This one Costco item has skyrocketed 108% in price over just 2 years. Now the retail giant is restricting purchases

Juan Llauro/Getty Images Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. For bargain hunters, Costco has long been a go-to destination. The warehouse giant famously still sells its hot dog and soda combo for $1.50 — the same price it launched with back in the mid-1980s. But not every Costco item has held its price as stubbornly as the hot dog combo. Case in point: gold bars. In late 2023, Costco began selling 1-ounce gold bars. At the time, shoppers c ...