Costco’s beloved $5 rotisserie chickens are ruffling feathers—here’s why

The lawsuit filed last week with the Southern District claims that Costco's promise that its rotisserie chickens contain no preservatives signals to "reasonable consumers"—like the two women who are plaintiffs in the case—that nothing was added to preserve the taste, flavor, texture, or shelflife of the product. But two preservatives—sodium phosphate and carrageenan—are listed on the ingredient list. Two California shoppers noticed something that might seem obvious in retrospect: To sell an entire, slow- ro ...