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As far as warehouse chain food courts go, Costco's is among the most beloved, with the giant retailer serving up snacks like the or $2.50 ice cream sundae. But shoppers absolutely love the Costco pizza, if only for its price (rather than its taste, about which customers are sharply divided).

After all, you can purchase the pizza for $1.99 per slice or just $9.95 for an entire 18-incher, a pretty decent price for a whole pie.



The pizzas have seen some variations in the past, like the beloved combo pizza, but ever since pre-pandemic times, the only options have been the two basics: cheese and pepperoni. Still, humans are nothing if not resourceful, and as soon as club members heard that the chain was bringing back a pre-pandemic topping — the — they spotted an opportunity to dress up their pizzas for free. Throwing chopped raw onions on a Costco pizza is a low-effort, no-cost way to enhance its flavor.

Add chopped onions to your Costco pizza The free onions used to be available at the food court via a self-serve hand-cranked metal box, but when the pandemic hit and more extreme safety measures needed to be observed, U.S. Costco locations (at least) did away with them.

In 2023, rumors started to abound that they were coming back, and in May of that year, Costco confirmed it was true. However, there was something slightly different about the chopped onions — they were no longer served up via a self-serve box. Now, they're available in little plastic containers with lids tha.

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