheeseburger, with Challah bread bun, organic beef patty, cheddar cheese slice, special sauce, and lettuce and tomato was, "... pretty, pretty good!"
The warehouse chain, famous for its big portions and low prices, recently introduced the new hot sandwich. The burger is available as part of a trial-run at three Southern California stores — Pacoima, Lakewood and Corona. It's also available at Costcos across the country in Seattle, North Carolina, Georgia and Colorado.
Burger lovers opined about the softball-sized meat sandwich.
"Second day of Costco's food court having a cheeseburger and so far I'm 2/2," wrote Twitter user @HerardKyle07.
"That's a big thumbs up for the Costco burger - though I do prefer American cheese over cheddar…" Said @skyguy76.
But not everyone is happy.
"WhyYyYy would u charge 5$ for a burgeR" wrote @katelinhv.
Tweeted @iampangean: "My local Costco is next door to an In-n-Out so I doubt I am getting my burger fix at Costco regardless."
