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| - Life is so "go-go-go" these days, so it really takes a leap of faith and extra time on your hands to try something new...
I usually make different shopping lists for the things I need & where to go-
Started early one day and figured, what the hell, let's see what the deal is with this joint....oh my gosh! Are you kidding me?? I almost don't wanna reveal the secrets-
But here goes: after I got through the 1st aisle, I wasn't really expecting anything better than a glorified 'fresh & easy' bc products were kind of in the delivery boxes instead of shelves....BUT --got to produce...I'm not a huge fresh fruit person bc I'm not up for the slicing & dicing and often disappointment of finding stuff that once home, just wasn't tasty, juicy & a pain to even consider returning. The prices were insane though! Grapes & bananas & pears & (you get the idea)...maybe 1/3 of Fry's 'on sale' stuff- I pretty much O.D.'d on clementines for a week-I never had them before, found myself taking 3-4 with me when I had to run errands..they've been having problems with them lately as I was told by the produce manager(Alissa)-when I spoke to her she was more than happy to replace items -she introduced herself and seemed truly dedicated to welcoming me & helping with my questions-awesome.
The meat dept is pretty small but if you're looking for fresh fish- this is the place!! Salmon 4.89/lb!??! Seafood personnel also suggested "Swai", a non-fishy tasting fish- so ok, why not? So I buy several filets and never disappointed- try it broiled w lemon & basic spices- perfect! I'm getting better with my fear of the bulk food stuff- again: personnel awesome & super helpful! I'm a chocolate milk freak and easily can go through one of those giant sized nestle quick containers inside of a month- 2.2lb and nowhere in town is it less than $8 for that-BUT bulk??? 99 cents/lb!! And It tastes way better! Everything from cereal to pasta to candy - chocolate covered espresso beans, yogurt raisins- and every baking need you can think of. Granted, it's a pain in the butt- but I'll take that over paying 4-5x the price elsewhere.
Don't bother trying to get the great deals/selection on non-food items, that's not their thing. Checking out and bagging your own stuff is just fine for me- I know what is in each bag and really don't find that the bags are nearly as flimsy as Fry's or ESPECIALLY Safeway. And I'm usually a double bag it all girl. Not needed here.
It's an adventure, if you're up for it...this location, I've found, has consistently pleasant & helpful employees. The other location on the west side of I-17 on Bell: hit or miss.
I've almost phased out Fry's, which I loved and will probably still buy my meats from, but at Fry's at Bell/17 I've found that when 'Judy' the manager has the day off the employees behave like children on the playground, not helpful & screaming from one end of store to the other. Just rude.
WinCo is truly a tiny pearl that I'm glad I discovered! Thanks you guys!
UPDATE 6/12/16:
Good for bulk foods only now. Idk what happened, perhaps my visits that yielded the last review were a total fluke. The produce is really hit or miss, mostly miss. On 3 separate occasions I bought bags of the "cuties"/clementine oranges that were bad. They were literally hollow where there should have been juice--asked staff to replace and they said I'd have to bring the oranges back. Of course I don't have a bag of bad oranges hanging around the house, they were thrown in the trash. I guess nobody believed me. And no kidding some things are cheaper: big can of albacore tuna in water is more than $1.00 less there- but I'm kinda done with everything else. Grab my chocolate milk mix & tuna then split. What happened?
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