Costco opens Business Center near Los Angeles

ISSAQUAH, Wash. Costco Wholesale is opening a new Costco Business Center in Hawthorne, Calif., to better serve Los Angeles-area businesses. The new Costco Business Center stocks more business-oriented products than standard Costco Wholesale warehouses. Businesses have two ways to purchase from the Costco Business Center -- either shop the warehouse at 12530 Prairie Ave., in Hawthorne, or receive delivery from the Costco fleet. Delivery orders can be placed online at Costco.com or by phone or fax.

"Our Business Centers cater to businesses by offering products for their specific needs. We carry more than 7,000 diverse items, including vending products, convenience store items, restaurant/institutional foods, hospitality products and office necessities such as office supplies, office furniture, office equipment, janitorial and break-room supplies," states Phil Lind, VP Business Centers for Costco Wholesale.

The Hawthorne Costco Business Center is the sixth Costco Business Center in the United States. Other locations are in Lynnwood, Wash.; Fife, Wash.; Hayward, Calif.; Las Vegas, Nev.; and Phoenix, Ariz. There are also two Costco Business Delivery locations -- in Buena Park, Calif., and San Diego, Calif. The first Costco Business Center opened in 1996.