Costco quietly launches new bakery rules after years of customer complaints: ‘About time!’

Nypost · May 07, 2026 · 503 words · By Brooke Steinberg

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What to know about Costco quietly launches new bakery rules after years of customer complaints: ‘About time!’

Costco is making a small change to one of its bakery staples — and members are divided.

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What happened

Costco is making a small change to one of its bakery staples — and members are divided.

Why it matters

Shopping at Costco tends to come with the dilemma of good prices but too much food, and now the warehouse chain is testing a new way to sell its Kirkland Signature bagels to combat that.

Common ground

When buying bagels from the bakery, shoppers were required to buy two six-packs of bagels for $5.99, whether they wanted 12 bagels or not.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Costco quietly launches new bakery rules after years of customer complaints: ‘About time!’?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that When buying bagels from the bakery, shoppers were required to buy two six-packs of bagels for $5.99?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “When buying bagels from the bakery, shoppers were required to buy two six-packs of bagels for $5.99”

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Multiple web sources confirm that Costco previously required shoppers to buy two six-packs of bagels, with prices cited around $5.99 to $6.99.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Costco Wholesale Corporation, trading as Costco, is an American multinational corporation that operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores. As of 2021, Costco is the third…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costco

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kirkland is a city in King County, Washington, United States. A suburb east of Seattle, its population was 92,175 in the 2020 U.S. census which made it the sixth largest city in King County and the tw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkland,_Washington

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kirkland Signature Hard Seltzer is a line of hard seltzer manufactured by Patco for Costco's Kirkland Signature label.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkland_Signature_Hard_Seltze…

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Claim 2: “Now, locations are selling one bag of eight bagels for $4.99.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm that Costco is testing a single eight-count bag of bagels for $4.99 at some locations.

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Claim 3: “Twelve bagels for $5.99 comes out to about 50 cents per bagel, while eight bagels for $4.99 comes out to about 62 cents per bagel.”

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The claim is a mathematical calculation based on the prices mentioned in other claims ($5.99/12 = 0.499; $4.99/8 = 0.623). The math is objectively correct.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Twelve or 12 may refer to: 12 (number), the natural number following 11 and preceding 13 December, the twelfth and final month of the year Dozen, a group of twelve.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 12.12: The Day (Korean: 서울의 봄; RR: Seourui bom; lit. Seoul's Spring) is a 2023 South Korean historical drama film directed by Kim Sung-su, starring Hwang Jung-min, Jung Woo-sung, Lee Sung-min, Park Ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12.12:_The_Day

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Twelve may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve

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Claim 4: “some people on Reddit said that their local Costco charges $7.99 for the two six-packs”

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Two separate web sources explicitly mention a price of $7.99 for two six-packs of bagels.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew "A.J." Befumo Jr. (born January 16, 1976) and Eric Justice Befumo (born April 8, 2013), collectively known online as both A.J. & Big Justice and the Costco Guys, are American social media perso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J._&_Big_Justice

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Costco hot dog is a 1⁄4-pound (110-gram) hot dog sold at the international warehouse club Costco's food courts. It is notable for its steady price and cult following as a combo deal with a soda at…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costco_hot_dog

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Claim 5: “The rollout of the bakery switch isn’t at all locations yet, and availability can vary by location.”

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Multiple sources specify that the new 8-pack packaging is being 'tested' or is available at 'some locations,' indicating it is not a universal rollout.

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web search NEUTRAL — Costco's worldwide headquarters are in Issaquah, Washington, an eastern suburb of Seattle. Its Kirkland Signature house label is named after its former location in Kirkland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costco

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web search NEUTRAL — Learn how to package bagels effectively for farmers markets, ensuring freshness and appeal!Learn how to keep Costco muffins and bagels fresh by freezing them for later use. Find out how long they last…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/how-to-pack-bagels-for-farme…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Collatz Conjecture is the simplest math problem no one can solve — it is easy enough for almost anyone to understand but notoriously difficult to solve. ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=094y1Z2wpJg

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Claim 6: “because of Costco’s preservative-free recipe, their bagels are known to grow mold quickly.”

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Web evidence explicitly states that Costco bagels are made fresh in-house and contain no preservatives, which leads to accelerated spoilage/mold.

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web search NEUTRAL — Some Japanese bagels, such as those sold by BAGEL & BAGEL [ja], are soft and sweet; others, such as Einstein Bros. bagels sold by Costco in Japan, are the same as in the U.S.[citation needed]. Size ch…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel

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web search NEUTRAL — The reason for this accelerated spoilage is that Costco bagels are made fresh in-house every day, meaning they contain no preservatives. Without these additives to extend their shelf life, the bagels'…
https://www.foodrepublic.com/2026476/why-costco-bakery-bagel…

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web search NEUTRAL — Costco Redditors have noticed that the bagels are smaller, denser, and lack flavor in comparison. They also notice how fast Kirkland bagels become moldy now, which could be an indicator that they're a…
https://www.chowhound.com/1936842/surprising-connection-cost…

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