Going further, the company describes its Business Center outlets on its website as ... offering appliances like convenience-store-style refrigerators, stand mixers, and even meat slicers.

It would be Michigan's first Costco Business Center, the Issaquah, Wash.-based warehouse-style shopping giant's prototype geared toward small businesses, restaurants and the hospitality industry.

A Costco Business Center, along with a 15-pump gas station, is planned for Chandler, Arizona at Alma School and Pecos roads. The business center will be approximately 140,000 square feet and will ...