| Location |
| 855 Davis St., Vacaville, CA |
| Hours |
| 24/7 |
| Phone |
| (707) 451-3420 |
| Website |
![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small} http://www.wincofoods.com |
| Owner(s) |
| Partly Owned by Past and Present Employees |
| Payment Method |
| Cash, Debit. NO credit cards! |
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WinCo is a warehouse grocery store near the Costco in Vacaville (exit at Davis St. and turn right). Before 1999, WinCo used to be called Waremart. Its most notable qualities are well-priced baked goods and a sizeable bulk food section. The latter includes:
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Jelly Belly jellybeans, separated by flavor.
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Many types of candy, varying from the common to the fairly unique.
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Several kinds of flour, yeast, sweeteners, chocolates, powders, and other baking ingredients.
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Many varieties of dried fruit.
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About a dozen granola mixes.
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Spices.
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Nuts.
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Soup mixes.
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Vegetable-based hamburger substitute (just add water).
WinCo is an anti-union company. Workers are forbidden to join labor unions. Therefore they do not have the backing of a union to assure fair wages, benefits, job security, or labor conditions. The local United Food and Commercial Workers Union has an ongoing boycott of WinCo. "Our ongoing boycott of WinCo has received support from residents all over the area. Once they understand the negative business practices used by this company, they applaud our efforts to rid them from our communities," said Jacques Loveall, Director of Organizing for UFCW 588.
WinCo is a warehouse type store and customers have to bag their own groceries. There are no employees to help you with your groceries. They do not employ grocery baggers and the store is run by as few employees as possible. This reduction in labor supposedly is how the company can offer such low prices on food. Employees are often overworked and the lines at the checkouts can get very long due to the lack of a sufficient amount of cashiers. The store can often get very dirty and is not maintained due to lack of employees.
WinCo does not accept credit cards, because the company does not want to pay credit card fees. They do accept debit, which does not have a fee to the company.
The company is approximately 90% owned by past and present employees. Anyone who owns stocks is considered an owner. This company is not a worker cooperative. A worker cooperative would not have its stock sold on public stock markets.
The real owners of the company are the millionaire executives who own most of the stock and they control the company. The average low pay employees could not possibly afford more than a small number of shares if any at all.
Comments:
2008-07-20 15:01:11 You can save some REAL money shopping at Winco , —Try them! :o) —71.165.56.126
2009-09-12 16:15:05 The store in our town (vacaville, ca) is always clean and the lines are, for the most part, pretty short! I've talked to the employees there and they always say how thankful they are to have enough hours to make good money instead of being cut to 2-3 days a week like some other grocery stores have had to do to their employees. And the prices they have there are unreal!! If you usually spend $200 on groceries, at Winco you will spend $120! With the economy like it is, Winco is a God-send!! Do yourself a favor and go check it out! —76.103.64.80
