EDMONTON A new Costco Business Centre in west Edmonton is now open to customers. The store, located on 186 Street north of Stony Plain Road, opened its doors at 6:30 Tuesday morning. Its products are targeted at businesses like restaurants and grocery stores looking for big bulk buys. “There s no hot dogs, there s no pop, it’s a little different. So you won’t see any TV’s or jewellery or stuff like that. But you ll see huge selections of cheeses, of meats, of produce and frozen goods that you won t normally see in your local Costco,” said Marc- Andre Bally, vice president of Costco Wholesale.
OTTAWA Costco has opened a new store in Ottawa, this time targeting businesses and their employees. The new Canadian Business Centre on Cyrville Road in Gloucester is the third centre opened by Costco Wholesale across Canada. Costco says more than 70 per cent of the products in the 123,000-square-foot facility are unique to the business centre and targeted to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes. The Costco Wholesale Business Centres are open to all Costco members. The new Gloucester Costco Business Centre offers more than 3,200 high-quality items, targeted at restaurants, convenience/grocery stores and offices. Costco says items for sale include 208-litre drums of olive oil, three-kilogram containers of cream cheese, 10-kilogram jars of peanut butter, four-litre bottles of maple syrup and giant 4.5-kilogram Toblerone chocolate bars.