New Costco opens in Winona
Largest of three in the region will employ 200, with half part-time
A new Costco Wholesale store – the largest of three area locations – has opened in Stoney Creek.
There were some shoppers lined up early Thursday morning to check out the new store, which is located at 1330 South Service Rd. at Winona Road beside the Queen Elizabeth Way.
“With the opening of this new warehouse, we are closer to and can better serve our members who, in the past, needed to travel to our locations in Ancaster, Burlington and even as far as St. Catharines,” said Pierre Riel, senior vice-president and general manager for Costco Wholesale Eastern Canada, in a press release.
Here’s a look at some fun f acts about the new store and Costco in Canada:
Costco Wholesale Stoney Creek
More than 200 jobs are being created at the new location; half are full-time, half are part-time.
The average salary is $24 per hour.
The Stoney Creek store is 154,000 square feet, making it the largest of the three in the area. (Ancaster is about 148,000 square feet and Burlington is about 138,000 square feet).
The new store has 650 parking spots and 750 shopping carts.
Costco in Canada
There are 16 million packages of toilet paper, 112 million photo prints and 10 million rotisserie chickens sold annually in Costco stores across the country.
The biggest diamond sold at Costco was 3.6 carats and worth $60,000.
Nationally, there are 38,000 Costco employees in Canada.