WinCo - Expanding Near You?

If you're not familiar with WinCo, you may be soon. This video outlines the biggest reasons why I believe WinCo has the potential to grow into a national chain of grocery stores.
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[@ConnerSkager]

As someone who has shopped at both winco and Walmart, the winco shopping experience is much better. Winco stores are always cleaner and better stocked. Additionally the checkout process is much better. They always have a good number of lines open and although you have to bag your own groceries you end up getting out faster because they have a unique dual conveyor belt system at the registers that allow multiple customers to bag at once. Also their prices are unbeatable.

[@antbanks415]

And their shopping carts work, unlike walmart's

[@6z0]

But does Winco have the brand selection that walmart has? Ive only been in a winco once and it was quick, but it seemed like they didnt have as much variety as walmart

[@shaymorcormick8743]

Not having a WinCo is the worse thing for a family on a budget. It beats out every other store by a mile.

[@shaymorcormick8743]

@@6z0 they have everything. Depends on local store and what manager orders but I've never had an issue finding brand names

[@zeruty]

Both Walmart and Winco can have insanely long lines. I've been at Winco many times when there was only one register open and it took me 30 minutes to an hour to get through checkout.

[@christinedietz9940]

31 year employee owner at Winco Foods. Love this video. Everything is spot on. I agree with the best part being that it is employee owned. I was able to retire with no worries at the age of 57 😊👍. I love Winco Foods!!!

[@weebeevillaging587]

Glad to have been a shopper for over fifty years. Started going with my parents. Took my kids when they were small and now my grandkids enjoying shopping there. Just like Costco grocery shopping without the bulk. Costco and winco out of the northwest, low cost leaders. Remember to look for the green tags, those items are on sale. Glad to see Walmart closing in Oregon, slave labor at Walmart making Sams family richer.

[@usernameisusername]

Whatcha going to with all that time on your hands?

[@thetallman13]

15 year winco employee owner here. Just wanted to say thanks for the shout out! Been subbed to your channel for at least three years, never thought I’d see my humble little market get the Company Man treatment. Keep up the good work!

[@MegaSalad]

Lmao “employee owner”

[@LiquidGhost117]

They are owners, the video even mentions their stock options. Go read Forbes and see how hundreds of their cashiers are millionaires. Lmao "people who type 'lmao' in 2023". Oh damn, now I am one of you. Noooo! Clever bully, tricked me with your couragous disregard for research and your brave abandonment of intelligent conversation. Touché, my sweet prince, touché.

[@HeyThatWeirdGuy]

You own the employees?

[@syntrx8185]

@@MegaSalad Bro they're probably a millionaire.

[@EverettBurger]

I've been encouraging my students to work at local Winco. One reason is due to such low staff turnover. Also, recently had a great impromptu talk with a store manager about inelastic/elastic goods within the store.

[@PuppetMa5teR]

Another thing to add is since the pandemic many grocery stores that were once 24 hours have now started closing at 11pm or midnight but from what I can tell is WinCo is still 24hours! As someone who prefers to shop really late away from the crowds it's really nice!

[@Hidajunshin]

Yes! Still 24 hour!

[@Donkeyearsa]

Not in Dallas Texas. The WinCos here still close at 11. I work the night shift and it was so wonderful to be able to shop when I got off of work. My WinCo is not convenient to go to on my off days as its close to work which is not close to home. I now need to shop before going to work and I have to plan on being delayed and I some times show up at work 45 min early because I was in and out fast. It was so mush better hitting them on my way home as it was dead and I was in and out quickly as I would be surprised if there was a dozen people in there including the employees.

[@PuppetMa5teR]

@@Donkeyearsa That sucks and I totally relate. I have been working the graveyard shift for over 20 years now so I miss being able to shop late at night without the crowds and loud noises lol

[@carlosrsolrac]

24 hour stores are a scourge and should be eliminated, they plague both the environment and the employees.

[@Donkeyearsa]

@@PuppetMa5teR I hope you are paid a lot better than first shift. I make 12,25% more than day shift with the same number of years of service. When I first started it was 4.5% more and no one wanted to work 2 shift. It took me three years to go to first shift where most people got to first shift within a year because lots of people quit as the job paid crap. Just after I went first shift 2 shift got a major rase and it took me another year and a half to get back to 2 shift.

[@kcrad1527]

My local WinCo is one of the rare 24/hr ones that has all the bells and whistles, in house bakery that bakes breads daily, sushi stand and an extensive seafood and meats section. The fact I can to this day even with inflation, pick up 99 cent, fresh, actually good quality french bread that they have stacks of at their bakery counter front is unbeatable.

[@zeruty]

I thought they were all like that.

[@Gatorade69]

Yeah, all the Wincos I have shopped at had bakeries and seafood/meats sections.

[@Ms_Princess_Zelda]

This.

[@clayhackney3514]

Medford Oregon?

[@mm8436]

@@zeruty mine use to be 24hrs. But recently there's been a lot of thief, both in the store and customers' cars. Sad when I learned they weren't 24hrs anymore.

[@matsuringo24]

I couldn't live anywhere without a Winco. All ours here are open 24 hours too so I like to do my shopping at like 2am when it's dead. It's hard to write this comment without sounding like a commercial for the damn place, but I just absolutely love it for being so cheap and convenient.

[@jaye_statefarm]

Another thing that WinCo is infamous for is placing the prices of items at other grocery stores, and it really shows how they try to have the lowest price possible by adding the prices of items sold at other stores such as Walmart. Some locations also have two carts filled with the exact same items, except one cart has the total price of the items at a competing store, while the other has the price of the items at Winco. A smart strategy if you ask me.

[@thaliabirrueta8456]

I remember seeing that display. We had three carts (one from Winco, Wal-Mart, Safeway respectively). Winco came out cheapest.

[@hawthornedan]

Those are very common practices here in the UK. Most supermarkets like to label items which are price matched with ALDI

[@tonymouannes]

It's good marketing, but the items are cherry picked. On average their prices are very similar to walmart, but individual items can fluctuate and even the best deal can change store over time. There is product I vuy that was cheaper at winco, then at walmart and then at winco again.

[@CubanCubeFan]

In Miami, Winn-Dixie would do this comparing their prices vs those at Publix Supermarkets

[@nathanc8478]

@Jaye Did you mean famous for, because infamous is notoriety in a bad way. @Tony If you shop at Winco, then you will save 20% overall on your shopping trip. Some items will be cheaper at Walmart, but the vast majority of your cart will be cheaper at WinCo.

[@jessicamccarrey3552]

As a college student at Boise State, my go to grocery store is the WinCo in downtown Boise. It’s open 24 hours and I often do my shopping after midnight when I finally have time to. It definitely has the cheapest and best value products in town. Proud to be born and raised in Boise where so many great things happen and are created.

[@88KeysIdaho]

Store 101, near Broadway, between Front and Myrtle. This is their "flagship" store, although built later than others, Store #101 was what the owners wanted for their "original" location in Boise, IDAHO.!! I shop there all the time!

[@TSBye-qo1vc]

I like that WinCo is still open 24 hours also while most Walmarts are not anymore. I like to grocery shop late at night avoiding traffic, crowds, and long lines. Their bulk section is awesome too, more supermarkets should have that.

[@Mr.Quinlan888]

After I get off work, usually around 2am, I go do my grocery shopping at WinCo. I'm the same way, less traffic, less crowds, the better.

[@RevengeofGothzilla]

My local winco isn't 24 hours, which sucks since at my new job I don't get off work til after midnight.

[@bridget8102]

We don't have WinCo but our local stores (including Walmart) started closing at night back in 2017 due to crime

[@throwaway6912]

I like how they’re 24 hours, i have some fond late night memories going to winco frozen food and pounds of candy. Self checkout is really convenient, employees are actually helpful when standing around. Lord lets not forget the clean restrooms i could take a dump and forget i need to stock up on laundry detergent. Winco superiority

[@lugi25]

True, WinCo truly has no competition.

[@michaelgodwin6158]

One thing worth mentioning is that one of Winco's biggest strategies for cutting cost is to reduce variety of each individual object. You often won't find 15+ different brands of peanut butter, or shampoo or other staples. They stick with stocking just a few brands of each kind of item, and this really reflects in the savings they're able to pass onto consumers.

[@CordeliaWagner]

I am overwhelmed when I am confronted with 200 different varieties of shampoo.

[@HorsesArePeople2]

Not only that, but it's much easier to choose between 1-4 options instead of 5-10+

[@donaldwatson7698]

That sounds similar to Aldi or Lidl, but on a larger scale.

[@Kyle496]

@@CordeliaWagner Unless you're a person who needs a somewhat niche name brand because all the others add useless crap like sodium lythural sulfate to toothpaste when your allergic to it. Imo more brands = more better. Not really difficult to try a few varieties until you figure out what you like. Just imagine still being stuck with red "delicious" apples when we have ones like cosmic crisp & honeycrisp.

[@LikaLaruku]

Yeah, I think they only have 3 brands of canned foods.

[@thisguy4505]

I listened to this while shopping at WinCo. Everything you said is spot-on. It's a basic shopping experience with good selection, great prices, clean stores, and friendly employees. I also adore the missing generic pop music BGM, especially around the holidays. There's just the rattle of carts. It's nice.

[@adozer6848]

I met the CEO of Winco. I had just been hired on as an over night stocker. I was taking a break from doing their initial intake when you’re hired on. I went downstairs to go to the rest room and he pulls up to the urinal next to me. I didn’t say anything of course. I was washing my hands and he came over to wash his hands. I said oh hello, wow you’re the CEO. He said yup sure am, turns out he’s a Chiefs fan so I’m sure he had a great superbowl this past weekend.

[@77gmcnut]

We live in Utah and live WinCo

[@kyleg9735]

I read this story to my van full of rowdy kids and they all fell asleep 👍

[@adozer6848]

@@kyleg9735 I do what I can!

[@ChronicAndIronic]

Glad to see he’s a chiefs fan. Wonder if he’s from that area

[@nfinzer22]

I live in KC and hope he uses his Cheifs love to open a location here.

[@traviswheeler9945]

Worked at a local grocery store in my town and my boss would always get mad that I shopped at Winco for my groceries. Even with our 10% discount it was still cheaper to shop at Winco. 😂

[@rickhartman2106]

I guess with a 10% discount you didNOT work for Kroger❗️

[@geoffreyreuther5260]

@Tekagi Having a "better" employee discount only goes so far. If the company can't negotiate a good price for the product to begin with, It makes it all moot. I learned that the hard way from my days in retail.

[@american236]

Lol

[@2pantheraleoatrox]

One thing that I've noticed about the Wincos in my area, they are the only stores that are still open 24 hours. I believe it's because they never had severe staffing shortages, since they're better employers than most retail businesses.

[@sandman9043]

More and more they are closing at midnight because of theift and lack of employees but yeah it's still a very good place to work for and to shop

[@jayhay1237]

Spot on report! I lived in Boise when this was starting. Had friends that were in Albertson management and they started in Boise too. It was quite a turf war! Since, my son and some friends have worked for WinCo. I am dedicated customer. Hint: bag your groceries at your trunk! You don't need to bag your groceries in a hurry to try and keep up with the checkout pace. I know that intimidates some older folks? Just leave your bags in your car and take your time bagging straight outta the cart in the parking lot. Love my local WinCo! Especially the bulk foods.

[@netheriteingots5896]

I love WinCo, it's organized like a walmart but looks like a Costco, prices are cheapest here, the bulk food isle is the best isle as you can buy anything in bulk, WinCo is such a great store. I also love your video, perhaps you can expand on this "expanding to you series"

[@Goingwithafakehandlehere]

Quality is high too

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

I haven't found one here in the west. Pfft

[@shaymorcormick8743]

Candy bulk buying right before a weekend of camping was my childhood

[@timf2279]

You bet the bulk area is awesome. I'm surprised California didn't outlaw bulk food because of covid.

[@pckldplmfshcm]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworld you aren't looking hard enough lol

[@axirnindar4171]

The bulk honey dispensers have always been a draw for me. They usually have three varieties, orange blossom, wildflower and clover. Bulk bins rock, it's not just the obvious staple like rice and beans, but you can find other stuff like Mac n cheese powder, spices, nutritional yeast, sea salt, candies. Their prepared foods are a decent value as well these $3 pretzel bun subs were a personal favorite.

[@lugi25]

Yeah, the prepared food are a steal, the chicken bowls, bbq chicken wraps, pizza subs, and sushi are all good

[@Pressbutan]

WinCo has kept my family alive over the past year of inflation. Without them we would have gone bust months ago. They didn't raise their prices like crazy with everyone else and I'm thankful for them.

[@Gatorade69]

Yeah, I did my Thanksgiving shopping at Winco and was surprised at how cheap my bill was. Only thing that sucks is that they are a bit out of the way compared to Wal Mart. Still try to shop there once a month.

[@Ms_Princess_Zelda]

Same

[@LikaLaruku]

During Thanksgivkng, they had a price comparison chart against Fred Meyers (Kroger), Super Walmart, & Safeway. Winco can be as much as $3 less on any given item than Safeway.

[@jameslucero9547]

@@Gatorade69 you get your free turkey?

[@Gatorade69]

@@jameslucero9547 No. The Butterball's weren't covered by that deal and I needed a big turkey. I guess I could have also taken a free turkey but I had no freezer room to store it.

[@stflaw]

One of the few regrets my wife and I had when we moved from California to Tennessee was the lack of WinCos. They had amazingly inexpensive, mostly high-quality produce, the prices generally were low, and we loved the bulk bins.

[@irvin295]

I share the same sentiment. After we left CA for AR we missed the low prices of WinCo.

[@RomanPhilosopher]

On the flip side you get Publix now...

[@NoTanDiarioChronicles]

Similar to me. Moved from Phoenix-metro area to south Texas and no WinCo Foods here. Another one I miss from the west is Smart & Final, specifically their Smart & Final Extra! Stores.

[@CC-bn2ws]

I fly for a living. Though relatively few grocery stores are near our hotels, the ones that are, especially out west, prices are in general 1.5-2x the price of my local meijer and kroger, for most items. Given the added taxes in California for everything, I can't imagine even a discount store being cheaper than whatever option you have in Tennessee currently.

[@RamdomVidsInc]

The town I went to college in had both a WinCo and a Walmart. WinCo was where you went to buy all your food and Walmart was where you went to begrudgingly buy all your household goods. The prices were way higher at the Walmart since that's where all the new students from out of town would shop for everything until someone older took them to WinCo. It saved us so much money to shop in bulk at WinCo and we ate a lot better than we would have if we only ever went to Walmart.

[@Gatorade69]

Yep. I used to live in a small mountain town where prices were super high. We'd drive "off the hill" to do our shopping and we'd stock up for a month. We'd go to Wal mart for all the shampoos, soaps, vitamins and then to Winco for all the food.

[@minionnamedtim9153]

This sounds like my town, but now we have 2 Walmarts.

[@AssBlasster]

Yup I live in a college town with Walmart and Winco just down the street from each other and perfectly matches the situation here. Luckily, we recently got a Target located between them, so I just go there instead of Walmart now.

[@EdgedShadow]

This is one of my favorite stores since I moved to Utah. Really interesting meat selection. The first time I went in there I was worried I'd need a membership and legit asked an employee if I needed one. She said they get asked that all the time. WinCo is infinitely superior to Walmart.

[@american236]

100% better

[@Ray-9888]

I’m in Texas and I live half a mile from a WinCo. Its amazing! Low prices, clean and the products are ALWAYS fresh and well stocked.

[@AdamFrugoli]

I got to be in a meeting w/Bob Long in Boise about 20 years ago. The way they expand is by areas with larger families. They pull census and other proprietary data, it has to make sense from the distribution center. He has it down to if a shopping cart was stolen how much jars of pickles they’d have to sell. It was something like if one cart is stolen it means we have to sell over 1,000 jars of pickles to make up for the loss. It was amazing to see how he thought. Oh and prices are lower than Walmart.

[@williamstroud5449]

Cbeckout Nancy walton yacht!

[@jcdrecks]

When i was going to college in Denton TX, winco was a LIFESAVER. Their prices were actually unbeatable and I almost never went to walmart after I learned about winco. The shopping experience was also so cool it was like a sams club/costco but less crowded. Employees were also pretty nice now that I think about it. I hope I get one here in my hometown soon.

[@purtis99]

purtis99 1 second ago UNT ??? My daughter got her under grad there. Had 2 uncles played there back in the 50s

[@SuburbiaScreen]

That's why they're called The Supermarket Low Price Leader.

[@SpiritualHermit]

OMG I did go to unt until I realized that college is a scam

[@dynkus]

I prefer shopping at WinCo vs Walmart. The prices are usually better, but more importantly, the produce is always way better quality. I like the self bagging system too, it works very smoothly with reusable bags brought from home.

[@winterbonnie_8]

Grew up in Washington and WinCo is one of my favorite grocery stores to shop at and the affordability is insane. As you can see, I even ended up using a WinCo in my profile picture because of it

[@grugmann]

Right? I tried going to Haggen once because their sandwiches are really good, but DAMN did those prices hit me like a truck! Never again...

[@LikaLaruku]

I'm trying to get them to expand to Port Angeles & Sequim.

[@Flow.with.frankie]

Also from Washington! I love Winco so much! It’s not too overwhelming and I actually like bagging my own groceries!

[@vegasfordguy]

WinCo is great! Not anything like Walmart, it's always nice and clean with friendly helpful employees. An awesome bulk section! We have a Walmart supercenter 2 miles away, however we make an 80 mile round trip to avoid Walmart and shop at WinCo. It's our favorite grocery store.

[@MinkJu]

Lifelong Winco/Waremart (what it's called where I live) shopper. Simply the best grocery store. Edit. I HAD to add this when I saw your last point. My local Waremart had an INFAMOUSLY happy checkout employee, that we all called Happy Dan. He always had a huge smile on his face and was incredibly welcoming and warm with literally everyone who passed through his line.

[@chrisk7984]

Dan's likely a millionaire being an employee owned business.

[@MinkJu]

@@chrisk7984 He is! He recently retired after working for them for over 25 years. If only all companies were like that, be cashier for 25 years and retire a multi millionaire. What a sweet gig.

[@aloosh9526]

As someone that shops frequently at winco, it is by far the best grocery store in existence in my opinion, open 24/7, discounted items, quality cut steaks and seasoned meat, and you can tell the employees love their jobs and what they do there!

[@METALRON]

I absolutely love going to WinCo. Only started shopping there a few months ago, but I regret not shopping there sooner. Unbeatable prices, for example a bag of chicken wings is about $5-$6 at WinCo, but the same bag would be $10-$12 everywhere else. It's insane. I can get so much stuff for way cheaper than compared to shopping elsewhere. Plus the store is organized neatly, it's never a mess, the deli section is great, you don't need a membership to shop there, and the employees have always been friendly and helpful. Glad to see this video about WinCo, because I also definitely see the potential from them.

[@geoffreyreuther5260]

They have a 12 piece fried chicken dinner with sides for like $13. Feeds my whole family. KFC can't touch that. The chicken is usually better too, since KFC has fallen off so much.

[@butterfree7072]

I was a student at the University of Idaho and our WinCo was always PACKED with college students during the evening and weekends. It was so overwhelmingly full that I actually chose to shop at the nearby Walmart to avoid the crowd! On the few occasions where I did go to WinCo, I was impressed with the selection and prices.

[@Cornan1980]

The bulk section alone keeps me going back to winco. Their spices are good quality and you can get how much of them you need for extremely low prices when compared to the bottles you can get in most grocery store spice isles. Around here their produce isn't always great, but that's really the only knock on them that I have. In every other respect they're one of the best grocery stores around.

[@oblivieon1567]

A great place to buy spices is Dollar Tree and 99 Only. The prices are absurd in grocery stores.

[@danielschick7554]

They have the bulk goods as New Seasons, but significantly cheaper.

[@RsSooke]

This was so gripping - how did I have no idea this company even existed? I live on the Canadian side of the border so perhaps despite them being in Washington there’s no Canadian expansion plan at this point, but I hope they come over!

[@jakegardner8667]

I've just started to go regularly after being impressed when they opened in the Dallas area. I used to think it was a drag they didn't accept credit. I understand the decision after a small business owner explained exactly how the processing fees work. They remind me of an oversized Aldi

[@thighmaster5791]

An oversized Aldi, huh. I can only imagine how busy that place might get on a weekend if it was in the New York area.

[@bbradleyjoness]

I'm surprised he didn't mention that. They're very similar in style and operations.

[@Quickicecarreviews123]

I’m in the southeast but the description he gave made me think of Aldi lol

[@tonymouannes]

@@Quickicecarreviews123 it's absolutely not like aldi. They're more like the grocery section of walmart with a huge bulk section added. The video is very accurate about that, as you get a feel of a hybrid between walmart and costco (but that's just the layout, the shoppint experience is closer to walmart or any regular grocery store).

[@smallcat848]

@@tonymouannes aldi's thing is like stocking the leading brand & their own brand for each product then nothing else idk about prices over there in the US but over here they're cheaper than their biggest competitors, cheaper than woolworths by far & coles it varies but generally most of the important things are cheaper. (notably it's so much cheaper than woolworths it can offset the like $100 if fuel needed to go 3 towns over for me to reach the store) the c oin for carrying around a cart thing is fine when you get used to it the no cashiers at the registers until there's people there c uts down on labour costs iirc & is fairly common over here too

[@InceRumul]

Definitely my preferred grocery store, for the reasons you said. What I always tell people is that it's like Costco but you don't have to buy in bulk and you don't need a membership. Also - their take-and-bake calzones are phenomenal.

[@jleechadwick]

My wonderful nephew gave me a $100 gift card for Christmas. It has been a Godsend.

[@damianmartinez251]

I grew up in the treasure valley my entire life. It’s crazy to watch winco and Albertsons grow so big and that they’re both mentioned on this channel!

[@kellyherald1390]

I've lived in the Treasure Valley my entire life. And for those that don't know Boise is in the Treasure Valley.

[@zeboe223423]

My mom started going to WinCo here in Long Beach, CA about 5 or 6 years ago. And I can say now that I live on my own and have to support myself, I’m so glad I know about this store. Prices are always good no matter what! And your totally correct about inventories always being good and organized.

[@SANDYMILLER23]

Yes the WinCo across the street from one of the worst Walmarts I've been to. l love WinCo.🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎

[@SheriLynNut]

We’re getting a Winco in Roseburg Oregon! It’s taking a long time because they’re putting it right next to a local chain supermarket, and the city has been Inundated with protests. But the latest I heard is that it’s going through they are taking over a shuttered Kmart!

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

I remember K Mart I live in Utah and it’s been years since K Mart has closed. The only places in America I know where there’s a Kmart is in New York, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico.

[@digiwest2572]

Theres a lot of wincos in oregon at least by me

[@SheriLynNut]

@@digiwest2572 I know we have one in Grants Pass (about 50 miles from me) and a WinCo warehouse sits right at my exit. So excited to have them open here, I’m ready for that bulk food section! 😍

[@SheriLynNut]

@@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas yeah, sadly, ours closed about 5 years ago. The building sits empty and sad. I miss it. I never shop at Walmart. I think WinCo is planning to tear it down and rebuild a new building. Which seems crazy, but I’m sure they have their reasons.

[@Pressbutan]

We have them all over Portland and they're a lifesaver. I hope Roseburg gets one soon!

[@JuicyBoyJack]

I went to Idaho last year with my girlfriend, to visit her family, and I was blown away at the fact WinCo was still 24 hrs. Also, they not only had the big cans of diet Arizona tea (that I had never seen before) but it was less than 80 cents a can! WinCo being 24 hrs post covid alone makes me really want one in my town but especially for the low prices.

[@SerebiiWarrior]

I used to live in a town with a WinCo. The bulk food section was my favorite part as it always had an incredible variety of stuff to choose from at a great price.

[@melissakenfield5012]

When the first WinCo opened in the DFW area, several of my friends piled in a car and we drove the 45 minutes to marvel in it opening week. As the video stated , it was word of mouth - one of my friends had lived on the west coast and loved it so much. In most areas their grocery selection is wider than Wal-Mart's, and I have also seen that the WinCo employees are generally friendlier and more helpful than almost every other grocery store - except for one. Since HEB has expanded to my area I'm now deeply conflicted on who's getting my grocery dollars.

[@OGSmurff]

As somebody that grew up on the west coast with but now lives on the east coast I would do so many things to have Winco in my area and on the east coast in general. Ill never forget the day my mom discovered winco and came home with what seemed like $300 worth of groceries. It is literally costco quality at Walmart prices! The best of both worlds! Also WinCo being open 24/7 is just the cherry on top!

[@illegal_space_alien]

Same here. I was bummed when I moved from Nevada to my new state and found there were no WinCos here.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

If they're still open 24/7 after the pandemic, that right there will launch them to popularity. If I'm not mistaken, Walmart has never returned to having any of their stores be 24 hours after the pandemic (so I suppose the Super Walmart's are now dead...). Not sure how much of their sales happen after 11PM, but people like night time shopping when things are quieter, so there's still a market for 24 hour stores. Heh, I bet Walmart would bring it back if WinCo really began expanding. I'm hapoy to hear there is a company that can rival Walmart, though. I would shop elsewhere if other stores were cheaper and had a decent amount of variety.

[@giovannicervantes2053]

Isn't there a lot of aldis on the east coast?

[@sylvael2889]

WinCo did a lot to keep me eating actual food and not fast food/take out during depressive episodes with a fucked up sleep schedule. Didn't matter that I woke up at 11 pm, I could still go out and do something productive and go grocery shopping and feel like I'd made some progress.

[@johndavis9321]

@@sylvael2889 being depressed can fuck up your sleep cycle

[@713davidh42]

Having recently moved from California to Florida I share the same sentiments as others about WinCo. When compared to Wal-Mart it becomes obvious there is much better customer service from employees who have a stake in the company than from an organization that treats employees not much better than slaves.

[@SpinningcatOMG]

Very odd that I JUST visited WinCo for the first time in Arizona. Was an absolutely pleasant experience and loved how cheap, clean, and huge it was. My first comparison was definitely Costco. Walmart didn't even come to mind as they are a completely different shopping experiences.

[@timf2279]

I use to go to the Surprise location off the 303. I completely agree with your post.

[@billhicks1982]

I’ve shopped at two different WinCo locations and loved the experience. The prices were great, the quality wasn’t really compromised, I bought a lot of things from the bulk section (which was huge as I recall), and the selection was really amazing. Bagging your own groceries kinda sucks but it’s not that off-putting when the service, prices, cleanliness, and everything else is so good.

[@coryjohnson2486]

JCS Criminal Psychology and Company Man putting out videos 5 minutes apart on the same day?!? It feels like Christmas morning!!

[@ShinSZN]

Wtf I just got the JCS video notification 💀

[@WhiskeyPatriot]

The duality of man

[@GMP1isReal]

Wait, JCS is uploading again?! It is Christmas morning!

[@coryjohnson2486]

@@GMP1isReal oh yeah man. They’ve posted like 2-3 videos in the past month or 2 (or something like that). They aren’t slinging out new content every other day, but that’s fine to me because they are the OGs of True Crime interrogation videos… top notch quality!!

[@Southerntrainsandmore]

Bro same I’ve got that video up next on m watch later

[@marshallcammack735]

I used to live in California and WinCo was our go-to and we absolutely LOVE it!! Now we are in Michigan and would love to see a WinCo again. It is a fantastic store - their bulk section is particularly unique and cool.

[@adamr1949]

Growing up, I never quite understood just how different Winco was from other grocery stores; until I was a teenager, I just assumed EVERYWHERE had a Winco, it didn't make sense to shop elsewhere unless you needed a specific food from a specialty store.

[@irvin295]

WinCo is definitely a great grocery store. When I lived in California they built 2 new locations in Homeland, CA which is the one we used to go to all the time and Hemet, CA which was a secondary option. I do agree their prices are cheap and they have really clean stores. I think that if WinCo broke ground in Walmart’s home state Arkansas it would really shake things up. A lot of people in AR do their grocery shopping at either Kroger or Walmart and there isn’t really anything in between beside Harps or 10Box so i think it would be fun to see what would happen if the new kid came into town lol.

[@SirDonkle]

I cashiered at a WinCo as my first job out of high school. We would yet customers who drove from a few hours away just to shop at WinCo. That's one thing I miss about living west is shopping at WinCo. The job experience was almost night and day though when comparing WinCo to Walmart. I was happier working at WinCo and felt more listened to. WinCo regularly gave raises/bonuses while Walmart is really slow about it. The price difference in most items also was the reason I shopped at WinCo over Walmart.

[@geoffreyreuther5260]

I kept telling my daughter when she moved to a tiny town up near the Canadian border that they needed to make the 30 minute drive into Bellingham to shop at the WinCo, that it was worth the time and gas. She finally did it last month and was kicking herself for not listening to me sooner.

[@Gatorade69]

Yep. I drive about an hour so I can shop at Winco. I really wish there was one closer.

[@timf2279]

I love WinCo employees. Always just positive. Walmart I feel like I'm in the idiot zone.

[@SirDonkle]

@@timf2279 I know exactly what you mean as someone who currently works there. And its 100% the work environment mid-upper instore management create

[@timf2279]

@Jmc32697 you are so correct. I worked for a boss who said "Why do we need employee appreciation day, they get a paycheck every two weeks." "No good deed goes unpunished." "Even a broken clock is correct twice a day." This guy just lowered morale to the lowest levels. If the employees didn't like it screw them we can hire anyone to replace them was the mentality. A person is a boss or a leader. I got stuck with bosses mostly, however every once in and while a leader would come along.

[@markporter6933]

I can only say that my shopping experience at WinCo has always been incredible! Employees are always friendly, maybe because they have a stake in the game. Unlike Walmart, the stores are impeccably clean and ordered. You can tell that there is employee pride with an eye toward success. The complete opposite of Walmart where they don't care if you come in or not, or how dirty and disordered of a pigsty they operate. I always feel like I need to shower after coming home from Walmart!

[@zakattack721]

Love my local Winco, I can always find exactly what I need in minutes because they never change the layout or stock. The shopping experience is just better in general than Walmart.

[@Gatorade69]

Yeah, unlike Wal Mart that changes the layouts of their store monthly.

[@ACoupleStoners]

I absolutely love winco. My wife and I are on the road full time and the first thing we look at when considering traveling to a new place (besides safety and such) is if they have a winco. I'm absolutely hooked on their bulk foods section. I will say their priced have come up a bit and Walmart does beat them on prices sometimes now. But I'll gladly pay a little extra to simply not have to go to/support Walmart.

[@msump99]

Now it all makes sense. The Kmart that was in my city finally closed its doors around 2015. The building, which is quite big, was in a very good spot of town (funnily enough, across the street from both an Albertsons and a Target). It sat unused for years, which I'm now assuming is because WinCo was waiting for the right time to startup. And when they first opened, I don't think many people around here had heard of WinCo, but it quickly became known for being the cheapest groceries in town and is currently kicking ass every single day.

[@smallbusinessvoicemedia209]

Great video. I have been working for Winco Foods for over 14 years now. That was the best career move I have ever made. The job of driving truck for them is easier than most. We have drivers in their 70's still working because they love the job and physically, they can still work.

[@ManuMatisse]

I have a clear example of Winco being Wal-Mart's "Worst nightmare". The closest Winco is only 10 minutes away from me and growing up there was a Wal-Mart that was in the same shopping center. As soon as Wal-Mart began merging into the grocery store market they shut that entire Wal-Mart Supercenter down and just opened a new one 15 miles away hahaha

[@allanritz5323]

Love Winco. As a Canadian from the frozen north of Ontario, I spend a couple of winter months each year near Peoria, Arizona. Visiting Winco is one of the few times I enjoy grocery shopping. Would love to see them move to my area, Toronto.

[@sanm2801]

One reason I prefer Winco here in Nevada is that they are one of the last big grocery stores that are still open 24 hours! Walmart used to be 24 hours but ever since the pandemic they've been closing at 10. If I want to pick something up REALLY early in the morning or late at night Winco always has me covered! Also their pizza is not to be sneezed at, I would say they have higher quality produce in their toppings than all of the top pizza chains out there and their pizzas are half the price too!

[@geoffreyreuther5260]

Agree that their deli pizzas, especially the french bread pizzas, are really good for the money.

[@CordeliaWagner]

Greetings from Germany, most stores open at 7am and close at 9pm. Twenty years ago it was 8am to 7pm. Noone starved.

[@ItsFreakinJesus]

@@CordeliaWagner The Las Vegas and Reno metro areas are 24 hours thanks to all of the hotels and casinos. People get off of work after midnight and before 5am. Scheduling might not make it possible for them to shop at those times, doubly so if they work more than one job.

[@timf2279]

Are you in Northern or Southern NV?

[@oblivieon1567]

I live in Nevada as well, I thought all of our grocery stores stopped being 24hrs. I have Winco near me but never shop there, I usually shop at Walmart. Thanks for the tip!

[@Timothy_Smith]

Having shopped at both Walmarts and WinCos for years, if you are looking for groceries, it is WinCo hands down. We recently moved away from a WinCo, and I hope they expand this way! As others have explained, they are cleaner, they have better service, and they focus on just one thing - food.

[@lugi25]

Facts, plus the fast/effective self checkout saves hella time

[@Steezeley]

growing up in oregon i figured winco was a staple! i can’t imagine finding a grocery store with better prices and i’m surprised they aren’t bigger!

[@RobertLewis85]

I shop at Winco in Sacramento and have for decades. Basically a massive warehouse store like Costco or Target or Walmart, but it sells 90% food items. Always open 24 hours and huge selection and low prices. Usually located in out-of-the-way areas and don't accept credit cards, and you have to bag your own groceries. Love it, just a long drive.

[@MrArnell]

Winco is big in TX! Their prices are extremely lower than competitive stores. But just like any other store, they do run out of products for time to time. But Winco is definitely the biz!

[@raelamaestra]

I love WinCo! They sell all the mainstays of a grocery store but also have California Pizza Kitchen frozen pizzas, an amazing vegetarian selection, Pure Protein shakes and awesome seasonal items!

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

I grew up and live in Portland metro area. I have shopped at winco my whole life. The store I personally go to used to be a cub foods. They are my pretty much my exclusive stop for groceries. No one can compete in cost and the check out experiance is pretty quick. I rarely have to wait in line and the fact they are employee owned is a plus. Also Winco quality of food destroys walmart.

[@MisterFribble]

When I was at USU last year there was a new WinCo opened in Logan. The change in my food costs was *insane*. So much cheaper than Walmart or Smith's while having far better quality and cleanliness than Walmart.

[@liamtahaney713]

Wow, how cool is it to hear of a successful employee owned businesses.

[@leckoa_vìtel]

Went to Winco about a week ago, and the checkout lines were stretching across the store. It's just so appealing and practical to shop there. So many interesting aspects about the experience.

[@theoo.2019]

Something you forgot to mention: coupons I used to live close to Winco, and when I moved, they mailed me coupons to shop at their store. These coupons had great savings, and before this, I had never received a coupon from them. I believe this is a great strategy to attract customers not living near/right next to a Winco.

[@greggorywilson2765]

I didn't realize the linage from Waremart. I was a kid when Waremart opened in my hometown in the 70's. I've done most of my grocery shopping at WinCo's for decades, and your video did a good job nailing the experience, and I do prefer shopping there over both Costco and Walmart for groceries. It is the go-to when doing a big shop due to the perceived best prices. I liked your highlight about the windows allowing in sunlight. My particular WinCo faces south, and I hadn't considered the energy saving angle during the cooler times of year. I enjoyed the video filling in back story I either hadn't heard before or had forgotten.

[@TheAmazingBlackStar]

I live in DFW and had no idea we were basically the only part of Texas with Winco. Winco is AWESOME! Grocery shopping is not usually an event for me but I get excited going to Winco, it is such a cool store. If one opens near you I highly recommend going, the prices are good and the selection is awesome.

[@joshwilliams6754]

You've pretty much nailed it. Winco is where our (Oregon) Walmarts don't want you to go to. But unless you want LEGOs or something Winco doesn't have, most of us would rather go there.

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

I live in Utah and WinCo no doubt is my favorite grocery store to shop. Would not be surprised if it someday expands to the Midwest and lower northeast regions (a lot of national chains tend not to have stores north and east of Pennsylvania) and if they do it’s far and few in between.

[@Dad_Lyon]

Word. Seemed like it followed me from TX to UT

[@GlanderBrondurg]

Utah is a very brutal market for grocery store chains, especially on the Wasatch Front. For WinCo to even think of entering that market just to get a toehold much less establish themselves the way they have is very impressive. I can completely understand why they waited decades before entering the market here and why they would choose to expand to Seattle before Salt Lake City. The number of empty and abandoned grocery stores is still pretty significant where many have gone bankrupt in this market. The fact that the stores I have been to in Utah are not only in business but almost always busy no matter the time of day that I come there to shop. It really is quite impressive. And even in Utah they seem to be very methodical in how they open new stores.

[@JL-sm6cg]

That's why Meijer hasn't entered PA yet. Good ol Giant Eagle, right?

[@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas]

@@GlanderBrondurg , I wasn’t here when it happened, but Albertsons used to be here until 2009 when they decided not to continue operations throughout almost the entirety of Utah. There are two or three locations here that they still have are around St. George area. Many people I’ve spoke to claimed that Albertson’s didn’t do well here because their prices are higher than most of the chains, lots of people here tend to buy wholesale and probably not being able to sell liquor is a factor.

[@GlanderBrondurg]

@@QuizHeavenTriviawithJonas This ought to be a topic of a future video on this channel, but Albertsons was purchased in a merger with Kroger Food, who also ended up in a merger with Smith's Food & Drug. Kroger also ended up purchasing Fred Meyer...if you remember that chain...along with Food 4 Less. Albertson's was shut down mainly because many of their stores were very close to or even in the same shopping complex as other Kroger stores. A whole lot was going on there, but I agree Albertson's also had much higher food prices. If they have some locations which remain, it is mostly because they are very well established stores and brand recognition, but they are from a management perspective just a Kroger store with a different name on the front. It is almost like Kroger just wanted to buy every grocery store in Utah.

[@Badjessi24]

I clicked on this video so fast lol. Our local Winco moved in to the central valley a little over 10 years ago. And it really changed the game as far as beating the other competitors in the area. It’s right across the street from a Walmart. And as far as groceries, WinCo beats them easily. There was a few other markets on the same street which is popular. They either literally went out of business or moved because they could not compete with WinCo. I’m glad you mentioned the employees being happy because a friend of mine has been there for almost 10 years I believe and a lot of their other employees at my local Winco have been with the company for many years. I shop there quite often so I know lol. However, I didn’t know it was an ESOP company! That’s awesome! It’s a really great shopping experience and no one can beat their prices. It’s funny because the Vons that is a couple lights away tries to compete especially with their egg prices. Lol overall none of the markets can compete, especially FoodMax or FoodsCo

[@markhatch5546]

The great thing about winco is the lack of baiting where other grocery chains like "insert your typical national grocery store here" advertise must buy 3 or some other advertising gimmick. You don't feel like you are pinched for every penny and they don't make you work extra just to get 50cents off a box of cereal. Full disclosure my family started shopping there in Idaho in the 90's.

[@shannoncrawford7212]

I worked for Walmart for 20 years. Spent a few of those years as a Co-Manager of a store in the Portland, OR suburbs. WinCo was definitely our biggest concern as far as competition.

[@DonnaDoveWinters]

Vancouver, Gresham, Beaverton, or other? Sounds like an intense job

[@shannoncrawford7212]

@@DonnaDoveWinters Wood Village Walmart, right next to Gresham.

[@maralorca6518]

First time I've ever heard of WinCo. Looks good.

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

Yep same.

[@judytieger8976]

I love Winco's bulk bins. Especially the spices because if you are making a recipe with some unusual spice you don't have to invest in an expensive bottle. Their produce is excellent, fairly priced and a great variety.

[@Ms_Princess_Zelda]

As a single mom Winco was one of the only places I could “afford” to shop groceries. They have their in-house brand which is great quality but the price that things used to be in 2018. Like “inflation busters” its one of the reasons I survived when i was struggling a few years back

[@Criotos]

Work at a WinCo in the Seafood Department, I'm nearing my first year and the employees are happier than I've experienced elsewhere. That might not be saying much as I used to Linecook. Honestly even if I move I'll probably try to transfer to a different store nearby. I haven't looked into the company much more than a local level but this video lines up with the reports I get on my orders, the markup is substantially lower than I expected it to be and we get busier as nearby stores lose people due to pricing.

[@thaliabirrueta8456]

As soon as I saw this video, I instantly clicked it. I LOVE Winco. The prices are affordable for my family, and they have a large inventory of products. At the Winco I go to, they have a small pizza shop where you can buy a slice of pizza to eat after a long day of grocery shopping. It also helps that much like Wal-Mart's Great Value, Winco has its own storebrand products, which are pretty cheap and of decent quality. To compare with Wal-Mart, my family finds grocery shopping at Wal-Mart to be much more expensive. Food shopping is to be done at Winco while clothing, makeup, toiletries is more of a Wal-Mart thing (as they have more selections in those areas). If you ever go west, Company Man, do your shopping at Winco and you won't regret it.

[@misspeaches1144]

I had not had a Winco near me until last year when I moved, and the first time I was there I was shocked at how cheap and high quality their produce section was. Their bulk section is always fully stocked and very clean, employees are always nice and helpful. They have a huge deli section with ready to go lunches as well as hot meals, I have coworkers that get their lunch at Winco every day. I never even considered Walmart as a competitor to be honest, their produce section is pretty bad and the lines are long. The reasons I don’t always shop at WinCo are the debit card only thing, I prefer to use credit cards so I can accumulate points, and they don’t have a very impressive selection of plant based foods, and what they have is very expensive compared to Kroger which periodically has sales.

[@Shulsa]

I was kinda worried that the low prices were because maybe the food was lower quality or something but this video really helped my understanding! I definitely like shopping there more compared to Walmart and I think I will more now. It's also an easier commute from where I live.

[@daveotuwa5596]

I've been living in an area with WinCos for over a decade, but I haven't shopped at one location. My mom shops at Walmart weekly. I've been pushing the cart many back-to-back weeks because she had surgery. She couldn't lift or push heavy things. She also couldn't kneel down.

[@gingajones3093]

WinCo was always my first choice back when I lived near one, getting spices in bulk was so much better than going to walmart. Also there own brand of goods are much cheaper than walamart, espcesally their canned beans and vegetables. I hope that they build one on the east coast .

[@Jennn]

This story was fascinating as well as reading all the comments below. I look forward to seeing more from this company.

[@kyleschulz7744]

In my college town of Moscow, the two main options for college students for cheap groceries. Those are Walmart and Winco. Here, Winco almost has a cult following for good reason. It is cheap, easy/pleasant to shop for, and is open 24/7. I love it and I feel like its shopping experience will win out in the near future.

[@bendale7693]

Yep, it was the same back in the late 90s for college students, too! Nice to see things haven't changed!

[@Icebearhaswares]

Hi fellow Moscow resident

[@jasonheckenlively1172]

I LOVE Winco. Its the only place i buy groceries. I love how quickly i can get in and out of the store, the prices are great, and i love how they take care of thier employees.

[@Gregn604]

My family was so happy when WinCo came to Texas. The first location was not close by, but we drove there once a month. We now have one near us and it's within a mile of both an Albertsons and a Walmart. We never shop at Walmart (why would you if you don't have to) and the Albertsons is closing. The team members do generally look happy and the store is always clean and stocked. My only complaint is their beef/pork supplier is not the best and I find it hard to the get the cut I want. We do buy a lot from the bulk area and their dairy products are very good. I love the Greeen/Yellow/Red price labels that tell you if it's lower, on par, or above competitors prices. At least if they are higher they are telling you and you have the option of convenience or buying it somewhere else.

[@robertomurillo5776]

I became a WinCo customer till I relocated to Placerville, CA from the Bay Area in California. My late wife and I always shopped at WinCo, Walmart, and Costco in Folsom CA which is about 20 miles away from Placerville my hometown. I would say that Winco is, by far, much better than Walmart and Costco, both in Folsom as well. I love to shop at WinCo because it has everything at excellent prices and not only that... it is owned by the employees and the quality of the products they sell is second to none. All in all, I will continue shopping at WinCo till I kick the bucket. The best market I have shopped at in the USA!

[@generalmccornflaxbo2547]

I remember when Walmart tried to do a price match guarantee where if you brought a receipt showing that you got the same product for a lower price from a different store you they'll match that price. But the Walmart here had to stop doing that because they were losing so much money from matching WinCo prices. Pretty much everyone goes to WinCo around here and really only go to Walmart either for other things besides groceries, like electronics and stuff or if WinCo some how doesn't have the item you need.

[@FourLoko310]

Thank you, Company Man! I never knew there was a WinCo so close by to where I live (WinCo in Lakewood, CA) Definitely going to check it out!

[@Planag7]

Yeah for my experience they're decent company and actually employ two of my disabled uncles and treat them fairly well. Oddly enough in my area there are three!

[@chrissimmons9743]

7:16 So as a born and raised Oregonian, i will say that Waremart is still a thing, but unlike before when Waremart was THE name of the store, todays Waremart stores (with the only ones i know of being in Independence and Keizer OR) are essentially the WinCo equivalent of Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market (smaller store often with more restricted hours, with WinCo stores being open 24hrs except during major holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, while both the Keizer and Independence Waremarts are only open from 6 AM to 11 PM, likely with their hours being even more restricted during the times when WinCo stores aren't open 24hrs like usual)

[@franciscosauceda2511]

In terms of pricing, you should do a piece on H-E-B. H-E-B's home base, San Antonio, has the lowest grocery prices in the country because of the long lasting price war with Walmart. Neither company has givin an inch. Also, this year, H-E-B edged out Amazon to become the number one ranked grocery chain by Dunnhumby and H-E-B was ranked by Forbes as the #4 best large employer to work for.

[@aaronclift]

HEB deserves that rating - they're better than every other grocery store chain that I've been to.

[@oreojsn92]

A big reason I bought my house where I did is because it's less than a mile from a WinCo. I can literally see it across the farmland from my living room window. If they sold gas we'd stop there much more often, but whatever we don't get at Costco, we hop to WinCo on the way home. LOVE LOVE LOVE this store.

[@alexmapp5444]

I've never heard of WinCo before!

[@jimsmith1579]

I love WinCo. My friends in Sacramento introduced me to them when I was visiting a few years ago. The nearest on to me in So Cal is over 30 miles away. I can hardly wait for them to expand to the San Fernando Valley. The size can be a bit overwhelming, but their prices and selection more than make up for it and you were definitely right about the employees being friendly.

[@TeeKing]

Winco consistently has had the very best bulk bin section of any grocery store I've ever visited. Definite boon to those trying not add waste to the planet.

[@88KeysIdaho]

Screw the planet. I just like the variety. I can't imagine shopping at a store that DOESN'T have "Bulk Foods."

[@Beeezledrop]

I live in Oregon and our family has shopped there almost exclusively since the 90s. The place is pretty much unmatched in prices and the quality of the stuff they sell is top-notch. It's a great place to shop.