Just steps away from its corporate headquarters, Costco’s Issaquah location is welcoming a new gas station with 50 fuel pumps.
“Dang, I wish the Issaquah Gas Station was just bigger,” a Costco staff member in front of the location’s old gas station, which has 20 pumps, says in a video posted to the company’s Instagram page Friday. “Well, we heard you.”
The video then pans to show the location’s new gas station, with the staff saying the company’s continuing to expand more of its gas stations.
Costco has built gas stations with dozens of pumps before, including a stand-alone location in Mission Viejo, Calif., with 40 pumps but no warehouse. Still, the Issaquah location appears to be among the biggest in the nation when it comes to the number of fuel pumps.
The expansion comes as Costco has been seeing more demand for its discounted gas as fuel prices get driven up by war in the Middle East .
The new gas station opened at 1085 Lake Drive, just a few steps from the old location at 1801 10th Ave. N.W.…