I did it folks. I drove past a Harmon's, two super Wal-marts, an Albertsons, Smiths, Kohls, DI, Cafe Rio, and a Chile's (don't ask me why I listed the last four, but I thought their mentioning was worth note) to get to the new WINCO FOODS! There are two now almost exactly equadistant from my house in Midvale and West Valley. They are both over 6 miles away and past all those "other" stores, but I'm here to testify it was all worth it!!!!
It's AMAZING!!!! You just gotta try it out. They have the most Bulk Food I have ever seen in one store:
And their prices are really to DIE for. I don't know if it was just the grand opening price but bananas were only .18 a pound! I don't ever remember buying bananas for that price in the 10 years I've been buying bananas for myself. Other good prices of note: Honey Crisp apples for 1.45 a pound (usually over $2 on sale), Boneless, skinless chicken breasts for .99 a pound (I thought 1.49 at Macey's was the best I could find). Also, Pasta Roni and Betty Crocker Cake mix for .79 a box. I got a 2 pound block of Tilimook cheese for under $6 and an 8 case of yogurt for under $3. All the produce looked really good and it was all at least the price of a good sale at any other grocery store.
A couple ways they keep the prices low: You can only pay with Cash or Debit and you bag your own groceries! There is a two lane check out past the cashier where two people can be bagging their groceries at once. Genious, really. Needless to say, it took a bit longer to check out - I didn't realize how long it would take to bag $137 worth of groceries.
Really though, I think all that I got would have cost at least $150 anywhere else, so it's probably worth the 6 miles to go to Winco once or twice a month...
