WinCo Foods

Winco has everything you need in one store. They have pet food (cats, dogs, fish, birds), alcohol, custom cakes, gluten free choices, meat, cheese, deli, ready to go meals, cleaning supplies, hygiene products, toliet paper, water machine, bread, produce, etc. The prices are awesome. I posted pictures of the pet food and some other stuff to show the prices for May 2024. I always want to show what they offer in terms of brands and current prices.

Rememeber to bring cash or use a debit card here.

WinCo Foods does NOT accept credit cards to keep prices low.

For grocery shopping this is the place. You will always walk out of here spending way less money than you would at other grocery stores.

My wife and I pretty much always buy the same items every week with very little variation and shopping at Winco saves us very nearly 50% on our grocery bill... Same brands same items very nearly a 50% savings.

And then there's the added bonus of the bulk section... things that I would never buy normally because they're just too expensive, like cashews, almonds the list goes on forever at incredibly affordable prices.

The only downside is the place is often a zoo with zombies wandering around pushing shopping carts, and the lines can be awfully long getting out of the store but I swear it's well worth it.

It took me awhile to become a Winco fan- I felt it was too large and noisy, similar to Costco shopping experience. However, after starting with visiting their bulk bins regularly for special candies, I discovered that Winco is a less busy and overwhelming shopping experience compared to Costco, but can find some similar great $ value deals.
It is very large and open and they do carry quite a lot of brand names. The produce section I feel like stays fresh because they turnover the product pretty quickly. I highly appreciate that they have a bulk bin section.
Prices generally are lower than what you might see at Walmart. After Trader Joe's this is probably my go-to for food shopping.
They are also open 24 hours for those of you who like to do quiet late-at-night shopping.

Best prices in town and lots of Great options .I Absolutely love this store and cant say enough GOOD about them..:) go and give them a try your wallet and bank account will love you ...
You definitely get more bang for your $$$

I will shop at winco over Walmart. The store is always neat and stocked and I haven't came across any rude customers while shopping!

I Love Winco! My favorite is going in there in the early mornings when the air is filled with the sweet smell of the bakerys fresh batch of daily cinnamon rolls, these are up there with possibly the best I've ever had. All the staff are great , I do truly enjoy my trips to winco.
I do minus 1 star though, because I have to say , maybe it's cause it's a bargain store , but I've noticed that things I get there such as various different canned food, they tend to not have the best taste, like from the taste of it , it seems old, examples being: canned chef boy r lasagna, Denison's original chili beans, to name a few.

Winco may not be the go to store for many. I like coming here for the canned tomato sauce and all other canned goods. The deli counter is also a plus. Good variety of breads. Not a fan of the produce but store makes it up in other areas. Restrooms are always clean.

Many years ago I visited WinCo for the first time. This is the story.

It's 4 am, we check each other's gear one last time.  Then we hear the expedition leader's voice on the radio and we fall into the line.  Our journey begins.

Before us, mighty WinCo: One of Ventura County's legendary Five Peaks, the five largest stores in the county. Expert shoppers challenge themselves to shop at each of the Big Five.

Once these majestic stores were the province of only the most dedicated, highly trained shoppers.  Rarely visited, they were the lonely outposts of capitalism. These days they are open to everyone, 24/7.  You're never alone. The most common way to experience these giant stores is to join a shopping expedition.  

Even starting at 4 am, it took our expedition group until nearly nightfall to reach Base Camp in the Produce Department.  The twelve hour hike from the parking lot left us exhausted.  We staggered into camp and dropped our baskets.  Curious children peaked from behind shopping carts at the newly arrived strangers in their midst.

As the last light faded from the long florescent tubes overhead, we built a huge fire there in the Produce Department and everyone gathered around. We swapped stories of previous shopping expeditions and enjoyed a hearty soup made of the many vegetables found in boxes all alongside our route.

We spent two days at the Base Camp in the WinCo Produce Department, enjoying many vegetarian delights and sampling their exotic fruits.  Slowly we became acclimated to the shear size of this enormous store.

On the third day we set off for our crossing to Camp One, the final destination of our expedition.  Many shoppers never make it this far, because to get to Camp One you must cross the treacherous, snack-filled area known only as the Soda and Chip Aisle.  One side of this carbohydrate canyon is a shear wall of canned soda.  The other, stacked high with chips.

This is one of the most dangerous parts of the trip.  You must be properly prepared.  You must never attempt this part of the journey without dip. Every year dozens of customers are lost when they fail to follow this simple advice. Seduced by the siren song of a thousand salty snacks, they plunge headlong to their doom.

Underestimating the length of this great canyon, they think they won't need dip.  That's a foolish mistake.  One must never try to make the crossing without plenty of dip.  Even if you don't think you will need it, you must bring dip.  You wouldn't cross the desert without water, would you?

It was too late in the season to continue any farther, so our WinCo expedition ended at Camp One.  Our return trip out of the store was orderly and uneventful.  I enjoyed my time at WinCo and I look forward to next year's shopping season.  My dream is to someday make it all the way to the meat department.

Mikey C says: we're gonna need more dip

What is there not to like about winco??
The prices are affordable, the store is clean and designed fairly well. I've been going here so long I could probably tell you where anything in the store is. Been coming here forever and zero complaints. Great places for the community to shop and buy their groceries. The staff are almost always RE stocking vegetables when we are there. Sometimes their rotisserie chickens are fairly small but that's why there's Costco.
We always bring our grocery bags that sit in our cart and normally have one person ask about them every trip.
The meats they have are good, we normally get alot of chicken and they have a good selection. They almost always have pre-marinated ribs and plain ribs.

Today we took a trip to winco & me and my family tried out the sushi. We all have stomach aches and most likely got food poisoning! We won't be buying from there anytime soon. Please be careful!