A woman is raving about “the cheapest birthday dinner ever” after revealing her family celebrated with a meal at Costco that cost just $30 total for seven people.
Madison, a content creator from North Carolina, used TikTok to share the occasion with her followers.
She revealed that seven members of her family went to the store's food court, where they ordered five hot dogs with soda, a chicken casserole, a rotisserie chicken Caesar salad and a whole cheese pizza pie.
The total came to $30.88 – and other social media users were quick to praise the idea.
Madison, a content creator from North Carolina, used TikTok to share the occasion with her followers
In the clip, which has been viewed more than 2.1 million times to date, the Sephora employee began, “Today is my birthday and I'm having my birthday dinner at Costco.”
In the clip, which has been viewed more than 2.1 million times to date, Madison shows off the family's matching sweatshirts emblazoned with Costco's logo ahead of the celebration.
The Sephora employee began, “Today is my birthday and I'm having my birthday dinner at Costco.”
In the video, she asked her father, “What are you most excited about for my birthday dinner?” to which he humorously replied, “Food.”
Before arriving at the store's entrance, Madison noted, “The parking lot looks a little empty, which is good, so we can get some tables.”
They went to the food court and sat at the picnic tables before joining the rest of the group.
Madison then filmed the digital ordering screen as the group of seven selected their meals and she declared, “This will be the cheapest birthday dinner ever.”
The order included five hot dogs with soda, fried chicken, rotisserie chicken Caesar salad and a whole cheese pizza.
But the good news didn't stop there.
They went to the food court and sat at the picnic tables before joining the rest of the group as Madison then filmed the digital ordering screen.
After the family enjoyed dinner, Madison turned the camera to show a cake decorated with colorful frosting donated by Costco employees
After the family enjoyed their dinner, Madison turned the camera to show a cake decorated with colorful frosting.
“Workers at Costco just came and brought me a free happy birthday cake.
'They came by singing. I thought, “Who sang?” And they gave me a whole cake. That is so nice.'
Madison finally went back to the register to order four more sundaes, adding, “I gotta have the churros.”
Her additional dessert purchase was $12.97 on top of the dinner total.
Madison captioned her video, “My family and I celebrated my birthday dinner at Costco this year with matching sweatshirts. That's all I wanted to do.
“Dinner was only $30.88 for seven people. The best part was when the women came to my table and sang Happy Birthday to me, with a whole birthday cake for us to take home!
'I didn't expect that at all, it was so generous and kind of them. I honestly thought someone in my family had planned that. Cheapest and best birthday dinner.'
Madison's video received thousands of likes and was quickly flooded with comments from fellow Costco enthusiasts
Madison's video received thousands of likes and was quickly flooded with comments from fellow Costco enthusiasts.
One person wrote: “Imagine if you could rent the Costco food court for an hour.”
A second person added, “Holy guacamole… I finally found someone who loves Costco as much as I do. LOL, definitely my happy place.”
“You just started a new birthday trend,” a third person wrote.
One employee chimed in, writing, “As a Costco employee, this makes me laugh. CONGRATULATIONS!'
“I didn't think you were there for the free samples LOL,” someone added humorously.
Some commentators were already celebrating in the retail chain or were planning to do so in the future.
One person wrote: 'Did Costco food court for my bachelorette party.'
“My child has chosen Costco for his birthday dinner for the past three years! He's four,” another person added.
A third commenter wrote, “I just sent this to my husband so he can schedule this for mine.”
The Costco enthusiast regularly posts content about the brand's latest foods and products and starts each video with: 'Breaking news at Costco'
But on the other hand, there were also people who were not fans of the idea
But on the other hand, there were also people who were not fans of the idea.
One commenter wrote: 'It's cool when you're rich. It's sad when you're poor.'
Another person asked, “Why????????????????”
“This is kinda sad…soon this will be all we can afford,” a third person wrote.
Another commenter added, “People think I'm crazy but I would like a Costco wedding…have every guest buy me something from my online Costco wish list,” to which Madison replied, “SAME GIRL SAME .'
Madison took to the comments to add more details about her big day.
She let her followers know that she received a free $15.99 vanilla mouse cheesecake from the workers, adding, “The employees were so nice” and “the best.”
The content creator also added that her family “really thought about” adding table decorations and balloons, but ultimately decided to keep the party “more low-key.”
As for the Costco hoodies the family members rocked together, Madison informed fans that they are sold in-store but were only available for a limited time.
The Costco enthusiast regularly posts content about the brand's latest foods and products and starts each video with: “Breaking news at Costco.”