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| - Lets start out with a cheery goodbye to Albertsons, Safeway and Frys. When is the going out of business sale? You've been ripping us off for so long. Sure, your loss leader sale items have been pretty good, but you more than make it up on overpriced inferior produce and just about everything else. Just yesterday, your "vine ripened" tomatoes were $1.99lb. Wincos were $.48lb. "Free gas"? Not worth it. Now, about WINCO.
Just about everything in the store is less expensive than the supermarket chain stores and the cheap WINCO brand items only concede a little bit in quality. Except the chips which I'll pass on for now on.
Bulk shopping here is exceptional. Bag your own candy, spices, rubs, nuts flour etc. from the dispensers and save a fortune. Cinnamon sticks, which are about $13lb, come out to pennies when you throw a handful into a plastic bag. The selection of canned, bottled and frozen foods is beyond compare. Most ethnic cooks may need not look anywhere else. Yesterday, Powerade bottles were $.48 each. Half the price of Frys "10 for 10" sales. You get the point. Big savings and incomparable selection. The skeleton staff is as friendly and helpful as they can be. The people stocking the shelves are not WINCO employees. They work for the suppliers. Don't ask them anything and don't confuse them for store personnel.
Now. There are a few caveats.
This is a bare bones store. No credit cards because bank fees would up prices by about 3%. But they do take DEBIT cards.Never enough cashiers on hand or employees on the floor for assistance. Large and confusing floor plan. Lowest quality beef. I never even heard of "select". Butchers carry PRIME. Most grocery stores have CHOICE. If you buy the beef, have a crock pot on hand or marinade overnight. I bought a $1.79lb pork loin which cooked up nicely but I'll take Sams or Costco's meat case any day.
The deli counter is a mixed bag. Deli meats are not cut fresh from the pack. They are pre-sliced and laying around, exposed in the deli case. If you come early that's OK. But later in the day it's a little gross. The quality is OK and prices can't be beat. The midday rush is maddening. Can't wait for the snowbirds to arrive. Whoever made the point about shoppers being in the way, was right. We retirees don't process like we used to. This makes us confused and dazed. Today I witnessed several bottlenecks and some near collisions. Patience, my dear. One more point.
About self bagging. Never bagged my own groceries before. First time I did it, I realized that there are logical ways to do it. Go figure. I prefer doing it myself.
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