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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Mar 10 2006 : 9:02:11 PM
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| I was wondering if MaryJane or any of the Farmgirls on the Farm ever shop at Winco in Moscow? |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 10 2006 : 9:27:44 PM
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I don't know...but, I do have a question - what type of store is Winco? I don't believe we have that/them in Utah.
XOXO, Libbie
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2006 : 4:33:51 PM
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| Winco is not yet in Utah. It is a grocery store that is owned by the employees. Lets say Motts Apple sauce is normally $1.50 a jar- Grocery stores get breaks in the prices but usually keep the prices the same. Winco varies their prices as they get breaks in their purchases. I have seen large jars of Motts go as low as a dollar. Winco is mostly on the west coast. They sell everything that normal grocery stores sell, but they also have a great bulk foods section. |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2006 : 10:02:29 PM
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It sounds like a pretty good place - maybe they'll expand to Utah soon! I suppose, however, that I am in such a rural area that it wouldn't be down here, anyway...
XOXO, Libbie
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2006 : 8:05:33 PM
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| Winco goes to growing communites. They try to saturate the area before they move on, but we are hoping they get the Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Texas areas soon :) |
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katwings
Farmgirl at Heart
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kathleen
port townsend
wa
USA
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Posted - Jun 04 2006 : 2:09:34 PM
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| i was wondering if winco was a food cooperative? we have the port townsend food coop, of which i am a life member. cooperative members vote on issues and elect board members and get a discount on groceries. my coop also buys from the local farmers at a fair market price. if in port townsend, do drop in the coop, it carrys mary jane's farm items, has nicks couch potatoes in bulk, and informally serves as the town's socal center. one of my favorite things that it does, is serve cooked oatmeal for a dollar a bowl, and the small bowls of organic soups are also inexpensive. i love my coop. |
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Carol
Moderator/MaryJane's Design Diva
452 Posts
Carol
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2006 : 09:46:43 AM
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Hi Alee and girls. There are about 20 of us here at the farm, and I'm sure some of us shop in Winco occasionally. Do you work there, Alee? If so, I'll let everyone know to look for your nametag. As for me, I tend to shop only at the Moscow Food Co-op (and no, Kathleen, Winco isn't a food coop, but our largest grocery store, a discount grocery chain). But I have the luxury of only buying for myself and also living in close proximity to the Co-op, so it's easy for me to shop there. I find that it's a healthier choice for me and it also seems to be a town social center, so it's fun to shop there too!
Carol
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, red wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming 'WOO HOO, what a ride!'"
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Jun 05 2006 : 10:23:58 AM
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Alee,
I have shopped in the Winco in Moscow in the past with my daughter and was very impressed. Wished we had one up here in Coeur d'Alene area.
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primjillie
True Blue Farmgirl
138 Posts
Jill
Antelope
CA
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2006 : 11:43:39 AM
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| The Wincos here in California (at least in Sacramento) are pretty dirty, so very few people I know shop there. I hear they have good prices, but store cleanliness is more important to me. |
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