Loyal Costco members are excited over a new warehouse concept that just arrived in Canada over the weekend. On Friday, March 31st, Canada welcomed its first Costco Business Centre at 50 Thermos Road in Scarborough.
The Costco Business Centre is a smaller concept warehouse, offering a wide selection of business-oriented merchandise and is currently open to all Costco members. Intrigued? Here’s what to expect at the new Costco Business Centre:
At the Costco Business Centre in Toronto, you won’t find the apparel, toys or bakery items you’re used to at a traditional Costco Warehouse. Rather, you’ll uncover a huge selection of ‘bigger than bulk’ quantities of items geared towards small business owners in the restaurant, grocery, and convenience sectors.
That’s right – at the Costco Business Centre you’ll find everything from a $1,000 wheel of Parmigiano cheese to a $4,600 commercial fridge! While these items may not be on your weekly grocery list, we spotted tons of families browsing through the Costco Business Centre searching for savings different from Costco Warehouses across the GTA.
While the product selection, size, and assortment differ significantly between Costco Warehouses and Canada’s new Costco Business Centre, we also noted operational differences between the two concepts including fewer checkouts, less spacious parking spots and limited hours. Costco Business Centre hours are Monday to Friday from 7 am to 6 pm, Saturdays from 7 am to 4 pm and closed on Sundays.
Have you visited the new Costco Business Centre? Leave a comment down below letting us know what you think.
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Late last year, we updated you on the exciting news that Costco would be opening a new business store format in Toronto! Well, the wait is almost over and pretty soon you’ll be able to shop for endless amounts of pens, paper clips and more at their first Business Centre.
The 127,000-sqaure-foot store will be the first in Canada and is slotted to open this Friday, March 31st in Scarborough, located at a former Zellers on Thermos Road near Warden and Eglinton avenues in the Golden Mile area.
Costco was quoted saying that the new Business Centre will “create more than 100 jobs and will enable thousands of local businesses of all sizes to benefit from reduced operating expenses and the convenience of one-stop shopping in person or online with a first-of-its-kind door-to-door delivery service.”
The Business Centre opening this Friday is smaller than other Costcos in Toronto and offers shorter hours, open Monday to Friday from 7 am to 6 pm and Saturday from 7 am to 4 pm, but hey we’re not complaining, bulk-buying is the best kind of buying!
Source: InsideToronto
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