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COSTCO IN NAPA
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Napa's Costco gas station is now open. Prices are meant to be 60 cents cheaper than nearby competition. It is located at 280 Riversound Way in Napa.
Napa’s first Costco fuel station is now pumping gas at 280 Riversound Way in south Napa.
The station opened at 10 a.m. Thursday, eight days before the planned opening of Costco's membership store on Oct. 18. With 32 fueling stations, it is now the largest gas station in Napa County.
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Current prices are $4.29 and $4.69 per gallon. Those figures are meant to be as much as 60 cents cheaper than the nearest competitor, according to Tim Stone, general manager of Costco's Napa branch.
By comparison, as of Thursday morning, the lowest price for gas at the American Canyon Safeway was $4.29 a gallon. The lowest price for gas at the Arco station in Napa on Soscol Avenue was $4.69, and the lowest price at the Chevron at Soscol and Imola avenues was $4.89.
Mike Hampton was the very first in line at the new Costco station. "If you build it, they will come,” he said with a smile, referencing the movie "Field of Dreams."
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“I'm excited at the novelty of it,” said Hampton. “I think that there are lots of different things that we can be excited about in our lives, but this is just a fun little thing to do, and it happens to be at a point in my schedule today when I could fit it in.”
Cindy Hemsley of Napa was another of the first customers to get gas at Costco.
“I love the fact that we have gas, and we have a Costco,” in Napa, Hemsley said. “I love their clothes, and I love coming in and tasting the food samples.”
“You know, driving to Fairfield isn't bad … but it takes me two minutes” to get to the Napa Costco, added Hemsley.
Napans Renee and Craig Isham also got gas on Thursday morning. They didn’t necessarily plan to be there on the first day, Renee said, but “we needed gas so we said, ‘Let's go.’ We always get gas when we're at Costco anyway.” The couple, who also have a truck, said they wish Costco offered diesel fuel as well.
Napa's Costco gas station does not offer diesel or windshield wiper stations.
At another pump, Miranda Ruiz waited in the passenger seat of a car while her friend Julissa Sanchez got gas.
What was her favorite thing about Costco? “The pepperoni pizza,” Ruiz said.
For Sanchez, it's the churros. “Bring back the churros," she requested.
Napan Ed Kaufmann said he was happy to fill up locally instead of driving to the Fairfield Costco.
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“This is better because it's more convenient — it's half the distance,” Kaufmann said. Plus, “I think I'm the first one to use that pump, so that's pretty cool.”
Nick Conrad, the person responsible for setting up all new Costco gas stations in the U.S., said the Napa fuel stop, with a staff of six, is No. 560 for the company.
“We’re most excited to be here for the community, to provide for our employees and members,” said Conrad.
Conrad added that a Costco gas station will usually have 2,000 to 3,000 transactions a day. “Most of our California stations will do 100,000 gallons a day,” he noted.
The Napa Costco gas station is open Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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You can reach reporter Jennifer Huffman at 707-256-2218 or jhuffman@napanews.com
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