"Every week, Juleon Cotillon and his girlfriend Jeanette Garibay visit Costco. They shop the bulk items, but they also enjoy one of the warehouse store's iconic meals - the $1.50 hot dog and soda combo. However, there's a conundrum: Cotillon says it's hard to score a table and even harder to eat a snappy link with a soda while perusing the aisles because you need both hands. So, the local pastry chef came up with a creative solution."
"Cotillon makes the Buck Fifty in his home whenever he has any free time, using ABS plastic and a 3D printer. One side is a flat panel measuring slightly longer than the Costco dog, at 9.3 inches. On the other side, there's a partly open short cylinder reminiscent of a cup holder in a car. The back flap, which is mounted on the cart's metal bones, keeps the creation snug."
""We go there once or twice a week and we usually get a hot dog or a pizza or a chicken bake," explained Cotillon, who works as the pastry chef at El Tio Juan, Garibay's family business. "But there's nowhere to put our drinks or food, like if there's no tables available. I realized that people needed this.""
Juleon Cotillon and his girlfriend Jeanette Garibay visit Costco weekly to buy bulk items and enjoy the $1.50 hot dog and soda combo. Frequent table shortages and the difficulty of eating while pushing a cart led Cotillon to design the Buck Fifty, a 3D-printed ABS plastic tray that mounts to the top rack of a shopping cart. The tray features a 9.3-inch flat panel for the hot dog, a partly open cylindrical cup holder and a back flap to secure it to the cart frame. Cotillon sells the Buck Fifty online for $19.69, and viral attention has sharply increased demand, potentially turning the side project into a full-time business.
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