Because of my going to the Orangevale Community Center each week to pick up the meals to deliver for Meals on Wheels, a store that we probably would never have considered going to on any regular basis, may become one of our favorite choices. WinCo Foods is a huge, employee owned, well lit, well organized, warehouse type grocery store. But unlike other similar "warehouse" stores, you don't have to buy cartons or cases of product.
In fact, because they have a large selection of bulk products for such things as nuts...
and dried fruit, cereals, grains, candy, beans, and pasta, ...
you can literally buy as little or as much of these staples. (Candy is a staple, isn't it?) They have a great produce section, meat section, deli section,... well just everything that a "normal" grocery store has and the prices are 10 to 30% lower. They were even passing out samples of cherry pie today.I suspect I'll end up shopping here almost every week.
Sounds great, are they a one store operation or are there more?
ReplyDeletePhilip
According to Hoover's, a subsidiary of D&B, WinCo Foods is:
ReplyDeleteWinCo Foods, Inc.
Phone: 208-377-0110
WinCo Foods isn't just big on self-service -- it's giant. Inside the immense stores (average size is 90,000 sq. ft.) of this mostly employee-owned supermarket chain, customers shop for food in bulk and bag their own groceries. The company's 50-plus stores also feature pizza shops, bakeries, health and beauty products, and organic foods. WinCo Foods, formerly known as Waremart Foods, was renamed as a shortened version of "winning company." The name is also an acronym for its states of operation, which include Washington, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Oregon. Founded in 1968, WinCo Foods formerly operated stores under the Cub Foods and Waremart names. Employees, past and present, own about 80% of the company.
Their own website, which I should have referenced, is http://www.wincofoods.com/
Most of their California stores are in northern California but they do have one in Pomona and Temecula.