Monday, January 3, 2011

Walmart vs. Winco

This year, we got a Winco in our city. I'd never even heard of Winco before, but I LOVE it! I went grocery shopping last week to Winco and Walmart and let me share why I like Winco better than Walmart. I spent approximately the same amount of time in each store. When I left Winco I had 4 reusable shopping bags full of food. When I left Walmart I had 1 reusable shopping bag of food. Hmmm....you'd think that buying 4 times as much food would take longer. Nope. Not when the lines are SOOOOO long at Walmart. The vast majority of my time was spent in line at Walmart. Winco is fast, quick, easy and spacious. Also, I spent $60 at Winco and $40 at Walmart. Go back and compare the amount of food I got from each store and again things just don't add up. Anyway...I've decided Winco wins in my book.
On the flip side (just so I don't sound like a Walmart hater - because I'm not), I have to buy dairy and soda at Walmart because the dairy products at Winco don't taste very good (especially the store brand cottage cheese and regular cheese) and Winco doesn't sell off brand of Diet Dr. Pepper like Walmart does. Walmart is the only store we have found that sells fat free cottage cheese that tastes good.
Anyway....if you have acess to a Winco and aren't going there, you need to try it!

5 comments:

  1. Yeah, I blogged about my new found love for WinCo a few months ago. I LOVE it!!

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  2. Thank you so much for posting such a great blog about your visit to WinCo. We love saving you money, thank you for letting us do so.

    WinCo Foods

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  3. HI! I am an employee at WinCo...The off-brand for Dr. Pepper is Shasta's Dr. Shasta. It actually tastes like the old formula Dr. Pepper before Pepper 23. It is also 88 cents a 2 liter right now I hope this helps make your experience at WinCo more enjoyable!

    Employee from Store 2

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  4. I can't find Diet Dr. Shasta though. I have to have the diet.

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  5. Boo, you are right we don't carry diet off brands. Sorry I Could not be of more help.

    Employee from Store 2

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