WinCo Foods

I absolutely love the selection of all the different kinds of flour and seeds and flexi seefs.. It's nice going to a place with so many gluten free options. I was actually impressed by the store..

This is my first time living near a Winco and I am impressed. As with any grocery store there are some pros and cons, for the me pros vastly outweigh the cons and if it was a little closer to my house I might find myself here every week. The 25 minute drive means I really have to go out of my way to shop here which is a bummer. Here are my pros and cons to Winco: Pros: -GREAT prices. really, I'm an ALDI shopper most of the time and Winco is super similar in price to Aldi, beating out Walmart prices on most goods. -GREAT selection. As I mentioned I'm an Aldi shopper so the selection at this store is a massive difference. You've got all your name brands plus the Winco brand and all at great prices. I usually always find myself at two grocery stores every week because I can't get shallots or other "fancier" foods at Aldi. Winco is like the perfect hybrid of Crest and Aldi, everything you could possibly want is here but at really amazingly low prices. -Wonderful produce section. I love a great produce section. I would say Winco produce rivals Sprouts with quality and more of a selection. -Clean store. I was impressed with the clean store, however it is brand new so we'll see if this holds up over the coming years. -Great selection on organic and hard to find ingredients like gluten free needs or other dietary restrictive ingredients. -Bulk Bins- The bulk section is something to write home about. Everything from nuts and coffee to flours, pasta and candy. -Open 24 hours! Cons: -Bag your own groceries. You do have to bag your own groceries however it's much different than Aldi. They have a conveyor belt behind the checker where they place your food items after they have scanned them and you go to end and bag them with provided plastic bags. It's much more efficient that at Aldi they put everything back in your cart. Because I'm used to Aldi I don't mind this inconvenience. -Busy & Low staff. I'm not sure if they are always staffed with few people but the times I have been at peak busy times the lines were very long to check out. I went at around 8am one morning after school drop off and it was heaven. No one was there, it was glorious! So I HIGHLY recommend going at an off peak time and since they are opened 24 hours you totally can! In Between: -Extra large store. This is more a matter of preference but Winco is so big that it takes me a really long time to get through. Again, I'm used to shopping at Aldi and Winco is like the size of 4 Aldi's. But how can you get a huge selection without a huge store? ;)