This should make wholesale club shoppers like me rejoice. Costco is reportedly searching for a location in the Buffalo area. They are best known for excellent customer service that is always friendly and efficient.

The desire to have them in WNY could also be because Costco’s employees earn an average of $17 per hour and have employer-paid health insurance Employee turnover is very low at Costco.

The Buffalo News reported:

The sites include the former BJ’s Warehouse site on Young Street in Tonawanda; the former Wegmans and other sites on Walden Avenue near the Thruway Plaza between Union Road and the Thruway; two sites on Transit Road, near Wehrle Drive and near Klein Road; and a site on Millersport Highway. Ellicott Development Co. has pitched a couple of properties as well, sources say.

I live deep in the South towns and would travel as far north as Tonawanda to reap the benefits of the great deals buying in bulk at Cosco provides. Would you?

[The Buffalo News]

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